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Master - Dwell and Rehabilitate Marvila - Pt.en
Master - Dwell and Rehabilitate Marvila - Pt.en
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(Licensed)
Master's Final draft prepared for obtaining the Master's Degree in Architecture
Scientific Orientation
Jury
Member: Dr. Hugo José Abranches Teixeira Lopes Farias, assistant professor
FINAL DOCUMENT
Master: Architecture
summary
Historic cities such as the city of Lisbon, for economic, cultural and social reasons, along with the lack of
strategic urban planning and contextualized in the city, tend to grow and develop,
broken down toward the periphery, creating, throughout its growth areas and areas that have lost their
their function and were not retrofitted. Are these vacant spaces and delivered to uncertain that this work
focuses. This work intends to then counter this steady growth to the periphery and
redirect you to fill in the existing urban voids, explaining the importance and added value
With the intervention place in the parish of Marvila (Lisbon), more specifically in the area where the old laboring
Factory Silver Arm, we intend to develop proposals and solutions for this area and unconsolidated
decontextualized, not only for its geographical potentiality in the city while riverfront, but also
the urgent need for action we need. Understand what the issues that make one Marvila
fragmented parish and try to respond with the most appropriate solutions within the current city and context
in order to meet their needs, with the aim of returning to Lisbon Marvila. These
solutions consist of a group of buildings which includes a diverse typological program consisting of
economic housing units, spaces intended for commerce and services, offices and workshops, spaces
multifunctional, among others, and not least public space, consisting of pedestrian avenues
bind to Fernando Street Straw to the river through a pleasant journey outdoors among diverse vegetation.
Key words: Urban Renewal, Urban renewal, riverfront, Empty Urban Public Space,
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OCCUPY AND rehabilitate marvila
Abstract
Historical cities such as the city of Lisbon, for economic, cultural and social Reasons, along with the lack
of strategic urban planning and contextualized in the city, tend to grow and Develop with disaggregated parts
towards the peripheries, creating, throughout its growth, spaces and areas have lost That Their function and have
Not Been retrofitted. This article is about Those empty spaces and urban "gaps" That Were Given to an uncertain
end. The present work intends to counteract this growth towards the peripheries constant and redirect it to fill the
existing urban voids, explaining the importance and the added value que They represent in the context of the
With the intervention area in the parish of Marvila (Lisbon) More specifically in the area where the old factory of
Silver Arm was built, it is intended to Develop solutions for this unconsolidated and decontextualized area, not
only for its geographical potential of the riverfront, but Also by the urgent need for intervention That It lacks. Understand
Which problems make Marvila to fragmented Parish and try to Respond with the most Appropriate solutions Within
the context of the current city, with the aim of reintegrate Marvila in the city of Lisbon. These solutions consist of
the built complex que integrates the diversified typological program, Consisting of economic housing units, spaces
for trading and services, offices and workshops, multifunctional spaces, among others, and in the less important
public space, Consisting of pedestrian avenues que connect Fernando Straw street to the river, through the pleasant
keywords: Urban Regeneration, Urban Rehabilitation,, Riverfront, Urban "Gaps" Public Space, Colective Housing,
Marvila
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"Space and light and order. Those are the things que men just need the much As They need bread or a place to sleep. "
Le Corbusier
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General index
Current marvila: The Case of the Silver Arm Factory ....................................... ................................. 9
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Outside materialities ................................................ .................................................. ........... 36
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Figures or Pictures Index
Figure 2 - Intervention Area: Land existing vacant between Rua Fernando Straw and the Tagus River ........................... 2
Figure 5 - Images of the old Silver Arm war materials factory when laboring. .......................... 10
Figure 7 - orthophotomap the location and configuration of the Nations Park of the parish (in red) and the area
intervention (yellow) ............................................. .................................................. ..................................... 16
Figure 8 - Aerial view of Nations Park before the regeneration plan for Expo '98, where the records are
existence of numerous petrochemical and gas holders ........................................... ............................... 17
Figure 9 - Aerial view of the Park of Nations after the construction of the regeneration plan for the Expo '98 ........ 17
Figure 10 - Atlantic Pavilion SOM authored the project and Regino Cruz .................................... ....................... 18
Figure 11 - Vasco da Gama Tower, SOM designed by project and PROFABRIL (architectural Nick Jacobs and Leonor
January) ................................................ .................................................. .................................................. ....... 18
Figure 13 - Knowledge Pavilion, a project written by João Luís Carrilho da Graça ................................. 18
Figure 17 - intermodal station Gare do Oriente, Santiago Calatrava designed by project .............................. 19
Figure 19 - International Fair of Lisbon (FIL), project by Alberto France Doria and Antonio Barreiros Ferreira
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Figure 20 - Vasco da Gama Bridge, designed by architects Michel Virlogeux, Charles Lavigne, Armando Rito and
Alain Montois ................................................ .................................................. ................................................ 19
Figure 21 - Centro Comercial Vasco da Gama, authored the project ..................................... ............................ 19
Figure 22 - Towers of St. Gabriel and St. Raphael, projects by José Quintela .............................. ........... 19
Figure 23 - Alameda dos Oceanos, one of the many gardens that make up the project. There was
Concern to separate the pedestrian circulation system of road, removing the latter from the riverfront,
releasing it only to pedestrian traffic .......................................... .................................................. ........... 19
Figure 25 - Aerial view of the building during the construction phase of its ..................................... .............................. 20
Figure 26 - (top) of the upper plant with two circulation galleries marked in red; ................ 20
Figure 28 - (top) views street. Left, view of the East facade; right view of the south façade .......... 21
Figure 29 - Location of plants: France | Marseille | Boulevard Michelet (Unit d'Habitation) ..................... 22
Figure 30 - Aerial Views: left, South and East facades; right, South and West facades ......................... 22
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Figure 31 - Plant-type building .......................................... .................................................. ........................ 23
Figure 33 - cell binomial: cross-section (top) and plants of the three B levels (below) .. 24
Figure 35 - View underneath the building, at street level dimension, showing the pillars that support ................... 26
Figure 36 - image of one of the facades, showing the loggias and its polychrome .................................. ......... 26
Figure 39 - the eighth floor plan: services and trade ....................................... ................................................ 26
Figure 42 - Interior view of an apartment: living area, a double height ................................. ................. 26
Figure 45 - Urban Design: general implementation plan of the proposed ...................................... ......................... 30
Figure 46 - Schematic plan of identification of the different built blocks developed in urban design.
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Figure 47 - Schematic Axonometria exploded spatial organization and programmatic typologies B3 Block
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Figure 48 - Urban design: Cross section of the set built B1 - B4 .................................... ................. 33
Figure 49 - Urban design: It raised south of the blocks A1 and B1 ..................................... ......................................... 33
Figure 50 - Assembly Plant A1 - A4, the floor level of 4: location of the storage serving the housing and
ateliers ................................................. .................................................. .................................................. ....... 34
Figure 51- Urban design: Cross-section of the set built A1 - A4 .................................... .................. 34
Figure 52 - Schematic Axonometria exploded spatial organization and programmatic typologies assembly
built A1 - A4 .............................................. .................................................. ............................................. 35
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Introduction
This Final Exam Master continues the work done in the course of Laboratory
VI Project consisting of urban analysis of Marvila Parish and requalification of the proposed
different zones previously defined by the teacher and assigned to different working groups.
Theme
The intervention area for which this paper is concerned, corresponds to the area where the old labored
Factory Silver Arm (Marvila South) along the Tagus River, specifically in large existing wasteland,
Fernando Street between the straw and the river. The theme "To live and rehabilitate Marvila. urban redevelopment - From
Rua Fernando Straw to Rio "then comes the need to densify and invigorate this parish that is
Motivation / Goals
Marvila-South is one of the most typical neighborhoods of Lisbon, and was until mid-century. XX essentially zone
rural and industrial. The intervention area (Silver-river arm) is currently not consolidated area and
industry in a state of deterioration. This area is in urgent need of intervention, not only in order to
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safeguard existing assets but also and mainly for its geographical potential as
riverfront and its ability to articulate important points of the city, such as the eastern part of the Expo, the
Terreiro do Paco and Santa Apolonia and Areeiro / Alvalade, which are the main objectives of this Proof Final
Master.
