Casa - Família (s): Vivências e Memórias. As intervenções de Raul Lino em Abrantes

Abstract

The present dissertation relates with the sense of dwelling and the correlation between house and family, focusing on the theme of adaptation and bidirectional relation house-habitant(s), that is, of the house as a practical reflection of the daily life necessities of those who inhabits it, takes shape in Raul Lino's architecture. Throughout this work, some of Raul Lino's projects in Abrantes, constructed between 1919 and 1963, are analysed with particular incidence in six houses built in the decades of 20 and 30, for the Moura Neves family, representing different realities and intentions, both of the architect as of the owners - in order to address the different issues and themes that characterize the process of projecting a house. In order to understand the value of privacy, comfort and intimacy in the inhabited space is considered, in each case under study, proposed program, temporal and spatial context, the character of the owners and condition of the place. It establishes theoretical foundations and guiding lines between the different but complementary contexts underlying this work: the written and constructed work of the architect Raul Lino and the reality presented in Abrantes, in its history and urban space, with the aim of framing, developing and deepening the understanding about the home as shelter and living space, focusing on the problematic of the relationship between home and family(ies).