A Acção do GTL no Centro Histórico de Guimarães

• Autor(a) principal: Vera Patrícia e Silva da Rocha Barros
• Data de Publicação: 2010
• Tipo de documento: Dissertação
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://hdl.handle.net/10216/149274
• topic: Artes; Arts

In a moment which new programs and norms of incentive for the regeneration of ancient urban areas are presented, a reflection about methodologies to adopt in a brief future is imposed. The present study has born from the will to find out more about the practice of intervention on urban heritage and that way contribute to one of the favorites and oldest subjects in architecture discussion - "...the realization of new constructions next to workmanships of value constructed by the past or where the past has constructed" 2 The Guimarães Historical Center is currently considered as a success case of urban rehabilitation and the GTL is referred for its "good practices" of heritage intervention. The cultural value that is notarized -Cultural Heritage of Mankind and the recognized management model of integrated conservation contributes to the searching of methodologies and practices. From Guimarães Historical Center understanding as an urban set are analyzed the actions that had lead to its transformation. Through the analyses of GTL's existence, pondering principles and actions, are clarified which means allowed the activity and the regeneration of this urban area. The actions are enumerated, putting on evidence the more symbolic ones for the strategies definitions and/or the ones that more contributed to the city image change from the early 80's till the actuality. The analysis of what has been done (at the public space, at the public buildings and at the private buildings) aims to support the discussion of achieved results in concrete and quantified data. The GTL activity, while regulating agent and interventions executer, is appreciated with more detail trough eight interventions on regular building study. The outstanding conferred to this typology of construction results, by one side, of its prevalence in urban nucleus and, by other side, of the difficulties founded in new functions and contemporaries comfort requirements adaptation. The selection fell into paradigmatically buildings in the rehabilitation process. Are examined the conditions, the project attitudes, the constructive options and techniques, the answers to new programs and to criteria established by the GTL, as well the criteria of comfort at each time.