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

Abstract

The following Dissertation is a result of a study for a rehabilitationproject of two family houses, located in São Torcato, Guimarães.A brief study about the Minho region is made, where the urbanizationprocess 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 buildingsare studied.On a second phase, the two houses are surveyed, which allows for aread of the previous occupations and of their current status.The rehabilitation process wishes to integrate both houses and theirmost remarkable caracteristics according to a new brief and demands.