Дисертації з теми "Fireplay"

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"Both locally (San Francisco Bay Area) and nationally, evidence is mounting that particulate matter poses a serious health risk. Locally, concentrations of 10 micron particles are highest on cold nights, during the months of December and January. Analysis of the composition of these 10 micron particles suggests that a large percentage is wood smoke. Currently, there are no adequate ways to estimate the number of lit fireplaces on a given night. NASA Ames Research Center, the Naval Postgraduate School and San Francisco Bay Area Air Quality Management District performed a joint research project to determine the feasibility of using thermal imagery to detect lit fireplaces. This thesis addresses the use of an airborne multi-spectral remote sensing system to detect lit fireplaces. The focus will be on the remote sensing equipment used for fireplace detection, the development of the test plan, airborne data collection, ground truthing and data analysis." -- Abstract

Diploma thesis has three main parts. The first one deals with division of fireplace inserts, their description, way of connection, regulation and protection againts overheating. The second part is about calculations and engineering desing of the prototype hot-water fireplace „Kárlovka“. The last part of diploma thesis verifies the parameters of the desingned fireplace insert by experimental test in two different measurement setup, where there are compared to results obtained with the results of calculation.

Thesis advisor: Paul Mariani
The fireplace has long stood at the center of the American home, that hearth which requires work and duty and which offers warmth and transformation in return. Fireplaces: The Unmaking of the American Male Domestic Poet takes a look at three major twentieth-century men whose poetry manifests anxieties about staying home to "keep the fire-place burning and the music-box churning and the wheels of the baby's chariot turning," as Wallace Stevens described it (L 246), during a time of great literary change when their peers were widely expatriating to Europe. Fireplaces considers contemporary poet Stephen Dunn as an inheritor of this mottled Modernist lineage of male lyric domesticity in the Northeastern United States, a tradition rattled by the terrorist events of September 11, 2001 after which Dunn leaves his wife and family home to remarry, thus razing the longstanding domestic frame of his poems. Ultimately Fireplaces leaves us with a question for twenty-first century verse--can a male poet still write about home? Or has the local domestic voice been supplanted at last by a placeless strain of lyric
Thesis (PhD) — Boston College, 2011
Submitted to: Boston College. Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Discipline: English

As the placeless globalization is accelerating around the world and especially in China, places that have strong ties to the particularities of a locale are desirable destinations to escape the generic monotony of placeless urbanization. The thesis here stipulates that even in a placeless globalization, opportunities exist to understand, interpret and celebrate local cultural phenomena. While many formal architectural artifacts may have outgrown their purpose and no longer have direct relevance today, a number of desires, customs and rituals persist as desirable conditions to be supported by architectural space. The thesis proposes to seek out an architecture, that embraces and reinterprets targeted aspects of the built form of traditional elements with modern means.
Master of Architecture
This thesis discusses possibilities to reinterpret the vernacular. Specifically, the sense of identity generated by the architecture traditions in Western China can be attributed to shape and construction of the roof, organization in plan, the central fire place, and a protected courtyard all enclosed by rammed earth. Reinterpretations of those elements in modern forms propose a continuity of culture and identity.

The diploma thesis is focused on problems connecting of fireplace with water heating systems. The thesis comprises concise description of fireplace and water heating systems. Particular the thesis is concerned with design proposal of heat water exchanger for fireplace. Last part is devoted to experimental measurement of operating parameters and summarize of getting results.

A floor, four walls and a ceiling – this space that we take for granted has not always been a feature for humans. In my Degree project, I learn what a space has meant for people. I learn what existed before we built a room for ourselves, what came after, and what was a role of a fireplace in this process. I do so to be build my own relationship with a space of four walls to be able to work with such a space as a context for my work.

