OPTIMIST SUBURBIA
This article aims to be an introduction to research on contemporary territory, which is seen by many as a collection of fragments connected to a decaying center…
CRITICAL STATE
Urban intervention actions destined to reposition cities’ centrality cannot focus only on rehabilitation and revitalization of historic centres …
SUBURBANISM
Talking about the suburb from the point of view of its production, reproduction and consumption implies looking at its meaning in terms of representation.
INNOVATION IS NEEDED!
Lia T Vasconcelos ltv@fct.unl.pt Lia T. Vasconcelos – Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal To cite this article: VASCONCELOS, Lia – Inovação precisa-se! O desafio na encruzilhada da crise. Estudo Prévio ZERO. Lisboa: CEACT/UAL – Centro de Estudos de Arquitetura, Cidade e Território da Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa, 2012, p.…
WHEN THE CRISIS ARRIVES TO CRISIS SPOTS
Without a doubt the most used word in the worldwide media is crisis. It became popular thanks to the real state crackdown in the US…
CASCAVEL MUNICIPALITY: CADASTRAL MAP UPDATE APPLYED TO URBAN PLANNING
With the proximity to the 2012 Master Plan (PD2012) revision, it was essential to analyze the last years of planning in the Municipality of Cascavel – Brazil, and to establish a strategy for the future…
RESEARCH IN PROJECT OR PROJECT IN RESEARCH? SPACE AND TIME IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A PROJECT
This paper is about architectural programs that question places defined by research in design. The goal is to think about the design processes underlying the architect’s practice when this practice is associated with research…
THE FRAMED WINDOW
Text and illustration in tribute to Nuno Teotónio Pereira, by his wife, Irene Buarque
THE FIELDS (ROÇAS) OF SÃO TOMÉ AND PRÍNCIPE — A LUSOPHONE HERITAGE
The word “roça” originally means “cut scrub”, “cut vegetation to create a clearing” or “field whose scrub was cut”. However, there is no clear explanation as to why this term was chosen to name the fields of São Tomé and Príncipe…
MIGRATIONS OF MODERNITY: ARCHITECTURE IN ANGOLA AND MOZAMBIQUE (1948-1975)
Architecture in Angola and Mozambique in the 1950s and 1960s may be interpreted in terms of the dissemination and reception of the Modernist architectural models…