Registers the rehabilitation of the municipal "ilha da Bela Vista", in the city of Porto, between 2015 and 2017. Through the testimonies and memories of different generations of residents, are revealed years of difficulties and struggles for better living conditions on the "ilha". Also, the social role of Architecture in this intervention, which sought to preserve the identity of the "ilha" and renew its dignity in the current context of the city, through the testimonies of the anthropologist and the architects responsible for the project.