Project for Legislation and management of architectural heritage, Master course in Intervention methodologies on architectural heritage @ FAUP, Portugal 2007. Detailed text can be seen at this address http://www.scribd.com/doc/138039253/STRATEGIC-PLAN-FOR-REHABILITATION-OF-THE-VILLAGE-GRANJA-IN-THE-BOTICAS-DISTRICT-PORTUGAL

2. CHARACTERISATION
geographical location
Portugal | North Region | Barroso district | Boticas council | village Granja

3. CHARACTERISATION
relation to its implantation - accessibility
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4. CHARACTERISATION
geography, topography and climate
The highest point of
the district is in
Serra do Barroso or
at the Alturas
where in Alto da
Armada reaches up
to 1279m.
The lowest point of
the Barosso district
is Leiranco in
Pindo, with 1156m.

5. CHARACTERISATION
ambiental frame
Green valleys and hills
Rivers
Vegetation
Agricultural animal species
Granite

6. CHARACTERISATION
patrimonial frame – Boticas district
castles, churches, convents, sacred road crosses, bridges, archaeological sites

7. CHARACTERISATION
patrimonial frame – village Granja
convent Cister do
Bouro with the St.
Barbara chapel
village Church rural housing
architecture

8. CHARACTERISATION
actual utilization and earlier interventions
• the church is being used in everyday life
• it was evidently recuperated several times
• the convent is abandoned
• most of its structures are in ruins
• old rural houses are mostly abandoned, if they
are being used they are still in a very bad state

9. CHARACTERISATION
significance of the village Granja
• Agricultural production
• Animal production
• Built patrimony
• Cultural significance
• Religion

10. AVALIATION OF THE EXISTENT MANAGEMENT
mission
• to recover the significance and socio-economic prospects of the village
• to recover the convent by giving it a new use
• to recover historic examples of rural housing

11. AVALIATION OF THE EXISTENT MANAGEMENT
legal frame
• immobilities of public interest ( Convent of Cister do Bouro)
• private immobilities (old rural houses)
• unbuilt space between the convent and the main road
THE QUESTIONS OF OWNERSHIP

12. AVALIATION OF THE EXISTENT MANAGEMENT
vulnerability of the space and factors of vulnerability
• The level of sensitivity of old structures to the interventions and
introduction of new infrastructure.
• Inadequate legal protection of authentic rural housing architecture
from destruction.

13. AVALIATION OF THE EXISTENT MANAGEMENT
restrictions and opportunities
Strong points
• its rural character and quiet way of life, isolated from the urban culture
• natural ambiental frame and its position in a wider ambient rich with
cultural heritage
• good position in relation to the public transport
• presence of residential population
Weak points
• bad state of conservation of some structures
• bad state of village’s infrastructure

14. THE MODEL OF PROPOSED MANAGEMENT
• regeneration of the village Granja and its surrounding
• recover of its historical identity
• maximal use of its ambiental potentials
• development of rural tourism
objective – basic concept

15. THE MODEL OF PROPOSED MANAGEMENT
• introduction of new activities in the village that would attract visitors
throughout the year
• introduction of new activities that would expand the market of its
agricultural production
• recuperation of its most significant structures
• creation of a new image possibly attractive to tourists
strategies

16. THE MODEL OF PROPOSED MANAGEMENT
creation of
GRANJA YOUTH SCIENTIFIC CENTRE
• The Granja Youth Scientific Centre would be a non-governmental educational
institution which would help and support young people who demonstrate an
inclination and interest for science above regular school curricula. It would be
primarily designed for elementary and high school students but would also offer a
variety of programs for college undergraduates, graduate students and school
teachers.
• Interactive teaching, flexible programs, modern equipment, no regional limits for
students, young leading staff and the possibility of supporting a student’s small
research projects would be the key characteristics of this unique school in
Portugal. Guest teachers and professional scientists would take part as lecturers in
the Center’s different programs developed through seminars, workshops,
science camps, courses and field work, from January to December.
concrete actions

