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UP Bairro Alto e Bica REABILITAÇÃO URBANA
to the preservation of their morphological
construction and decoration. The high stand-
features. As the individualisation of architec-
ard of the people and companies linked to this
tural details is achieved via the enhancement
sector is therefore increasingly essential.
of the whole, the architectural and decorative
The recent proposal to classify Bairro Alto
language of the interiors must also be safe-
(under consideration since 29/12/2004) has
guarded. It is fundamental, wherever possible
recognised its importance as an urban area,
and wherever the intrinsic quality justifies it, to
reinforcing the need for higher standards in
maintain and restore these elements, incorpo-
upcoming projects and reconstruction work.
rating them into new contexts. As the origins
In this regard, the local council’s project for
of most buildings within consolidated historic
Bairro Alto and Bica (UPBAB) has involved a
areas is unknown, we can only get an idea of
series of conservation and restoration schemes
their approximate age by formally studying the
on government owned property as a means of
stylistic features of their façades and their floor
enhancing the regeneration work it has been
plans, as well as by analysing their structure,
promoting.•
unidade de projecto bairro alto e bica rua da rosa, 277 telefone 21 324 2640 fax 21 347 6631 dmcru.drgup.upbab@cm-lisboa.pt
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