Abstract The diploma thesis is divided into five main parts. First part deals with wood as a firing in term of its composition, emissions of carbon dioxide and its properties. The second part describes the calculation of a stove fire, especially stoichiometry of firing, temperature of uncooled flame and area of combustion chamber. The third part focuses on the proposal for a stove fire in connection with comparative criteria of the fireplace, shape of the combustion chamber and the tertiary air jet. The fifth part describes a manufacturing of the stove fire in the work-room at VUT Brno. The major part of the diploma work pays attention to the measuring of stove fire parameters for the effectivity calculation, measuring section of combustion gas and measurement evaluation with stove fire constructional modifications

The goal of this thesis is examination of automatic controller in various operating modes on fireplace inlay Venus 12.1.W. The work compares few measurement, always with measurment without automatic controller In this measurements are evaluated the emissions of CO, CO2, oxygen content in the flue duct gasses and the temperature in the flue duct are listed here and the efficiency is calculated for different operating modes. Conclusion contains overall summary of this thesis. At the end there is a search of manufacturers not only in Czech Republic

The main topic of thesis is a measurement realized on the fireplace-insert. Thesis is consists of three parts. First part is focused on wood combustion and overview of fireplace-inserts construction. Second part contains the description of fireplace-insert Bety and accomplished construction changes. Third and main part is consists from measurements, calculations and finally assessments of measurement´s configurations.

The aim of this diploma thesis is to experimentally measure the Golem 1.1 fireplace insert for heating with and without a deflector in the Steko s.r.o. company’s test room. Following this measurement, the emissions of CO, CO2, oxygen content in the flue gases and the temperature in the flue duct are listed here and the efficiency is calculated for different modes of primary air sucked in the insert and for different numbers of fuel pieces.

This master’s thesis deals with a proposal of production technology of a fireplace insert. Based on various solutions of production and documented calculations, charring has been elected as the most optimal technology. According to the requirements of thermal resistance and weldability the component will be made of boiler metal plate 11 416. Based on checking and technological calculations process of charring on press BAYKAL APHS 3110x180 has been proposed with the nominal power of 180 tons. The verification of bends was realized using computer simulations. Bending tools are made of steel 12 050. A technical-economic evaluation is also part of this master’s thesis.

This diploma thesis deals with combustion of wood in small fireplace, fireplace inlay specifically. This thesis is divided into four main parts. First chapters follow up stoves and their construction. The second parts describes the calculation and design of the stove. The third part focuses on the manufacturing of fireplace. At the end there is a description of experimental measurements produced a prototype, the determination of emmisions and efficiency.

Medieval dwelling houses of a similar type have been documented on Gotland in archaeological investigations. They all have common planning, a rectangular house foundation divided into two rooms and a square-shaped fireplace which is located in one of the corners. In this study the aim is to find out when this type of building was first introduced on Gotland as well as why it was adopted. Another aim is to compare the gotlandic houses with similar buildings from other places in Scandinavia? The method used to answer these questions consists of a comparison between visually similar houses from Gotland and the mainland based on orientation, dimensions, construction and dating. The comparison shows that the majority of the foundations investigated frequently are oriented west east, that the average dimensions are approximately 8 × 6 m and that the houses approximately can be dated between the 12th and 13th century.

