Um ensaio de reabilitação: duas casas de família em São Torcato, Guimarães

Abstract

The following Dissertation is a result of a study for a rehabilitation project of two family houses, located in São Torcato, Guimarães. A brief study about the Minho region is made, where the urbanization process and the subsequent landscape transformations are explored. On a bigger scale, São Torcato town is looked upon. It's fundation, urban structure and particular construction method of the local buildings are studied. On a second phase, the two houses are surveyed, which allows for a read of the previous occupations and of their current status. The rehabilitation process wishes to integrate both houses and their most remarkable caracteristics according to a new brief and demands.