Therefore this work aims to urban regeneration in this area, giving it a connotation and meaning in
city: it is intended to explore the paths and accessibility of different modes of transport, and redesign project
new green spaces, especially requalifying the riverfront of the intervention area in direct contact
with the river (the east of Av. Port of waist), create new public spaces that address different types,
such as trade, services, culture, multifunctional units (economic profitability, community activities,
. Workshops, among other uses), etc., and to create new housing units of non-current use:
affordable housing to special sections of the population (elderly and old "not active"); temporary housing for
students, researchers, temporary workers; housing for displaced persons and refugees; cost houses
reasonable for young people starting an independent life and collective housing structures to,
Programmatically, variations in composition and size of aggregates that inhabit. Regarding this
perspective is possible to identify five different themes to consider in the intervention area: tourism, culture,
The thesis project also aims at the rehabilitation of some existing buildings, mainly of industrial,
which are vacant and deteriorating state by identifying the proposed new uses.
Figure 2 - Intervention Area: Land existing vacant between Fernando Straw and the Tagus River Street
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State of art
In a first approach to this literature review identifies and sets up the various intervention mechanisms,
in architecture and urbanism, which are directly related to the work developed here.
Also in this part defines the concept of Urban empty, being an integral part of the intervention area.
The second and third part are related to the area of intervention. He sought in the first place,
contextualize in general the city of Lisbon, realizing its growth since the sixth century. To XVIII
present and how this influenced the growth neighborhood Marvila. Then, proceed to
historical context of Marvila, the parish study, which describes the effects of industrialization and post-
industrialization in the parish and, more specifically, in the intervention site - the area of the Silver Arm.
The third and final part is devoted to urban analysis of the place of intervention, which explains the procedure
analysis of work in the course of IV Project Laboratory, and the conclusions drawn.
Definition of concepts
Urban requalification
"Recover the sense of the residential location of the population, through multiple actions and measures, ranging from
infrastructuring the enhancement of internal and external image, through the provision of appropriate services and the
equity in access to employment. All roads, the new street or village should lead to the metropolis without
return trauma (s). The strategy should lead to actions to find and qualify the soul of the places,
by our memory, by experience, by heritage - what is inherited and import value, as well as what
urban renewal it is a territorial recovery and restructuring process within the checking
urban spaces new qualities, economic, social, environmental and physical character.
Urban rehabilitation
This concept refers to the process of transformation of urban space, comprising the execution of works
conservation, restoration and rehabilitation of buildings and urban spaces, in order to improve their
conditions of use and habitability keeping, however, its fundamental character (DGOTDU, 1998).
According to Teresa Barata Salgueiro (1992: 390) " Rehabilitation is an integrated process over an area to be
maintain or protect. Overall involves restoration or conservation of real estate, which some call
physical, and functional revitalization, namely the promotion of the economic and social fabric, since
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keep a neighborhood implies retain their functional characteristics, increase their attractiveness, either
for the inhabitants, either for the exercise of economic and social activities compatible with the residence. "
Over time, cities are witnessing a process of eviction and subsequent degradation
gradually building. This degradation is a result not only of their own aging and use of overload, but
also for reasons of architectural character as the mismatch of building materials for new ways
of life. The concept of Urban Rehabilitation then emerges as a solution to this problem and is
Urban regeneration
According to the New Law of General Bases of the Public Lands Policy of Spatial Planning and Urbanism,
and in particular in accordance with its Clause 61, the concept of urban regeneration is "A form of intervention
integrated territorial combining rehabilitation measures with demolition works and new construction and measures
appropriate economic revitalization, social and cultural and strengthening cohesion and territorial potential. ".
Urban renewal
According to Teresa Barata Salgueiro (1992: 390) "Renewal is the action by which to exchanging the
existing structures; therefore it involves the demolition of buildings and the construction of new buildings. It could be spot
or diffuse when the result of private initiative, if today destroys one built here tomorrow and there, without changing the
pre-existing network, or total when it comes to a planned operation on an area in order to change
of the buildings and also the urban area and the supporting infrastructure. "
By urban renewal means, then a set of urban operations that cover a territory
unbundled and mostly degraded, which is not recognized architectural assets value or motif
empty Urban
Urban Voids: what they are and how they came about?
"Urban Void is an expression with some ambiguity: even because the land can not be literally empty, but
meet simply devalued with reuse potential to other destinations, more or less
full ... In the most general sense denotes landlocked areas in the consolidated city, and to forget others
"Empty", less recoverable, the peripheries of incomplete or fragmented, whose use could be decisive
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to revitalize this town reurbanizar or-other. So the idea that now prevails in Europe, that it should
filling the voids (fine) as urban and peri sustain dispersion is randomly picks as a rule, can even
come to worsen the environmental conditions of central cities and postpone the upgrading of the periphery, however,
In the city of today it is common to have small or large spaces, buildings or areas
urban that at some point in the history of the city, lost its function and its use in the city and were abandoned
the population, leaving these obsolete spaces, stuck in time and delivered to the uncertain. These areas
called urban empty part of the city but do not accompany it in its growth. constitute a
problems of urban point of view, to the extent that defragment and desunificam the city, you want to
be established and function as a whole, and also pose a threat to the environmental conditions and
Cities are part of a rapid and steady growth and tend to expand and disperse the territory in
and towards the adjacent peripheral areas. If these cities do not have a strategic urban planning
and effective and the ability to readjust and regenerate their areas, which in economic, social or cultural reasons,
They lost its use will continue to grow towards its borders and increasingly are emerging these interstices
the consolidated city, completely decontextualized in relation to the city, resulting in waste and
Many architects and planners see the urban voids as great opportunities, beneficial to the city, from the point
of view of the possibility to retrofit those spaces to new uses that might possibly answer
needs that the city is looking to meet, such as the old factories, warehouses and slaughterhouses
which today are new industries, sports equipment, universities, shopping malls, etc ... and as is the case of
old railway and port ranges that turned into beautiful urban parks or public squares.
But this transformation of the gaps in opportunities may have negative consequences if not previously
a strategic and appropriate economic plan and a feasibility study by the municipal authorities. Would you like
private owners or public property seek first of all the "heel" of the land value 2, what
mainly due to the geographical location of its land and buildings in the city, tend to have a price
too high whose activity or only a certain type of building (such as gyms, and shopping malls by
example) can afford because investors can recover in the short or medium term, the amount invested, the
Contrary to what happens in public projects such as urban parks or university facilities. In addition to the value
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land be a serious constraint, joins the price of expropriation of existing obsolete buildings in
empty urban, which consists of the demolition of these or in moving to other places, in new installations.
There are several reasons that lead to the emergence of these urban voids, mostly war motives and
socioeconomic. The Second World War was one of the main causes of urban voids appearance in
many European cities, such as Warsaw and Berlin. Some of these cities saw their centers
historical completely destroyed, leaving only empty or parts of something that is not, but loaded
After the Industrial Revolution and the consequent improvement of shipping, the need to move the
industries and port platforms for coastal and maritime areas, in order to facilitate trade and
flow of goods and raw materials, which led to the appearance of the said port cities. But with
the economic crisis of the 70s and the consequent increase in the land value of the spaces where these industries and
port platforms had settled, they felt the need to leave the centers of
cities and move to the next major roads and motorways, due to the fact that now the
road transport prevail on maritime transport, with regard to costs and logistics expenses.
