Academic year

2011/2012

Course

Laboratory of Urban

Curricular year

3º

Teachers

Cidália Ferreira da Silva Vincenzo Riso

Exercise Title

Interpretation/representation tools – Building a specific outlook

Intervention Location

Vale do Cávado, Vila de Prado e Soutelo

Activity Description

This exercise is based on reflection on areas within the diffused Vale do Cávado (Cávado river’s valley) territory. This urban model in this territory differs from the traditional model associated with consolidated cities. It becomes necessary to train the eye to recognise the traces and vestiges present in these territories if we are to discover new ways to intervene. Students are provided with a large sample of the Vale do Cávado region. The goal is for the student to create an interpretation conforming a specific outlook; this outlook selects the themes and/or elements that are seen as structural for the territory and resulting landscape due to their recurrent presence all over the sample. The theme behind the key concept will be determined through the selection of a photo that the group feels illustrative of their disquiet in view of the area studied; in addition, they must associate said photo to a recognisable theme and/or element.

Structures

Florisa Rodrigues, Sónia Silva, Diogo Lopes e João Vieira

Clean water and sanitation networks

Irrigation system and structures

Plot structure - Before

Plot structure - After

Sections

Syntesis Plan