Joaquim Flores
Escola Superior Artística do Porto, Arquitectura, Faculty Member
- Oxford Brookes University, Architecture, Alumnusadd
- Architecture, Built Heritage (Heritage Studies), Traditional buildings, Sustainable refurbishment, Urban Regeneration, Portugal, and 39 moreUrban Conservation, Planos de Salvaguarda, Reabilitação Urbana, Centros Históricos, Historic centres conservation in Portugal, World Heritage Cities, Energy Efficiency Buildings, Building Energy Simulation, Cultural Heritage, Urban Renewal, Arquitectura, Urban Waterfronts, Património, Reabilitação de Frentes Ribeirinhas, Existing City, Reabilitação Ambiental, River Waterfront, Ciclovia, Polis de Gondomar, Cidade Existente, Cultural Heritage Concept, Conceito de Património, Património Arquitectónico, Art History, Construction Materials, Architeture, Compact City, Avenida da Ponte, Lei De Malraux, Conceito De Monumento, Vida Nova Aos Velhos Centros, Siza Avenida Da Ponte, Seculo Do Sistema Medieval, Monografia De Massarelos, Casa Branca de Gramido, Compact City Model Definition, Urban Design, Space Syntax (Research Methodology), and Housing for the Elderly (Architecture)edit
- Born in Nisa, Portugal, in 1967.edit
Conferência proferida no âmbito da Sessão Comemorativa «Centro Histórico do Porto: 18 anos Património Cultural da Humanidade» promovida pela Câmara Municipal de - 5 de Dezembro, Palacete Viscondes de Balsemão, Porto
Research Interests: Urban Regeneration, World Cultural Heritage, Patrimonio Cultural, Built Heritage, Cultural Heritage, Urban Art, Urban Design, Urban Regeneration Through Art, Urban Light, Urban Development, Rehabilitation, Reuse of Industrial Buildings., Porto, and 5 moreReabilitação Urbana, Urban rehabilitation, Reabilitação Arquitectónica, UNESCO world heritage, and Património Mundial
Marcolin, P., Milão, S., Fernandes, F., Flores, J. Projetos para a zona das Fontainhas no Porto: Desafios e contributos do ensino da arquitectura para a qualificação da cidade contemporânea. In: Dinâmicas:Magazine de Design de Produto... more
Marcolin, P., Milão, S., Fernandes, F., Flores, J. Projetos para a zona das Fontainhas no Porto: Desafios e contributos do ensino da arquitectura para a qualificação da cidade contemporânea. In: Dinâmicas:Magazine de Design de Produto (3), Janeiro 2015, Escola Artística de Soares dos Reis, pp.46-53 (http://issuu.com/dinamicas_easr/docs/dinamicas_3_easr)
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"O peso significativo dos edifícios nos consumos energéticos e consequentes emissões de CO2 levanta-nos a questão fulcral de como lidar com a massa edificada existente, que necessita de ser remodelada para atingir uma maior eficiência... more
"O peso significativo dos edifícios nos consumos energéticos e consequentes emissões de CO2 levanta-nos a questão fulcral de como lidar com a massa edificada existente, que necessita de ser remodelada para atingir uma maior eficiência energética. Vários ganhos potenciais, em termos de sustentabilida-de, podem ser apontados na estratégia de reabilitação de edifícios tradicionais urbanos. Partindo destas premissas, iniciou-se um projecto de investigação na Oxford Brookes University, cujo objectivo principal é o de avaliar a possibilidade de introduzir soluções de desenho sustentável na reabilitação de edifícios tradicionais em cidades históricas portuguesas, de modo a reduzir o seu impacto ambiental sem adulterar o respectivo valor patrimonial.
Palavras-chave: Reabilitação, Edifícios Tradicionais, Eficiência Energética"
Palavras-chave: Reabilitação, Edifícios Tradicionais, Eficiência Energética"
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2003 - «City of memory, city of culture» published in «Proceedings of the 7th Symposium of the Organization of the World Heritage Cities “Keeping Heritage Alive. Education and Training for the Preservation and Management of Cultural... more
2003 - «City of memory, city of culture» published in «Proceedings of the 7th Symposium of the Organization of the World Heritage Cities “Keeping Heritage Alive. Education and Training for the Preservation and Management of Cultural Heritage”», OCPM, Rhodes, 2003 (Doc. 33 in CD-Rom)
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A presente comunicação tem por base a dissertação homónima de Mestrado, em Reabilitação da Arquitectura e Núcleos Urbanos, defendida em Maio de 2000 na Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade Técnica de Lisboa. A temática escolhida... more
A presente comunicação tem por base a dissertação homónima de Mestrado, em Reabilitação da Arquitectura e Núcleos Urbanos, defendida em Maio de 2000 na Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade Técnica de Lisboa.
A temática escolhida prendeu-se com a necessidade prática de estudar os «Planos de Salvaguarda e Valorização», na medida em que surgiu a oportunidade de realizar profissionalmente um destes planos, no ano de 1996. Ao realizar as primeiras recolhas de informação, nomeadamente ao nível legislativo, encontrou-se uma situação caricata, a do vazio legal e técnico relativamente a esta tipologia de Plano. Paradoxalmente, perante os avanços e recuos legislativos que se foram verificando ao longo do tempo, o Estado, via Gabinetes Técnicos Locais (GTL’s), insistia na necessidade de elaborar Planos de Salvaguarda para as áreas de intervenção deste Gabinetes, na sua maioria coincidentes com centros históricos.