Thus began to emerge in the city centers and waterfronts, vacant spaces and character of obsolete
3 Jairo Emanuel Salgado da Silva Gonçalves, "Inhabiting, and Enable Marvila" - Final Draft Master, Lisbon, FAUL,
February, 2015
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industrial, often located in areas of the city of high importance and geographical potential, and
now they are in a rapid and steady state of degradation, without any time limit provided for upgrading.
The development of Lisbon started gaining prominence mainly in the Age of Discovery,
in the century. XVI. With the rise of sea routes, Lisbon and its waterfront quickly became one
Located next to the estuary of a river large, able to receive and dock ships of large sizes,
Lisbon met here the economic potential that the Tagus river meant to the city and the country. Taking
advantage of this fact, the growth of Lisbon gave his first big "jump" between the eighteenth centuries and
XIX. In this period the city grows primarily along its riverfront (as can be seen on the map
In 1755, after the earthquake, he was made the first major landfill in the city with the downtown reconstruction plan
Pombal, designed by the architect Eugénio dos Santos and approved by the then Secretary of State, José Sebastião
de Carvalho e Melo (Marques de Pombal), and the King Joseph I. It is built then the Praça do Comércio, which opens
With the advent of the steam engine and the consequent industrial revolution in Portugal, more and more industries
moved to the city, along the Tagus river, until there is a need to renew and improve the platforms
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existing port and on 31 October 1887 is then opened the new Port of Lisbon, authored by
engineers João Matos and Adolfo Loureiro and approved by the Minister António Maria Fontes Pereira de Melo and King
Don Luis I.
Inevitably, the construction of the new Port of Lisbon (1887-1909) conditioned dramatically the face
the city, separating it from the river, particularly in the east, from the Palace Square to Xabregas. each
The parish of Marvila during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries was an essentially rural character of the locality, composed
by farms, palaces, and Solar some Convents that have been abandoned after the 1755 earthquake or destroyed.
Industrial owners saw then in Marvila the ideal place for they hosted their factories and from the century
XIX, together with the creation of the railway line in 1886, Marvila now has an essentially industrial character.
However, with the decline in port activity recorded in the 70s and the consequent relocation of
industries by technological, logistic and economic issues, in Marvila (and a bit all over the eastern part of
In the late twentieth century, in the 90s, Lisbon promotes a series of urban projects for the requalification
and revitalization of these obsolete spaces in the eastern part of Lisbon, as was the case of the regeneration project
Marvila as parish, was born on 7 February 1959. But its settlement dates back to pre times
historical, where there was the Roman and Visigoth presence. It is now a parish in the municipality of Lisbon,
with about 6.29 km² area and a population of 38,102 inhabitants (according to the Census, 2011). It lies in
east of Lisbon, and is bounded to the north by the parishes of Groves and Park of Nations, to the east by
Tagus River, south of the parishes and Beato Areeiro and to the west by the parish of Alvalade. It is crossed by two
valleys, the Fundão Valley and Chelas Valley and has two city parks, the Parque da Bela Vista and Valley Park
Fundão.
It consists of 10 neighborhoods: Neighborhoods of pins and Salted, County District, Bairro Lóios Quarter of
Almond, Town of Flemish Owner Neighborhood Neighborhood Marques de Abrantes, Town of North and PRODAC
PRODAC South, or Vale Fundão, Vale Formoso do Bairro and Bishop Pit (Old Marvila area).
Throughout the second half of the century. XIX, there has been a strong and rapid growth in the eastern riverfront
Lisbon, related to the establishment of industries, port activities and a growing movement of people and
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Farmhouses, ancient palaces and monasteries were converted into factories and warehouses, and new housing typologies
They were introduced as villages and patios. There arose, urban and industrial large-scale plants, such as the
Soaps, Rubber, the matches, the Tobacco, War Material, companies warehouses as Abel
Pereira Fonseca or corporate headquarters such as José Domingos Barreiros, which are emblematic of the historical course
this territory. Marvila became then a "Sea chimneys and people" ( Republic, "the Lisbon that
But in the 80s and 90s, according to Barata Salgueiro (2001: 141) "Industrial decline Lisbon accelerates and
city loses weight by the number of companies, jobs and gross value added. " It is then attends to a process
gradual deindustrialization of Lisbon and the consequent relocation of industries on the outskirts of
City.
The eastern waterfront of Lisbon, strongly affected by this process of de-industrialization, it is still
today characterized by situations of "ruin" and "abandonment", splurge and Custódio (1999: 10) argue that
It could have been avoided "Disappearance of the industrial image of Lisbon, as important a cultural design
the metropolis, as are the palaces, churches, convents and farms and some elements of street furniture and
rural".
Marvila with Bl were during the first half of the century. XX, spaces urban socialization and
integration of people who migrated from the fields ( Nunes and Sequeira, 2011: 4). There has been a period of
rapid population growth has contributed to the formation of a particular " urban constellation "(Park, 1984)
which was sustained by their economic, residential and urban socialization. However, with the loss
these functions also lost it is the internal relationship that Marvila established with the city, reinforced with
disappearance of Electrical and a consequent reduction in population vitality. That that formerly
designated a "sea chimneys and people" is now replaced by a " cemetery factories "And a small,
It is manifested in the parishes of Marvila and Chelas, interest in the revitalization of these areas of the city, by
City Hall structures of Lisbon and the resident population, by creating local programs
concerning youth and social risks, to computer literacy and the free time of young and old. Public action
has been relentless in the transformation of public spaces: the renovation and creation of new signs, regularization
The conversion of the former Silver Arm Factory Headquarters, located near the site which includes the present proposal
intervention is the key examples of revitalization actions of cultural and artistic life that have been
Marvila now occur. The Silver Arm Factory labored between 1908 and 1990 while factory
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of arms and it is now a space that welcomes artistic activities and promote its dissemination and discussion
cultural. Amidst a background of industrial production and an uncertain future, here comes a draft framework
artistic and cultural, according Vivant (2009), can mean a reorganization of the local production system in
cultural activities, replacing the industries of the past and being an alternative to the planned Selecta residencialização
A project of upgrading housing and revitalization of nature, art and culture can then be a
intervention of particular interest in the context of creating new experiences and present an area ambiences
and fragmented state of degradation. A project, however, aware, and the ability to integrate the memory
collective of the place and the past history and future of their people.
Figure 5 - Images of the old Silver Arm war materials factory when laboring.
In a general context, Marvila is one of the largest parishes in the city of Lisbon, not only for its
characteristics, but also for its history. The urgent need for intervention and it lacks the impact
that their extensive area has the Lisboeta territory, together with other notable aspects that make Marvila
a distinctive parish in the city, points are required (and necessary) to take into account any intervention
that make this area of town. These feature points are part of the relationship with Rio - realize that
there is a second city settlement line with the river due to built landfills during the
changes made to the Port of Lisbon, at the end of the century. XIX, the beginning of the century. XX -, good accessibility and centrality
such permits arranged by existing highways linking Marvila the old center (Low) and centers
Modern (Expo, Sete Rios, Alvalade, Areeiro), such as Av. Marechal Gomes da Costa connecting the north, the Marvila
Second Circular; Av. Infante D. Henrique, which connects the Lower and Expo and Av. Marshal Antonio Spinola,
through the Chelas Valley and connects to Areeiro and Alvalade, as well as the problems involved in
Third Tagus Crossing. Also, the diversity of the urban fabric, except the existence of structures (such as
monuments, old manor houses and industrial facilities), the current housing together with the villages
workers and environmental diversity (where the landscape, or what remains of it, evokes the rural, built and natural)
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More specifically, the study Marvila zone is the area where formerly was located industrial complex
Production of Silver Arm war material, understood the West by Rua Fernando Straw, the East,
the Tagus River to the north, the extensive street that intersects the street Vale Formoso and the Port waist Street and the
South, by Av. Infante D. Henrique. Early in the development of this work, in the course of Laboratory
The first analysis is a set of four drawings. The first drawing 4 corresponds to the full and empty
(Full and empty plant) in this area of Marvila, in order to realize the consolidation (or lack thereof) of tissues
existing urban. The second drawing 5 corresponds to the registration of obstacles / existing accidents (whether
built or natural) and existing green (formal and informal). The third drawing 6 aims to distinguish the
various types of buildings which concludes a greater predominance in industrial buildings of character
(Factories), but also offices and various types of housing. This design also relates to the registration of the various
materiality types zone where checks glass, concrete, stone, wood, metal, masonry, between
others. The drawing room 7 consists of the determination of the building of the exception, the former Material Factory
Silver Arm War (1904-1908), and a factory building of 80, remarkable for its coverage
The second analysis is an area of study historical and social development and consists of a set of
four drawings. The first drawing 8 It shows the historical development of the area of intervention by the relation of
four location maps, each corresponding to a different time: map of Philip Folque (XIX century.)
