The RETIME project (Horizon Europe Innovation Action) aims to address impactful changes at both the contextual district level and individual homes of natural and human-caused disasters. It will introduce a data-driven tool that aggregates existing data from weather stations, sensor networks, and satellite images, automated on-site surveys to simulate the impacts of current phenomena and future projections. The innovative aspect lies in an advanced computational analysis that generates prospective scenarios based on socio-architectural and environmental studies, combined with local, territorial remote and on-site surveys.  

Cultural heritage is as a cultural right but not for all people. Built heritage is at risk in earthquake-prone areas or due to armed conflicts or uncontrolled house prices growth, such as in central metropolitan areas and tourist destinations. Underrepresented, partially demolished, or abandoned houses, humble constructions associated with biases or social stigma are also under threat. In these countless cases, overlapping memories and physical legacies are being lost. As a case in point amid this complex picture, we analyse traditional architecture with overhanging timber-based volume, known as casas de andares em ressalto, in three regions in Portugal (Northern Portugal, Central Portugal, Lisbon, and Tagus Valley). This construction system evolves into a set of more informed solutions during the post-earthquake rebuilding in the late 18th century. As a response of social distancing and disinformation on heritage sites, we propose a place-based learning based on advanced data information and visualization. This study raises awareness on the importance of preserving these memories and it promotes the use of timber-based design solutions. Speak_OVER also contributes to understand how best-compromise strategies of adaptive reuse can be implemented in future scenarios, involving critical stakeholders, such as homeowners’ rights groups, different heritage actors, tourist operators, and civic authorities.