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LB 35 EDUARDO SOUTO DE MOURA casa em braga

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LB 35 EDUARDO SOUTO DE MOURA casa em braga, is the thirty-fifth title from the LONG BOOKS COLLECTION.

(...) The unpopular conclusion reached by Arquitectura popular em Portugal seems to havebeen taken to heart by Eduardo Souto de Moura in his reconstruction of a ruined housein Braga. The majority of construction features distinguishing the ruins that inspired himcorrespond to the descriptions of the constructions typical of “Zone 1” where Braga issituated, a region made of granite, according to the section of Arquitectura popular emPortugal entrusted to Fernando Távora. Souto de Moura merely rebuilt the walls of hisruin, following the suggestions provided by the parts that had not collapsed, reproducingtheir tectonics. He has emphasized a characteristic typical of vernacular constructionsin this region, regarding the function of the jambs comprising parallelepiped ashlarblocks mounted vertically and mainly monolithic architraves that interrupt the fabric ofthe differently sized blocks and forms of the walls where there are no schist inserts. (...)

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