followed by the map of Silva Pinto (beginning of the century. XX), followed by the map of cartographic services of the army
(1950) and finally, the current orthophotomap. The second drawing 9 It shows the evolution of the boundary line of the Port of Lisbon
by overlapping the first line (configured by Silva Pinto map) with the current city map,
concluding that the successive landfills made during the upgrade changes the Port of Lisbon in early
century. XX created a new city settlement line with the Tagus River. The third drawing 10 show the
historical development of the building that area, linking the existing building with the demolition, concluding that
large urban voids that are present in this area were once factories and workers neighborhoods
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They were demolished and did not give rise to new buildings. The drawing room 11 corresponds to the social and human analysis
and consists in determining the different uses of the buildings, where there is a strong prevalence of the use
on the industrial buildings for other uses, such as residential and trade and the presence of some institutions,
as is the case of the Superior Health Ribeiro Sanches School. Also in this design was analyzed circulation
existing car and pedestrian, concluding that the Square April 25 represents a road node formed by highways
of great importance in the city, such as Av. Infante D. Henrique, which is a key feature for
future of the parish, with regard to accessibility. Already the pedestrian traffic is almost nonexistent, which is a
important aspect to be studied in future interventions. Also the circulation of public road transport
It was analyzed, with the location of existing bus stops in the area.
Made the analysis of the intervention site in VI Project Lab, followed by the development of a work
designated "Conceptual Design", comprising a set of four drawings. This work consisted of a
first approach to intervention proposal presented here. The first drawing 12 It consists in detecting
situations or elements that require urgent intervention, they have a pivotal role in the area or
have a great impact on the area. It follows then, that the existing urban voids play a role
structuring in the area, so they need quick intervention and reoccupation proposals. It has also
not only the existence of buildings that are in urgent need of intervention, but also buildings whose state of
degradation is so high that need to be demolished. The second drawing 13 It is the identification of
situations and preponderant elements for the future proposal and the record of how these can be
articulated. The symbol (circle) associated with these situations or elements varies in size according to the size
or preponderance they pose to the area. One of the most important joints (and necessary) is the
relation Train Station, the great expectant emptiness between the Square April 25 and the old factory
War Material Silver Arm and the Tagus River. The connection and coordination of these elements is essential for
this area of the town and is one of the aspects taken into account in this proposal of Showdown
Master. The third drawing 14 complements, at the bottom, the second design, and assess to what extent the joints
described are possible, according existing urban elements. Finally, the drawing room 15 corresponds to
project ideas and conceptual synthesis, where it launched the first chance of the project, locating proposals
urban elements such as highways and public squares, parks and buildings of different uses.
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Figure 6 - Intervention area: before and after
On the left area of intervention in the first decade of the century. XX, after the construction of Factory Silver Arm and some working class neighborhoods.
Right intervention area today, with the great urban void originated by the demolition of the Silver Arm Factory and
working class neighborhoods.
There is always some ambiguity when using concepts such as urban renewal, urban regeneration,
urban or urban renewal regeneration. Not only for its phonetic similarities but also by
similarities in their definitions. However, they are different concepts and different features being that
importance of its definition lies in the understanding of the various intervention mechanisms under the
Architecture and Urban and circumstances in which these mechanisms are used.
At present it is common within the consolidated cities, the existence of gaps and obsolete spaces that
presented as fragmented breaks or areas of the urban fabric, preventing a continuous and unified reading
City. These areas, called urban voids, are seen on the one hand, as opportunities due to
possibility of upgrading and introduction of new uses that can meet the city's needs, taking
advantage of its geographic potential within the city, but on the other hand, are seen as a threat because,
with the steady increase in land value of these areas, the availability of investment for their
regeneration becomes increasingly reduced, and despite the great demand, investors and promoters have
more choice but to invest in the existing gaps in the suburbs, making the cities grow
and continuously disperse towards their edges, forgetting the existing urban voids within the city.
Marvila is the parishes of Lisbon with more gaps and vacant buildings. With industrialization, transport
maritime proved to be an asset to the economic sector of the country, which led to many industries estabelecerem-
beside the sea and the major rivers. With the improvement of the Port of Lisbon after the 1755 earthquake, Lisbon quickly
sees its riverfront transformed into factories and workers' districts, mainly in the eastern part of the city,
where is the parish of Marvila. With the decline of the port sector in the second half of the century. XX, these
industries and the workers themselves-have moved to the suburbs, leaving the industrial structures and neighborhoods
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existing workers on the riverfront in Lisbon completely abandoned. This is the case of the area under study, where
With the urban analysis of the intervention area it is concluded that the current boundary line of the city with the Tagus River is in
Indeed, a consequence of successive embankments made on the riverfront for the construction of the great Port of Lisbon.
It follows also that the uses of the building and its materiality are industrial, assigned by your
the recent past, and the rugged terrain of the area that once served as the basis for factories and workers' districts,
now gives way to large urban voids. Despite the urgent need for intervention, the area of the Silver Arm
It has good access, with major highways that connect to other centers of Marvila
urban Lisbon.
The articulation of the Silver Arm train station with Rio proved to be also essential for this zone,
this being one of the first ideas taken into account in the development of proposed intervention.
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Study cases
The criterion for the selection of case studies was based on trying to figure out the best way of their analysis
contribute to the development of the proposed intervention. Therefore, relevant was found that their
selection was depending on topics that allow the relationship between the case study and the proposal to develop. themes
as the site of intervention, the program intended to be allocated and the structure and / or materiality of the building.
In terms of the place of intervention, the case chosen was the project of urban regeneration of the Park of Nations to
host the World Expo 1998. In fact, there are many reasons that make this project a choice
almost obligatory, not only for being a project also developed it to the River Tagus, in an adjacent area
the proposal of the intervention area presented here, as well as for all historical and social characteristics
that both sites have in common. Despite the significantly different scales, both projects share
the same programmatic idea, based on the junction of several urban services, such as housing, trade, services
Regarding the program structure of the proposal, the case was selected the project for courtyard homes located
Es Marcadal, Spain, designed by the architect Jaime Forés. This project sparked particular interest in
how they are introduced private patios in the context of a collective building, giving each
apartment direct contact with the outside and natural light, enhancing the experience inside.
