Browsing Theses by Subject "Portugal"
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Fertile Grounds: Cultivating an Identity Through Architecture
(University of Waterloo, 2012-05-01)This thesis explores the contributive role of architecture to the prosperity of a place. The research addresses the challenges and opportunities that rural regions face today by analyzing the general factors of marginalized ... -
Reoccupying Ruins in the Azores: Shifting Spaces, Materials, and Culture on the Island of Terceira and Graciosa
(University of Waterloo, 2018-01-18)Half a century of emigration from the Azores to North America has seen the abandonment and decay of many traditional houses throughout this Portuguese archipelago. Today, as members of the Azorean diaspora seek to return ... -
Stone it was Stone it Remained: The Evolution of Architecture on the Azores island of Pico
(University of Waterloo, 2023-05-24)The culture of building with volcanic stone on the Portuguese Azorean Island of Pico represents the resilience of human creativity. The original settlers of this isolated Atlantic Island were faced with an adverse ...