The 1935 Portuguese reinforced concrete code: background, sources and authors

Em torno do imaginário de prisão

More than 10.35 million people throughoutthe world are currently held in penalinstitutions, either as pre-trial detaineesor convicted and sentenced inmates.Architecture has an undeniable role withinthe incarceration systems that shape andcontrol the inmates' lives twenty-four hoursa day, seven days a week. However the formaloutcome of the prison apparatus, basedon a strategy of warehousing and control,does not serve to rehabilitate or deter. As apractice architecture can, simultaneously,be a ...

Habitações Sociais no Luxemburgo - Estudo sobre bairros operários, início século XX

The proposal of the present work deals with the first social housing projects built inLuxembourg at the beginning of the 20th century. This analysis intends to offer a startingpoint on the framework of social architecture built in the country and in the Europeancontext since the beginning of industrialization.This dissertation explores the architectural legacy of social housing in Luxembourg,as it reflects a solution found to the deterioration of housing and health conditions inthe cities, pr...

O cimento natural em Portugal. Registos de uso entre o final do século XIX e o primeiro quartel do século XX.