17. THE MODEL OF PROPOSED MANAGEMENT
Concerning the cultural and physical ambient in which it would be
placed, the Centre could offer programs in the suggested science fields:
Anthropology
Archaeology
Architecture
Astronomy
Biology
Chemistry
Ethnology
Geography
Geology
Physics
Psychology
Sociology
GRANJA YOUTH SCIENTIFIC CENTRE

18. THE MODEL OF PROPOSED MANAGEMENT
1. ACADEMIC BUILDING – planned to occupy reconstructed buildings of
an old convent including fully equipped classrooms, laboratory
classrooms, a modern computer classroom with internet services and the
office space.
2. LIBRARY – could be placed in the recuperated chapel.
GRANJA YOUTH SCIENTIFIC CENTRE
The development of this project would need particular physical facilities…
3D model of recuperated convent
ground floor layout first floor layout roof layout

19. THE MODEL OF PROPOSED MANAGEMENT
GRANJA YOUTH SCIENTIFIC CENTRE
3. DORMITORY FACILITIES – instead of building an additional
structure for this purpose, the adaptation of existing abandoned old
rural houses in the village could satisfy the need for accommodation of
students, teachers, guest lecturers and eventually tourists. The
question of the property would have to be solved in the interest of the
Centre so their primary use could not be questioned.

20. THE MODEL OF PROPOSED MANAGEMENT
4. RESTAURANT – in the vacant area between the convent/academic
building and the main road, a new structure can be built with the purpose
to serve all students and lecturers but also should have the capacity to
serve school excursions, one day courses for local students, tourists, etc.
The restaurant would be the property of the Centre (in order not to become
a local drinking bar) but work independently from the Center’s periodical
schedule.
5. ASTRONOMY OBSERVARORY – could be built on a hill hear the village.
It would also be the property of the Centre.
GRANJA YOUTH SCIENTIFIC CENTRE
…and additional, new constructed facilities:

21. THE MODEL OF PROPOSED MANAGEMENT
GRANJA YOUTH SCIENTIFIC CENTRE – nearest surrounding

22. THE MODEL OF PROPOSED MANAGEMENT
Strategies for solution of vulnerabilities and menaces
Search for adequate methodologies of interventions for the examples of
different patrimonial typologies in the action of their adaptation for new
needs

23. THE MODEL OF PROPOSED MANAGEMENT
expectations for socio-economic progress
•The market for village’s agricultural products could be extended (Center’s
restaurant would need a constant supply of groceries, meet and other products).
•The Centre would also need local labor for the work in the restaurant
(chefs, caterers…) and for the maintenance of facilities (accommodation
houses, academic building, library, restaurant) and the garden – possibility for new
working places.
•The housing equipment traditionally made in this area would contribute the
traditional image of these rural houses making a sense of authenticity closer to
their users. It could be a free way of marketing for the district’s needlewomen.
•Publicity of the Centre could bring more notice to the North area of Portugal and
consequently lead to even bigger interest in its development.
•Reconstructed identity of the village could automatically contribute to its tourist
attractiveness.

24. THE MODEL OF PROPOSED MANAGEMENT
organogram
GRANJA
strategy for
rehabilitation
PATRIMONY
Protection and
preservation
Classification
and search for
adequate
intervention
methodologies
VALORIZATION
Functional
merge of
referent
structures
and spaces
RECUPERATION
Transformation
Of convent complex
Into a Scientific
Centre
NEW EQUIPMENT
New infrastructure
for old edifices
New built
structure
- restaurant -
MAINTAINANCE
AND
PREVENTIVE
CONSERVATION
Cleaning of the
village
Legal protection
of historic
architecture from
destruction
MARKETING
Not touristic
marketing, but
publishing through
educational
institutions
throughout
the country
PARTNERSHIP
Municipality of
Boticas
Ministries of
Science, education,
Enviroment…
Other referent
National and
International
institutions