Deste modo a tese desenvolveu-se através do estudo desta tipologia de Plano, assim como das linhas metodológicas internacionais que influenciaram as diferentes modos de intervir nos centros históricos em Portugal.
Tendo por base o acima descrito, esta comunicação teve por objectivos específicos, clarificar as linhas metodológicas que influenciaram a experiência de reabilitação de centros históricos em Portugal, ao mesmo tempo que se realiza a historiografia desta tipologia de Plano. Paralelamente, efectuou-se uma actualização, na medida em que, desde a realização do trabalho base, foram saindo diplomas legais fundamentais, tais como a Lei de Bases do Património (Lei 107/2001 de 8 de Setembro) ou o Diploma que rege os instrumentos de ordenamento do território (DL 380/99 de 22 de Setembro), ambos por regulamentar, como é hábito na praxis portuguesa. Pretende-se assim, fazer também uma reflexão sobre a actualidade e as perspectivas para esta figura de Plano perante a realidade portuguesa.
A temática escolhida prendeu-se com a necessidade prática de estudar os «Planos de Salvaguarda e Valorização», na medida em que surgiu a oportunidade de realizar profissionalmente um destes planos, no ano de 1996. Ao realizar as primeiras recolhas de informação, nomeadamente ao nível legislativo, encontrou-se uma situação caricata, a do vazio legal e técnico relativamente a esta tipologia de Plano. Paradoxalmente, perante os avanços e recuos legislativos que se foram verificando ao longo do tempo, o Estado, via Gabinetes Técnicos Locais (GTL’s), insistia na necessidade de elaborar Planos de Salvaguarda para as áreas de intervenção deste Gabinetes, na sua maioria coincidentes com centros históricos.
Deste modo a tese desenvolveu-se através do estudo desta tipologia de Plano, assim como das linhas metodológicas internacionais que influenciaram as diferentes modos de intervir nos centros históricos em Portugal.
Tendo por base o acima descrito, esta comunicação teve por objectivos específicos, clarificar as linhas metodológicas que influenciaram a experiência de reabilitação de centros históricos em Portugal, ao mesmo tempo que se realiza a historiografia desta tipologia de Plano. Paralelamente, efectuou-se uma actualização, na medida em que, desde a realização do trabalho base, foram saindo diplomas legais fundamentais, tais como a Lei de Bases do Património (Lei 107/2001 de 8 de Setembro) ou o Diploma que rege os instrumentos de ordenamento do território (DL 380/99 de 22 de Setembro), ambos por regulamentar, como é hábito na praxis portuguesa. Pretende-se assim, fazer também uma reflexão sobre a actualidade e as perspectivas para esta figura de Plano perante a realidade portuguesa.
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2002 - “The Historical City as the Sustainable Compact City Model”, communication presented in the 6th Symposium of World Heritage Cities “Risk Preparedness and Emergency Response in the context of the management of the World Heritage... more
2002 - “The Historical City as the Sustainable Compact City Model”, communication presented in the 6th Symposium of World Heritage Cities “Risk Preparedness and Emergency Response in the context of the management of the World Heritage Cities” (Puebla, Mexico) and published in the Congress Proceedings, OCPM, Quebec, pp.231-250
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Flores, J. (2017) «Estudo de Renovação Urbana do Barredo, Porto 1969» in Costa, A., Velosa, A., Tavares, A. (Ed.) Congresso da reabilitação do Património, Universidade de Aveiro – Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Aveiro, pp.621-629, ISBN... more
Flores, J. (2017) «Estudo de Renovação Urbana do Barredo, Porto 1969» in Costa, A., Velosa, A., Tavares, A. (Ed.) Congresso da reabilitação do Património, Universidade de Aveiro – Departamento de Engenharia Civil, Aveiro, pp.621-629, ISBN 978-989-20-7623-2
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O estudo de renovação urbana do Barredo estabeleceu um ponto de viragem na filosofia de planeamento do centro histórico do Porto. Os planos anteriores promoveram extensas demolições do tecido urbano, misturadas com uma estratégia de renovação de edifícios históricos para atividades turísticas.
Coordenado por Fernando Távora, o estudo introduziu a dimensão social, não só acrescentando as ciências sociais à equipe de trabalho multidisciplinar, mas também considerando pela primeira vez os habitantes locais como sendo tão importantes na definição do caráter e significado do lugar como o ambiente histórico construído.
Apesar de não ter produzido resultados diretos, a nova abordagem influenciou diretamente o CRUARB que aplicou estes princípios a partir de 1974. A partir dos anos 80 esta filosofia multidisciplinar foi utilizada como modelo para as intervenções portuguesas em centros históricos, disseminando indiretamente os visionários conceitos introduzidos pelo estudo de 1969, que hoje, pela corrente pressão turístico-imobiliária, se encontram novamente atuais.
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Fernando Távora; Centro Histórico do Porto, Ribeira-Barredo, Reabilitação Urbana, Reabilitação de Centros Históricos.
Abstract
The Barredo’s urban renewal study established a turning point in the planning philosophy of the historic centre of Porto. The previous plans promoted extensive demolitions of the urban tissue, mixed with a strategy of historic buildings renewal for touristic activities.
Coordinated by Fernando Távora, the study introduced the social dimension, not only by adding the social sciences into the interdisciplinary team, but also because the local inhabitants were considered for the first time as being so important on defining the character and significance of the place as the historic built environment.
Even if the study did not produce direct results, the new approach influenced directly the CRUARB operation after 1974. Further on, the interdisciplinary methodology was used since the 1980’s as model for the Portuguese interventions in historical centres, disseminating indirectly the visionary concepts introduced in 1969, which, by the current tourist and real estate pressure, are again up-to-date.
