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A natureza dos elementos que compõem a cidade e o espaço urbano — materiais urbanos — bem como a sua organização espacial e funcional, tem sido uma questão central na história da arquitetura e do urbanismo, refletindo, por sua vez, modelos de desenvolvimento e organização da sociedade. Desde finais do século XIX novos materiais passaram a fazer parte do cardápio de construção do espaço urbano contemporâneo, introduzindo escalas e lógicas morfológicas até aqui desconhecidas.
Tomando como área de intervenção o núcleo histórico de Pêro Pinheiro, em Sintra, mais particularmente a Fábrica Pardal Monteiro (antiga fábrica de corte e transformação da pedra natural), o presente trabalho propõe uma reflexão sobre o sentido dual da matéria urbana, bem como sobre a sua reinvenção.
Por um lado, adota-se o sentido mais elementar da matéria física. A partir da pedra como material e elemento constituinte basilar, questiona-se a lógica elementar da arquitetura e explora-se a pedra como material de composição e constituição do espaço e forma arquitetónicos.
Por outro, no sentido da morfologia urbana e do entendimento da cidade enquanto sistema compósito cuja forma resulta da composição de elementos ou materiais urbanos, procura-se repensar o pólo empresarial de Pêro Pinheiro enquanto matéria emergente deste novo urbano extensivo e fragmentário.
A proposta de criação de um novo centro de inovação e investigação sobre a pedra é o motor para se explorar a prática elementarista do projeto, seja ele à escala do urbano ou da arquitetura. A hipótese de investigação reflete sobre o potencial que o elementarismo, enquanto teoria e prática de projeto, tem para responder a uma condição de complexidade do mundo contemporâneo.
The nature of the elements that constitute the city and the urban space - urban materials - as well as their spatial and functional organization, has been a central issue in the history of architecture and urbanism, evoking development models of societal organization. Since the end of the 19th century new materials have become part of the menu of construction of the contemporary urban space, introducing scales and morphological logics hitherto unknown. Taking the historic center of Pêro Pinheiro, in Sintra, more particularly the Pardal Monteiro Factory (former factory of cutting and transformation of natural stone) as an area of intervention, this work reflects on the dual-sided meaning of the urban matter, as on its reinvention. On the one hand, the proposal adopts the most elementary sense of the physical matter. Using stone as a basic material and constituent element, the elementary logic of architecture is questioned and stone is explored as a material of architectural composition and spatial and formal constitution. On the other hand, the proposal addresses the sense of urban morphology and the understanding of the city as a composite system whose form results from the composition of urban elements or materials, and uses the business area of Pêro Pinheiro as an emerging urban material of this new extensive and fragmentary city. The proposal aims to create a new center of innovation and research on stone w h i c h is the engine to explore architectural design as an elementary practice, be it at the urban scale or at the architectural scale. The research hypothesis reflects on the potential that elementary design theory and practice has to respond to a condition of complexity in the contemporary world.
The nature of the elements that constitute the city and the urban space - urban materials - as well as their spatial and functional organization, has been a central issue in the history of architecture and urbanism, evoking development models of societal organization. Since the end of the 19th century new materials have become part of the menu of construction of the contemporary urban space, introducing scales and morphological logics hitherto unknown. Taking the historic center of Pêro Pinheiro, in Sintra, more particularly the Pardal Monteiro Factory (former factory of cutting and transformation of natural stone) as an area of intervention, this work reflects on the dual-sided meaning of the urban matter, as on its reinvention. On the one hand, the proposal adopts the most elementary sense of the physical matter. Using stone as a basic material and constituent element, the elementary logic of architecture is questioned and stone is explored as a material of architectural composition and spatial and formal constitution. On the other hand, the proposal addresses the sense of urban morphology and the understanding of the city as a composite system whose form results from the composition of urban elements or materials, and uses the business area of Pêro Pinheiro as an emerging urban material of this new extensive and fragmentary city. The proposal aims to create a new center of innovation and research on stone w h i c h is the engine to explore architectural design as an elementary practice, be it at the urban scale or at the architectural scale. The research hypothesis reflects on the potential that elementary design theory and practice has to respond to a condition of complexity in the contemporary world.
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território cidade arquitetura matéria polo empresarial sintra
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Faculdade Arquitetura, Universidade Lisboa