Retórica, coreografia, ficção, ou a autonomia e subjectividade de uma cena. Japão 1961-1985

This research analyzes the emergence, consolidation, and dispersion of a Japanese disciplinary scene between 1961 and 1985. This scene is defined by a rhizomatic network of works, architects, critics, and publications that, in response an economic, social, and cultural context, propose a conceptual reconfiguration of the single-family house as a disciplinary object. The thesis argues that this body of work constitutes a collective critical discourse, with the single-family house assuming the ...

Glocal Tools: temporary urban actions for the collective production of space

Recently, an approach to urbanism has emerged that uses temporality as a possibility for experimentation and the inclusion of multiple actors as a democratic manifestation. The interventions utilizing this approach, perhaps defined as tactical urbanism or meanwhile uses, modify the urban as a process and not as a project, trying to transform local contexts with globally reproducible tools: glocal. The argument of this dissertation is that temporary actions are the most suitable tools ...

Searching for Equitable, inclusive and caring urban neighbourhoods: measuring children's right to the city through urban design. An urban laboratory in Contumil and Lagarteiro social housing

The contemporary urban environment, marked by social, political, and architectural fragmentation, reflects the diverse patterns and levels of involvement among different age and ethnic groups. Public spaces have become fragile environments, disproportionately affecting children and their carers due to socio-spatial inequalities. However, the neighbourhood unit often retains a sense of proximity and co-responsibility, visible in collective actions by diverse communities. Despite the v...

A arquitetura de uma refeição. Palácios reais portugueses na aurora do século XX

This is a study on the meal and its ability to create space that makes use of the possibilities for dialogue between culinary practices and architecture. The menu of the royal meal from the late 19th and early 20th centuries served as the starting point, with the collection of over five hundred examples enabling the selection of six case studies: six meals consumed between 1903 and 1907 in six distinct Portuguese royal palaces, triggered by visits from foreign heads of state to Portugal durin...