Português
How can we manage, improve and develop resilient, sustainable communities, without a solid scientific knowledge of our built environment? Our everyday life is framed by a cohort of buildings about which we know very little, or nothing: they are outside of our cultural concerns, even though we reside, work, learn or convalesce in them. Understanding the architecture that shapes our everyday empowers our communities – it enables them to take informed decisions about what to preserve, reuse and replace; how to update and improve their buildings. At a time when resources are dwindling and must be used rationally, repurposing and retrofitting existing buildings is a priority over new construction, everywhere. European societies have a vast building stock at their disposal, erected in the second half of the past century, to be used and transformed: sturdy, pragmatic objects whose features are seldom discussed. ReARQ.IB bridges the gap between local communities in Spain and Portugal and their ‘architecture of proximity’: structures, ensembles and neighbourhoods generally left out of canonical historiography, close to our lives but far from our minds. Making the genetic fabric of this built environment clear, intelligible and operative is an essential first step for responsible management and decision-making by stakeholders. Contemporary architecture in both countries may be celebrated in professional circles, and even enjoy public visibility – but communities across the Iberian Peninsula, including many designers, know precious little about their modern built environment, which grew exponentially in the 20th century. Focusing on public-use and residential buildings – prevalent generic typologies that concern most communities – ReARQ.IB will integrate information and critical enquiry to support management and action while advancing architectural and urban history. This is applied science for community participation enabling a more sustainable and resilient built environment
| Research Centre | Research Group | Role in Project | Begin Date | End Date |
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| DINAMIA'CET-Iscte | Cities and Territories | Leader | 2021-05-01 | 2026-04-30 |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role in Project | Begin Date | End Date |
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| Ricardo Costa Agarez | Associated Researcher (DAU); Integrated Researcher (DINAMIA'CET-Iscte); | Global Coordinator | 2021-05-01 | 2026-04-30 |
| Alba Zarza Arribas | Integrated Researcher (DINAMIA'CET-Iscte); | Researcher | 2024-02-02 | 2025-02-01 |
| Ana Rosado | Integrated Researcher (DINAMIA'CET-Iscte); | Researcher | 2023-06-05 | 2026-04-30 |
| Ana Mehnert Pascoal | Integrated Researcher (DINAMIA'CET-Iscte); | Researcher | 2023-05-01 | 2026-04-30 |
| Catarina Ruivo | Integrated Researcher (DINAMIA'CET-Iscte); | Researcher | 2022-01-01 | 2026-04-30 |
| Diego Inglez de Souza | -- | Researcher | 2022-01-01 | 2023-09-30 |
| Ivonne Herrera Pineda | Integrated Researcher (DINAMIA'CET-Iscte); | Researcher | 2022-04-29 | 2026-04-30 |
| Sheila Palomares Alarcón | -- | Researcher | 2022-02-12 | 2022-12-12 |
| Reference/Code | Funding DOI | Funding Type | Funding Program | Funding Amount (Global) | Funding Amount (Local) | Begin Date | End Date |
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| GA949686 | -- | Scholarship | European Commission - ERC | 1499613 | 1499613 | 2021-05-01 | 2026-04-30 |
| DOI | Title | Type | Publication Date |
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| 10.5281/zenodo.14617468 | Notas de leitura do processo "Construção de um Posto da G.N.R. [Guarda Nacional Republicana], em Montalegre [1964-1979]" | Dataset | 2023-02-02 |
| 10.5281/zenodo.15055878 | Notas de leitura do processo "Construção do Mercado de Alijó [1962-1979]" | Dataset | 2023-03-01 |
| 10.5281/zenodo.15090876 | Construção da Piscina Municipal de Castelo Branco [1965-1980] | Dataset | 2024-08-01 |
| 10.5281/zenodo.15115086 | Nota de leitura do processo "Construção do Quartel dos Bombeiros Voluntários de Soure [1957-1984]" | Dataset | 2025-02-14 |
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| 2023 | Software (Proprietary) | Arquitectura Aqui – Community, Proximity, Action: Collective-Use Facilities in Portugal and Spain 1939-1985 | We all reside, work, study, convalesce and enjoy ourselves in buildings we know little about. If we have better knowledge, and if this is collectively built – by those who research the buildings’ history and architecture together with those who created and experience them – we might contribute to better-informed decisions on which structures to maintain, reuse and replace. Arquitectura Aqui is interested in collective-use buildings and ensembles planned and built in Portugal and Spain between 1939 and 1985, following the parallel, shared history of the Iberian countries from dictatorship to democratic transition and European integration. Together with communities across the two countries we study the commission, construction and use life of essential facilities that resulted from collective efforts (from central, regional and local governments to philanthropy, groups and individuals) and are devoted to Welfare and medical care (health centres, homes); General and social services (council facilities, community centres, market halls); Minimum-rent and emergency housing; Security (fire and police stations); Education (schools, crèches); Culture and leisure (museums, libraries, sports halls); and Cooperative farming facilities. With improved knowledge, we will be able to make better decisions on how to update and perfect this collective-use heritage. | Ricardo Costa Agarez, Ivonne Herrera Pineda, Catarina Ruivo, Diego Inglez de Souza, Alba Zarza Arribas, Ana Mehnert Pascoal, Ana Rosado |
| 2024 | Conference | 'The Architecture of Need: Collective-Use Facilities and Community Service in the Twentieth Century’ International Conference | Human need is one of the foundations of architecture. Its expression becomes particularly intense when conveyed by the community or in the name of the community, as a collective, shared necessity. Yet we often lose sight of this essential aspect of built environment production processes, focusing instead on matters such as design intentions, formal or technical innovation and authorship. The international conference The Architecture of Need wants to bring together current research efforts to reconsider the role of need in the equation of architectural production by examining how collective-use facilities,devised for community service in response to specific needs, originated and came to fruition in the twentieth century, in any geography. We want to reassess essential need as a key proviso in architecture, and how this determined our existing building stock, at a time when resource scarcity demands that architectural practice and thought contribute towards sustainable, participated built environment management strategies and resist the lure of often questionable building growth trends. | Ricardo Costa Agarez, Catarina Ruivo, Alba Zarza Arribas, Ana Mehnert Pascoal, Ana Rosado |
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With the objective to increase the research activity directed towards the achievement of the United Nations 2030 Sustainable Development Goals, the possibility of associating scientific projects with the Sustainable Development Goals is now available in Ciência_Iscte. These are the Sustainable Development Goals identified for this project. For more detailed information on the Sustainable Development Goals, click here.
