Valorização do património moderno do século XX. O caso da Quinta das Beiras de Francisco Keil do Amaral

The present dissertation collects elements for the valuation of Casal de São José, a work by the architect Francisco Keil do Amaral, built in 1944, in Beira Alta. With a farmhouse program, it is a testimony to the consolidation of the bridge between modernity and tradition advocated by the architect, achieved through an understanding of the building territory. After framing Keil's work in the outcome of the first half of the XXth century, the approach to Casal de São José requires the study o...

Espaços de planta elíptica na arquitectura religiosa: o caso da Igreja dos Clérigos no Porto

Pelas ruas da escola: um futuro para Vilarinho da Castanheira

On the edge of Carrazeda de Ansiães' granite plateau, before the steep descent towards the Douro River, lies the village of Vilarinho da Castanheira, the starting (and finishing) point of this dissertation. Based on the study of Vilarinho and a deep reflection of its coming times, foreseen as both demanding and harsh, an alternative reality is proposed. A reality that potentiates the local cultural heritage, that includes its inhabitants in the process of change and that contributes to the su...

Construção de espaço público. Porto. Século XX

The main objective of the present work is the understanding of the formal characterization of public spaces, which were built in Porto during the twentieth century. From the methodological point of view, the more decisive aspects of the work were, on the one hand, the retrospective questioning of the analysis to develop and, on the other hand, the expansion of this analysis to all public spaces built in Porto during the twentieth century. As a first step, we propose the reading of the discuss...