ICO_SESSION 15
23-4-2026

Vernacular Urban Landscapes: Cross-readings between Porto and Recife

Session Proponent:

Sofia Nunes Vechina (CITCEM-FLUP/Material and Intangible Heritage) and Manuel Joaquim Moreira da Rocha, CITCEM-FLUP/Material and Intangible Heritage)

Moderators of the session:

Mariana Zerbone Alves de Albuquerque, Federal Rural University of Pernambuco (ORCID 0000-0002-0617-0540)
Carlos Vargas, HTC-CEF NOVA FCSH (Science ID 731F-343E-FE79)

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“Velharias do Recife”: destruction and metamorphosis of the ordinary house in the context of the “new Recife” | Bruno Vitorino Silva Aguiar

The railway stations of Pernambuco: A historical analysis of their architectural forms | André Luiz Rocha Cardoso

Dynamics of the Urban Vernacular Landscape: The Boa Vista Neighborhood in Recife-PE | Jaime de Lima Guimarães Junior

The vernacular in Porto’s urban landscape: beyond monumental rhetoric | Sofia Nunes Vechina

Face-to-face (FLUP, Humanities Lab Room, Floor 0) | 14H30

Organization: Carla Sequeira (People, Markets and Policies), Joana Lencart (Sociabilities and Religious Practices)

Program