The brief was deceptively simple: affordable housing that doesn't feel like it. The initiators came to Salt with one clear ambition — a community that could hold its own against any luxury development, in both feel and presentation. The name came from the place itself — Santa Maria, shaped by Mgr. Nieuwindt, the clergyman whose churches define the neighborhood. From his name, filtered through the Portuguese roots of the man behind the project, Novaura was born. The design followed: rooted in history, modern in expression — with textures your eyes can almost feel.