Regarding the structure and spatial organization of the proposal, the chosen case was the flagship project of
Marseilles Housing Unit, designed by the architect Le Corbusier. In fact, this project was taken as
reference from the beginning of the proposed development, influencing not only the structure and spatial organization,
but also other elements such as materiality, shading studies, among others. The relevance in
choice of this project as a reference becomes evident given the contexts (not very different) with
that both projects have emerged. As successful in Marseille Unit, presented the proposal is also
her, a need for relocation and re-occupation of a fragmented and unintegrated part of the city, creating
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Park of Nations / Expo '98 | Lisbon, Portugal | 1993-1998
Figure 7 - orthophotomap the location and configuration of the Nations Park of the parish (in red) and the intervention area (yellow)
The project of urban regeneration of the Park of Nations was essentially revaluation City
Lisbon with the Tagus River. Requalify the environment and landscape, readjust them to new uses and reintegrate in this area
urban fabric of the city demarcate the main objectives and means to transform this eastern zone of Lisbon
This project arose with the application of Lisbon to host the last World Exposition of the century. XX - Expo '98,
corresponding to its planning and implementation, and covering the design of public spaces and buildings
proposed, containing all urban structures needed for that area, such as residential areas,
Thus, the Park of Nations turned out to be not only a project of hosting a world event, but
also contributed to the modernization and internationalization of Lisbon, placing it on the landing of the main
European cities, through the retraining and upgrading of accessibility and transport, equipment,
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One of the main strengths of this intervention
Figure 8 - Aerial view of Nations Park before the plan on site, relocated 45km north of the city. phase
regeneration for Expo '98, where there is the existence of numerous
petrochemical industries and gasometers
It consisted of an initial process and dismantling
Also the facilities were a major issue taking into account, involving the construction of
intermodal station Gare do Oriente, the Vasco da Gama bridge which connects the south of Portugal, the extent of
metro line and a set of new road infrastructure that make links to other important sites
city.
At the enterprise level, this project has created high quality urban space offers inserted in a central area
and integrating the latest technologies into their infrastructure and support services. One of the main
concerns in the design of the buildings was to maximize awareness of the corporate image of the companies at
who built the buildings on platforms simultaneously solving the parking issue.
This project also equated them necessary support services, such as shops and restaurants,
and other complementary services. Various equipment has been highly important for contruidos
And Expo '98 remained after exposure. Among them are: Atlantic Flag (Figure 10) - present
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designated Meo Arena) - designed to host events and shows and with a capacity for about 20,000
people; the Vasco da Gama Tower (Figure 11), initially a luxury restaurant and now a luxury hotel
in conjunction with a building built in 2009; Oceanarium (Figure 12), the largest aquarium in Europe,
It is the most visited equipment in Portugal; the Pavilion of Knowledge (Figure 13), which holds the paper
one of the largest interactive science centers and technology; the Pavilion of the Future, converted later in the Casino
Lisbon (Figure 14); The flag Portugal (Figure 15), a multipurpose space with an imposing concrete pre flap
struggling, covering the entire square that is input to the equipment, based on the idea of a sheet of paper
B in two bricks; ski lifts (Figure 16), an attractive and important tourist equipment over
1km long and offering panoramic views of the Tagus River; Marina Park of Nations (Figure 18)
consists of a modern pier pleasure boats in conjunction with infrastructure to host events
water; FIL - Feira Internacional de Lisboa (Figure 19), space dedicated to the realization of thematic fairs
promoted by all types of companies; Shopping Center Vasco da Gama (Figure 21), one of the largest spaces
commercial of the country; the towers of S. Gabriel and S. Rafael (Figure 22), two sets of housing units
luxury, marked by its magnificence that leaves no one indifferent; and the aforementioned Vasco da Gama Bridge
Figure 10 - Atlantic Pavilion project Figure 11 - Vasco da Gama Tower, project Figure 12 - Lisbon Oceanarium, project
authorship of SOM and Regino Cruz authored by sound and PROFABRIL written by Peter Chermayeff
(Jacobs and Nick architecture Eleanor
January)
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Figure 15 - Portugal Pavilion, project Figure 16 - Cable Figure 17 - Gare Intermodal Station
written by Álvaro Siza Vieira East project by Santiago
Calatrava
Figure 18 - Marina Park of Nations Figure 19 - International Fair of Lisbon Figure 20 - Vasco da Gama Bridge, the
(FIL), project by Alberto France the architects Michel Virlogeux,
Doria and Antonio Barreiros Ferreira Charles Lavigne, Armando Rito and Alain
Montois
Figure 21 - Centro Comercial Vasco da Figure 22 - Torres and S. Gabriel S. Figure 23 - Alameda dos Oceanos, one of
Range, authored by project Rafael, projects by José several gardens that make up the project.
Quintela There was concern in
separating the pedestrian circulation system
road, removing the latter from the front
riverside, freeing it to only
pedestrian traffic
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Baths, Patio | Marcadal Es, Spain | 2011
Area: 4460m²
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acoustic barrier to audible noise from the highway that
necessary privacy.
modular structure, whose principles are based on the concept of " mat-building "Where, despite the articulation
all apartments be apparently confused, the structure that supports them is governed by a logic and metric
regular.
Figure 28 - (top) views street. Left, view of the East facade; right, south facade of view
(Bottom) the inside of the building Images. On the left, a detail of one of the galleries; right view inside one of the apartments
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Housing unit - "the radiant city" | Marseille, France | 1952
Architects: Le Corbusier
This project, commissioned Le Corbusier in 1946 by the then Minister of Construction and Urbanism French, Raoul
Dautry, had as main objective the resettlement of the population of Marseille, affected by bombing
generated by World War II. Five years was the time between the start of the project and completion of the
work. This is due to various budget disputes and social controversies, including due to a report
issued at the time, saying that the building was presented as a threat to the mental health of its inhabitants
for its cold and rugged look, and especially for its social concept represent a kind of
From a conceptual point of view, this project was extremely innovative for its sustainability and autonomy
under the resident's relationship with the outside world. This is because Le Corbusier purposed to create a "city within
of a city, "joining in the same building, all necessary services and goods from the normal everyday a
person. Thus, all residents had access, within the building, services such as education and health, trade
and catering, sports and leisure facilities, social spaces for socializing and meeting and even a hotel.
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main facades - the east, south and west - receive direct sunlight, optimizing thus the climate and
140 meters long, 24 wide and 56 high and with a capacity to hold about 1600
inhabitants, this building is a scale with which Le Corbusier had never worked before. It consists
by 337 apartments of different types arranged in eighteen floors, the seventh and eighth floors where
find most services and trade, as craft shops, a restaurant / café and hotel rooms,
priority for guests of families of the inhabitants of the building. The centrality of the location of these services was
designed in order to match the distance from these to all apartments. The recreational activities were provided in
own spaces in the park and on the roof. The outer park consists of a playground and an amount
immense vegetation, torn by walking routes, and even an outdoor car park. coverage
It has a gym, a nursery school with a playground and a pool of shallow, one track
The inner circulation of the building is made by corridors / distribution galleries that give access to the apartments.
These galleries run along the entire floor and end in a "T", giving access to the apartments
in the south facade of the building. The vertical access to these galleries is done by three boxes of stairs located along
building on the east side of the gallery, and the central box attached to an atrium that contains the four elevators
building (see Figure 31) and a fourth box stairs, located on the north facade, intended for access
Firemen.
Altogether, there are seven distribution galleries in the building, arranged on three floors, not counting the gallery
double serving the seventh and eighth floors, where are located the services and trade. This fact resides one of
most notable and interesting points of this project. The layout of the apartments process results in a wide
and complex working system, where the "key" reading of this system lies in the cross sections of the building
(Figure 32). Here, we can see the "game" created by Le Corbusier, where the "cell binomial" is repeated
vertically every three floors. Transversely symmetrical, this binomial cells (Figure 33) consists
two apartment types "duplex", which are juxtaposed around circulation axis - the galleries. This one
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Figure 32 - Cross section of the building Figure 33 - cell binomial: cross-section (top) and plants
housing the three levels (below)
set is repeated in series throughout the entire building, thus avoiding the existence of an access corridor
all floors, optimizing the most interior spatial organization of the building. In conjunction with this fact is
the original intention of Corbusier in making each apartment across went through the entire building,
opening out on two fronts, east and to the west, in order to create natural ventilation and significantly improve
the experience inside, both in terms of landscape diversity and the level of sunlight and contact with the outside.
