Contemporary Landscape Architecture
design Landscape traces
as a collective memory regenerator
The landscape holds up the
collective and the individual
memories.
The human landscape construction
is an activity that has been leaving
traces on the territory.
Contemporary Landscape
Architecture project can be an
element that attaches open
spaces memories.
INTRODUCTION
Contemporary Landscape Architecture
design Landscape Architecture design
as a collective memory regenerator
World Trade Center Memorial Parc de Lancy
(by Peter Walker and Michael Arad) (by Georges
Descombes)
MATERIALS AND METHODS
Contemporary Landscape Architecture
design Site location and aerial views
as a collective memory regenerator
Close-up aerial view
RESULTS
Contemporary Landscape Architecture
design Past and present
as a collective memory regenerator
A long time ago Before the site After the site intervention
intervention
RESULTS
Contemporary Landscape Architecture
design Alcovas notorious
as a collective memory regenerator architectural elements
Pao de Alcovas (Alcovas Palace) 14th century
RESULTS
Contemporary Landscape Architecture
design Spatial relationship
as a collective memory regenerator
Site intervention area
Medieval urban fabric
RESULTS
Contemporary Landscape Architecture
design Memory dimension
as a collective memory regenerator
Chafariz Grande Lavadouro Pblico Poo Novo
(16th century) (19th century) (16th century)
RESULTS
Contemporary Landscape Architecture
design Functionality
as a collective memory regenerator
Rossio do Poo Novo lost its main
function.
Its no longer necessary:
To supply the population with the
well water;
To wash clothes on the public
washing place;
To give water to the animals.
This place, today, is just part of the
collective memory of this people.
RESULTS
Contemporary Landscape Architecture
design Memory diagram
as a collective memory regenerator
RESULTS
Contemporary Landscape Architecture
design Design vectors
as a collective memory regenerator Genius loci
RESULTS
Contemporary Landscape Architecture
design Paving
as a collective memory regenerator Granite blocks
RESULTS
Contemporary Landscape Architecture
design Paving
as a collective memory regenerator
Mixture of gravel with resin Granite slab
(permeable pavement)
RESULTS
Contemporary Landscape Architecture
design Regeneration plan
as a collective memory regenerator
Permeable Terraced
areas gardens
RESULTS
Contemporary Landscape Architecture
design Recovery and preservation works
as a collective memory regenerator
Poo Novo Fontinha Chafariz Grande
RESULTS
Contemporary Landscape Architecture
design Transformation works
as a collective memory regenerator
Sketch for Lavadouro Municipal (Public washing place) with a new
covering
RESULTS
Contemporary Landscape Architecture
design
as a collective memory regenerator
Water plays a key role in this
contemporary Landscape
Architecture design plan.
Its by using the water that well
try to represent the past
atmosphere.
RESULTS
Contemporary Landscape Architecture
design Genius loci preservation
as a collective memory regenerator
Before
After
Chafariz Grande Fontinha Poo Novo
RESULTS
Contemporary Landscape Architecture
design Urban green structure
as a collective memory regenerator
RESULTS
Contemporary Landscape Architecture
design Historical and architectural
as a collective memory regenerator heritage link
RESULTS
Contemporary Landscape Architecture
design A palimpsest
as a collective memory regenerator
We may establish a paradigm that
enables us to disentangle a
palimpsest of memories, allowing
us to hear the memory of the
place.
RESULTS
