History is not just stories: a proposal for an operative use of popular architectural heritage

Pedro Fonseca Jorge
2010 Zenodo  
The current investigation tries to present Architectural Heritage as a source for today's practice in contemporary housing architecture. It's based on the analysis of popular architecture in the region of Alcobaça, Portugal, trough existing housing models, but also across the archives of the City Hall of Alcobaça, and previous popular housing investigations. According to these sources it was defined for the gathered information a timeline around the 1960's in order to produce a Typological
more » ... on formal and organizational schemes of the Popular dwelling architecture in the region. A Type is therefore set according to its formal and spacial aspects, defining two kinds of approaches in the design of contemporary dwellings: Architectural Heritage as a shape, where architectural forms produce a feeling of belonging, and Architectural Heritage as a scheme, where ancient housing solutions respond to present needs.
doi:10.5281/zenodo.2554220 fatcat:on4l4yhj55bmxjlgb527ibisza