À une époque où les conditions matérielles de l’existence différaient profondément de celles qui sont aujourd’hui les nôtres, quel était l’impact des variations saisonnières de températures sur les individus et sur la société ? Comment les hommes et les femmes du passé enduraient-ils le froid de l’hiver et tentaient-ils de s’en préserver ? Quelle était l’efficience des moyens mis en œuvre pour lutter contre le froid et quelles pouvaient être les températures qui régnaient l’hiver à l’intérieur des habitations ? À la suite des intuitions pionnières de Lucien Febvre ou de Robert Mandrou, ce travail, à la croisée de l’histoire du corps et de celle des sensibilités, tente de de retracer la généalogie de notre rapport sensible au monde. La première partie de la thèse, après avoir évoqué les apports et les limites des différents types de sources dépouillées, est consacrée à étudier la manière dont les fluctuations de températures sont perçues, notées et pensées à des époques où le froid et la chaleur sont davantage des expériences sensibles que des grandeurs physiques mesurables. On y étudie aussi la manière dont les vagues de froid impactent, plus qu’aujourd’hui, la vie quotidienne et posent aux individus et à la société d’insolubles difficultés. En s’interrogeant sur la figure récurrente du “grand hiver”, on en vient à montrer que ces descriptions d’hivers rigoureux révèlent tout autant une réalité climatique objective qu’une extrême vulnérabilité des sociétés anciennes face au froid. La seconde partie centrée autour de la question de la civilisation matérielle tente de retracer les différentes stratégies mises en œuvre pour lutter contre les assauts de l’hiver. On y étudie ainsi la place et le rôle de la cheminée dans l’habitation ainsi que la manière dont elle constitue un trait de civilisation qui conditionne des manières d’habiter et des attitudes corporelles qui n’échappent pas au processus de civilisation. Les médiocres performances calorifiques de la cheminée expliquent le recours nécessaire à des sources de chaleur portatives et la mise en place de multiples stratégies de lutte contre le froid qui varient en fonction des régions et des milieux sociaux. La France préindustrielle apparaît ainsi comme un monde de l’économie permanente et de la chaleur rare où le souci constant de l’économie du combustible explique la cohabitation recherchée avec les bêtes, l’entassement des corps dénoncés par les médecins des Lumières et l’existence de certaines formes de sociabilité. En essayant de reconstituer la cohérence d’un système et d’habitus aujourd’hui disparus, on est naturellement amené, dans une troisième partie, à poser la question de la sensibilité — au sens physiologique mais aussi social du terme — au froid et à la chaleur ainsi que celle de son évolution. Dans un essai d’archéologie du corps, on tente de reconstituer les climats intérieurs des habitations d’autrefois en s’efforçant de déterminer les températures de confort. L’accoutumance à des températures intérieures relativement basses au regard de nos exigences actuelles amène à souligner le caractère socialement et culturellement construit des seuils de tolérance et à interroger le rapport à l’inconfort et à la douleur puisque le froid, s’il est enduré, n’en provoque pas moins souffrances et lésions corporelles. En étudiant les cheminements sinueux de la réflexion technique relative à la question du chauffage qui se développe au cours du XVIIIe siècle, on est aussi amené à s’interroger sur les interactions complexes entre la société, les évolutions scientifiques et technologiques et l’évolution des seuils de tolérance individuels et sociaux au froid et à la chaleur. Le XVIIIe siècle apparaît ainsi comme un siècle charnière où s’exprime pour la première fois ouvertement une demande sociale de chaleur (condamnée par les moralistes et les médecins) qui préfigure notre besoin insatiable de confort
At the time when material conditions in our existence deeply differed from those we know nowadays, what was the impact of the change in the seasonal temperatures on the individuals and society? How did the men and women of the past endured winter cold and how did they strive to protect themselves from it? How efficient were the means used to fight the cold and what could the indoor temperatures be in winter? After the first intuitions sensed by Lucien Febvre and Robert Mandrou, this work, at the crossroads of the history of the body and that of sensitivity, tries to trace out the genealogy of our sensitive relation to the world. After mentioning the contributions and the limits found in various types of studied sources, the first part of this dissertation is devoted to the way the change in temperatures were perceived, noted or thought at a time when cold and heat were more perceptible experiences than measurable physical quantities. It also deals with the way the cold spells affected daily life and that more than today troubled both the individuals and society with unsolvable difficulties. Wondering about the recurring figure of the “great winter”, it shows that those descriptions of harsh winters revealed a climatic reality as much as the old societies’ extreme vulnerability to the cold. The second part revolving around the question of the material civilization tries to recount the different strategies used to fight the onslaught of winter weather. Thus it studies the role and importance of fire places in homes as well as the way it brought a feature of civilization which changed both the living conditions and the physical attitudes that were implied in the process of civilization. The poor calorific value of fire places explained the necessary resort to mobile heating sources and the establishment of numerous strategies to fight the cold, which changed according to the regions and the social standing. Thus, Preindustrial France was understood as a world of permanent economy and of scarce heat where the constant question of the combustible material economy could explain the importance of living with cattle, of overcrowded places - denounced by the doctors in the Age of Enlightenment - and the existence of certain forms of social skills. Trying to recreate the coherence of a system and habitus that have disappeared today, a third part naturally raises the question of sensitivity – in the physiological but also social meaning of the term – to cold and heat and its evolutions. In an essay on the archeology of the body, we tried to recreate the conditions inside the dwellings of the past, in an effort to determine the comfort temperature. The compliance with relatively low indoor temperatures regarding our current demands led us to underline that our capacity to acceptance had been culturally and socially built up and to question our relation to discomfort and pain since the cold, even though it was supported, entailed suffering and physical damage. Pondering over the technical reflection to the heating issue that had developed throughout the 18th century, we were led to go over the complexity of the interaction between society, scientific and technologic evolution and the individual and social acceptance to the cold and heat. The 18th century seemed to be the turning point where for the first time a social demand for heat had been overtly expressed (though condemned by both moralists and doctors) which heralded our unquenchable need for comfort. The expression for that social demand did not necessarily mean that it would be universally satisfied. Consequently, the old thermal regime would be lasting beyond this studied period…

