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This dissertation proposes us to think of the highway as a dynamic element of urban experiences in the areas it crosses. Can the motorway, which is commonly disconnected and watertight from the surrounding areas, be able to relate in some way to the urban network that surrounds it? In this dissertation we will look for an answer to this question and for that we will question the principles according to which these types of roads are governed and related to the urban fabric.
We based this search for a relationship between the highway and the urban network in the Municipality of Oliveira do Bairro and Autoestrada nº 1. It was in this example/ case of study that we started to interpret the questions raised about the cold relationship between these two players. The objective we sought was mainly to question the reasons for this non-relationship. We look for the “Initial Modern” feeling in which the mix of pedestrians, vehicles - motorized and non-motorized - and functions meet and live together at the same time. The questions we raise in this dissertation are nothing more than the search for this relationship - via, urban fabric - and how to relate all the elements and their present heterogeneities. We know that this mixture is difficult since the characteristics of the actors are very disparate and an unreasonable fusion of them would bring countless negative consequences, both in terms of the high-speed road and the urban network that surrounds it. Therefore, our main goal is to question the way of thinking in the elaboration of this element - Autoestrada - trying to transform its practical character into an opportunity of relationship between the two margins of the linear cut of the landscape caused by it.
We based this search for a relationship between the highway and the urban network in the Municipality of Oliveira do Bairro and Autoestrada nº 1. It was in this example/ case of study that we started to interpret the questions raised about the cold relationship between these two players. The objective we sought was mainly to question the reasons for this non-relationship. We look for the “Initial Modern” feeling in which the mix of pedestrians, vehicles - motorized and non-motorized - and functions meet and live together at the same time. The questions we raise in this dissertation are nothing more than the search for this relationship - via, urban fabric - and how to relate all the elements and their present heterogeneities. We know that this mixture is difficult since the characteristics of the actors are very disparate and an unreasonable fusion of them would bring countless negative consequences, both in terms of the high-speed road and the urban network that surrounds it. Therefore, our main goal is to question the way of thinking in the elaboration of this element - Autoestrada - trying to transform its practical character into an opportunity of relationship between the two margins of the linear cut of the landscape caused by it.
