Creative renovation of the baixa pombalina in lisbon and its historical background

Abstract

The principal aim of this work is to prescribe creativity into the renovation and reconstruction process in architecture. This issue connects both petrified past and unknown future with the simple idea of preventing local heritage and Portuguese legacy. The field of our research and creative design will be the Rua da Madalena (Madalena Street) in Lisbon downtown – Baixa Pombalina. The case study and estimated results would serve as a prototype for more innovative thinking about renovation of urban tissue and buildings for similar examples. Following the latest economic trends, the rebirth of traditional forms of business and interest for local heritage, we will attempt to bound raw numbers with endless sources of our creative minds. This case study, presented in the Heritage versus Tourism Conference in Lisbon, in May 2016 would be a step-by-step, a “know-how” example for many streets with various ambient over the world. Hence, the architectural and aesthetic values would be presented first, mathematical marketing formula afterward. The equation would involve both tangible and intangible factors and would be our attempt to introduce creative thinking as a ground for concrete, visible consequences. Architecture is a field, where this attempt could succeed.