CULTURE ON INDUSTRY INDUSTRY ON CULTURE
The renovation of the old slaughterhouse of Porto
An intervention in the city of Porto means dealing with a vast landscape, characterised by a robust industrial identity. When we talk about Porto, we are talking about an urban tissue composed of vast spaces: fragments of the industrial age that are located within the urban centre. The theme of urban mending is current and refers above all to the suburban areas of the eastern area. The Campanhã Valley is located on this limit. Until now, the proposals made in the area have made up for the lack of infrastructures but have not crossed the limit of the road system, which physically divides Campanhã from the urban centre. In this context lies the old slaughterhouse of Porto: an area of 25 thousand square meters now abandoned for two decades, adjacent to the railway line. With the following project, we want to propose a response to the redevelopment of the old industrial complex. The project stems from the public competition for the development of the Campanhã Valley, in favour of the urban rehabilitation between the city and the outlying areas. The project consists of reflections concerning the role of voids and the city, in particular, the peripheral city, precarious from the urban and social point of view. These concepts translate into an architectural project that finds its roots in the history of its territory. Using the notions of fragmentation, absence, memory and identity, we highlight the relationship between them within the city, being fundamental for the understanding of the place. From the programmatic choice for the enhancement of the local economic and cultural heritage to the strategic choices measured with the substantial identity of the area, the project crosses the history of the place, keeping clear the boundary between what belongs to the memory and the new elements that are going to be inserted. The intervention, therefore, aims to translate the issues addressed in an indissoluble relationship between theory and practice.
_ Laureanda Allegra Zanirato
_ Sessione di Laurea March 2019
_ Relatore Arch. Giovanni Avosani
_ Università Degli Studi di Ferrara, Dipartimento di Architettura
_ Correlatori Arch Diogo Sousa Rocha Arch. Roberto di Giulio
_ Riqualificazione dell’antico Mattatoio di Porto