Machado Lima / Bolhão Market

Bolhão Market Rehabilitation project: architectural and political strategies 1990-2020

Authors: Rita Machado Lima, Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto e Centro de Estudos de Arquitectura e Urbanismo; Nuno Valentim Lopes, Faculdade de Arquitectura da Universidade do Porto e Centro de Estudos de Arquitectura e Urbanismo

Supervisors: Graça Correia, Universidade Lusófona do Porto

Research stage: initial doctoral stage

Category: Paper

DDR Statement

In this article we attempted to make a quantitative and qualitative impartial analysis of the proposed programmes and of the answers given by each project via:

  • gathering of contextual data from each proposal;
  • gathering of the programme of each proposal;
  • comparative analysis of each proposal by way of quantifying gross areas, excavation areas, use of public spaces and programmes;
  • Comparative graphic schemes:
    • using shades of colour over the floor plans to identify functions and construction areas;
    • synthesising interventions regarding each proposal by means of a transverse cross section.