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Fernando Távora, Historic Centre of Porto, Ribeira-Barredo, Urban Conservation, Historic Centres Conservation.
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O estudo de renovação urbana do Barredo estabeleceu um ponto de viragem na filosofia de planeamento do centro histórico do Porto. Os planos anteriores promoveram extensas demolições do tecido urbano, misturadas com uma estratégia de renovação de edifícios históricos para atividades turísticas.
Coordenado por Fernando Távora, o estudo introduziu a dimensão social, não só acrescentando as ciências sociais à equipe de trabalho multidisciplinar, mas também considerando pela primeira vez os habitantes locais como sendo tão importantes na definição do caráter e significado do lugar como o ambiente histórico construído.
Apesar de não ter produzido resultados diretos, a nova abordagem influenciou diretamente o CRUARB que aplicou estes princípios a partir de 1974. A partir dos anos 80 esta filosofia multidisciplinar foi utilizada como modelo para as intervenções portuguesas em centros históricos, disseminando indiretamente os visionários conceitos introduzidos pelo estudo de 1969, que hoje, pela corrente pressão turístico-imobiliária, se encontram novamente atuais.
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Fernando Távora; Centro Histórico do Porto, Ribeira-Barredo, Reabilitação Urbana, Reabilitação de Centros Históricos.
Abstract
The Barredo’s urban renewal study established a turning point in the planning philosophy of the historic centre of Porto. The previous plans promoted extensive demolitions of the urban tissue, mixed with a strategy of historic buildings renewal for touristic activities.
Coordinated by Fernando Távora, the study introduced the social dimension, not only by adding the social sciences into the interdisciplinary team, but also because the local inhabitants were considered for the first time as being so important on defining the character and significance of the place as the historic built environment.
Even if the study did not produce direct results, the new approach influenced directly the CRUARB operation after 1974. Further on, the interdisciplinary methodology was used since the 1980’s as model for the Portuguese interventions in historical centres, disseminating indirectly the visionary concepts introduced in 1969, which, by the current tourist and real estate pressure, are again up-to-date.
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Fernando Távora, Historic Centre of Porto, Ribeira-Barredo, Urban Conservation, Historic Centres Conservation.
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Flores, J. (2016). An investigation of the energy efficiency of traditional buildings in the Oporto World Heritage Site. EECHB-2016, Energy Efficiency and Comfort of Historic Buildings, Brussels, Flanders Heritage Agency. Oporto’s... more
Flores, J. (2016). An investigation of the energy efficiency of traditional buildings in the Oporto World Heritage Site. EECHB-2016, Energy Efficiency and Comfort of Historic Buildings, Brussels, Flanders Heritage Agency.
Oporto’s traditional buildings are the major contributors for shaping the World Heritage Site Despite this, and as is the case in most European historic cities, they are not individually listed and any adaptations to make them comply with current energy efficiency requirements may cause negative impacts on their authenticity and integrity. This paper aims to identify which energy efficiency improvement measures can be applied without damaging the buildings’ heritage value. For this purpose, fieldwork and simulation data of ten case studies were used. On-site results revealed that the energy consumption in Oporto’s traditional buildings was below European average and the households expressed that their home comfort sensation was overall positive. Simulations showed that introducing insulation and solar thermal panels would be ineffective in terms of energy and cost efficiency as well as comfort improvement.
This study reinforces the idea that traditional buildings perform better than expected in terms of energy consumption and can be retrofitted and updated at a low-cost and with passive solutions.
Oporto’s traditional buildings are the major contributors for shaping the World Heritage Site Despite this, and as is the case in most European historic cities, they are not individually listed and any adaptations to make them comply with current energy efficiency requirements may cause negative impacts on their authenticity and integrity. This paper aims to identify which energy efficiency improvement measures can be applied without damaging the buildings’ heritage value. For this purpose, fieldwork and simulation data of ten case studies were used. On-site results revealed that the energy consumption in Oporto’s traditional buildings was below European average and the households expressed that their home comfort sensation was overall positive. Simulations showed that introducing insulation and solar thermal panels would be ineffective in terms of energy and cost efficiency as well as comfort improvement.
This study reinforces the idea that traditional buildings perform better than expected in terms of energy consumption and can be retrofitted and updated at a low-cost and with passive solutions.
