NMC: Recent submissions

  • Ouro sobre o azul(ejo) 
    Pais, A.; Mimoso, J.; Lima, C.; Esteves, L. (Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, 2015-07-02)
    In documents from the 16th and 17th centuries we can read sometimes the expression “golden azulejos”. This is a matter that azulejo historians never fully studied but which raises interesting questions. Sometimes this ...
  • Geopolymers in cultural heritage: their application in azulejo conservation 
    Geraldes, C.; Lima, A.; Delgado Rodrigues, J.; Mimoso, J.; Morais Pereira, S. (Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, 2015-07-02)
    Currently, the restoration materials used to fill gaps in architectural historic azulejos (e.g. lime or organic resin pastes) present relevant drawbacks in terms of compatibility, efficacy or durability. The current solutions ...
  • Micro-drilling studies in azulejo consolidation 
    Costa, D.; Leal, A.; Mimoso, J.; Morais Pereira, S. (Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, 2015-07-02)
    The consolidation treatment of azulejos is indispensable when there is a debilitated or disaggregated ceramic biscuit and/or one wishes to reestablish a weakened glaze-ceramic adherence. In this communication the ...
  • Adhesives for outdoor architectural historic azulejo conservation 
    Morais Pereira, S.; Musacchi, J.; Esteves, L.; Pereira, J.; Cabral-Fonseca, S.; Silva, H. M.; Rodrigues, M. P.; Mimoso, J. (Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, 2015-07-02)
    Historic ceramic tiles – azulejos – are an important part of the cultural heritage of Portugal. However, there are not many studies about the materials used in their conservation to direct the conservator’s choice. This ...
  • Volumetric and chromatic reintegration in conservation of in situ glazed tiles 
    Mendes, M.; Ferreira, T.; Candeias, A.; Delgado Rodrigues, J.; Mimoso, J.; Morais Pereira, S. (Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, 2015-07-02)
    Volumetric and chromatic reintegration is one of the most important but challenging treatments in conservation of in situ glazed tiles due to the need to protect them from water intrusion and further deterioration despise ...
  • In-situ survey of the presence of soluble salts associated with decaying azulejos 
    Esteves, L.; Mirão, J.; Dias, L.; Candeias, A.; Mimoso, J. (Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, 2015-07-02)
    Pattern or figurative azulejos are commonly found decorating the interior of churches, palaces and religious buildings in Portugal, representing local productions from the late 16th century onwards. The history and ...
  • 18th century Portuguese tiles: characterization and reproduction study of Ca-rich biscuits 
    Morais Pereira, S.; Musacchi, J.; Mendes, M.; Leal, A.; Esteves, L.; Santos Silva, A.; Mimoso, J. (Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, 2015-07-02)
    Majolica tiles from the 17th-18th centuries make up one of the most important art heritages of Portugal. Their characterization and gains in knowledge through their reproduction are important to obtain information about ...
  • Restoration of semi-industrial glazed ceramic tiles by re-firing 
    Chaban, A.; Morais Pereira, S.; Esteves, L.; Peddis, F.; Mimoso, J. (Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, 2015-07-02)
    Semi-industrial glazed ceramic tiles lining urban façades represent a rich heritage asset of Portuguese cities and in particular of Lisbon. However, still a sizeable part of them is being continuously lost. Whenever the ...
  • Experimental research with salt crystallization in historic Portuguese azulejos 
    Esteves, L.; Candeias, A.; Mimoso, J. (Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, 2015-07-02)
    For five centuries, azulejos have been widely used in Portugal as decorative architectural linings. The most serious form of degradation is the spall of the glaze containing the decoration. Crystallisation of soluble salts ...
  • Jorge Colaço, um artista multifacetado. Estudo e caracterização das técnicas de pintura em azulejo 
    Santos, C.; Vieira, E.; Mirão, J.; Mimoso, J. (Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, 2015-07-02)
    Jorge Colaço is a Portuguese painter who started his artistic career as painter, oil painting on canvas and making cartoons for newspapers. In the early twentieth century, due to curiosity and interest in tiles, he devoted ...
  • Graça Church revisited 
    Pais, A.; Mimoso, J.; Dumortier, C.; Esteves, L.; Silva, M.; Morais Pereira, S. (Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, 2015-07-02)
    The important set of azulejos that can be seen today in the ante-sacristy of the Graça Church, in Lisbon, dated from between circa 1565 (year when the building of the new complex was finished) and 1580, is probably one of ...
  • Portuguese Azulejos, World Heritage 
    Matos, M.; Mimoso, J.; Pais, A.; Esteves, L.; Menezes, M. (Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, 2015-07-02)
    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, ...
  • Origin, early history and technology of the blue pigment in azulejos 
    Mimoso, J. (Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, 2015-07-02)
    A few years ago I supervised an MSc dissertation on the blue cobalt pigment in Portuguese glazed tiles (azulejos). Looking for sources on the history of the cobalt pigment in Europe, I was directed to two papers published ...
  • An unlikely catalogue of the production of azulejos by Fabrica Roseira of Lisbon circa 1870 
    Mimoso, J.; Pais, A.; Campelo, J.; Esteves, L. (Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, 2015-07-02)
    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 ...
  • “Há casa sem gente, há gente sem casa”: repercussões contemporâneas da habitação em Portugal 
    Silva, C.; Menezes, M. (Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora - UFJF, 2015-11)
    O presente trabalho traz um debate a respeito da problemática da habitação em Portugal na atualidade, com um foco nas mudanças oriundas de uma conjuntura de contexto de crise econômica.
  • Mouraria: onde mora o quotidiano na invenção do património urbano? 
    Menezes, M. (Université Fraçois-Rabelais - CNRS, 2015-10)
    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 lure of Cyberpark 
    Ioannidis, K.; Costa, C.; Erjavec , I.; Menezes, M.; Martínez, A. (UNIVERSITY RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF APPLIED COMMUNICATION, 2015-09)
    This paper highlights the emerging concept of the CyberPark - the hybridized relationship between open public places and technologically mediated urban activity patterns. The concept questions whether urban space can keep ...
  • Release of dangerous substances from CDW used in road pavements. Laboratory and field leaching tests 
    Martins, I. M.; Roque, A. J.; Freire, A. C.; Neves, J.; Antunes, M. L. (2015-08)
    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.
  • Evaporation from porous building materials and its cooling potential 
    Gonçalves, T. D.; Brito, V.; Vidigal, F.; Matias, L.; Faria Rodrigues, P. (ASCE - American Society of Civil Engineers, 2015-08)
    Evaporative cooling is a traditional strategy to improve summer comfort, which has gained renewed relevance in the context of the transition to a greener economy. Here, the potential for evaporative cooling of common porous ...
  • Alkali-Aggregate Reaction, AAR – Dealing with AAR in large concrete structures 
    Custódio, J.; Ribeiro, A. C.; Santos Silva, A. (2015)
    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 ...

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