Mestrado em Arquitectura Paisagista - Instituto Superior de AgronomiaThis study was developed to present a solution on the neglect and disinterest of
decommissioned quarries. This study primary aim is to raise awareness and raise
environmental and aesthetic importance of their recovery with the creation of a
rehabilitation project.
The quarries are striking enough elements in the landscape, both for its visual
and environmental impact. When deactivated lose its industrial/economic interests and
end up falling into neglect. Although the current legislation obligates these explorations
to have a rehabilitation plan, the impact and consequences that they generate are still
high.
The practical case study focuses on the deactivated quarry of Birre, in the municipality
of Cascais, which deals with high demographic pressure caused by a growing
population, therefor requires ecological strategies to ensure adequate and sustainable
use of space. These strategies must safeguard its natural value, historic-cultural value
and of its landscape depending on the site characteristics to serve the population of the
adjacent neighborhoods in an effective way. As such the program for the rehabilitation
project of this quarry will be vast and considering the user need
