A introdução de instalações técnicas e redes prediais na edificação corrente. A Rua de Sá da Bandeira no início do século XX

Abstract

There is no doubt that the education of an architect, given the complexity of the issues, shall be grounded in the knowledge of their specificy. The technical and scientific issues in the field of construction are probably the most enlightening of all. This study will focus in this area, the one that responds to the necessity of a comfortable home, in face of the aggressive environment, more specifically the infrastructural network. As everything in architecture, also in the issue of infrastructures the problem is about combination, adequacy and synthesis. Because it is undeniable its importance in the resolution of problems and, therefore, in the improvement of the quality of life of people, allowing them to enjoy a level of comfort that is impossible solely with the other elements of the construction. That is, the essential is to create a bond between the infrastructural network as the remaining components of the project, in search of the most efficient result (objective + resources). Taking that complexity in mind, but also considering that in the given context pushing back and searching the essential is important, the take that is presented here is of the age of the sustained introduction of the networks in the buildings, a reflection of the technological development, and also of the expectations of the citizens about the comfort and modernity in what housing is concerned. In the Portuguese context this takes place in the first half of the 20th Century. To emphasize and synthesize the approach, this study will focus in the first two decades. The object of the study is a front of a street block, more precisely the west front of Rua de Sá da Bandeira, between Rua Formosa and Rua de Fernandes Tomás.