Colloquium: The street in the city structure

Planned or organically grown streets are part of the design of cities, and their faces are shaped and transformed by continuous occupation over time. Some streets and axes perform roles crucial to the understanding of urban growth identity. They have a genesis and a development. As living organisms occupied by residents and passers-by, their faces are slowly transformed. In a similar way, the functions that characterise them will develop over time.

As part of the celebrations to commemorate 500th anniversary of the opening of Rua das Flores, in the city of Porto, we propose to hold this colloquium to reflect upon/study the role of the street in the urban structure and image.

Thematic axes
- The street in urban iconography
- Functions of the street in city dynamics
- Formation, transformation and requalification of street buildings

Official languages
Portuguese, Spanish, English, Italian

Important Dates

By 15 June 2021: submission of paper proposals at 500anos-ruadasfloresscmp.pt,
including:
1. Thematic axis chosen
2. Abstract (max. 1,000 characters including spaces)
3. Up to five key words
4. Biographical note (max. 500 characters including spaces)

By 1 July 2021
Notification of acceptance

Registration of participants without paper
by 30 September 2021 (obligatory, but free of charge)

By 31 December 2021 (max. 20,000 characters including spaces)
Submission of complete texts for publication

Scientific Committee
Alfredo Buccaro (Università di Napoli Frederico II)
Amélia Polónia (Universidade do Porto)
Carla Fernández Martínez (Universidad de Oviedo)
Francisco Ollero Lobato (Universidad de Sevilla)
Gonçalo Vasconcelos e Sousa (Universidade Católica Portuguesa)
José Ferrão Afonso (Universidade Católica Portuguesa)
Juan Manuel Monterroso Montero (Universidad de Santiago de Compostela)
Lúcia Cardoso Rosas (Universidade do Porto)
Luísa Trindade (Universidade de Coimbra)
Lurdes Craveiro (Universidade de Coimbra)
Mário Barroca (Universidade do Porto
Olimpia Niglio (Hokkaido University, Japan)
Rui Humberto Fernandes Póvoas (Universidade do Porto)
Walter Rossa (Universidade de Coimbra)

Secretariat
SCMP – Santa Casa da Misericórdia do Porto
500anos-ruadasfloresscmp.pt
CITCEM – Centro de Investigação Transdisciplinar “Cultura, Espaço e Memória”
citcemletras.up.pt