MASSES IN THE FOURTH

In Alcochete, on the southern bank of the Tagus River, a former abandoned shipyard represented a critical interruption in the urban sequence and in the relationship with the fluvial landscape. The project addresses this rupture through an architectural plinth which, by lifting the ground, reestablishes accessibility and enhances perceptual continuity. Upon it stand two distinct yet complementary volumes: a restaurant and an amphitheater, whose forms evoke ship hulls and pay homage to the site’s industrial heritage. The interstitial space unfolds as a public square, a shared horizon between city and river. The use of steel and reflective glass transforms the intervention into a shimmering, visible, and dialogic presence. In this balance between memory and design, material and void, the complex acts as a relational device: not an isolated object, but a platform of meanings that reconnects time, landscape, and community.