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Text description provided by the architects. A controversial process, as usual when involves public institutions, mixed with a lot of politics to help, but despite everything, it was taken to a successful conclusion and it is always rewarding to know that architecture is also an active social instrument. Located in the historic center, it has a privileged perspective on the Douro River, the caves and the port. Sits on an extreme pitched lot, part of a very irregular urban framework, typical to the site. Regarding these aspects, along with sun exposure, the functional program density and the inherent low cost, this whole thing has resulted in the concentration of all housing typologies , "sliced" by the distinct character of the volume to the west, set for low-cost housing for sale, and the east volume to the PER housing.