Mesa Atelier Completes Barrancos Mortuary House in Portugal

Mesa Atelier has completed the Casa Mortuoria de Barrancos, a 250-square-meter mortuary house in Barrancos, Portugal, with the project year listed as 2024. The architecture team was led by Paulo Dias as coordinator, alongside Ana Isabel Santos and João Varela. Susanna Moreira curated the project presentation, and Nuno Almendra provided the photographs. The building is situated on the slopes of the implantation area, positioned between the upper elevation of the cemetery and the lower elevation of a century-old olive grove. This placement preserves the existing view system and integrates the structure into the surrounding territory among traditional dry-joint slate stone walls. The project falls under the cemetery category. The design was submitted by the project team, with the original version available in Portuguese.