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Joana Gonçalves was born on June 20th, 1990, in Portugal. She graduated as an architect from the School of Architecture of University of Minho. In her master thesis she explored the contributions of vernacular architecture for sustainability, using both qualitative and quantitative methods to establish and analyze the relations between architecture, landscape, and ways of life, that contributed to the resilience of traditional systems over the centuries. She was awarded with the Iberian Prize on Traditional Architecture Research in 2014 for her research in this thesis. In 2016 she started her PhD on “Building Passport: a decision-making tool for sustainable conservation”, within the research program “EcoCoRe – Eco-Construction and Rehabilitation”, an International Doctoral Program on Sustainable Built Environment based in Portugal. In her research she uses a mixed-methods approach to understand practitioners’ behaviours towards heritage conservation and the reasons behind the lack of implementation of sustainable practices. Since 2020, she is a lecturer in Heritage and Sustainability in the Faculty of Architecture and the Built Environment at TU Delft.
Despite the recognised importance of built heritage for sustainable development, and the multiple tools, recommendations, guidelines, and policies developed in recent years to support decision-making, good sustainable conservation practices often fail to be implemented. Challenges faced by practitioners often relate to external factors, and there is a gap in the understanding of the role of the nature of the designer and the behavioural dimension of the challenges in implementation. This research applies the Theory of Planned Behaviour (TPB) to verify how a building passport for sustainable conservation (BPSC) impacts design students’ intentions and actual design decisions towards built heritage conservation. This research aims to ascertain the role of the BPSC to affect attitudes, subjective norms, and intentions and ultimately change conservation behaviours. The results show that this tool has a positive contribution to reinforce existing attitudinal beliefs. Still, no significant changes were found in the overall conservation behaviours, suggesting that beliefs hindering implementation may more often be related to aesthetic reasons, creativity and innovation, and program requirements, than with beliefs regarding the sustainable performance of the building. This study demonstrates that using the TPB to analyse design processes in the context of built heritage is an innovative methodological approach that contributes to a deeper understanding of the psychological factors affecting sustainability and built heritage conservation decisions.
Joana Dos Santos Gonçalves; Ricardo Mateus; José Silvestre; Ana Roders. Beyond Good Intentions: The Role of the Building Passport for the Sustainable Conservation of Built Heritage to Behavioural Change. Sustainability 2021, 13, 8280 .
AMA StyleJoana Dos Santos Gonçalves, Ricardo Mateus, José Silvestre, Ana Roders. Beyond Good Intentions: The Role of the Building Passport for the Sustainable Conservation of Built Heritage to Behavioural Change. Sustainability. 2021; 13 (15):8280.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJoana Dos Santos Gonçalves; Ricardo Mateus; José Silvestre; Ana Roders. 2021. "Beyond Good Intentions: The Role of the Building Passport for the Sustainable Conservation of Built Heritage to Behavioural Change." Sustainability 13, no. 15: 8280.
This research applies the theory of planned behaviour (TPB) to measure the gap between designers’ intentions towards heritage conservation and the actual design decisions. It aims at contributing to identify which psychological constructs (attitude, norm, perception of control) are hindering the implementation of sustainable conservation approaches in practice. The results suggest that attitudes have a significant correlation with performed behaviour, and that norms, despite impacting intentions, do not necessarily correlate with the performed actions. Using the TPB to analyse designers' behaviours is an innovative methodological approach that opens new possibilities for the design of interventions targeting behavioural change towards the implementation of sustainable conservation practices in built heritage.
Joana Gonçalves; Ricardo Mateus; José Dinis Silvestre; Ana Pereira Roders; Luís Bragança. Attitudes matter: Measuring the intention-behaviour gap in built heritage conservation. Sustainable Cities and Society 2021, 70, 102913 .
