Jardins, Praças Públicas e Cemitérios no Porto

Code:

PEUS118

Acronym:

JPPCP

Instance: 2024/2025 - 2S (edição n.º 1)

Active?	Yes
Responsible unit:	Department of Heritage Studies
Course/CS Responsible:	Higher Education Studies for Older People

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
PEUS	16	Study Plan	1	-		20	20

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

Based on concrete case studies and field classes, the main objective of this course is to raise awareness on the heritage value of public spaces and their urban furniture elements, contextualizing the forms and models used. Its program contents focus on the presentation of some of the most emblematic gardens, public squares and cemeteries in the city, their transformations and adaptations over time and their forged and cast iron objects intended for a better space fruition: fountains, drinking fountains, benches, bandstands, lighting columns, kiosks and railings.
This UC presents itself as a contribution to “the creation of scientific, cultural and artistic knowledge” in the academic environment, as part of a diversified training offer.
The creation of this UC, integrated in the area of continuing education of the UP, “intends to meet the needs of updating knowledge and developing new skills on the part of multiple social and economic agents.” In this way, the present proposal integrates the following strategic objectives of the UP: “Promoting an integral formation of the students”; “Diversifying the training offer” and “Stimulating the integration between research and training”.

Learning outcomes and competences

At the end of this module students should be able to:
1. Recognize the transformations of the spaces under study in diachrony;
2. Comprehend the creation dynamics of these spaces, framed in their respective historical period and economic and social context;
3. Identify the different types of urban furniture objects;
4. Recognize technical specificities in the production of each object typology;
5. Relate the shapes of the chosen objects with their contexts of use.

Working method

Presencial

Program

1. Gardens, squares and cemeteries as spaces for public fruition: historical context and characteristics.
  i) Definition of concepts and terminologies;
  ii) The economic, urban and social transformations of the 19th century:
    (1) industry proliferation and product accessibility;
    (2) advantages of using iron: execution speed, durability, combination of materials and versatility of shapes and aesthetic values;
    (3) improvement of health conditions and accessibility in cities; The role of Haussmann, Universal Exhibitions and product catalogs in the circulation of forms;
    (4) new practices of sociability, leisure and the creation of life improvement conditions;
  iii) Evolution of spaces and their uses;

2. Iron urban furniture: origin, materials, techniques and forms.
  i) Types of cast and forged iron objects: fountains, drinking fountains, benches, bandstands, lighting columns, kiosks, fountains, railings, etc.;
  ii) Forms and models of inspiration.
  iii) The main foundry factories in Porto as markers of the urban and riverside landscape: Massarelos, Bolhão, Bicalho, Ouro, Francos, Campo Alegre, etc.
    (1) Implementation conditions and administrative history;
    (2) Access to raw materials, skilled labor and product flow – the importance of the river axis;
  iv) heritage protection problematics: authorship, dating and interventions.

3. Case Studies (TC):
  i) Jardins do Palácio de Cristal
  ii) Praça Mouzinho de Albuquerque
  iii) Jardim do Passeio Alegre
  iv) Praça do Marquês
  v) Jardim de São Lázaro
  vi) Praça da República
  vii) Cemitério de Agramonte

Mandatory literature

Diderot, D.; Alembert, M. ; Encyclopédie ou Dictionnaire raisoné des sciences, des arts et des métiers. Vols. I-XVII, Paris:Inter-livres, 1751
Fontes d’art. (s.d.); Catalogues: Vendre sur papier (https://www.fontesdart.org/category/la-fonte-dart/diffusioj/catalogues-vendre-sur-papier/)
Barradas, Sílvia; A produção de mobiliário urbano de fundição em Portugal. 1850 a 1920, Barcelona: Tese de doutoramento apresentada à Faculdade de Belas Artes da Universidade de Barcelona, 2015 (http://diposit.ub.edu/dspace/handle/2445/67617)
Felícia, Diana; Sousa, Ana Cristina; «Bancos, fontes e colunas de iluminação: estudo das formas no mobiliário urbano produzido em ferro fundido.» In Antologia de Ensaios - LABORATORIO COLABORATIVO: Dinâmicas Urbanas, Património, Artes. VI Seminário de Investigação, Ensino e Difusão., Lisboa: DINÂMIA’CET-ISCTE. P. 263-280, 2020 (https://www.academia.edu/45521107/Bancos_fontes_e_colunas_de_ilumina%C3%A7%C3%A3o_estudo_das_formas_no_mobili%C3%A1rio_urbano_produzido_em_ferro_fundido)
Legunes, Silvia Segarra; Mobiliario urbano, historia y proyectos, Granada: Editorial Universidad de Granada, 2012 (https://www.academia.edu/34675882/Mobiliario_urbano_historia_y_proyectos)
Peixoto, Paula Torres; «Os Jardins do Palácio de Cristal e as Fonte d’art» In Revista Arquitectura Lusíada, n.o 4 (1o semestre 2012): p. 105-112, 2012
Queiroz, Francisco; O ferro na arte funerária do Porto oitocentista – o Cemitério da Irmandade de Nossa Senhora da Lapa 1833-1900, Porto: Dissertação de mestrado apresentada à Faculdade de Letras da Universidade do Porto. 3 vol, 1997
Queiroz, Francisco; «Património Fabril do Porto» In Botim da Associação Cultural Amigos do Porto. 3.a Série, n.o 18: 65-74, 2000
Queiroz, Francisco; «Subsídios para a história das fábricas de fundição do Porto no século XIX» In Botim da Associação Cultural Amigos do Porto. 3.a Série, n.o 19: 141-. 185, 2001

Teaching methods and learning activities

Classes (TP) will be taught using multimedia tools, namely the projection of images and videographic records, selected in order to illustrate the spaces in study, their evolution, their uses and objects.
The plan is based on the analysis of several in situ case studies, which aim to illustrate the reality of the city, presenting its characteristics and providing direct contact with the themes in study through field classes (TC). These cases will be previously presented based on virtual visits, film and photographic records, as well as through tools such as GoogleMaps and GoogleEarth. The participation of students will be enhanced through the analysis and debate of the syllabus and case studies.

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Participação presencial	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Frequência das aulas	20,00
Total:	20,00

Eligibility for exams

75% attendance.

Calculation formula of final grade

n/a