O Porto num tempo e num mundo

Authors

  • Patricia Reis M. Braz FAUP/CEAU
  • Teresa Cálix FAUP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5821/siiu.13031

Abstract

In 1994, Saskia Sassen released the book "Cities in a World Economy," which addresses the repositioning of cities in the context of globalization. Cities take on specific roles, aligning much more closely with other international market spaces than with other cities in the region or country. The book has been reissued every six years, with the latest version in 2018, with its contents revised and expanded, contextualizing the times and the world based on its initial arguments. At the end of the 20th century, Porto, in Portugal, faced the challenge of debating its internationalization, the results of which are quite visible today. The possibility of comparing readings in sequential editions allows for the confirmation of pointed trends, the observation of new phenomena in global processes, and their effects on the urban condition. Furthermore, they offer concepts and methods serving as a guide for reading a particular case, such as Porto.

Author Biography

Teresa Cálix, FAUP

Teresa Calix graduated in Architecture (1998), Master in Urban Planning and Design (2002) and PhD in Architecture (2013), with a PhD thesis that focus on the Morphologies of Contemporary City. Currently she is Assistant Professor at FAUP, where she is the coordinator of the study profile Dynamics and Urban Forms of the PhD Programme in Architecture and she is the head of the course Projecto 5 – urban design studio – and Urbanística 2 of the Integrated Master in Architecture. She also collaborates in the course Urban Project Studio of the Master in Spatial Planning and Urban Project (from FAUP and Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto). She is also the coordinator of the research group Morphologies and Dynamics of the Territory of the Centre for Studies in Architecture and Urbanism (MDT-CEAU-FAUP), having participated in several research and consultancy projects. Among them stand out the Regional Plans for the North and Centre of Portugal, which led to an applied-research project, requested by the Regional Coordination and Development Commission of the North of Portugal (CCDR-N), aimed at the definition of orientations for the territorial cohesion of the North-western region of Portugal. This project paid special attention to post-crisis context and low-density areas, addressing critical planning and management issues and specific forms of territorial occupation that are usually less studied. It is also worth noticing her participation in the on-going research project “Mapping Public Housing: A critical review of the State-subsidized residential architecture in Portugal (1910-1974)”, funded by FCT (Portuguese foundation that supports cutting-edge research projects) and based at CEAU-FAUP.

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Published

2025-01-26

Issue

No. 16 (2024): Barcelona-Córdoba 2024

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SIIU 2024 BARCELONA

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