Das espécies de espaços aos espaços da espécie. Princípios de observação do espaço como condição da sua organização actual

Abstract

The dialectic process of transformation of what, in a wider sense, is called Space, into a human (humanized) Space, constitutes a ever-increasing dynamic, which, at the same time, raises instruments and lore each time more disjointed. The logics that induces, strongly disarticulated and subdivided. incite impact at the physical expression of the territory and the environment, creating the so-called Space Kinds2. As opposed to the revolvement and fragmentation of Space, stands the notion of Space according to Ecology and environmental Ethic as material unit, reflecting that the Space on which the Specie features is finite, not only in its physical dimension, but also, and mostly, in the expirable conditions of the biophysical balance. This concept of Specie's Space is the integrated sphere of a renovated and growing relationships diversity. Architecture as a millenary activity of the human place-habitat invention, as a discipline with a civic and collective responsibility, acts over this diversity within this juncture. 3 The present thesis' purpose lays in this conceptual context over which the Architect acts, suggesting a recognition, in a renovated and perhaps broaden manner, of its reflection and acting field. Within this objective the paper was structured according to 4 parts. Part I suggests a concept redefinition and consequent preconception liberation, proposing a system of significant-vocabulary inherent to the extent of the Architectonic Equation Expansion. Three larger domains, on which the anthropic action moves, emerge as referential where the notions of Space and Specie are reflected: the Geo, the Bio and the Homo; as well as two subdomains of the spatial organization's anthropic products the Geoanthropic and the Bioanthropic. At Part II the Specie's Space lexicon and syntax are recognized as the Geoanthropic and Bioanthropic taxonomy. By the lexicon is established a reference to the Space organization elementary entities, and by the syntax the relations to the territorial base are interdependently explicit. This grammatical structure conforms a systematic recognition of the architectonic context. Part III identifies the semantics of that lexicon's and syntax's production and organization, accordingly to different «Architecture Ages». The exhibit of the anthropic products' properties following a recognition time-long allows an explanation of the fundamental principles of the evolution and ways of conceiving and organizing the Specie's Space. This contextualization, besides enabling an interlinked way of structuring spatial elements' interdependency, suggests prospectively the emergency of an Age IV, stated at Part IV of this thesis.