Entre Preservação e Transformação: à procura de um equilíbrio. Reabilitação de uma Casa Burguesa do século XVI, na Rua das Flores

Abstract

This dissertation develops a rehabilitation project for a bourgeois townhouse located in the Historic Centre of Porto, considering the building simultaneously as the object of study and as the critical basis for the architectural intervention. The choice of this theme arises from the opportunity to intervene in a building of recognised heritage value, enabling the application of the knowledge acquired throughout the academic programme. The work is grounded in the analysis of the evolution of the Porto bourgeois house between the sixteenth and nineteenth centuries, understood as a tool for comprehending the architectural and constructional transformations of the building under study. This research is complemented by the survey and characterisation of the existing structure, as well as by the analysis of contemporary interventions in buildings of a similar nature, with the aim of identifying different rehabilitation strategies. Based on this framework, a rehabilitation proposal is developed that seeks to establish a balance between the preservation of heritage values and adaptation to contemporary requirements, considering the intervention as a contribution to the enhancement of the building and of Rua das Flores within the current urban context.