Bernardas Convent Reconversion, Tavira Development Architect, Portugal Historic Building, Portuguese Architecture

Bernardas Convent Conversion, Portugal

Historic Portuguese Building Restoration design by Souto Moura Arquitectos east of Faro

16 Jun 2017

3rd European Award for Architectural Heritage Intervention Winners

Location: east of Faro, southern Portugal

Renewal of Bernardas Convent in Tavira by the architect Eduardo Souto de Moura

Barcelona, 15 June 2017_ The winners of the 3rd European Award for Architectural Heritage Intervention AADIPA were announced by the jury today at the COAC headquarters in Barcelona.

Conversion of the Bernardas Convent
photograph : Luis Ferreira Alves

Award for Conversion of the Bernardas Convent

Praising the high overall quality of the submitted entries and highlighting the precision and accuracy with which the interventions approached heritage restoration, the international jury of the award decided on the following winners and runners-up in each of the four award categories:

In Category A) Intervention in Existing Architectural Heritagethe six short-listed projects included Conversion of the Bernardas Convent, by Eduardo Souto de Moura (Tavira, Portugal)

Bernardas Convent Building conversion in Portugal | www.e-architect.com
photo : Luis Ferreira Alves

From the short-listed entries, the jury decided to grant the award to the conversion project of the Bernardas Convent in Tavira by the Portuguese architect Eduardo Souto de Moura. The decision was taken after taking into consideration the special difficulty involved in achieving high architectural quality in a private development, creating a holiday apartment complex without undermining the architectural and heritage qualities of the original convent.

Bernardas Convent Conversion – European Award for Architectural Heritage Intervention winner in 2017

10 Apr 2013

Convento das Bernardas Restoration

Design: Souto Moura Arquitectos

Location: Tavira, Portugal

Bernardas Convent in Tavira

The restoration of the Convento das Bernardas is based on the construction of a resort with 78 residences. The architecture design is divided into two types of intervention, with new construction work and the recovery of the existing building.

Bernardas Convent Building conversion in Portugal | www.e-architect.com
photograph : Luis Ferreira Alves

The new building is shaped in the form of an “L”, along the Eastern stretch of land between the convent and the salt mines. Taking advantage of the 3-metre elevation between the two platforms, a line of single-family townhouses is built on one or two floors with terraces on what was once the convent’s orchard.

Bernardas Convent Reconversion Portugal
photograph : Luis Ferreira Alves

The construction performed “within the existing walls” of the former convent is spread out over the building’s different wings according to independent modules, with triplex dwellings (two floors and mezzanine). In the extension of the Eastern Wing and in order to complete the great patio, a new body is constructed, “concealing its appearance as a new construction” within the convent as a whole.

Bernardas Convent Reconversion Portugal
photograph : Luis Ferreira Alves

In the Tower, the convents infrastructures are kept (stone walls, stone or brick pavements and brick vaults) providing the access to 4 houses with different typologies. In the body of the church, the central nave is reused as the condominium’s reception area and residences are proposed both to the east, the altar’s former location, and to the west, where the monks would sit during religious ceremonies. Outside, a series of metal pergolas covered with indigenous vegetation protect the terraces of the new houses or serve as a “shelter” for cars, also concealing any support machinery for the dwellings.

Bernardas Convent Building conversion in Portugal | www.e-architect.com
photo : Luis Ferreira Alves

The great central courtyard is divided into two areas: to the north a paved square with four trees in the four corners serves as a reminder of the cloisters of old, and to the south a swimming pool draws its inspiration from the large tanks situated in the south.

Bernardas Convent Reconversion / information from Souto Moura Arquitectos

Bernardas Convent Tavira conversion design : Eduardo Souto de Moura

Location: Tavira, east of Faro, southern Portugal

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