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City design: housing neighbourhood project methodologies
Virtudes, Ana L.City design is a subject taught under the subject of Architecture. This paper aims to present the results of a neighbourhood housing project which was done as part of the Urban Planning discipline in the 4th year of a Master Degree in Architecture. This project was prepared using a methodological approach based on the analysis of urban morphological elements and the continuity requirements in between them. The ...
Ecological Approach as an Urban Solution for Sensitive Areas
Virtudes, Ana L.; Kakosova, Nina; Filippidi, Nikoleta; Carriço, AnaThe urban spaces of river banks are sensitive areas, not only in environmental terms but also considering the spatial planning rules. Often the spatial planning rules are focused on building and urban development questions rather than of ecological approaches. In this sense, this article aims to present an urban design project for a sensitive territory of river banks having as pivotal concern ecological solutio...
E-City Planning: Geospatial Data Technologies
Gonçalves, Olga; Virtudes, Ana L.The use of new technologies such as ICT (information and communication technologies) is already a reality in several domains of the scientific development. In this context, this paper aims to present an example of the use of ICT in the spatial planning domain at the local level. It is focused on the e-City Planning, based on the example of the municipal master plan, which is the most iconic figure of the planni...
Urban Rehabilitation: A Glimpse from the Spatial Planning Law
Virtudes, Ana L.The urbanized policy of the last years in Portugal has been based on the construction of urban expansion areas, as much for industrial ends as for residential ends. It is estimated that the areas available for construction when added to the consolidated urban areas can house a population of 30 million inhabitants, while the Portuguese population is around 10 million. Many of these new urban areas are much bigge...
A Smart Rural Project for Tourism of Madeira Island
Rodrigues, Andreia; Virtudes, Ana L.Everywhere, there are cities, regions and countries which are struggling in order to reach a good position in terms of attractiveness, whether to catch more inhabitants or to get more visitants. All-over the world, cities like Bangkok in Thailand, Dubai in the United Arab Emirates or London in the United Kingdom, are witnessing, every year, a process of massive tourism. Many of these touristic places are very w...
Traditional wooden houses in Maringá (Brazil): ICT in planning research
Gonino, Camila Nakamura; Virtudes, Ana L.; Silva, RicardoIn many cities, the examples of traditional architecture are being replaced by contemporary buildings, without any strategies in order to preserve a specific period of the urban and housing histories. These legacies are witnesses of particular features in terms of local communities, societies, political environments, urban morphologies or architectural languages. In this sense, this article presents the case st...
Urban Design Project Focused On River Sports
Virtudes, Ana L.; Palaityte, Gerda; Liaudnskaite, Monika; Svarauskaite, Dominyka; Carriço, AnaTouristic activities are growing all-over the world. The number of people traveling abroad to visit places and having adventures is increasing. Even though the most popular cities and countries in touristic terms are the most visited places, the small cities in rural areas are also defining strategies in order to improve their performances in tourism. The Portuguese city of São Pedro do Sul, very well-known bec...
Functional diversity as a methodology to rethink housing neighbourhoods
Virtudes, Ana L.There are many housing neighbourhoods with no functional diversity, where dwellings are the only function of the buildings. Their inhabitants are out during the day, going to their working places and are coming back only in the evening. Therefore, these mono-functional neighbourhoods, at the suburban parts of the cities, present several problematic aspects, such as in security terms. Consequently, good quality ...
Soft Mobility as an Urban Design Solution for Water Fronts
Virtudes, Ana L.; Debicka, Aleksandra; Janik, Laura; Barwinska, Malgorzata; Choinacka, Natalia; Carriço, AnaSoft mobility is on the top of the agenda as a strategy for cities liveability. It refers to non-motorized transportation solutions in order to promote the human mobility. In this domain pedestrian and bicycle paths have a pivotal interest on behalf of urban design solutions. This paper presents an urban design project focused on soft mobility solutions having as case study a Portuguese city. The area called Tr...
Public Art Advancing Urban Context Transformations: Kreuzberg (Berlin)
Xavier, Inês Nascimento Lopes Bilhota; Virtudes, Ana L.; Ochoa, RitaThe proposed article focuses on an analysis of Berlin as a model for urban intervention, with proposals, both for the urban rehabilitation and for new works. The central district of Kreuzberg, will be studied taking into account that it is nowadays a place of artistic and bohemian focus, considered an integral part of the one of the main enclaves of power and culture in Europe. Local characterization will be ca...