Adobes! Porque não? Integração do adobe como processo construtivo na arquitectura contemporânea

In a time of an increasingly global architecture, where the value of auniversal image often prevails over local references and contexts, the presentwork explores the influence that a material and its constructive techniquehad on a region. In an attempt to avoid the marked loss of heritage, it is urgent to reveal the importance of the adobe block in local architecture.The object of this dissertation is the adobe block, having as reference theregion of Bairrada, in the central zone of Portugal,...