Urban Design Solutions for the Environmental Requalification of Informal Neighbourhoods: the George Dimitrov Neighborhoods, Maputo

O Potencial Atual dos Moinhos Abandonados do Rio Ovelha: Uma abordagem crítica do património molinológico

This dissertation proposes a critical reading on the topic of watermills, particularly about the role that they can comprise in the present time. It aims to understand the patrimonial, cultural, and architectonic role played by these structures through an in-depth study of the molinological history, in order to comprehend how they can be adapted nowadays without compromising its identity and historical value. It's proposed as the focus of the study, the programmatic possibilities that can be ...

Lugar de criação e partilha. Um atelier de cerâmica no Paço da Ermida

As the title itself states - "Place of creation and sharing. A ceramics atelier in the Paço da Ermida" - this dissertation seeks to respond to a project request, reflecting on the space that enables the creation and sharing of a particular art, ceramics, in the region of Ílhavo, more specifically in the Paço da Ermida. Thus, through the acquisition of the necessary knowledge about the circumstance of the place, ceramics and the definition of the program - a museum and an atelier - it seeks to...

Construir a Transformação. Entre quatro paredes, quatro casas com Álvaro Siza

Building on the built has always been a constant reality of the architect's work. The need to explore and study strategies for the conservation project of a small rural family house in a village near Peso da Régua, which we intend to transform, was the starting point of this research work. It works simultaneously as a way to deepen our knowledge on theories, methodologies and design practices in pre-existing structures. We also make use of this Dissertation to develop research on (the work of...