Reflexão sobre projecto em zona planeada. Bairro habitacional - Barragem de Miranda do Douro

Abstract

The following thesis was motivated by a request to design a house in Miranda do Douro, based in a particular context, being it located in an old neighbourhood of the Dams in the Douro River.The opportunity to work in a context with a big degree of planning and a richness of forms and programs, made it necessary to do a broaden research. What appeared to be a small scale exercise, quickly became a bigger challenge. The first volume of this thesis, is devided in two moments: the plan and the project.The first moment, referring to the plan, at informing about the wider context of the constructions resulting from the builduing of the dams in the Douro, located in Picote, Bemposta and Miranda do Douro. A study is developed to analyse, from a project perspective, a wide selection of housing built in these areas.The second moment, referring to the project of the house, gathers a set of references external to the specific context of the site, alternated between moments of reflection about the territory and its problems, and the decisions that led to a final result.The second volume, is not supported by texts. It is presented as a piece of "monographic" character. Through a set of photographs, site drawings, graphic works and rigorous drawings in its differrent scales.A voyage at the discoveries of these places, and a concrete project exercise, similar to what will be a professional practice.