Avenida da Liberdade. Análise e recomendações para a valorização dos espaços públicos de Lisboa

Mestrado em Arquitectura Paisagista - Instituto Superior de AgronomiaThis master thesis draws a contribution to evaluate the use of Lisbon’s public spaces, with the aim to draw or plan an urban space, which has in consideration the needs of its users. Avenida da Liberdade, one of the most emblematic of the city, was chosen as a case study. Through different methods (multi-methods: historical context, physical characteristics and components, observations and behavior maps and it´s validation through surveys) information about physical component of a place, as well as, its users, activities and the perception of themselves, was gathered. This methodology allows the achieved outcomes to become recommendations which premise is the growth of this space’s quality, regarding the user´s needs