AMA StyleJoana Gonçalves, Ricardo Mateus, José Dinis Silvestre, Ana Pereira Roders, Luís Bragança. Attitudes matter: Measuring the intention-behaviour gap in built heritage conservation. Sustainable Cities and Society. 2021; 70 ():102913.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJoana Gonçalves; Ricardo Mateus; José Dinis Silvestre; Ana Pereira Roders; Luís Bragança. 2021. "Attitudes matter: Measuring the intention-behaviour gap in built heritage conservation." Sustainable Cities and Society 70, no. : 102913.
This paper presents and discusses the selection of a set of core indicators for the sustainable conservation of built heritage. This core set of indicators was selected by following a two-step methodology: 1) first, a comparative analysis of indicators of two building sustainability assessment (BSA) tools with different approaches was performed by using content analysis to identify common priorities; 2) second, a selection of the indicators according to scale, stage of the life cycle, and coverage of core aspects for sustainable development, following the criteria established by the International Organization for Standardization. The results show that even if current methodologies have different structures, terminology, and priorities, they share common principles that promote a more sustainable built environment. However, by being mostly oriented to the intervention and operation phases, these methods do not have direct application as an assessment framework for the sustainable conservation of the built heritage. To overcome this situation, this research presents a concise set of indicators that can support the development of an assessment tool to ensure the sustainable conservation of existing buildings.
Joana Gonçalves; Ricardo Mateus; José Dinis Silvestre; Ana Pereira Roders; Graça Vasconcelos. Selection of Core Indicators for the Sustainable Conservation of Built Heritage. International Journal of Architectural Heritage 2021, 1 -16.
AMA StyleJoana Gonçalves, Ricardo Mateus, José Dinis Silvestre, Ana Pereira Roders, Graça Vasconcelos. Selection of Core Indicators for the Sustainable Conservation of Built Heritage. International Journal of Architectural Heritage. 2021; ():1-16.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJoana Gonçalves; Ricardo Mateus; José Dinis Silvestre; Ana Pereira Roders; Graça Vasconcelos. 2021. "Selection of Core Indicators for the Sustainable Conservation of Built Heritage." International Journal of Architectural Heritage , no. : 1-16.
This research addresses the performance gap between intentions towards a sustainable conservation of built heritage and its actual implementation. Socio-psychological models of human behaviour, such as the theory of planned behaviour (TPB), have been studying this dissonance between intention and behaviour, and allow to recognise latent critical factors. This paper provides a systematic literature review of research publications on the intersection of the topics of human behaviour, heritage, and sustainability. It aims to analyse how the TPB has been used in the field of sustainable conservation of built heritage. The studies are categorised according to the type of heritage, main actors targeted, aims, and methodology. A total of 140 publications were analysed. The results show a recent field of research. In the domain of built heritage conservation, behaviour is commonly addressed as a synonym of performance, targeting the building itself. Most publications relating socio-psychological constructs of behaviour and heritage sustainability can be found in the tourism and hospitality field, focusing on tourists’ and residents’ behaviours. The review shows that practitioners are still absent from the literature. However, research addressing other stakeholders shows that the theoretical framework can play an important role in the implementation of sustainable conservation practices in the built heritage.
Joana Gonçalves; Ricardo Mateus; José Silvestre; Ana Roders. Going beyond Good Intentions for the Sustainable Conservation of Built Heritage: A Systematic Literature Review. Sustainability 2020, 12, 9649 .
AMA StyleJoana Gonçalves, Ricardo Mateus, José Silvestre, Ana Roders. Going beyond Good Intentions for the Sustainable Conservation of Built Heritage: A Systematic Literature Review. Sustainability. 2020; 12 (22):9649.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJoana Gonçalves; Ricardo Mateus; José Silvestre; Ana Roders. 2020. "Going beyond Good Intentions for the Sustainable Conservation of Built Heritage: A Systematic Literature Review." Sustainability 12, no. 22: 9649.
