Percorrer, Habitar, Representar: Estratégias do projecto de Fernando Távora para a Quinta da Conceição

Abstract

This Master Thesis, "Percorrer, Habitar, Representar - Estratégias do projecto de Fernando Távora para a Quinta da Conceição", structures a monographic approach to the subject of Portuguese Architecture of the 50s and 60s, through a single project, one of the most complete works of Fernando Távora, Quinta da Conceição (1956-60), in Leça da Palmeira, Matosinhos, studied by its original design (excluding subsequent changes made in the 90s). The approach to the theme starts with a historical survey, developing it with a perceptive and experienced analysis walking through Quinta da Concei- ção's spaces, in order to assess the design strategies used by Távora. The approach to the study case allows us to understand the features and events of national and international architectures, and how both are related and mediated, at a time when some architects supported the integration of traditional values within modern architecture. These topics were somewhat introduced, by Fernando Távora in his small essay "O Problema da Casa Portuguesa" (1947), and continued in the Survey on Popular Architecture in Portugal (1955-61), which has revealed itself as fundamental to the systematization and synthesis of the values of our own Architecture.