Encontro entre museu e cidade: Um novo diálogo com Palazzo Silvestri Rivaldi

This dissertation proposes the development of an intervention project in a unique set of architectural heritage in the city of Rome, the Palazzo Silvestri Rivaldi complex, built in the middle of the 16th century and currently characterized by its high state of degradation. A new dialogue is proposed that connects the Palazzo complex to the current needs of the city, with the adaptation of its spaces to a new program - Imperial Forum Museum hub. In this way, a proposal of an extension is elabo...

RETHINKING THE PHILIPS PAVILION THROUGH ROBOTIC HOT WIRE CUTTING An experimental prototype

The Philips Pavilion by Le Corbusier and Jannis Xenaquis was a landmark project in thin shell concrete construction, only made possible by an experimental precasting strategy that deeply defined the architectural character of the hyperbolic paraboloid surfaces of the pavilion. Using this historic precedent this research presents a reinterpretation of the design of the Philips Pavilion, specifically tailored for Robotic Hot Wire Cutting technologies and a layered mold system, combining speed a...

O Balcão. Debruçar sobre a cidade

This dissertation arises in the midst of the moment in which the world is living, a historic period of health crisis that challenges us to radically change our habits, the way we perceive both domestic and public spaces and all the physical and psychological relationships that surround them. Since the COVID-19 virus began to spread, public spaces around the world have been emptied, and we have been living in our homes twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. This fact caused the experience...

Estilhaços do Espelho: o Jornal Arquitectos (1981-2015) como território da construção do arquitecto

This dissertation explores the condition of the architect as a "being" in project and how his construction can be produced in relation with an "other" reflected in the printed pages of Jornal Arquitectos (JA). The suspicion cast by Beatriz Colomina that Le Corbusier's "architectural self" was only possible through the printed media, opens the way for the hypothesis that this is a territory, but certainly not the only one, where, under ideal circumstances, any architect can build his "self" an...