A Quinta do Mosteiro - A recriação do sonho

• Autor(a) principal: Daniel Oliveira Alves
• Data de Publicação: 2018
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://hdl.handle.net/10216/116539
• topic: Artes; Arts

There is no clear definition for the gated community concept as it may acquiredifferent layouts and it is a concept that has been altered over time. It is seen as a lucrativebusiness, from the real estate point of view, although it is perceived as a form of socialand space segregation. The word "gated" literally means, in most cases, a piece of landsurrounded by walls and gates, which makes it closed and disconnected with its exteriorenvironment. This dissertation explores the urbanistic and social effects of this kind of realestate development, mainly the physical and metaphoric disintegration with the city thegated communities are located in, the use of physical impenetrable barriers and the strengthof the security argument associated with gated communities. Having these premises inmind, it is created a rehabilitation proposal of a private territory (Quinta do Mosteiro,located in Vila Nova de Gaia, north of Portugal) which suffered an intervention, yearsago, aiming to create a gated community. The project was suspended and nothing has beendone ever since, to pursue it. This proposal aims to study the use of certain constructionsolutions and the space organization, to integrate a gated community in its surroundingenvironment, with no need for physical barriers, keeping (or even increasing) securityand privacy for the gated community members. The role of an architect in a project likethis acquires a strong social component, about which this dissertation aims to start abrainstorm for further analysis.