Samenvatting

The Exodus of rural settlers to urban centers with greater attractiveness of quality of life, has brought serious consequences to the rural environments all over the world. An example of this phenomenon is Spain, that has around 3,000 abandoned villages, half of them in Galicia. These settlements have lost most part of their inhabitants and with it their traditions and memories. Especially in the Ribeira Sacra, located in the autonomous Community of Galicia, shared by the provinces of Lugo and Ourense. A Chaira, a small village surrounded by the natural and mystical rural landscape of the Ribeira Sacra, consists of a main road, 12 small houses and a church. By small scale ‘archi-urbanism’ and a design of landscaped plateaus and steps together with the production of camelia products and transformation of the ruins this project revives tourism and life in this small paradise.