Urban Dynamics and Horizontal Property: Case Study of the Boavista Axis, Porto, Portugal

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CEAU / FAUP Clara Pimenta do Vale / Vitor Abrantes Almeida Case Study of the Boavista Axis, Porto, Portugal Clara Pimenta do Vale [email protected] Centre for Architecture and Urbanism, Faculty of Architecture Vítor Trindade Abrantes [email protected] Faculty of Engineering University of Porto, Portugal

Transcript of Urban Dynamics and Horizontal Property: Case Study of the Boavista Axis, Porto, Portugal

CEAU / FAUP

Clara Pimenta do Vale / Vitor Abrantes Almeida

Case Study of the Boavista Axis, Porto, Portugal

Clara Pimenta do Vale – [email protected]

Centre for Architecture and Urbanism, Faculty of Architecture

Vítor Trindade Abrantes – [email protected]

Faculty of Engineering

University of Porto, Portugal

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Clara Pimenta do Vale / Vitor Abrantes Almeida

Estrutura

Introduction

Urban area characterization

The horizontal property regulation

International references

The 1955 law

Portuguese regional differences

Case study of the Boavista axis

Some examples

Conclusion

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1784

1917

Boavista Axis, Porto, Portugal

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Rua da Boavista

1794 Teodoro de Sousa

Maldonado design

1813 George Balck

“round plan”

1892 Teles Ferreira

Topographic survey

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Rua da Boavista

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Avenida da Boavista

1854 expropriation

plan

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Praça Mouzinho de Albuquerque

1892 Teles Ferreira

Topographic survey

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The 1955 law

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1867 Portuguese Civil Code

Article 2335 states:

If the various storeys of a building belong to different owners, and the means of repair and maintenance are not regulated in their respective title deeds, then the following shall be observed:

§1 Common walls and roofs shall be repaired by all in proportion to the value of each fractional interest.

§2 The owner of each storey shall be responsible for the maintenance of the interior walls and floors.

§3 The owner of the first storey shall pay the cost of maintaining the staircase that serves it; the owner of the second storey is responsible for the part of the staircase that serves that apartment from the first floor landing, and so on. (Portugal 1867, 387)

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The 1955 law

Organizing the country in “properties”

dwellings in horizontal property

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Lisbon and Oporto

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1930 “inova casas” project

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Construction year

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Avenida da Boavista

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Case study of the boavista axis

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Case study of the boavista axis

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Avenida da Boavista

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Case study of the boavista axis

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William Graham residential project

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António Patrício residential tower

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António Patrício residential tower

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