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PATRIMÓNIO INDUSTRIAL E TÉCNICO
JORNADAS EUROPEIAS DO PATRIMÓNIO – 24 SETEMBRO 2015
REFLEXÕES E CASOS DE ESTUDO
Escola Superior Artística do Porto – ESAP
Palacete de Belomonte
JORNADAS EUROPEIAS DO PATRIMÓNIO – 24 SETEMBRO 2015
REFLEXÕES E CASOS DE ESTUDO
Escola Superior Artística do Porto – ESAP
Palacete de Belomonte
Research Interests: Cultural Heritage, Heritage Studies, Industrial Heritage, Cultural Heritage Conservation, Heritage Conservation, and 4 moreCultural Heritage Management, Architectural Heritage, Built Heritage, Cultural Heritage, Urban Art, Urban Design, Urban Regeneration Through Art, Urban Light, Urban Development, Rehabilitation, Reuse of Industrial Buildings., and Patrimonio Industrial
RIE2015| IV Jornadas em Reabilitação de Infraestruturas e de Edifícios
Universidade Lusófona do Porto | 5 de Junho de 2015
Universidade Lusófona do Porto | 5 de Junho de 2015
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Semana Europeia da Sustentabilidade Sessão: A REABILITAÇÃO URBANA E A EFICIÊNCIA ENERGÉTICA DO EDIFICADO Organização: Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Artístico do Porto (CESAP); Escola Superior Artística do Porto (ESAP); Laboratório... more
Semana Europeia da Sustentabilidade
Sessão: A REABILITAÇÃO URBANA E A EFICIÊNCIA ENERGÉTICA DO EDIFICADO
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Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Artístico do Porto (CESAP); Escola Superior Artística do Porto (ESAP); Laboratório Investigação de Arquitectura (LIA) da ESAP; Agência de Energia do Porto (AdEPorto)
Data: 30 de Maio de 2015
A melhoria da eficiência energética dos edifícios é amplamente promovida como uma medida para atenuar as alterações climáticas através da redução das emissões de CO2. Os regulamentos térmicos promovem esta medida em todo o mundo, quer para edifícios novos, quer para existentes. Entre os existentes, os edifícios tradicionais e históricas colocam o desafio adicional da conservação do património. A melhoria da sua eficiência energética coloca o risco de provocar impactos negativos sobre o seu valor patrimonial. Em paralelo, a sua performance em termos de consumos energéticos é pouco estudada, pelo que se torna necessário aprofundar o estudo sobre estes edifícios de modo a identificar as melhores estratégias para melhorar a sua performance sem diminuir o seu valor patrimonial.
As directivas europeias de eficiência energética, assim como as actuais estratégias de financiamento comunitário, promovem a reabilitação energética de edifícios não residenciais. Neste sentido, o parque edificado da Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Artístico no Porto, cobrindo várias tipologias patrimoniais do centro histórico do Porto, insere-se nesta estratégia de reabilitação energética. Assim, este projecto exploratório pretende adquirir um conhecimento base sobre a performance deste parque edificado, de modo a poder sustentar futuras estratégias de reabilitação energética do mesmo. Adicionalmente, poder-se-á considerar que estas estratégias poderão também ajudar a realizar futuras candidaturas aos actuais fundos comunitários, que estabelecem muito claramente este eixo como uma prioridade.
Sessão: A REABILITAÇÃO URBANA E A EFICIÊNCIA ENERGÉTICA DO EDIFICADO
Organização:
Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Artístico do Porto (CESAP); Escola Superior Artística do Porto (ESAP); Laboratório Investigação de Arquitectura (LIA) da ESAP; Agência de Energia do Porto (AdEPorto)
Data: 30 de Maio de 2015
A melhoria da eficiência energética dos edifícios é amplamente promovida como uma medida para atenuar as alterações climáticas através da redução das emissões de CO2. Os regulamentos térmicos promovem esta medida em todo o mundo, quer para edifícios novos, quer para existentes. Entre os existentes, os edifícios tradicionais e históricas colocam o desafio adicional da conservação do património. A melhoria da sua eficiência energética coloca o risco de provocar impactos negativos sobre o seu valor patrimonial. Em paralelo, a sua performance em termos de consumos energéticos é pouco estudada, pelo que se torna necessário aprofundar o estudo sobre estes edifícios de modo a identificar as melhores estratégias para melhorar a sua performance sem diminuir o seu valor patrimonial.
As directivas europeias de eficiência energética, assim como as actuais estratégias de financiamento comunitário, promovem a reabilitação energética de edifícios não residenciais. Neste sentido, o parque edificado da Cooperativa de Ensino Superior Artístico no Porto, cobrindo várias tipologias patrimoniais do centro histórico do Porto, insere-se nesta estratégia de reabilitação energética. Assim, este projecto exploratório pretende adquirir um conhecimento base sobre a performance deste parque edificado, de modo a poder sustentar futuras estratégias de reabilitação energética do mesmo. Adicionalmente, poder-se-á considerar que estas estratégias poderão também ajudar a realizar futuras candidaturas aos actuais fundos comunitários, que estabelecem muito claramente este eixo como uma prioridade.
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O presente texto corresponde à apresentação efectuada no Seminário «A Patuleia e o Acto Adicional à Carta» e tem por objectivo explicitar o recente processo de recuperação de que foi objecto a «Casa Branca», situado no lugar de Gramido, e... more
O presente texto corresponde à apresentação efectuada no Seminário «A Patuleia e o Acto Adicional à Carta» e tem por objectivo explicitar o recente processo de recuperação de que foi objecto a «Casa Branca», situado no lugar de Gramido, e que foi o palco da assinatura da Convenção entre os representantes da Junta do Porto e os comandantes ingleses e espanhóis, pondo termo à Guerra Civil da Patuleia em 29 de Junho de 1847.
As bases em que se funda este texto, para além da investigação pessoal, são essencialmente o trabalho de investigação histórica e acompanhamento arqueológico efectuado pela empresa Mola Olivarum, sob a coordenação científica do Professor Doutor Carlos Alberto Brochado de Almeida, e do projecto global realizado pelo Gabinete de Arquitectura Barbosa & Guimarães, sob a coordenação do Arquitecto José António Barbosa.
Em termos de estrutura, divide-se em três partes distintas: na primeira explica-se a localização e descreve-se o conjunto arquitectónico, na segunda o processo tendente à sua recuperação e na terceira e última, o projecto e a obra efectuados.
