Few forms of artistic expression capture the nature and the way of life of the Portuguese as the azulejo does. Manufactured and used in other countries, sometimes with superior technical quality, some aspects, however, ...

In the second half of the nineteenth century the Roseira factory in Lisbon was one of the most important manufacturers of façade tiles used both in Portugal and in Brazil. “Casa das Bolas”, a condominium building in Lisbon ...

Discute-se, em linhas gerais, o proveito da análise das práticas quotidianas para melhor compreender as dinâmicas socio-espaciais de invenção continuada do património numa cidade em acelerado processo de transformação. Este ...

The use of Construction and Demolition Recycled Materials in sub-base layers of road pavements is analysed from an environmental perspective based on the results of leaching tests.

A significant number of problems related to concrete deterioration have been detected in large concrete structures in Portugal and worldwide, the leading cause being AAR. The importance of these structures, the number of ...

No âmbito da atividade de investigação, o LNEC estabeleceu cinco eixos programáticos e elegeu os Recursos Naturais como um dos eixos estruturantes da Estratégia de Investigação e Inovação (2013-2020) visando, entre outros ...

This reflection is part of a wider interest in the study of the social processes of development of cultural heritage. Based on the knowledge of how these values are formed and represented, this more ambitious purpose is ...

O presente trabalho traz um debate a respeito das transformações políticas e econômicas, oriundos do ajuste fiscal e das crises cíclicas atuais do sistema capitalista e seus rebatimentos na politica de habitação em Portugal ...

This provides in a relative condensed format the results of small-scale study undertaken in Lisbon during the Meeting of the CyberParks Project (www.cost.eu/COST_Actions/tud/Actions/TU1306). CyberParks is a COST Action ...

This paper describes the process of use cases prioritizing by ranking their usefulness to improve water losses, control and water-energy efficiency in networks, to provide new services to the consumer, to improve billing ...