The Public Doctoral Examination of Master R. Bruno Matos will be held on December 13th, Wednesday, at 3pm, in the Flat Room.

The thesis is entitled Azenhas e açudes do baixo Ave: contribuição para a salvaguarda, preservação e valorização do Património Molinológico

Jury

Dr. Rui Humberto Costa de Fernandes Póvoas (Chairman)
Full Professor at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Porto

Dr. Maria Madalena Aguiar Cunha Matos
Associate Professor, Faculty of Architecture, University of Lisbon

Dr. Aníbal Guimarães da Costa
Retired Full Professor at the University of Aveiro

Dr. Nuno Valentim Rodrigues Lopes
Associate Professor, Faculty of Architecture, University of Porto

Dr. Pedro Duarte Santos de Alarcão e Silva
Associate Professor, Faculty of Architecture, University of Porto

Abstract

The object of this thesis is to study the watermills of Baixo Ave as a heritage element, structuring a river ecosystem, indispensable for the preservation of the Ave Valley's cultural landscape. Based on an investigation into their past, present and future, with architectural design as the main subject of analysis, interpretation and proposal: we present a narrative of the historical evolution of Ave's molinological heritage; we characterize the territorial relations of the "system" and the "molinological nucleus", the architectural designs in the aquatic-fluvial environment, the constructive specificities, as well as the traditional technological typologies. Likewise: we analyze case studies of intervention in this heritage; we reflect on the new uses; and, finally, we experience in architectural practice the main challenges arising from the specificities of intervention in the molinological heritage, with a view to its safeguarding, preservation and enhancement. - R. Bruno Matos

Supervisor:

Pedro Alarcão

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