Features and seminars 2023
Change and Continuity
15:00
Rita Aguiar Rodrigues - RAR.STUDIO
Not demolishing and valuing the resources invested in existing construction reflects not only the desire to reduce the ecological footprint but, above all, the ambition to establish lines of continuity.
Between Nature and Architecture
16:00
João Mendes Ribeiro - João Mendes Ribeiro
The naturalisation of architecture and the artificialisation of nature is expressed in two projects: 'Casa no Castanheir' and the Tropical Greenhouses of the Botanical Garden of the University of Coimbra.
Architecture and processes of experimentation with natural materials
17:00
Catarina Pinto - Terrapalha
The presentation will focus on the design practice and research carried out by the Terrapalha studio over the past 15 years in the use of natural, local, and low-impact construction materials such as natural fibers, earth, wood, stone, and lime.