" The ratio, mathematical key that provides the unit, gives the measure of the dimensions in the building design "
(Le Corbusier, 2009, p. 59). Shortly after the start of World War II, Le Corbusier left Paris and
He devoted himself to painting and anatomical studies, giving rise to the so-called Modulor - a measurement based system
in the human body with respect to its activity and movement, presenting as a standard rule
proportions in the design of an architectural element. The Marseilles Housing Unit was the first
Also in this design features have been introduced previously used for other projects that
They correspond to the principles described in his book "Five Points for a New Architecture" (1926). On the ground,
the whole building rises (about 8 meters), putting all his weight on the imposing stilts, prepared
invertidamente on an orthogonal mesh structure thus releasing the soil area to pedestrian traffic and
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other activities. Above, the façade system is composed of loggias 16 the apartments, consisting,
in turn, by a slab shading, filtering the incoming sunlight inside the apartment. This slab
together with the perforated guard prefabricated concrete, with the use of sidewalls applied to polychrome
and the tile that covers the floor, resulting in a mixture of interesting shades within the
apartments. This modular rhythm of the loggias on the facade is broken halfway up, the concrete elements
vertical and oblique to the front of the plane (for shading effects), where is the two floors of services
and trade. At the top, the cover is harnessed and used as a "patio", being the stage for activities
leisure and social life, rather than the traditional sloped roof, which only has protective functions
16 Exterior balconies of the apartments. In Marseilles Housing Unit, these were created with two loggias
purposes: architectural and psychological. The first is the three-dimensionality and the modular nature of these spaces
translate on the facade, giving it an innovative urban element within the city, the second is to bring nature
exterior to the interior of the apartment, improving the experience in the home.
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Figure 35 - View under the Figure 36 - Image of the Figure 37 - View the level of
building, at the street level of the quota, facades, showing the loggias and roof
showing that the stilts its polychrome
support
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Project Specification
Location
It refers to this specification to the project proposed under the Final Exam Master, to obtain
the degree of Master of Architecture. The project developed is located in the eastern part of Lisbon, more
specifically on the riverfront of Marvila parish, in the area where stood the old plant material
War of the Silver Arm, understood, to the West by Rua Fernando Straw, on the east by the Tagus River to the north by
Old Tobacco da Silva Alfredo industrial and some factory buildings and the South, by Av. Infante D. Henrique. O
project presented here, in addition to continuing the work in the course of Laboratory
VI Project also arises from the need of urgent upgrading the area of intervention is needed. after the
decline of the industrial age in the 70s, many factories and workers' districts that made up this town were
abandoned, and remained without any maintenance and without activity perspective. God is,
thus beginning a process of degradation of these infrastructures, some of which still exist in the days
Today, despite its advanced state of decay, as is the case of the former Tobacco, inaugurated in 1928
the industrial Alfredo da Silva, linked to import and processing of tobacco leaves. Others, such as the
former factory of the Silver Arm war material, were demolished. However, the dismantling of this plant
It was partial because everything was demolished with the exception of its former headquarters, located south of Av. Infante D. Henrique, and
now a center of culture and private art. Result of this dismantling was the emergence of the great void
expectant existing in the place where at the moment is being Constructed designed the new venture
by Italian architect Renzo Piano and has about 500 new luxury homes, which occupy an area
nine hectares.
The proposed project aims then the reoccupation of this existing urban void by introducing new housing,
The analysis of the intervention area, previously described in State of the Art of point 2.5 and annexed,
detained a vital role in understanding the various existing problems in this area and the reasons for the
They do so urgently need intervention. The location of the large void created by existing
dismantling of the old plant the Silver Arm creates great deadlock situations movement and prevent
link between important points and articulation of these same points with Rio. In this way, the first major
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concern was the connection Train Station Silver Arm and Fernando Palha Street, located to the west
The worrying lack of conditions for pedestrian movement in this area and the fact that it is a front zone
riverside, which provides a high density and are intended human a more direct relationship between people and
the river, spurred the creation of pedestrian streets, perpendicular to the river and interspersed with solid blocks
built, they also perpendicular to the river. The squareness opted urban design of this proposal
arises not only the attempt to provide a better visual experience to the people who circulate in the avenues through
constant visual contact with the river, but also facilitates a continuous and unobstructed pathway for pedestrian
buildings. It is intended that these avenues work more like public gardens and incite the permanence of
people through a suitable and qualified design public space for this, relating vegetation,
walking routes and activity and leisure areas. The vegetation consists of tall deciduous trees,
as plantains, or Olaias Freixos in order to provide shade in the summer and allowing the passage of sunlight after
the sunset in winter. Were thought to these avenues garden, playgrounds, activity zones
sports and leisure (such as a playground and outdoor gym equipment) and relaxation areas,
reading and dining. The source of the intervention area is proposed a new urban park in the city, which makes the
link to the north, the park of the nations along the riverfront, thus ensuring the continuity of avenidas-
garden and outdoor experiences, by creating more walking trails, more vegetation and more activities
The existing motor traffic in this area is characterized by fast roads such as Av. Infante D. Henrique and Street
Waist Port, which take an important role in connecting the Marvila parish to city centers.
However, these wide road lanes 3 lanes in each direction are shown as obstructions connection
required between the town and the river, specifically in the section of Port waist Street which, together with the
rail way off existing, separate the town from the river. So as not to hurt the car flow
existing and at the same time, allow easy access to the river area of intervention, we opted for the dismantling
existing railway track and the separation of road flows, creating underground tunnels for roads
most traffic (two lanes in each direction) ensuring the continuity of the connection between urban city,
as Low -Chiado, Alvalade and the Park of Nations, and a range of lower traffic on the surface of only one
lane in each direction, for local access. Thus, the existing heavy traffic is reduced on the surface and is freed
more area for public space. The car access to these underground tunnels, is made out of the intervention area,
where there is no movement or residence of people. Square April 25, which is the intersection of Av. Infante D.
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Henry Street to the Port waist, in no way serves the public square character for which it was
designed and, therefore, it was decided to replace it with a roundabout smaller and more framed
urban design of this area which, in turn, surges local roads designed this proposal. It was thought,
Also, this Location a pedestrian overpass that makes the articulation of the intervention area with the urban park,
Morphology of the land: Lead Street Fernando Palha the garden avenues
The land which includes the proposal is mostly flat, with some specific variations between 4 and quota
4.4 share. Thus, it was decided by the total area of this leveling dimension four in order to facilitate the movement of
people and the implementation of the building. However, after analysis of accidents / territory obstacles 17 It was observed
that the land has some territorial conditions in the southern and western part of the intervention area. exist
two considerable unevenness "embrace" in L area to intervene. The biggest difference quota happens to the west,
where the street intersects Fernando Straw Dr. Stephen de Vasconcelos Street, at level 14. Here, Fernando Palha Street
falls in the North-South direction intersecting Av. Prince Henry the elevation 9 which, in turn, folds spring
and down to a height 4 at the level of the intervention area. In order to overcome this gap and connecting to Fernando Palha Street
at level 4, it was decided to draw a silo parking 3 floors with affordable coverage to people with
Public outdoor staircases, to the east, which make the desired connection Street Fernando Straw to avenidas-
garden, at an altitude of 4.
The built
The layout of the proposed buildings arose from binding intention Street Fernando Straw to the river, through the axes
pedestrian (avenues garden) perpendicular to the river, described above. Therefore, we created a set of
regular blocks with 16 meters wide, parallel to each other and interspersed with garden avenues, about
20.6 meters wide, the extent of which is interrupted by the two designed streets within the area
intervention, making local access to buildings proposed (see deployment Plant Figure 45). In its turn,
these roads have been designed by the extension and alignment (in plan view) of the stroke axes
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Figure 45 - Urban Design: general implementation of the proposed plant
Light gray - existing buildings
gray means - buildings proposed not developed
Dark grey - buildings proposed, developed
The proposal brings together a distinctive programmatic set of built typologies, the parish of Marvila
He presented lacking. Different types of affordable housing, spaces for trade, a gym
with relaxation area, an auditorium for events, workshops, and multifunctional spaces
office / co-working, underground parking, a public square and a pedestrian bridge, are some of the elements
To the urban design level, there is a total of nineteen proposed buildings. Of these nineteen buildings were
developed, even in urban design at 1: 500, eight buildings identified with different nomenclatures
(See Figure 46 below) and eight of these buildings have been developed in more detail, at the project level
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Figure 46 - Schematic plan of identification of the different built blocks developed in urban design.
