One of today’s major environmental and economic challenges is the fight against both agro- and industrial-waste. Almond production and industrial processing exemplifies this issue, as it generates tons of waste and by-products, with hulls and shells accounting for about 70% of the total fruit’s weight while skins represent about 6% of the shelled kernel. Since the edible kernel, about 23% of the total fruit wei...
O artigo procede à apresentação dos objetivos e principais opções metodológicas do projeto de investigação Street Transformations, Rebalancing Ecology and Environmental issues in Urban Territories (STREET) em desenvolvimento no Laboratórios de Paisagens, Património e Território (Lab2PT). Procede-se a uma breve apresentação de indicadores e atributos a considerar na avaliação da transformação de 25 ruas de 5 mun...
Almond processing generates a high quantity of by-products, presenting the untapped potential for alternative applications and improved sustainability in production. This study aimed to evaluate whether the incorporation of almond by-products (hulls/shells) can improve the biochemical characteristics of green bean pods when used as an alternative to traditional growing media in green bean plants. Four substrate...
[Excerto] scola deriva da palavra grega “skholē”, a qual significa “tempo livre, ociosidade e discussão”. Por sua vez, lecionar tem origem no latim “legere”, o qual significa “ler, coletar, reunir”. Lecionar numa Escola de Arquitetura, Arte e Design implica, assim, selecionar e coletar os frutos da ociosidade para uma discussão livre e não limitada a um pensamento único. Ociosidade não deve ser confundida com f...
Cyber-physical devices are the backbone of a postdigital society in which the virtual and real spaces are seamlessly integrated by ubiquitous computing, networking and IoT. The design, fabrication and deployment of such devices in public space are central subjects of a strategic Research Project multidisciplinary team from architecture, product design, polymer science and ICT R&D units, bridging the gap between...
Cyber-physical devices are the backbone of a postdigital society in which the virtual and real spaces are seamlessly integrated by ubiquitous computing and networking. The incorporation of such devices in public space is a central subject of a strategic Research Project that gathers a multidisciplinary team from architecture, product design, polymer science and ICT R&D units. This paper frames the key roles of ...
This article proposes a proof of concept related to a methodology that uses an unmanned aircraft vehicles (UAV) as an investigation tool in landscape planning, which results can be used also in archaeology, cultural landscape, and heritage studies, to create a multidimensional approach for understanding relations between valuable assets and preserve fundamental qualities of the landscape. It is evaluated if UAV...
Cyber-physical devices are the backbone of a postdigital society in which the virtual and real spaces are seamlessly integrated by ubiquitous computing and networking. The incorporation of such devices in public space is a central subject of a strategic Research Project that gathers a multidisciplinary team from architecture, product design, polymer science and ICT R&D units. This paper frames the key roles of ...
The design approach tackles the need to expand the public urban space during the pandemic crisis. The proposal addresses one of the main challenges identified by the municipality of Guimarães: to promote new safe devices of cultural expression in the public space, especially for festivities related to their social and cultural heritage. One example is the Nicolinas celebration, initiated in the 17th century, wh...
A resiliência do país como um todo está a ser posta em causa pelo aprofundamento de desigualdades a vários níveis. A desigualdade económica, mas também os desafios demográficos, ou a ausência de políticas territoriais integradas, que promovem desequilíbrios territoriais. Assistimos a um aprofundar de diferenças entre a faixa litoral e o interior; entre as áreas metropolitanas do Porto e de Lisboa e o restante t...