Built Heritage Research and History of Architecture: Light and Acoustic in the Cistercian Monastic Church of S. Bento de Cástris (Portugal)

Martins, Ana Maria Tavares; Carlos, Jorge S.

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Built Heritage Research and History of Architecture: Light and Acoustic in the Cistercian Monastic Church of S. Bento de Cástris (Portugal)

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dc.contributor.author	Martins, Ana Maria Tavares
dc.contributor.author	Carlos, Jorge S.
dc.date.accessioned	2020-01-22T12:18:36Z
dc.date.available	2020-01-22T12:18:36Z
dc.date.issued	2019
dc.description.abstract	The research on the Cistercian legacy in Portugal is an innovative multidisciplinary study. Consequently, the results achieved in this research have many different approaches: the former monasteries and their architecture are the main subjects concerning morphology, architectonic rehabilitation but also acoustics, thermal comfort, or natural light. This research, carried out at the Department of Civil Engineering and Architecture of the University of Beira Interior (DECA-UBI), was developed in connection with two other research centres - Lab2PT (Landscape, Heritage and Territory Laboratory) and CIDEHUS (Interdisciplinary Centre for History, Culture and Societies). In 2015, the curriculum of the Integrated Master Degree in Architecture of the University of Beira Interior underwent revision. Consequently, it was needed to allocate more time to the teaching of History of Architecture and the requirement to assign specific syllabus to the Portuguese History of Architecture, which is emphasized by the specific and multidisciplinary research performed linking with other sciences of engineering. The natural light in the Cistercian churches is closely linked not only with the liturgical requirements at the officium but also with the canonical hours based on the "ora et labora" dictated by the Rule of St. Benedict. The Cistercian Monastery of São Bento de Cástris (13th-19th centuries), in Évora, Portugal, includes a church, at the south-eastern corner. This church presents an unusual space setting with two choirs which seems to favour different positions for coral groups supporting liturgical and musical expression activities within the research scope of a Research Project. As the light in the Cistercian Monasteries, mainly, in their churches, is mostly related to the fulfilment of liturgical needs, this paper analyses the relationship between daylight conditions within the monastic choirs located within the monastic church. The chant was a very important way of oration and thus of the liturgy. This was the ORFEUS Project – “The Tridentine Reform and music in the cloistral silence: The Monastery of S. Bento de Cástris” which was based on a multidisciplinary approach around the Tridentine Reform with reflexes in the musical Cistercian feminine matrix between the 16th and 18th centuries on Cistercian Monasteries. This paper describes the objectives and methodology applied to the case study thus linking Built Heritage Research and History of Architecture, i.e., Research and Education.	pt_PT
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dc.identifier.citation	MARTINS, Ana M.T., CARLOS, Jorge S.; “Built Heritage Research and History Of Architecture: Light and Acoustic in the Cistercian Monastic Church of S. Bento De Cástris (Portugal)” in IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering; volume 603; 022054; 2019; doi:10.1088/1757-899x/603/2/022054	pt_PT
dc.identifier.doi	10.1088/1757-899X/603/2/022054	pt_PT
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10400.6/8580
dc.language.iso	eng	pt_PT
dc.peerreviewed	yes	pt_PT
dc.publisher	IOP Publishing	pt_PT
dc.rights.uri	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/	pt_PT
dc.subject	Built Heritage	pt_PT
dc.subject	Architecture	pt_PT
dc.subject	History of Architecture	pt_PT
dc.subject	Light	pt_PT
dc.subject	Acoustic	pt_PT
dc.subject	Education	pt_PT
dc.subject	Cistercians	pt_PT
dc.title	Built Heritage Research and History of Architecture: Light and Acoustic in the Cistercian Monastic Church of S. Bento de Cástris (Portugal)	pt_PT
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oaire.citation.title	IOP Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering	pt_PT
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person.familyName	Martins
person.familyName	Carlos
person.givenName	Ana Maria Tavares Ferreira
person.givenName	Jorge
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