NOTE: The buildings marked with the letter A, were developed in architectural design.
The intervention area chosen to be developed in architectural design was the area where you insert the set
built A1-A4, as this is an area of major gaps and changes in quotas, as described previously
the point 4.2.1 - Land Morphology: Lead Street Fernando Straw avenues to garden, and for this present
most interesting morphological characteristics and challenging the process of making architecture.
Description of buildings
This built together, the concept of distributive structure is identical in all buildings. The ground floor (dimension 4)
assume a more public character, mostly integrating spaces for trade, and which hosts
all necessary access. On the first floor (dimension 8) there is a variance of the blocks B3 and B4
B1 and B2 blocks: the blocks B3 and B4 this floor takes on a semi-private nature, integrating various spaces
for the establishment of workshops and giving also access to a multifunctional space that extends to the three
upper floors, and where they can establish co-working offices, large companies or make various
types of cultural events; in blocks B1 and B2, this floor continues the ground floor and assumes, also a
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more public nature, integrating an audience that extends to the ground floor and large commercial spaces (in the case
B2) block and a gym with relaxation area (in the case of block B1). It should be noted that these also
blocks B1 and B2 comprise a multifunctional space identical to that described above, whose formal structure varies
among all buildings in this set, so that the spring is parallel to the facade proposed roadways
(See Figure deployment plant 45), which results in a more appropriate and consistent urban design (for access
The remaining three upper floors are part of the housing units that, like the Housing Unit
Marseille, Le Corbusier, are juxtaposed around a central circulation axis, located on the third floor
(Quota 14), optimizing the space inside the building, eliminating the need for the existence of a gallery
circulation on all floors and giving the possibility to open two fronts in each housing unit, a North
and another to the south, avoiding the existence of exclusively oriented units north, where there is no light input
Each building this set includes an underground basement two floors (in quota and quota -4 0), where is the
parking needed every building, whose access of vehicles is done through ramps, and the entrance
Home made on the ground floor, to the east. The vertical movement is made in three parts of the building, and the distances
comply with the provisions in paragraph 2 of Article 57 of Chapter II - Evacuation of locations, SCIE - Security Against
Fires in Buildings (Decree Law No. 220/2008, of 12 November, Decree No. 1532/2008 of 29 December):
The) 15 m in deadlock points except the use of buildings, type I detached from 1st
risk category, and other exceptions listed in Title VIII, relating to the specific conditions
B) 30 m in the access points with different outputs, except for the uses type II, VIII, X EXII,
for which it must meet the requirements of the specific conditions title VIII.
Figure 47 - Schematic Axonometria exploded spatial organization and programmatic typologies B3 Block
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Figure 48 - Urban design: Cross section of the set built B1 - B4
This was built jointly chosen to integrate the architectural project. As already said before
in section 4.2.1, to win the variances of existing quotas and connect Fernando Palha Street at level 4, where
They are situated garden-avenues that connect the river bank, a parking silo three floors was implanted
(Odds 4, 8 and 11) which access the vehicle from outside is made through the intermediate floor, at level 8, and the connection between the
three floors is done through ramps. At the same time solves the connection of Fernando Street to Straw
Dimension 4, this silo creates a "base plate" for a set of four buildings, bringing them and allowing
"Vent" all its facades from the existing gap. These four buildings are the same as
Figure 50 illustrates, below. The access from the outside, these buildings can be made at level 14, the affordable coverage
the people, the parking silo, or quota 4. Any of these accesses connects to a lobby
which in turn gives access to a vertical movement stop, consisting of a hoistway and one
evacuation stairs, which vertically pass through the entire building. There is a total of two points of movement
vertical for building: one, closer to the west facade, serving people who access the building from the
Rua Fernando Straw, another, closer to the east façade, for people who access from the quota 4. In these
buildings, floors located in the dimension 4 is mainly "buried" between Avenue Prince Henry
and public staircase proposal, which connects the dimension 14 at level 4 (in the case of A1 block and in other cases this
floor lies buried between staircases), thus preventing the entry of sunlight. Thus, it was decided to
occupy the interior space of this floor with a number of storage compartments that serve the workshops and
dwellings. Also the vacant space created under the public outdoor stairs was busy with these
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compartments (see Figure 50). Also on this floor, it was implanted in the far east, a space for the
trade because it is the only area of the floor that can receive sunlight, in full.
The floors of the quota 8 and 11 share are identical. Both integrate spaces for the establishment of workshops
or small offices, which access is made by a central corridor, which makes the distribution left / right. These
floors integrate also toilets and a space consists of kitchen and dining area, serving
ateliers.
Figure 50 - Assembly Plant A1 - A4, the floor level of 4: location of the storage serving housing and workshops
At the floor level of the quota 14, in addition to the entrance hall in the far west, described above, and two small
spaces intended for trade, is on this floor, together with the remaining two upper floors, the quota of 17 and
the dimension 20, wherein the housing units are located. The functional structure of the housing in such buildings is
identical to the set built B1 - B4, described above in Section 4.3.1, or is in juxtaposition
symmetrical, in cross section, two types housing, around a central axis movement, this
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Figure 52 - Schematic Axonometria exploded spatial organization and programmatic typologies of the built set A1 - A4
building system
Regarding the construction system has been designed for all buildings proposed in this project, the use of
Traditional mixed system of post and beam reinforced concrete with concrete blades disabled apparent to the
coating the exterior facades of buildings, to which joins the XPS insulation and the inner coating
plasterboard.
For interior walls, it was thought the use of plasterboard walls in light structure made of galvanized steel,
type KNAUF. Compared to traditional wall brickwork, this solution is more appropriate because, in addition
to be thinner and enable increased interior floor space, it has a better acoustic behavior.
It is used also, occasionally, the curtain wall system with lacquered aluminum frames to dark gray,
Sunstroke / Shadow
The proposed use of curtain facades and large openings raises important questions in terms
insolation and shading of buildings, which need to be considered and resolved. Therefore, we chose
if by using two shading systems: one outside and one inside (construction details still
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development). For the exterior shading system has been designed using folding panels in slatted
wood, autoclaved 18 suitable for outdoor, in the east façade, south and west, reducing input
sunlight by about 60% when fully deployed. For the interior shading system was chosen
the use of curtains blackout hidden by a false ceiling, exclusively on housing units, to give
possibility to the inhabitants of obstructing the entry of light completely, if they prefer or need.
Outside materialities
The choice of materials continues the formal simplicity of the volumes through the use of a pallet
The facades of the whole concrete are disabled in gray tones, their natural color. The finishing
facades with this type of finish gives them a natural air, given that its construction process
eliminates the joints and gives it a rough texture, avoiding the artificially smooth appearance of a concrete. Although the level
facades, all the coating, the interior (floor, walls and ceiling) of the balconies units
housing will be in green wood deck that besides being a permeable solution is a recycled material
At the level of the surrounding outdoor decks to blocks built and exclusive to pedestrian traffic and
people stay, it was thought the porous concrete. It is a concrete with drainage characteristics, and non-slip
aesthetic, suitable to be applied on exterior surfaces. Allows the economic management of rainwater,
prevents the accumulation of water and eliminates the reflection of wet pavement, reducing the likelihood of hydroplaning.
