He appreciated the world of women as anyone else, and he was often asked if he did not feel sorry for not having had a boy, by which he would answer with pride: I am a lucky man!

Lucky for us, the Dacianas, as we were known by friends.

More than the legacy as designer and teacher, he was the father of my sisters, husband of our mother, and our pillar.

He taught us how to have a watchful eye on the simple things and the moments that, although brief, can transform the trivial into exceptional. The desire to find in each day a pretext to be alive, living from the intimacy of the relationships we create with people, with the places, and objects that surround us.

1959 it was at the Superior School of Fine Arts that he met Maria Teresa,  with whom she would later marry that same year. Daughter of the architect Cottinelli Telmo and niece of the filmmaker Leitão de Barros.

From 1960 to 1970 it was in this period between the 60s and 70s that his five daughters were born: Ana (1960), Catarina (1961), Inês (1963), Teresa (1965), and Maria (1970). The four older ones followed the tradition of the family graduating in Architecture and Landscape Architecture, and only the youngest, Maria, chooses a different area - Economy.

1980 to 2000 of his five daughters he became the grandfather of ten grandchildren.

He continues to fill us with energy every day.