Having the Portuguese landscape as a backdrop, this article unveils scientific contents and resources applied to the production of urban iconography (comprising both cartography and vedute), from the end of the 16th to the nineteenth century. To this end, and focusing on the Portuguese context, a panoramic recognition of the Portuguese theoretical and drawing collection is provided, together with the analysis a...
O presente artigo debate a imagem e a forma da vila de Caminha, ao longo do período moderno, tendo como base a análise do seu espólio iconográfico. A partir deste, procura-se identificar tanto os processos de configuração da sua imagem, bem como, uma leitura do ambiente construído. Uma visão que extravasa os limites do núcleo fortificado de Caminha e considera o território mais amplo em que esta se integra e qu...
In light of the health constraints imposed by the pandemic, the teaching and learning activities planned for the 2019/2020 school year underwent significant restructuring. This communication outlines two experiences developed within the Geometry Curricular Unit of the 1st year of the Integrated Master’s Degree in Architecture at the School of Architecture, Art and Design, University of Minho. These experiences ...
In light of the emergency determined by the Corona Pandemic, higher education institutions were compelled to re-examine their operational procedures, both at the institutional level and with regard to the methodologies and approaches utilized in the teaching and learning process. This change was dictated by the urgency of the situation, which implied the revision of an entire mental and relational framework and...
This paper focuses on the Vila Nova de Cerveira-Goián Defensive Subsystem, within a wider structured defensive network that runs along the border course of the Minho River Valley. Built along the borders of the Portuguese territory during the Restoration War (1640-1668), this landscape results from the advances, retreats and constant actions of attack and defence from both Iberian armies, evidencing successive ...
Having as backdrop the Portuguese landscape, this communication unveils the scientific contents and resources applied to the production of Portuguese vedute, from the 17th to the 19th centuries. To this end, is provided a panoramic recognition of the Portuguese theoretical and drawing collection, together with the analysis and graphic speculation over the city of Braga vedute. In the pursuit of such objective, ...
[Excerto] “Take care of the terminals, Wright, the rest will take care of itself ” é um famoso aforismo de Louis Sulivan que Frank Lloyd Wright recordava com reverência e que Fernando Távora fazia questão de repetir todos os anos aos seus alunos de Teoria Geral de Organização do Espaço, na Faculdade de Arquitetura da Universidade do Porto (FAUP). É uma máxima definidora de um particular entendimento da arquitet...
Este ensaio sobre o edifício da Escola de Arquitetura da Universidade do Minho (atualmente Escola de Arquitetura, Arte e Design/ EAAD), mais do que incidir sobre os modos de pensar e fazer arquitetura de Fernando Távora, reflete sobre os espaços, movimentos e relações proporcionadas pela obra. Invocam-se qualidades estruturantes na articulação dos seus espaços que, de certo modo, condensam experiências construt...
[Excerto] Fernando Távora nasceu em 25 de agosto de 1923. Se ainda estivesse entre nós, teria completado 100 anos em 2023. A propósito da celebração deste centenário, a Secção Regional do Norte da Ordem dos Arquitetos propôs à Fundação Marques da Silva e às Universidades do Minho, Porto e Coimbra, o planeamento de um vasto programa de eventos. Este livro faz parte deste programa, intitulado Távora 100, integran...
This article focuses on Anne Tyng’s Urban Hierarchy proposal considering the geometric reasoning, namely the helical structure and intrinsic progressions, as well as some coeval experiences and assumptions, especially regarding the developed visions revising urban standards and images. Starting from these two complementary paths, it is possible to fully comprehend the image of the formulated project, which is e...