[Re]place : usando a matéria do lugar : Bemposta

Abstract

Esta dissertação aborda a problemática do desenvolvimento rural em Portugal, especialmente no Nordeste Transmontano, e concretamente, na freguesia de Bemposta, em Mogadouro. Sendo assim, é necessário explorar o papel que a arquitectura tem vindo a desempenhar na reabilitação e reconversão de usos como instrumento de intervenção nos núcleos rurais despovoados. É neste contexto que surge o termo re-place, funcionando como um conjunto de abordagens no meio rural, possibilitando a reutilização de antigas estruturas, reaproveitando a materialidade existente e, procurando assim, uma abordagem menos invasiva no edificado existente - a ruína -, respeitando o passado e o seu valor histórico e social. Este estudo procura compreender as várias tipologias do edificado rural, e de que forma foi sendo agregado ao núcleo rural ao longo dos tempos. Desde modo, é necessário alinhar estratégias que reorganizem estes mesmos espaços, sempre com a finalidade de torná-los elementos activos e úteis na reabilitação deste agregado rural. O re-place direcciona a intervenção para a reconversão alvo destes espaços rurais, englobando diversas áreas. O sector do turismo aparece assim como elemento potenciador destas áreas, sector que tem vindo a modificar-se ao longo dos últimos anos, especialmente com a vertente do turismo de natureza e do turismo em espaço rural. Face às oportunidades que estas áreas podem representar para os espaços rurais, nomeadamente o turismo de natureza, o desenvolvimento de um estabelecimento que englobe três distintas vertentes: a cultural, a interpretativa e a habitacional, poderá servir de modelo a uma rede significativa de aldeias, no sentido da sua recuperação e dinamização, englobando o município de Mogadouro e, numa posterior fase, a própria região transmontana.

Abstract: This paper addresses the problems of rural development in Portugal, especially in the north-east, and specifically in Bemposta, in Mogadouro. Therefore, it is necessary to explore the role that architecture has been playing in the rehabilitation and conversion of uses as an intervention tool in depopulated rural centres. It is in this context that the re-place term acquires greater importance, functioning as a set of approaches in rural areas, enabling the reuse of old structures, reusing the existing materiality and, thus, seeking a less invasive approach in the existing building - the ruin - respecting the past and its historical and social value. The re-place term directs the intervention for the reconversion of uses in rural areas, encompassing several areas. This conversion of uses emerge as a highly important instrument for the maintenance of the place memory. It is important to highlight the multi functionality of rural areas, recognizing the potential of their resources as strategic elements for promoting balanced and integrated territorial development. The tourism sector appears as enhancer element of these areas, sector that has been changing over teh past few years, especially with the Landscape Tourism and Rural Tourism. Given the opportunities that these areas may represent for the rural areas, the development of an establishment that encompasses three distinct strands: cultural, the interpretative and the housing, can serve as a model to a significant network of villages, in the sense of its recovery and development, including the municipality of Mogadouro and, in a later phase, the North region of Portugal.

Abstract: This paper addresses the problems of rural development in Portugal, especially in the north-east, and specifically in Bemposta, in Mogadouro. Therefore, it is necessary to explore the role that architecture has been playing in the rehabilitation and conversion of uses as an intervention tool in depopulated rural centres. It is in this context that the re-place term acquires greater importance, functioning as a set of approaches in rural areas, enabling the reuse of old structures, reusing the existing materiality and, thus, seeking a less invasive approach in the existing building - the ruin - respecting the past and its historical and social value. The re-place term directs the intervention for the reconversion of uses in rural areas, encompassing several areas. This conversion of uses emerge as a highly important instrument for the maintenance of the place memory. It is important to highlight the multi functionality of rural areas, recognizing the potential of their resources as strategic elements for promoting balanced and integrated territorial development. The tourism sector appears as enhancer element of these areas, sector that has been changing over teh past few years, especially with the Landscape Tourism and Rural Tourism. Given the opportunities that these areas may represent for the rural areas, the development of an establishment that encompasses three distinct strands: cultural, the interpretative and the housing, can serve as a model to a significant network of villages, in the sense of its recovery and development, including the municipality of Mogadouro and, in a later phase, the North region of Portugal.