As bases em que se funda este texto, para além da investigação pessoal, são essencialmente o trabalho de investigação histórica e acompanhamento arqueológico efectuado pela empresa Mola Olivarum, sob a coordenação científica do Professor Doutor Carlos Alberto Brochado de Almeida, e do projecto global realizado pelo Gabinete de Arquitectura Barbosa & Guimarães, sob a coordenação do Arquitecto José António Barbosa.
Em termos de estrutura, divide-se em três partes distintas: na primeira explica-se a localização e descreve-se o conjunto arquitectónico, na segunda o processo tendente à sua recuperação e na terceira e última, o projecto e a obra efectuados.
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Gondomar is integrated in Porto metropolitan area. Gondomar’s River Douro Waterfront is in the continuity of Porto’s. The Municipality has undertaken a process of urban and environmental requalification of 4Km of its waterfront, taking... more
Gondomar is integrated in Porto metropolitan area. Gondomar’s River Douro Waterfront is in the continuity of Porto’s.
The Municipality has undertaken a process of urban and environmental requalification of 4Km of its waterfront, taking advantage of the national POLIS Program, with a budget of 14.000.000,00€, and based in the greening of the area.
The objectives are then to turn this semi-private area, environmentaly degradeted and suffering from a strong urban pressure into a green public space, safeguarding its environmental qualities and promoting at the same time the sustainable tourism and leisure and local economic growth.
The Municipality has undertaken a process of urban and environmental requalification of 4Km of its waterfront, taking advantage of the national POLIS Program, with a budget of 14.000.000,00€, and based in the greening of the area.
The objectives are then to turn this semi-private area, environmentaly degradeted and suffering from a strong urban pressure into a green public space, safeguarding its environmental qualities and promoting at the same time the sustainable tourism and leisure and local economic growth.
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2006 - «As intervenções urbanas na zona envolvente à Sé do Porto» (Urban interventions in the surroundings of Oporto Cathedral) - Communication presented in the Conference promoted by Porto City Council Cultural heritage Department for... more
2006 - «As intervenções urbanas na zona envolvente à Sé do Porto» (Urban interventions in the surroundings of Oporto Cathedral) - Communication presented in the Conference promoted by Porto City Council Cultural heritage Department for the «European Heritage Day 2006» - 28 September, Auditório da Fundação Guerra Junqueira, Porto.
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FLORES, J. PORTO 1969-1974. The 1969 Barredo’s Urban Renewal Study in ALBRECHT, B. et MAGRIN, A. (ed.) “Esportare il centro storico / Exporting the urban core”, edizione Guaraldi Engramma, Rimini 2015, ISBN 978-88-6927-193-9, pp.273-276... more
FLORES, J. PORTO 1969-1974. The 1969 Barredo’s Urban Renewal Study in ALBRECHT, B. et MAGRIN, A. (ed.) “Esportare il centro storico / Exporting the urban core”, edizione Guaraldi Engramma, Rimini 2015, ISBN 978-88-6927-193-9, pp.273-276
(Catalogo mostra: Esportare il centro storico | Book exhibition: Exporting the urban core)
The Barredo’s urban renewal study established a turning point in the planning philosophy of the historic centre of Porto. The previous plans promoted extensive demolitions of the urban tissue, mixed with a strategy of historic buildings renewal for touristic activities.
This study, coordinated by Architect Fernando Távora, introduced the social dimension, not only by adding the social sciences into the interdisciplinary working team, but also because the local inhabitants were considered for the first time as being so important on defining the character and significance of the place as the historic built environment. Concurrently, it also considered the traditional buildings which settle the urban setting as being as important as the monuments. This vision is undoubtedly influenced by the principles of the 1964’s «Venice Charter», but also by the personal and professional background of Távora, which participated in the 10th CIAM (Dubrovnik, 1956), and in the Portuguese Vernacular Architecture Survey (1955-1961).
The study selected the social and physical depreciated neighbourhood of Barredo, inserted in the core of the Porto’s historic centre. On it were identified 14 blocks, from which 2 were selected as pilot studies (Q.I and Q.III). Despite being a City’s Council study, it established the bridge with the Academia and with the population. The work was developed based on previous surveys made by social worker students (social and economic dimension) and by architecture students (physical dimension). The surveys unveiled a terrific framework of excessive densification, with entire families living painfully in one room. This overcrowded picture was aggravated by the ruinous state of conservation of most buildings.
Globally, the study approached this sector as being a living part of the city and promoted the improvement of its connections with the surrounding areas, aiming to retrieve it from the ghetto situation identified. The detailed proposals for the two pilot study blocks revealed a strategy based on the reduction of the occupation density and on the refurbishment of the buildings, improving their living conditions through the introduction of toilets and rearranging the dwellings inner space.
The study did not produced direct results on the area. However, the new approach influenced directly the operation of the CRUARB office that applied these ideas in Porto Historic Centre after 1974. Further on, the interdisciplinary CRUARB office was used since the 1980’s as model for the Portuguese interventions in historical centres, disseminating indirectly the visionary concepts introduced by the 1969 study.
(Catalogo mostra: Esportare il centro storico | Book exhibition: Exporting the urban core)
The Barredo’s urban renewal study established a turning point in the planning philosophy of the historic centre of Porto. The previous plans promoted extensive demolitions of the urban tissue, mixed with a strategy of historic buildings renewal for touristic activities.
This study, coordinated by Architect Fernando Távora, introduced the social dimension, not only by adding the social sciences into the interdisciplinary working team, but also because the local inhabitants were considered for the first time as being so important on defining the character and significance of the place as the historic built environment. Concurrently, it also considered the traditional buildings which settle the urban setting as being as important as the monuments. This vision is undoubtedly influenced by the principles of the 1964’s «Venice Charter», but also by the personal and professional background of Távora, which participated in the 10th CIAM (Dubrovnik, 1956), and in the Portuguese Vernacular Architecture Survey (1955-1961).
