Within the segment of conservation and rehabilitation of buildings, the intervention in the Araucária social district in Vila Real consisted of 56 blocks of housing, a commercial area, a chapel and connecting areas between the buildings, mainly work was done to recover the facades by exterior, alteration of the type of cover and exterior frames. The recovery of the façades consisted basically of painted painting on sanded plaster and a treatment of concrete on exposed concrete elements. The wooden frame was replaced by aluminum frames with double glazing. All electrical and telephone networks have been replaced.