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Architecture and the Construction of the city, without dissociating the first term from the second, define the material and immaterial medium that is conditioned by a way of life. In this process, the individual constructs a prism in which language plays a fundamental role in its understanding, because every construction of space ends up conveying meanings that give it a multiple identities: the changing needs of the users of an architecture, as well as its transformation over the years, mean that the story could be infinite. As a way of adding to the current heritage dialogue, this work attempts to broaden the meaning of the traditional Moroccan storehouse beyond the isolated granary of western Anti-Atlas and to see how it participates in the city and in the household up to the present day. To this end, we propose a reading of this typology from its relationship with the land to the social factors involved in its (dis)appearance or even its resistance over time.

The industry is a sector that has lost its power during the last years, even more clearly when we are located in an island territory like Mallorca. That is why in the last few years (since last years of 20th century) we have seen lots of these industries closing their doors due to their economic problems that don't let them continue with their activity. In contrast to the island periphery that has enhanced its economic system by changing it into a touristic model, we find that in Mallorca's inner part, like in the city of Inca, this way of life changing has turned into a residential use, losing an important part of the industrial heritage and the production to build new buildings focused on the living place. Inca became in the 20th century one of the most important footwear producers in the whole country. The cases that have been analyzed are almost every single factories that left in the city, studying their past and present with the intention of extracting personal conclusions, but at the same time becoming a reminder from where we came in the collective memory, and if it is possible to assure to preserve this material and non-material heritage. The most important problem is the worrying situation with the disappearance of this heritage, which protection level have these buildings in the local government (or if they don't have it), and look for the possibility of back away this situation of losing heritage, transferring this worries to the youngest population that does not know the history of their city.

La Revolución Industrial en Europa supuso un profundo cambio en los paradigmas socioeconómicos. El patrimonio arquitectónico industrial es parte fundamental del legado material de esta época. Sin embargo, la preocupación por la documentación y conservación de este tipo de bienes es un fenómeno relativamente reciente, motivo por el cual, numerosos edificios han desaparecido o permanecen en estado de abandono. En considerables ocasiones, estas fábricas no son únicamente memoria del trabajo en un sentido cultural, sino que, además, son ejemplo de los principales movimientos arquitectónicos de la época. En el caso de Galicia, el débil proceso de industrialización en comparación con el resto del país ha propiciado la falta de consideración hacia este patrimonio. Se ha elegido el sector conservero por ser el principal impulsor del proceso de industrialización de Galicia. El objetivo de este estudio es ampliar la escasa base documental disponible con respecto a estas construcciones conserveras, con el fin de contribuir a la puesta en valor de las mismas. Este trabajo expone un marco teórico y normativo previo como muestra de las diferentes sensibilidades y consideraciones que se han tenido a la hora de abordar la protección del patrimonio industrial. A continuación, aborda el contexto socioeconómico y los antecedentes históricos que hicieron posible el desarrollo de la industria conservera en la ciudad de Vigo, además del inventariado y localización de todas las fábricas conserveras de la época de las que se mantiene documentación tanto si existen como si ya han desaparecido. Finalmente, el análisis de los casos de estudio se centra en aquellos edificios dedicados a la conserva que todavía perduran en la ciudad pero que, por su estado de abandono, corren el riesgo de desaparecer o sufrir un gran proceso de degradación. De ellos se ha recogido la historia de la empresa, sus principales características arquitectónicas, así como sus perspectivas de futuro dentro del PXOM.

Urban planning allows for the dominant discourse interests to express themselves, which determine the inhabitants life. Considering this responsibility, an architectonic approach to this matter is hereby proposed following a critical reading. This project aims to study how the urban morphology can enhance a particular space to continuously become a scene of conflict through the analysis of Via Laietana, which was originally planned to maintain the public order, but paradoxically, has historically witnessed the expression of social conflict. Keywords: urban planning, control, urban space, scene, social conflict, morphology, expression

This paper is what Umberto Eco would call a panoramic and historiographical thesis with scientific humility and a theoretical ending. An investigation that assesses the observations already made by other authors and that does not try to establish an absolute reality, but rather to study and interpret a potential theory that, on the one hand, can lead to the basis for a theoretical monographic doctoral thesis, showing a new knowledge interconnected to the public or, on the other hand, result in an analysis of multiple information to increase documentation and reflection concerning said theory. (Eco, 1977) In this case, a panoramic picture of the impact of biomimicry at the dawn of Architecture is made, through historiographic study.

The importance of dry-stone constructions is essential in our culture, since they are one of the most valuable heritage sites that we can currently find. This Final Degree Project focuses on dry-stone constructions and their value within popular culture. This research approaches this issue from a historical and constructive point of view and its traditional and current uses. The aim of this research is to make this technique well-known, in order to value rural heritage, by taking a look in the past, but also the future. This construction technique allows the use of resources and their integration into the landscape. This study reveals that there is currently little knowledge of this technique, although it is very useful in agriculture. In addition to this, it can be even used in different ways today, making it a good solution for bio construction.