This replaces the traditional concrete pavement in areas of intended use and the infiltration of water
For local road access roads has been designed using natural stone dark colored pavement. Besides being the
material used in road paving in Alameda dos Oceanos, the Park of Nations and result in a relationship
harmonious with the concrete used in buildings, is reducing also the speed in road traffic, which results
a safer movement of people in this area. Besides being a permeable paving, drainage of
rainwater is perfectly ensured by the pending pavement must form, by draining water
between the joints of the stone until it reaches channel gratings that are next to the curb.
materialities interior
The interior walls and ceilings of buildings are plastered and painted white for a higher brightness, except
wetlands where it was decided by the mosaic use of Revigrés type (to be confirmed) and some moments of
18 Industrial method consisting in drying the wood (outdoors or in ventilated ovens), thereby reducing the wet content by
to increase their physical resistance to weathering from the outside and reducing the risks of deterioration and expansion.
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housing where it is planned to use VIROC plates (to be confirmed). The interior floors are also in
natural materials such as wood flooring and concrete stroked Patent natural color.
housing typologies
For the types of housing, it has been proposed three different types of housing (housing typology
1, 2 and 3), all developed in buildings, both built in the set A1-A4, B1 built as a whole
B4. As mentioned earlier, the concept of spatial distribution was made using a symmetrical juxtaposition
two of the three types of proposals, the housing type 1 and 2, around a central axis movement,
since both types have two levels and one of which is a mezzanine. There is not exactly a
conventional typological character that is intended to assign to these dwellings. It is not intended that these
dwellings are exclusively family or mere temporary housing. The aim is to create housing
with the elements and compartments necessary for everyday life of people in general, families, students,
workers, etc. It should be noted that despite the movement and access of the proposed buildings comply with the
Accessibility conditions set forth in the regulation of access, these are not suitable for housing
barrier or elderly people with motor difficulties due to the fact that they consist
two and three levels and no access conditions, within the fires, for people in chair
wheels.
Regarding the type of housing 1, the main entrance is at the top floor (dimension 17), the mezzanine. On here,
It is willing to kitchen room and a small dining area. Down to the lower level (dimension 14)
the access stairs, we enter the living room which is part of the furniture and the storage needed housing
and that, in turn, provides access to the outside balcony or corridor which allocates to the two bedrooms
Regarding the type of housing 2, the functional distribution is identical to the housing type 1, except
in this case, the mezzanine floor to be the top (dimension 20), consisting of two rooms (which are connected to a
balcony outdoor), a common toilet, kitchen and dining area and the main entrance is on the floor
lower (quota 17), composed of the living room that gives access to an outdoor balcony.
The housing type 3 is a variant of the first two because it is the opposite which lies on the side of the boxes
vertical access. This type housing comprises three levels, and the main entrance is at level
intermediate (quota 17), where is located the living room and the balcony outside. The lower level (dimension 14) is composed of
kitchen, a dining area, a toilet, a space for storage / washing machine and a balcony
exterior. The upper level (dimension 20) consists of three bedrooms and a working space, all with access to a
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Figure 53 - Plants of housing types 1 and 2 Figure 54 - the housing 3 type plants
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Framework architecture project areas: buildings set A1 - A4
4 FLOOR COTA FLOOR COTA 8 FLOOR COTA 11 FLOOR 14 COTA FLOOR 17 COTA FLOOR 20 COTA TOTAL
OFFICE /
- - - - 228 m² 230.4 m² 458.4 m²
MULTIFUNCTION
ARRUMOS HOUSING /
1323 m² 445.8 m² 37.5 m² - - - 1806.3 m²
WORKSHOPS
IS ATELIERS
- 109.6 m² 109.6 m² - - - 219.2 m²
CIRCULATION
282.2 m² 351 m² 229.2 m² - 224 m² - 1086.4 m²
ENTRANCE HALL
188.8 m² - - 96 m² - - 284.8 m²
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conclusions
As she walks the streets Marvila realize that this town has not always been the parish
aged and debilitated we know today. Plenty of old factories, workers' villages and stately solar
They will punctuating the route are inhospitable trace of the recent past, whose vitality and momentum was lost
with the apparent abandonment of a large part of the population that resided here. Despite the ephemeral nature of the "wave"
industrialist who "swept" Europe at the end of the century. XIX, its impact is apparent when one realizes the transformation
What happened on the riverfront in Lisbon with the establishment of industries and port systems, especially in
eastern part, where it is the parish of Marvila. With the improvement of maritime transport in this industrial age, the
Tagus River proved to be a major source of economic performance of the country and in an attempt to give an answer
quickly to the need to improve conditions for maritime commerce, it was built in 1887 along
entire riverfront, the New Port of Lisbon. Fruit of this quickly was planned, the New Port conditioned
dramatically the city's connection to the river. In any capitalist nation, the economic interest takes
always a place at the top table of priorities, however, there needs to be a study and previous to control
minimize the impact of investments and realize the best way to integrate them into the city. Despite not having been
this control and prior analysis when the investments made for the construction of the Port of Lisbon, it is necessary
understand that these industries and port platforms are part of our history that have heritage value
and just like any old convent or palace, deserve to be protected and rehabilitated. With the sector crisis
industrial that occurred in the 70s in Portugal and the prevalence of road transport on the sea, the
most of these industries that populated the riverfront in Lisbon, moved-together for the
important axes and we road, leaving to abandon these structures which had settled and remaining
thus desactivas and in a state of self-abasement, until the present day. It is important, however, warn the authorities
municipal to the reality of growth of Lisbon towards their peripheries and the constant
capital investment in the peripheral areas, since they have not only a threat to oblivion these
interstices and obsolete spaces that exist "within the city" and a great wastage of
The analysis developed in a previous study phase, annexed hereto, were an asset to the
recognition of various existing problems in the Silver Arm area. urban problems and
architectural as the constant deterioration of the property heritage and old abandoned industries and the lack of
conditions for pedestrian circulation, resulting from inadequate existence of highways great road flow
or social problems such as unemployment of young people, failure and dropout and lack of security
caused by the use and sale of drugs, make a weakened Marvila parish and need urgent
intervention. Thus, it was decided to create in the first place, a consistent and adequate typological program
the registered needs in order to facilitate the most of the solutions. It is believed that the program
proposed adequately responds to the intervention site requirements as it adds a sufficient set and
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diverse types of everyday, enabling the creation of an active life in this place, as spaces for
trade and services, the cultural and artistic domain spaces, areas for the establishment of offices and workshops,
multifunctional spaces and several reasonable cost of housing types, accessible to many more extracts from
population. Also the upgrading and restructuring of public space is an indispensable element to the program
proposed, as well as improving the quality of life of the resident population, qualifies the buildings, integrating it
and assigns you a "sense" and identity, while at the same time, attracts nonresident population and urges its
permanence. Despite the landscape component of the project presented not be minimally consistent,
due to an on-time investment in the project and the need for more detail structures
built, is recorded the intention of creating garden-avenues and a new urban park on the riverfront,
incorporating leisure facilities and entertainment, suitable vegetation, pleasant walking routes, dining areas,
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attachments
Annex I - Urban and Architectural Analysis - Plant Filled / Empty and Obstacles
Annex II - Urban and Architectural Analysis - Plant of the various types of buildings and materiality and Plant
built exceptional
Annex III - Maps of historical developments and plan the evolution of settlement line
Annex IV - Plant demolition of the intervention area and plant Human and Social
Annex V - situations detection and plant elements and coordination of plant situations and scattered elements
the territory
Appendix VII - PANEL 01 - Conceptual development studies; photographs of the existing solar studies
Annex VIII - panels 02 - Plant full / empty; 1: 2500, Plant Implantation axonometric diagrams and 1: 1000
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Appendix XVI - PANEL 10 - Plants and West Elevation 1: 200
Annex XVII - PANEL 11 - Plans and Elevations North and South 1: 200
Annex XVIII - PANEL 12 - Plant 1: 200, axonometric drawings and Interior Views
Annex XXI - PANEL 15 - ceiling and floor plans, sections 1: 50 and Map of Gaps Interior 1: 20
Annex XXII - PANEL 16 - Openings Map Interior and Exterior 1:20 + Specifications
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