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Sampayo, M. & Rodrigues, D. (2024). Exploring isovist fields: A comparative study of churches in reconstruction plans for postearthquake Lisbon. In M. Drusa, M. Kadela, J. Rybak, A. Segalini, & P. Krušinský (Ed.), MATEC Web of Conferences, Proceedings. Prague: EDP Sciences.

M. G. Sampaio and D. M. Rodrigues,  "Exploring isovist fields: A comparative study of churches in reconstruction plans for postearthquake Lisbon", in MATEC Web of Conf.s, Proc., M. Drusa, M. Kadela, J. Rybak, A. Segalini, & P. Krušinský, Ed., Prague, EDP Sciences, 2024, vol. 396

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	title = "Exploring isovist fields: A comparative study of churches in reconstruction plans for postearthquake Lisbon",
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TI  - Exploring isovist fields: A comparative study of churches in reconstruction plans for postearthquake Lisbon
T2  - MATEC Web of Conferences, Proceedings
VL  - 396
AU  - Sampayo, M.
AU  - Rodrigues, D.
PY  - 2024
DO  - 10.1051/matecconf/202439613002
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AB  - Following the Lisbon 1755 earthquake, Manuel da Maia (1677-
1768), chief engineer of King D. José I (1714-1777), commissioned six
plans for the city's reconstruction. We analyze these plans weighing how
they addressed the challenges of building a modern city of the XVIII
century. In them, churches had different roles in the urban morphology of
the city. We investigate their interplay over the plans. The analysis of the
importance of religious buildings in the city plan was made through the
visual impact that those buildings had in the public space. Using isovists, we
examine the visual impact of religious buildings on public space. Our results
indicate that all plans, except the chosen one, promoted a greater visual
impact of churches in public space. Plan 6 proposed a patriarchal church in
Terreiro do Paço, with an extreme impact on the city's visual landscape.
Conversely the chosen plan presented a similar visual impact of churches in
the plan as the pre-1755 city. This resulted from the removal of churches
from the main streets and their integration inside the city blocks. This plan
presented a similar level of visual impact, comparable to the pre-1755, but
with a completely different approach to the street drawing. Overall, this
study sheds light on how different reconstruction options for the city of
Lisbon could have impacted the city being rebuilt. The aftermath of the 1755
earthquake provided an opportunity not only to rebuild the city, but also to
redefine the power balance within the kingdom and to shift the importance
of the church as a central aspect of city life.
ER  -