The evolution and the persistence of a territorial intent [Urbanization Plan of Campo Alegre - Future Entrance to the City by the Arrábida Bridge, 1951-55]

Abstract

The decision to construct the Arrábida Bridge, induced the need to rethink the area of Campo Alegre (Porto) which led to the conceiving of the "Urbanization Plan of Campo Alegre - Future Entrance to the City by the Arrábida Bridge", rendered by Januário Godinho. Campo Alegre had been, until that time, characterized as a set of private gardens that structured a Romantic landscape. The conceived Plan renders its transformation proposing a new collective open space linked with those existing to form a co-ordinated public park related to the new road system and the new proposed building ensambles. With this design Januário Godinho interprets Campo Alegre's essence through understanding the environmental character of the place in a contemporary way.