Entre a arquitectura e a natureza. O abrigo de madeira na Serra do Soajo

Abstract

In areas as unique as the Parque Nacional da Peneda-Gerês (PNPG), one of forty six protected areas in Portugal, the binomial architecture/nature is brought into confrontation in a very peculiar way. It is a territory full of history, culture and traditions, also characterized by climatic and geographical conditions that combine to form the built and natural landscape that is present today. The project presented in this work is located in the Camping and Caravanning site of Travanca that is located in the PGNP in the Serra do Soajo. This tourist resort was built at an old cattle branda and preserves some of the shelter structures used in the practice of pastoralism, a traditional activity in this territory. Besides being close to Porta do Mezio - one of five Portas that welcomes visitors to the PNPG - the recente change in management and the need to revitalize the camping site where key factors to justify a new plan for the site. It is proposed to build one or more shelters, using a concept that, since early times, is closely linked to human relationship with nature. The project focus on the use of wood as building material for shelters, taking advantage of its capabilities to integrate into the environment, its flexibility, lightness and self-assembly.