Morpho: urban morphological research and planning practice

• Autor(a) principal: Araújo de Oliveira, Vitor Manuel
• Data de Publicação: 2017
• Outros Autores: Silva, Mafalda
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.47235/rmu.v1i1.33
• topic: morfologia urbana; forma urbana; análise morfológica; prática de planeamento; Porto; urban morphology; urban form; morphological analysis; planning practice; Porto

The Morpho methodology was recently introduced in the debate on urban morphology. After the publication of a first paper describing Morpho, both theoretically and methodologically, illustrated with a number of applications at the street level, this second paper describes the first application of the methodology at the city level, taking Porto as the case study. The morphological analysis supported by Morpho focuses on the main elements of urban form of a city – its streets, plots and buildings. This application of Morpho to Porto enables an appraisal of the morphological basis of the city, identifying the main aspects that, in each part of the municipal territory, are promoting urbanity. In addition to the description and explanation of the morphological basis of Porto, this paper includes an exploration of the potential for applying Morpho in professional practice, developed in close collaboration with the planning department of Porto local authority.