Intersubjetividade projetual - Entre a abstração e a circunstância. Projeto das piscinas do Clube de Natação de Valongo

This dissertation aims to reflect about the design process of a swimming pool building intended for training athletes in different aquatic disciplines (pure swimming, artistic swimming and water polo). The project arises from the challenge presented by the Clube de Natação de Valongo, an institution that I represented as a senior athlete. In addition to the space for water tanks and changing rooms, essential for the functioning of the pools, the project also includes the design of complementa...

Urbanismo dos Fluxos Humanos. Buenos Aires como ponto de partida

This dissertation, delving into the vastness of this global theme, focuses on the city of Buenos Aires as a microcosm whose urban fabric has been intertwined and transformed over the centuries by migratory flows. Mobility, intrinsic to the human essence, has shaped human history and continues to challenge borders and barriers in every known dimension. This complex phenomenon, characterised by varied motives, diverse trajectories, and profound effects, requires an interdisciplinary approach to...

Abrigo em Santo Estevão, a Ideia Construída

Reflection enhances the construction of the project as the main element of study, and all the other elements, written and drawn, complement it. The dissertation is divided into three parts, as suggested by its three chapters - II Memory and Shelter, III Landscape and Models and IV Shelter in Santo Estevão, The Idea that is Built. The original moment presents the first memories of a personal and naive architecture, an architecture that exists in the subconscious, that is found by memory and th...

Cidade Informal. O caso de Caracas e o Barrio Julián Blanco de Petare

The following thesis selects an urban sector of the City of Caracas as case of study, specifically of the Julian Blanco barrio of Petare. The study intends to encompass the theme of the spontaneous city; and to explore the different subjects with which the social architecture is associated, to understand the different intervention opportunities in informal settings, based on structures that provide support to life in the community. The interest in this topic is part of a personal experience. ...