Bridging the urban divide between the informal and the planned city. The African microstate of São Tomé and Príncipe as case-study.

The worldwide acceleration of the urbanisation process in the last decades has induced great pressure in the urban built environment, especially in developing countries, where this growth could not be met by similar provision of support structures, thus creating extensive disparities and informal settlements. This has happened in megacities, but also in their smaller counterparts.Focusing on the case-study of São Tomé and using the data collected during research and fieldwork, this paper will...

Emergent planning: regeneration through empowerment in Developing Countries. São Tomé and Príncipe as case-study.

The Knowledge of Traditional Constructiv Systems and its Contribution for a Sustainable Practice in Architecture. The Example of the Bougeois House of Porto

This paper intends to present a constructive model of the bourgeois house of Porto, conceived from the evidences of systematization that appeared along the research on materials and techniques applied in its construction, aiming, fundamentally, its application in the development of intervention projects in these buildings. Moreover, it is expected that all the work of characterization and typification related with the conception of this constructive model, may also constitute an important con...

Moinhos Hidrodinamicos: Análisis Arquitectónica de 4 casos en la Peninsula Ibérica