The study selected the social and physical depreciated neighbourhood of Barredo, inserted in the core of the Porto’s historic centre. On it were identified 14 blocks, from which 2 were selected as pilot studies (Q.I and Q.III). Despite being a City’s Council study, it established the bridge with the Academia and with the population. The work was developed based on previous surveys made by social worker students (social and economic dimension) and by architecture students (physical dimension). The surveys unveiled a terrific framework of excessive densification, with entire families living painfully in one room. This overcrowded picture was aggravated by the ruinous state of conservation of most buildings.
Globally, the study approached this sector as being a living part of the city and promoted the improvement of its connections with the surrounding areas, aiming to retrieve it from the ghetto situation identified. The detailed proposals for the two pilot study blocks revealed a strategy based on the reduction of the occupation density and on the refurbishment of the buildings, improving their living conditions through the introduction of toilets and rearranging the dwellings inner space.
The study did not produced direct results on the area. However, the new approach influenced directly the operation of the CRUARB office that applied these ideas in Porto Historic Centre after 1974. Further on, the interdisciplinary CRUARB office was used since the 1980’s as model for the Portuguese interventions in historical centres, disseminating indirectly the visionary concepts introduced by the 1969 study.
Research Interests: Portugal, Historic centres conservation in Portugal, Porto, Centros Históricos, Reabilitação Urbana, and 6 moreUrban Rehabilitation and Revitalization of Historic Centers, Oporto, Historic Centers, Conservation and Management of Historical Centers, Fernando Távora, and Reabilitação de centros históricos
Este título é uma despretensiosa homenagem ao texto escrito em 1984 pelo arquitecto Nuno Portas', publicado na Revista Sociedade e Território, num número totalmente dedicado à "cidade existente". Aparece o mencionado texto no seguimento... more
Este título é uma despretensiosa homenagem ao texto escrito em 1984 pelo arquitecto Nuno Portas', publicado na Revista Sociedade e Território, num número totalmente dedicado à "cidade existente". Aparece o mencionado texto no seguimento de um outro que o mesmo autor escreveu e onde aborda as questões da intervenção nas "áreas urbanas antigas"'. Porquê pegar nestes textos a propósito da forma urbana na cidade consolidada? A resposta é simples: para falarmos das formas urbanas temos de definir os conceitos e os critérios de intervenção, o que estes dois textos, apesar dos cerca de vinte anos passados, fazem exemplarmente, hoje merecendo uma re-leitura atenta. Não temos a pretensão de fazer a revisão dos artigos do arquitecto Nuno Portas, mas somente abordar algumas das questões que se colocam hoje na transformação das formas urbanas na cidade consolidada.
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Evolução do conceito de património.
Built heritage concept evolution.
Built heritage concept evolution.
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Background The improvement of energy efficiency in buildings is widely promoted as a measure to mitigate climate change through the reduction of CO2 emissions. Thermal regulations worldwide promote it, for both new and existing buildings.... more
Background
The improvement of energy efficiency in buildings is widely promoted as a measure to mitigate climate change through the reduction of CO2 emissions. Thermal regulations worldwide promote it, for both new and existing buildings. Among the existing stock, traditional and historic buildings pose the additional challenge of heritage conservation. Their energy efficiency upgrade raises the risk of provoking negative impacts on their significance.
Aims and Methodology
This research used an approach based on impact assessment methodologies, defining an inital baseline scenario for both heritage and energy, from which the appropriate improvement solutions were identified and assessed. The measures were dynamically simulated and the results for energy, CO2, cost and comfort compared with the initial scenario, and then being further assessed for their heritage impact to eventually determine the most feasible solutions. To test this method, ten case studies, representative of the identified typological variants, were selected among Oporto’s traditional buildings located in the World Heritage Site.
Findings and Conclusions
The fieldwork data revealed that the energy consumption of these dwellings was below the European average. Additionally, the households expressed that their home comfort sensation was overall positive. The simulations showed that the introduction of insulation and solar thermal panels were ineffective on these cases in terms of energy, cost and comfort. At the same time, these measures pose a great risk to the buildings’ heritage value. The most efficient solutions were obtained from behavioural changes and DHW retrofit. The study reinforced the idea that traditional buildings performed better than expected and can be retrofitted and updated at a low-cost and with passive solutions. The use of insulation and solar panels should be disregarded.
The improvement of energy efficiency in buildings is widely promoted as a measure to mitigate climate change through the reduction of CO2 emissions. Thermal regulations worldwide promote it, for both new and existing buildings. Among the existing stock, traditional and historic buildings pose the additional challenge of heritage conservation. Their energy efficiency upgrade raises the risk of provoking negative impacts on their significance.
Aims and Methodology
This research used an approach based on impact assessment methodologies, defining an inital baseline scenario for both heritage and energy, from which the appropriate improvement solutions were identified and assessed. The measures were dynamically simulated and the results for energy, CO2, cost and comfort compared with the initial scenario, and then being further assessed for their heritage impact to eventually determine the most feasible solutions. To test this method, ten case studies, representative of the identified typological variants, were selected among Oporto’s traditional buildings located in the World Heritage Site.
