Coletivo AMSZ

(Re)Rural is a project centered on analysis of three distinct aspects of the transformation processes happening in the rural world: the habitat, the uses, and the daily practices. The reading of these processes will cover three space-time scales, interconnecting the space (the habitat and the typologies associated with the uses and practices of daily life) and time (past, present and future), starting from different generations (grandparents, parents and children). This starting point directed the case study to the village of Manhouce, the only one with an active primary school in the Aldeias de Magaio region. The object of study will be this territory and the live stores of its population, starting from a sample of 4 th. grade students of the Manhouce Primary.

Objectives:

-To establish an inter-relation between space, time and the generations involved;

-To reveal the transformations of the rural space throughout time: of the habitat, the uses and practices of daily life, from the life stories of three generations of inhabitants (grandparents, parents and children);

-To reflect on the impact of these transformations on the meaning of “rural”;

-To identify and question future possible scenarios for the territory;

-To open up the debate and sharing of opinions about the transformation of space, the needs and aspirations of those who inhabit it.

Ana Costa

Graduated in Architecture by the Faculty of Architecture of the Technical University of Lisbon (FAUTL). Her professional career is based on the areas of architecture and translation. She has a particular interest in the rehabilitation of architectural sites and by UNESCO World Heritage cities and attended a Masters program in these fields at FAUTL. She is currently involved in a research project about National Monuments with the support for the Portuguese chapter of the International Council of Monuments and Sites (ICOMOS). Her interest in the transdisciplinarity in architecture leads her to get involved in several parallel projects within the scientific, research and artistic realms and to recently co-found an international platform, platform[az], focusing on architecture and the connection between it and other areas of knowledge and arts.

Maria Carlos Valverde

She graduated in Architecture and Urban Planning by the Faculty of Architecture of the Technical University of Lisbon (FAUTL) in 2005. She received a scholarship by the Socrates/Erasmus program in 2003 and attended the 2nd semester of the 4th year at the Faculty of Architecture of the Polytechnic of Turin. She was an intern at the Gabinete Técnico Local (GTL) in Trancoso (Portuguese Historical Village) and collaborated with a multidisciplinary team, where she developed architecture projects with different scales and with guidance by Prof. Isabel Raposo (2006-2007). She is currently attending the Masters program in Rehabilitation of Architecture and Urban Centers at FAUTL and writing her thesis “rural heritage as a factor of local development–participation of the population between spaces of representation and living spaces–Coruga and Aldeias de Magaio”, with guidance by Prof. Margarida Moreira and Prof. Isabel Raposo. Simultane ously, she provides architecture services fundamentally in low population density territories and in the area of rehabilitation.

Sílvia Branco Jorge

She is an architect and Master in Rehabilitation of Architecture and Urban Centers at the Faculty of Architecture of the Technical University of Lisbon (FAUTL) and received a research scholarship by the Foundation for Science and Technology, with a project “Reconversion and reinsertion of neighborhoods with an illegal origin”, coordinated by Prof. Isabel Raposo. Recently, she has collaborated with the Habitat Center of Studies and Development, in Maputo, while receiving a scholarship from the Inov-Art program, promoted by Direcção Geral das Artes, and now, back in Portugal, she’s part of the research-action project team “Workshops of participations and development of participatory planning techniques and processes”, in Vertente Sul de Odivelas, coordinated by Professor Isabel Raposo, taking place at FAUTL Center for Research in Architecture, Urbanism and Design.

Zoraima de Figueiredo

With a Master in Architecture Rehabilitation and Urban Nucleos, as well as Phd. in Urbanism from The Faculty of Architecture of the Technical University of Lisbon (FAULT), Jorge has been practicing her profession uninterruptedly in a studios environment for ten years now, accumulating experience in all areas of design while also monitoring her projects. She stands out with her interest for the arts, in particular for photography, having dedicated her last few years to architecture photography, aswell various other themes and everyday scenes. Jorge has participated in several collective exhibitions, and has seen her work published on miscellaneous magazines and websites. Recently, she co-funded platform[az], an international platform that has as its main focus the connection between architecture and the remaining of knowledge and arts.