Earth construction as cultural value. Reappropriation of Adobe's constructive culture in Aveiro

Details

Supervisors

Pauporté, Elie ; Scialpi, Giulia

Faculty

Faculté d'architecture, d'ingénierie architecturale, d'urbanisme

Degree label

Master [120] en architecture, à finalité spécialisée (Tournai)

Abstract

Faced progressively with the decline of technical and specific knowledge resulting from popular traditions, we have lived the unconscious behaviour of consumption and waste. We have replaced hand-crafted work, a reflection of local culture, produced over many generations, by a unitary industrial methodology, bearers of a foreign culture, that simplifies the identity expression of local culture. Therefore, the architectural principle set for the current work attempted to manifest the beauty of vulnerability and irregularity of an architecture made with local resources by the local people. The conceptual processes of the project have sought to find architectural dynamics, in response to socio-cultural, socio-economic, environmental and technical needs through an interactive and participatory process as an instrument of solidarity. Aiming to enrich and value earth as an accessible material by reintegrating it into contemporary society through the development of a cultural project in the district of Aveiro in Portugal. The project was designed to generate social interaction in the core of the cultural centre and the villages of Santo André de Vagos and São Romão, based on the promotion of intergenerational relation, envisaging the transmission of the constructive known-how to the younger generation. Enhance the community’s engagement and participation to, therefore, promoting a diversity of technical solutions. And finally, articulate these social dynamics to the production of activities that will lead to a circular economy. As a work that reflects on the importance of the interactive and participatory process, different scenarios were suggested to allow the participants to adjust the construction to respond to their social issues. Leaving open the opportunity of reflecting on other possibilities to enrich the discussion on how to reappropriate a constructive culture as a means of cultural value.