Findings and Conclusions
The fieldwork data revealed that the energy consumption of these dwellings was below the European average. Additionally, the households expressed that their home comfort sensation was overall positive. The simulations showed that the introduction of insulation and solar thermal panels were ineffective on these cases in terms of energy, cost and comfort. At the same time, these measures pose a great risk to the buildings’ heritage value. The most efficient solutions were obtained from behavioural changes and DHW retrofit. The study reinforced the idea that traditional buildings performed better than expected and can be retrofitted and updated at a low-cost and with passive solutions. The use of insulation and solar panels should be disregarded.
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Cover and Content of the PhD Thesis: The investigation of energy efficiency measures in the traditional buildings in Oporto World
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Chapter 1: Introduction - PhD Thesis: The investigation of energy efficiency measures in the traditional buildings in Oporto World
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Chapter 2: Valuing Heritage - PhD Thesis: The investigation of energy efficiency measures in the traditional buildings in Oporto World
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Chapter 3: Traditional Buildings and Energy Efficiency - PhD Thesis: The investigation of energy efficiency measures in the traditional buildings in Oporto World Heritage Site
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Chapter 4: Energy Efficiency Improvement in Traditional Buildings - PhD Thesis: The investigation of energy efficiency measures in the traditional buildings in Oporto World Heritage Site
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Chapter 5: Methodology - PhD Thesis: The investigation of energy efficiency measures in the traditional buildings in Oporto World Heritage Site
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Chapter 6: Traditional Buildings in Oporto - PhD Thesis: The investigation of energy efficiency measures in the traditional buildings in Oporto World Heritage Site
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Chapter 7: Case Studies First Stage Findings - PhD Thesis: The investigation of energy efficiency measures in the traditional buildings in Oporto World Heritage Site
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Chapter 8: Case Studies Modelling and Simulation - PhD Thesis: The investigation of energy efficiency measures in the traditional buildings in Oporto World Heritage Site
Research Interests: Energy Efficiency Buildings, Energy efficiency, Portugal, Traditional buildings, Traditional Architecture, and 7 morePorto, Traditional Building Materials, Conservation and Restoration of Historic Buildings and Monuments, Eficiência Energética, Edifícios tradicionais, Oporto, and Energy Efficiency Oporto
Chapter 9: Energy Efficient Measures in Traditional Buildings - PhD Thesis: The investigation of energy efficiency measures in the traditional buildings in Oporto World Heritage Site
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Chapter 10: Conclusions and Future Research + Bibliography - PhD Thesis: The investigation of energy efficiency measures in the traditional buildings in Oporto World Heritage Site
Research Interests: Energy Efficiency Buildings, Energy efficiency, Portugal, Traditional buildings, Traditional Architecture, and 7 morePorto, Traditional Building Materials, Eficiência Energética, Edifícios tradicionais, Oporto, Energy Efficiency Oporto, and Restoration and Conservation of Ancient and Historic Buildings and Structures
Appendices - PhD thesis: The investigation of energy efficiency measures in the traditional buildings in Oporto World Heritage Site
Research Interests: Energy Efficiency Buildings, Energy efficiency, Portugal, Traditional buildings, Traditional Architecture, and 7 morePorto, Traditional Building Materials, Eficiência Energética, Edifícios tradicionais, Oporto, Energy Efficiency Oporto, and Restoration and Conservation of Ancient and Historic Buildings and Structures
"The planning and settlement of new towns were originated by different reasons. In twentieth century cities perhaps the largest reason was to determine new territorial and urban planning structures that would allow a better organization... more
"The planning and settlement of new towns were originated by different reasons. In twentieth century cities perhaps the largest reason was to determine new territorial and urban planning structures that would allow a better organization of the territory, ensuring the development of more efficient and balanced socio-economic models.
In some cases the construction of these cities was inspired by the principles of the nineteenth century English utopias, reflecting a strong concern in integrating the urban and natural components and highlighting the role of the natural landscape, understood as a city matrix on which articulates the urban structures.
In other cases the inspiration come from the rationalist ideals of the modern movement, seeking to personify the idealistic and democratic spirit of a new world order, producing rational and functional solutions and even if sometimes they do not fully overcome certain obstacles, an important contribution to the urban and architectural theory and practice advance was made.
Furthermore, other cases relate to the post-modernism and the emergence of critical views of the modern movement. These towns were born to give an answer to the problem posed by the large settlements deindustrialization and de-urbanization, assuming the role of organized urban extensions needed for controlling the sprawl of existing cities which was made through a process of unordered and peripheral urbanization.
Some focused mainly on a completely physical, economic and administrative independency in relation to major urban centres. Others, even if based partially on these principles of independence and geographical isolation, were planned as secondary structure networks dependent from a main urban conurbation. Many of these experiments have already been object of diversified studies addressing more or less specific thematic areas, seeking to define and apply critical and analytical methodologies to better understand and decode the processes and design criteria that were the basis of their urban and architectural morphologies.
Opting for an analytical prospective directed to re-contextualizing the urban and architectural contributions of these experiences, the conference 20th century new towns - archetypes and uncertainties aims to discuss their real effects in the present being especially welcome papers focusing on the following two aspects:
I. Archetypes | Spatiality, materiality and identities which persisted over time, not only because they have a high symbolism or because they are the emblematic testimony of a precise thinking about how to re-understand the city in a particular historical moment, but also and especially to continue maintaining the answering capacity to functional and practical demands of contemporary society. They are, in short, realities that did not required significant or radical changes to fulfil their function properly. The reasons for these archetypes remaining active and appropriate may contribute to recognize them as meaningful and timeless, distant from temporal gestures which respond only to contemporary needs.
