HOSPITALIS - Hospital architecture in Portugal at the dawn of Modernity: identification, characterization and contextualization
HOSPITALIS - Hospital architecture in Portugal at the dawn of Modernity: identification, characterization and contextualization
Description:
The project "HOSPITALIS - Hospital architecture in Portugal in the dawn of Modernity: identification, characterization and contextualization" aims to study, in a global and systematic manner, the phenomenon of hospital architecture built in Portuguese territory during the transition from the Middle Ages to the Modern Age (between 15th and 16th centuries), and to serve as a methodology for patrimonial valorisation that encompasses several stages: inventory, characterization, analysis, virtualization, contextualization and dissemination.
The topic of Portuguese hospital architecture is virtually unexplored and absolutely unprecedented for the chronological segment addressed by the, a period crucial to the understand the evolution of health and care. Similarly, the systematic and global approach to the research topic is equally pioneer, as will be revealed in the literature review. The exact number of these buildings is still unknown, as a simple inventory is still undone. However, given the major relevance of hospital institutions in medieval and pre-modern societies, we believe that they formed a broad network spread throughout the territory. Therefore, they figure as a very interesting research topic, also because they conjugate a proponent functional part with the artistic-architectural one. The architectural traces that still exist should number around the three dozen, and represent the main aesthetical movements of the epoch and the local artistical dynamics. Alongside these, there is another set of buildings that, due to several circumstances, no longer exist. However, we possess records with their description, which allows us to operate their virtual reconstitution and, in this way, contribute to a more exact definition of the panorama of hospital architecture in the dawns of modernity.
The project "HOSPITALIS - Hospital architecture in Portugal in the dawn of Modernity: identification, characterization and contextualization" aims to study, in a global and systematic manner, the phenomenon of hospital architecture built in Portuguese territory during the transition from the Middle Ages to the Modern Age (between 15th and 16th centuries), and to serve as a methodology for patrimonial valorisation that encompasses several stages: inventory, characterization, analysis, virtualization, contextualization and dissemination.
The topic of Portuguese hospital architecture is virtually unexplored and absolutely unprecedented for the chronological segment addressed by the, a period crucial to the understand the evolution of health and care. Similarly, the systematic and global approach to the research topic is equally pioneer, as will be revealed in the literature review. The exact number of these buildings is still unknown, as a simple inventory is still undone. However, given the major relevance of hospital institutions in medieval and pre-modern societies, we believe that they formed a broad network spread throughout the territory. Therefore, they figure as a very interesting research topic, also because they conjugate a proponent functional part with the artistic-architectural one. The architectural traces that still exist should number around the three dozen, and represent the main aesthetical movements of the epoch and the local artistical dynamics. Alongside these, there is another set of buildings that, due to several circumstances, no longer exist. However, we possess records with their description, which allows us to operate their virtual reconstitution and, in this way, contribute to a more exact definition of the panorama of hospital architecture in the dawns of modernity.
The study will be initiated by a comprehensive survey that seeks to list the several buildings with hospital functions, followed by the individualization of buildings that have earned their place as autonomous architectural units with record and/or material evidence. These buildings will be identified and analysed individually, regardless of the institutions that guard and/or manage them. The aim is to perceive the global characterization of the architectural and artistic traits of this architectural type, relating them not only to functional and aesthetic criteria, but also to the evolution o the concept of care, daily administration, and exercise of medicine and nursing. A second goal is to position it in the framework of south European health architecture.
Therefore, by approaching hospital architecture in Portugal as a total and multidimensional phenomenon, we expect to further the knowledge and boost the valorisation of the history of architecture and of Portuguese heritage, in comparison with the European reality, and to enable its assertion as a potential asset for dissemination, heritage appreciation and touristic diversity.
Budget:
227.428,93 Euros
Funding:
FCT - Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology
Reference:
PTDC/ART-HIS/30808/2017
Start date: 01-10-2018
End date: 30-09-2021
Proposing Institution:
Proposing Institution:
IECCPMA - Instituto Europeu de Ciências da Cultura Padre Manuel Antunes
Co-promoter:
ARTIS - Instituto de História da Arte, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Co-promoter:
ARTIS - Instituto de História da Arte, Faculdade de Letras da Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
Participant institutions:
CIDH - Cátedra Infante D. Henrique para os Estudos Insulares Atlânticos e a Globalização, Universidade Aberta, Portugal
CITAD - Centro de Investigação em Território, Arquitectura e Design, Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa, Portugal
CLEPUL - Centro de Literaturas e Culturas Lusófonas e Europeias, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
CITAD - Centro de Investigação em Território, Arquitectura e Design, Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa, Portugal
CLEPUL - Centro de Literaturas e Culturas Lusófonas e Europeias, Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal
LAMEMO - Laboratório de Memória e Património Cultural, Universidade Federal do Pará, Brazil
Red Temática de Investigación Cooperativa sobre el Arte Tardogótico
Responsible Researcher:
Red Temática de Investigación Cooperativa sobre el Arte Tardogótico
Responsible Researcher:
Joana Balsa de Pinho (CLEPUL and ARTIS-IHA, FLUL)
Research Team:
Research Team:
Fernando Grilo (ARTIS-IHA, FLUL) (Co-RR)
Ana Valéria Barro (Universidade Federal do Pará, Brazil)
Antoni Conejo da Pena (Universidad de Barcelona, Spain)
Augusto Moutinho Borges (Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal)
Bernardo d'Orey Manoel (Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa, Portugal)
Cybelle Salvador Miranda (Universidade Federal do Pará, Brazil)
Danielle Abdon (Temple University, EUA)
Lina Oliveira (Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal)
Patrícia Alho (Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal)
Pol Mateu (Universidad de Barcelona, Espanha)
Renato Pistola (Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal)
Ana Valéria Barro (Universidade Federal do Pará, Brazil)
Antoni Conejo da Pena (Universidad de Barcelona, Spain)
Augusto Moutinho Borges (Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal)
Bernardo d'Orey Manoel (Universidade Lusíada de Lisboa, Portugal)
Cybelle Salvador Miranda (Universidade Federal do Pará, Brazil)
Danielle Abdon (Temple University, EUA)
Lina Oliveira (Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal)
Patrícia Alho (Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal)
Pol Mateu (Universidad de Barcelona, Espanha)
Renato Pistola (Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal)
Ricardo J. Nunes da Silva (Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco/Universidade de Lisboa, Portugal)
Vera Magalhães (Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal)
Consultants:
Vera Magalhães (Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal)
Consultants:
Angela Madrid y Medina (CECEL - CSIC/UNED, Spain)
Fabio Gabbrielli (Uiniversità di Siena, Italy)
Isabel dos Guimarães Sá (Universidade do Minho, Portugal)
Jaime E. Bortz (Universidade de Buenos Aires, Argentina)
John Henderson (Birkbeck - University of Lodon, England)
Maria Antónia Lopes (Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal)
Renato Gama Rosa (Fiocruz, Brazil)
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Fabio Gabbrielli (Uiniversità di Siena, Italy)
Isabel dos Guimarães Sá (Universidade do Minho, Portugal)
Jaime E. Bortz (Universidade de Buenos Aires, Argentina)
John Henderson (Birkbeck - University of Lodon, England)
Maria Antónia Lopes (Universidade de Coimbra, Portugal)
Renato Gama Rosa (Fiocruz, Brazil)
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