Overall objectives:

A) - Sensitize students for a paradigm shift in the construction sector where urban rehabilitation has been grown, not only because of the need for maintenance, but also due to the new habitability and environmental requirements and the availability of new technologies.
B) - Provide students with knowledge of rehabilitation policies, especially of old cities, and of the respective planning strategies used.
C) - To enable students to apply for various funding programs for urban rehabilitation and energy efficiency, as well as other alternatives.
D) - Recognition of national and regional built heritage.
E) - Diagnostic and inspection of existing buildings.
F) - Proposal of measures of intervention and make the project of building rehabilitation respecting the international principles regarding the intervention in existing buildings.

Syllabus:

1. - The concept of integrated urban rehabilitation. The 3Rs: Urban Rehabilitation, Reconversion and Renewal. Sustainability. Climate change. Energy Efficiency.
2. - Social and economic dynamics for rehabilitation. Instruments for urban rehabilitation. Legislation. Policies. Programs. Plans.
3. - Rehabilitation Financing. Implementation and Monitoring. Financing programs.
4. - Characterization of the traditional buildings in Portugal.
5. - Factors for the degradation of buildings. Lifespan. Durability. Non-structural anomalies in old buildings.
6. - Survey and diagnosis of anomalies and pathologies in buildings. Tests.
7. - Principles of Intervention in Constructed Space. Regulatory requirements applicable to the Rehabilitation of old buildings. Thermal and acoustic rehabilitation of buildings.
8. - Intervention solutions in old buildings. Materials and technologies of non-structural rehabilitation.

Literature/Sources:

Álvaro Santos , 2018 , Reabilitação Urbana e a Sustentabilidade das Cidades , Vida Económica
Autores , 2010 , O Novo Regime da Reabilitação Urbana , Almedina
Proença de Carvalho, Uría Menéndez , 2010 , Reabilitação Urbana , Vida Imobiliária
Francisco Cabral Metello , 2008 , Manual de Reabilitação Urbana , Edições Almedina
Autores , 2006 , Guia Técnico de Reabilitação Habitacional , IHRU
Vasco Peixoto de Freitas , 2012 , Manual de Apoio ao Projecto de Reabilitação de Edifícios Antigos , OERN
João Appleton, José Aguiar, António Reis Cabrita , 2012 , Guião de Apoio à Reabilitação de Edifícios Habitacionais , LNEC
João Appleton , 2011 , Reabilitação de Edifícios Antigos. Patologias e Tecnologias de Intervenção , -
Vítor Cóias, Luís Filipe Coelho , 2009. , Inspecções e ensaios na reabilitação de edifícios , IST Press
Jorge Mascarenhas , 2012 , Sistemas de Construção XIII - Reabilitação Urbana , HORIZONTE
Autores , 2014 , Sistemas de Construção XIV - Construção e Reabilitação Sustentáveis , HORIZONTE
Autores , Legislação diversa. ,

Assesssment methods and criteria:

Classification Type: Quantitativa (0-20)

Evaluation Methodology:
Teaching method: Theoretical classes: Expositive and participative lectures. Theoretical-practical classes: real problem solving. Assistance to the students to clarify doubts and support the practical works. Evaluation method: Evaluation distributed with: 2 Frequencies (30% each) and 2 Practical Works (20% each).