Novas centralidades

: interpretação da ruralidade vs turismo : arte e ofício, centro de interpretação e forja

Abstract

In the present century the rural Heritage tends to a lower utilization by the society, increasingly more urban. The globalization,the cities exponencial growth and the gradual hightening rural exodus has been causing the desertification of the rural spaces. Otherwise the local economies mainly from agriculture production do not have many ways to stand out for themselves as a source of income or a social stimulus of the rural spaces subsequently leading to a society whose time passage has left its mark. One of the strategies refering to the responsability and priority to the new architects and technicians, should start by the understanding and acknowladgement in detail of this realities plus finding an eficient line of action for the rural spaces and for the cultural and social roles they play in society. The sustainable development and the value of the rural space are fundamental assumptions to the present work, that consists on the development of executable projects which have in comon to reach assumptions as learning the heritage value and the knowledge of the rural society, the companies and services of conservation and rehabilitation, the traditional knowledge of the old school masters in addition to the architecture students as volunteers who acomplished the projects developed by the main team on a mutual learning experience and learning when it comes to construction,traditional tecniques and finally the contact and blend between the habitants lifestyle and the ones who intervine. In fact it is between this rural ambience and the active participation that the Final Masters Step matches the Terra Amada Iniciative.Folowing that it is expected that the village choosen for this year,Vale de Papas, in the municipality of Cinfães will have a particular place of reflection where stories are told, the lifestyles and traditional techniques promoting an effective development in the village , a number of interventions relating to this stage, which will be meeting places for local people. The iniciative and its interventions go beyond the local meaning, it may even reach other villages of the municipality and the district. This type of interventions do not intend to “modernize” the local society but instead to represent the best they have, the knowledge and popular wisdom. This is what Terra Amada Iniciative is about beyond a set of interventions is also a social, economic, professional, cultural and tourism tool.

Date of Award	29 Dec 2014
Original language	Portuguese
Awarding Institution	Universidade Católica Portuguesa
Supervisor	Ana Pinho (Supervisor)