Casa e Caixilho - equação e seleção no projeto de arquitetura para uma habitação unifamiliar

Abstract

The theme of this Dissertation, CASA and CAIXILHO, results from an in-depth and thoughtful analysis of the different and very varied technical possibilities that, at present, the scope of fenestration presents, when used in the design of a single-family dwelling. The selection of the theme fell on the result of the equation between the House and the Frame. At an early stage, my thinking was centered on the project carried out some time ago, a project entitled A-Ver-o-Mar when the need arose to make profound changes to the architecture project developed, proposed by the client. The request to change the project arrived at the final moment of my academic journey. Therefore, the opportunity to analyze what he had projected before being a student of the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto and, with another look, project again in very different circumstances. As for me, the frequency of the Architecture course had a fundamental importance in my life and the way I now see Architecture, it was felt the need to expose the way in which it was, within the academic course, to design a house of the Gardener - now as a student of FAUP. His long experience as technical director of works, in the period immediately preceding my admission as a student of the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto, granted a broad knowledge of the technical aspects of the work, but also a wide understanding about the materials used in the works. Including this scope in this dissertation made perfect sense. Therefore, the idea underlying the development of the work was the search for the differentiated relationship between design and construction in three essential moments: as an architect without a degree, as a student of the Architecture course and as a licensed architect. Thus, the present dissertation tries to leave the testimony of the importance of the knowledge to find depth in the individual production of each one. After the course, there is, first of all, a greater demand, a greater rigor, a greater capacity to interrelate knowledge in the realm of the domestic space project, and the emerging technical issues that consolidate the quality of living. As a construction director, the strictly technical question was completely dominated. However, now, after the academic course, I realized that the question of the constructive way implies the architectural form and this relationship is essential to achieve the quality of the work. Otherwise, I can now say, it is not architecture.