The increase in urban rehabilitation in the last decade has contributed to a greater public awareness of the need to disseminate the knowledge produced in academy to professional practice. The purpose of this study was to recognize the main problems and opportunities that stakeholders experience in the context of professional practice and identify obstacles to the application of good practices. A participatory methodology was used, focused on the experience of multiple actors in the rehabilitation processes. The results show that the main problems identified are related to the lack of information, the economic constraints, the social perception and the qualification of the stakeholders. Decision making is a key moment in the process and the weight of the economic factor in decisions is considered excessive by professionals. For good rehabilitation practices to be applied effectively it is necessary to improve the dissemination of knowledge to professional practice, developing new tools to support multi-criteria decision making.
Joana Dos Santos Gonçalves; Ricardo Mateus; José Silvestre. Mapping professional practice challenges in built heritage. Professionalism in the Built Heritage Sector 2019, 125 -132.
AMA StyleJoana Dos Santos Gonçalves, Ricardo Mateus, José Silvestre. Mapping professional practice challenges in built heritage. Professionalism in the Built Heritage Sector. 2019; 0 (0):125-132.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJoana Dos Santos Gonçalves; Ricardo Mateus; José Silvestre. 2019. "Mapping professional practice challenges in built heritage." Professionalism in the Built Heritage Sector 0, no. 0: 125-132.
The survey and inspection of the state of conservation of buildings is understood as an active process of selecting information to support decision making in the rehabilitation of the built heritage. The development of new technologies applied to the integrated management of the built heritage resulted in digital tools able to support the technicians in on-site procedures. The purpose of this study was to analyse existing methods for the survey and inspection of the state of conservation of ancient buildings. It uses a qualitative methodology, focused on bibliographical survey and comparative analysis. Only methods with identical characteristics were considered: evaluation based on visual inspection of buildings with heritage value. This research shows that structuring information in computer systems is a solution to overcome the main problems pointed out in previous studies related to survey and inspection: expensive, time-consuming, inconsequential procedures and dispersed information. However, this is only valid if computer-based methods are adapted to the different geographic and chronological contexts. Future research may contribute to the development of a method that brings together this added value with a simple but objective way to diagnose the condition of ancient buildings with heritage value.
Joana Gonçalves; Ricardo Mateus; José Dinis Silvestre. Comparative Analysis of Inspection and Diagnosis Tools for Ancient Buildings. Computer Vision 2018, 289 -298.
AMA StyleJoana Gonçalves, Ricardo Mateus, José Dinis Silvestre. Comparative Analysis of Inspection and Diagnosis Tools for Ancient Buildings. Computer Vision. 2018; ():289-298.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJoana Gonçalves; Ricardo Mateus; José Dinis Silvestre. 2018. "Comparative Analysis of Inspection and Diagnosis Tools for Ancient Buildings." Computer Vision , no. : 289-298.
With the awareness that nowadays architecture faces new challenges, particularly the need of integrated and inclusive answers to the socio-cultural and environmental context, it is the objective of this re-search to develop the knowledge about undocumented exemplars of vernacular architecture in Portugal. Ver-nacular architecture is a significant information source about experimental evolution of ancient wisdom. The buildings studied in this research, by their isolation from network infrastructures are challenging examples for contemporary solutions aimed at self-sufficiency and sustainability. Recognizing the impact of the architec-tural design on lifestyles and in the environment and understanding the purposes that conducted to this type of building, this work aims at stimulating strategic thinking that connects architecture, landscape and man, seek-ing alternative and innovative solutions for a more sustainable architecture
Joana Dos Santos Gonçalves; Ricardo Mateus; Teresa Ferreira. Architecture by the vineyards: The case of Caudete de las Fuentes. Vernacular Architecture: Towards a Sustainable Future 2014, 353 -358.
AMA StyleJoana Dos Santos Gonçalves, Ricardo Mateus, Teresa Ferreira. Architecture by the vineyards: The case of Caudete de las Fuentes. Vernacular Architecture: Towards a Sustainable Future. 2014; ():353-358.
Chicago/Turabian StyleJoana Dos Santos Gonçalves; Ricardo Mateus; Teresa Ferreira. 2014. "Architecture by the vineyards: The case of Caudete de las Fuentes." Vernacular Architecture: Towards a Sustainable Future , no. : 353-358.