A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
A platform for research: civil engineering, architecture and urbanism
Popular architecture among vernacular and erudite contexts
In our present and contemporary architectural context abstractionism as become the face of a theoretical crisis where words seem to be the main form of communicating visually incomprehensible shapes. Therefore we need to search for a more figurative architecture based upon our landscape's features, making it necessary to proceed to Typological researches about our built surroundings. Rural housing has been a forgotten research field, as people tend to pay more attention to dense fabrics, but that doesn't mean that heritage can't be found in rural contexts. In this way to study rural architecture is to include Types of architecture that may or may not include features from other cultures than their own. This paper will try to define the features that define these Types, according to the contexts of Vernacular architecture (when there are no more references than the culture where it is produced) and Popular Architecture (where Signs or Significances have been brought from different contexts, being them Vernacular, Popular or Erudite). ; Dedicated to Marieta Dá Mesquita, no longer among us, I dedicate this proposal or intent of understanding our rural legacy, due to her qualities as a Tutor and a friend that would made her the perfect companion to further "adventures".
Popular architecture among vernacular and erudite contexts
In our present and contemporary architectural context abstractionism as become the face of a theoretical crisis where words seem to be the main form of communicating visually incomprehensible shapes. Therefore we need to search for a more figurative architecture based upon our landscape's features, making it necessary to proceed to Typological researches about our built surroundings. Rural housing has been a forgotten research field, as people tend to pay more attention to dense fabrics, but that doesn't mean that heritage can't be found in rural contexts. In this way to study rural architecture is to include Types of architecture that may or may not include features from other cultures than their own. This paper will try to define the features that define these Types, according to the contexts of Vernacular architecture (when there are no more references than the culture where it is produced) and Popular Architecture (where Signs or Significances have been brought from different contexts, being them Vernacular, Popular or Erudite). ; Dedicated to Marieta Dá Mesquita, no longer among us, I dedicate this proposal or intent of understanding our rural legacy, due to her qualities as a Tutor and a friend that would made her the perfect companion to further "adventures".
Popular architecture among vernacular and erudite contexts
Fonseca Jorge, Pedro (author)
2014-03-31
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
DDC:
720
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