Tuesday –
our first day of action! We had an all-day tour that helped us to get the first
impressions of Porto, which were necessary for our further work. Pilar and
Diana from Sidewalk.Porto were our
guides that took us through the steep and tight streets, and uncovering to us a
lot of historic facts and current curiosities of the city. On our tour through
the historic city center, we had the opportunity to get into buildings that are
being refurbished – a hostel project of Floret Arquitectura, and an old house about
to be refurbished by SWark. Interesting to hear about their aproach. During our ”short” walk we also met our pilot
project building in Reboleira 42 for the first time!
... A lot
of work to do, but even more ideas and still a lot of energy – we have just
arrived!
Since we
had been walking for so long, we sat down for a lunch in a very original and
sweet place that can exist only in Portugal! And of course – with the
inevitable bacalhau!
After lunch
we met with a journalist, so he could take a few pictures of us to appear in
the newspaper of Wednesday. We will be shy enough to share the link with you.
Still miss
Guido, but he can get a whole article when arrives…
Wednesday –
official birth of Arrebita! Jose and Municipality have finally signed all of the
papers. Unfortunately
we could not be there, but during lunch we saw José appearing on TV.
We were having a full day workshop at INFOR in Matosinhos, and a
fantastic ArchiCAD lectures by Ricardo! Our best recommendations!
After the
workshop, one non official thing - our first touch with the ocean, and kind of
a rest from digital world of 3D modeling by the beach…
Thursday –
a day dedicated to the social aspects of Porto! We’ve been lucky to hear the results
of the surveys made by a few fantastic people:
- two
Arrebita girls – Catharina and Joana with a great historic summary and a opinions
on the possible causes of the current situation in Porto inner center
- Celin,
who showed us her master work with very clear conclusions about social aspects of
Porto,
which was her thesis for graduating
- Jose
Sequeira and Ana Leite Pereira from PortoVivo, who explained to us the
strategies of their organization through a presentation, but also
took us for a short
walk to see their current work on Morro de Sé
So many
different perspectives and points of view!
Friday,
Saturday, Sunday - Boa Páscoa! :) Or if you like - Happy Easter!
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| The Arrebitas with Diana and Pilar |
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| Visiting the refurbishing project house with SWark |
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| Lunching |
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| José, the celebrity, at the municipality |
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| ArchiCAD workshop with Ricardo |
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| Walking the streets with José, Ana and Celin |
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