Narrative(s) on the construction of the landscape: the Tua Valley Memory Center

Abstract

The images presented here summarize the research by Centro de Estudos da Escola de Arquitectura, University of Minho, that lead to the proposed location of the Tua Valley Memory Center: if the scale model expresses the sublime landscape condition of the territory, then the drawings register a context where a valuable natural and constructed heritage and a socioeconomic fabric intertwine with expressive vitality and an urban condition fit to gather new experiences. It is believed that the Nucleus of Memory of the Tua Valley can accomplish a central role in the activation of this — now latent — synergy.