II. Uncertainties | Parts or components of the urban system that remained incomplete, leading to realities that persisted "open" or that were completed through different intentions, appropriation processes or intervention criteria from those planned in their original design. The nature of these uncertainties could be a further indicator of the effects produced by these archetypes in the city development.
Additionally the conference will focus three main thematic/panels covering the post-war satellite towns (as the New Towns Programme and other European similar experiences), the modern cities (as Brasilia or Chandigarh) and a more local perspective embarking the Lusophone New Towns (mainly in Lusophone Africa, but also in Brazil). The conference peer-reviewed call for papers will cover these topics and the communications will be organized under the respective panels, not excluding the possibility of accepting other related topics if they reveal pertinent for the global aims of the conference."
In some cases the construction of these cities was inspired by the principles of the nineteenth century English utopias, reflecting a strong concern in integrating the urban and natural components and highlighting the role of the natural landscape, understood as a city matrix on which articulates the urban structures.
In other cases the inspiration come from the rationalist ideals of the modern movement, seeking to personify the idealistic and democratic spirit of a new world order, producing rational and functional solutions and even if sometimes they do not fully overcome certain obstacles, an important contribution to the urban and architectural theory and practice advance was made.
Furthermore, other cases relate to the post-modernism and the emergence of critical views of the modern movement. These towns were born to give an answer to the problem posed by the large settlements deindustrialization and de-urbanization, assuming the role of organized urban extensions needed for controlling the sprawl of existing cities which was made through a process of unordered and peripheral urbanization.
Some focused mainly on a completely physical, economic and administrative independency in relation to major urban centres. Others, even if based partially on these principles of independence and geographical isolation, were planned as secondary structure networks dependent from a main urban conurbation. Many of these experiments have already been object of diversified studies addressing more or less specific thematic areas, seeking to define and apply critical and analytical methodologies to better understand and decode the processes and design criteria that were the basis of their urban and architectural morphologies.
Opting for an analytical prospective directed to re-contextualizing the urban and architectural contributions of these experiences, the conference 20th century new towns - archetypes and uncertainties aims to discuss their real effects in the present being especially welcome papers focusing on the following two aspects:
I. Archetypes | Spatiality, materiality and identities which persisted over time, not only because they have a high symbolism or because they are the emblematic testimony of a precise thinking about how to re-understand the city in a particular historical moment, but also and especially to continue maintaining the answering capacity to functional and practical demands of contemporary society. They are, in short, realities that did not required significant or radical changes to fulfil their function properly. The reasons for these archetypes remaining active and appropriate may contribute to recognize them as meaningful and timeless, distant from temporal gestures which respond only to contemporary needs.
II. Uncertainties | Parts or components of the urban system that remained incomplete, leading to realities that persisted "open" or that were completed through different intentions, appropriation processes or intervention criteria from those planned in their original design. The nature of these uncertainties could be a further indicator of the effects produced by these archetypes in the city development.
Additionally the conference will focus three main thematic/panels covering the post-war satellite towns (as the New Towns Programme and other European similar experiences), the modern cities (as Brasilia or Chandigarh) and a more local perspective embarking the Lusophone New Towns (mainly in Lusophone Africa, but also in Brazil). The conference peer-reviewed call for papers will cover these topics and the communications will be organized under the respective panels, not excluding the possibility of accepting other related topics if they reveal pertinent for the global aims of the conference."
Research Interests: Architecture, Urban History, Urban Planning, Urban Studies, Modernism, and 13 moreUrban Design, Urbanismo e Ordenamento do Territorio, Arquitetura e Urbanismo, Urbanismo, Teoria História e Crítica da Arquitetura e do Urbanismo, Urbanismo, Planificación, Arquitectura y urbanismo, Urbanismo, Geografia, Patrimonio Cultural, Urbanismo colonial, Urbanismo, Desenho Urbano, Planejamento Urbano E Regional, História Da Arquitectura E Urbanismo, História Da Arquitetura E Do Urbanismo, and British New Towns
Sociedade Civil (ix) Reabilitação Urbana | 24 Jun, 2014 | Episódio 113 Não é preciso procurar muito para encontrar casas degradadas no nosso país. Pelas contas do governo, há dois milhões de fogos que precisam de obras urgentes. Nos... more
Sociedade Civil (ix)
Reabilitação Urbana | 24 Jun, 2014 | Episódio 113
Não é preciso procurar muito para encontrar casas degradadas no nosso país. Pelas contas do governo, há dois milhões de fogos que precisam de obras urgentes. Nos centros históricos de Lisboa, Porto, Coimbra e Viseu, a reabilitação urbana avança, mas a conta-gotas. Será que nos rendemos à cultura do betão? Que obstáculos enfrentam as autarquias e os privados que queriam apostar na valorização do património urbanístico? O que pode mudar nas cidades se essas casas abandonadas ganharem uma nova vida?
Reabilitação Urbana | 24 Jun, 2014 | Episódio 113
Não é preciso procurar muito para encontrar casas degradadas no nosso país. Pelas contas do governo, há dois milhões de fogos que precisam de obras urgentes. Nos centros históricos de Lisboa, Porto, Coimbra e Viseu, a reabilitação urbana avança, mas a conta-gotas. Será que nos rendemos à cultura do betão? Que obstáculos enfrentam as autarquias e os privados que queriam apostar na valorização do património urbanístico? O que pode mudar nas cidades se essas casas abandonadas ganharem uma nova vida?
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Flores, J. (2017) ‘O processo urbano no ensino da arquitetura’, Revista de Morfologia Urbana 5, pp.45-46
