A margem da cidade. Estratégias e especulações sobre a frente ribeirinha das Fontainhas num caso prático

• Autor(a) principal: Ricardo Miguel Lourenço Domingues
• 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/10216/119948
• topic: Artes; Arts

This Master Thesis, entitled "À margem da cidade. Estratégias e especulaçõessobre a frente ribeirinha das Fontainhas num caso prático", is a result of an analysisand reflection around the urban space of Fontainhas and the intrinsic relationsestablished between the Douro river, the dynamics that act in its territory and thedialogue between the construction and the gaps that surround it.The continuous decline and the few real reabilitation an urban regenerationactions taken place in this area, motivated the development of a projetsolution in its extensive territory.In order to comprehend the actual situation of Fontainhas, it is developedan analysis and reflection on the main moments which appoint to the territoryevolution of the area, in its urban and architectual aspects, as much as social ones.It was interesting to approach the case study from its history and urban morphology,as well as from the developments taken place in it, in order to understandwhat restricted its territorial growth and its fragil position in the urban tissue ofthe city.Parallel to this, we add to the reflection an ensemble of projects that incorporatea series of concerns, similar to the anounced in this work, deepeningthe knowledge of the area and serving as reference to the final porposal conception.As a complement of the reading and analisys of the area, a slight reflectionabout some inherent concepts about the architectual and urban practice wasundertaken, such as context, memory and identity, considerating as well issuesthat should leed to the stategy's definition of a projetct of this nature.The solution presented in the end seeked to reflect all the subjective intentionsof the autor sugested along the present work, pointing to a wide rangeof concerns and speculations about the urban condition of the location and endingup to be an great utility instrument to the comprehension of the area.