The thesis deals with the design of a grate steam boiler which has natural circulation and is determined for combustion of wood chips. The boiler has a capacity of 45 t/h and produces superheated steam with the output parameters of 3,5 MPa and 450 °C at the 125 °C feed water temperature. Stoichiometric calculations and the flue gases enthalpy calculations are based on the composition of the specified fuel. The efficiency and fuel consumption of the boiler is also determined. The thesis mainly focuses on the thermal calculation and geometric design of the individual heat transfer surfaces of the boiler. The drawing documentation of the steam boiler is available in the attachment of the thesis.

Proposal for heating the building of the hotel type. The first part describes the detailed description and analysis of heat sources proposed in the third part, which are gas-fired condensing boilers, fireplaces and stoves. In the second part we find two technical solutions involvement boiler room. The third section contains solutions for selected variants.

This master thesis deals with problematics of fine particles produced during combustion in fireplace stoves. The theoretical part is focused on the analysis of the atmosphere, health consequences, solid pollutants, the formation of particles (origin), particle separation and how they are regulated by laws. Theoretical section of the thesis addresses analysis of biomass and its combustion. In the applied section are listed given methods of the particles measuring according to regulations, common errors during measurement and methods of identification of measured fine particles. Then follow specific measurements of the formed very fine particles produced by the SMPS method. Subsequently, the results of the measurement are evaluated and summarized in the conclusion.

The diploma thesis deals with design of warm air heating and ventilating system for low energy house. Introduction of this thesis is focused on dividing residential buildings by their heat requirement. Then problems of residential building ventilation and possibilities of warm air heating systems including heat recovery are presented. In the next chapter summary of ventilating units with heat recovery and warm air heating units for residential low energy buildings and pasive family houses is presented. Calculation of low energy house heat losses, which is solved, is based on CSN 06 0210, CSN 73 0540 and CSN EN 12831 standards. Design and calculation of warm air heating and ventilation system and ground heat exchangers is also described. Floor heating system, fireplace insert and solar heating system are designed as supplementary systems. At the end of this thesis the control system is presented. Project documentation is enclosed in appendix.

Firelighting is not an uncommon behaviour for young people. A review of the relevant literature shows that, fortunately, most young people who light fires, do so because they are curious, and fire safety education intervention is enough to prevent any future firelighting activity. However, a small number have significant psychosocial issues that may contribute to continued firelighting behaviour. The Juvenile Fire Awareness and Intervention Program (JFAIP) is a fire safety education program established in Victoria, Australia to target active young firelighters. While some young firelighters referred to the program have mental health problems, the JFAIP is not designed for such cases. Thus a need has been identified for a screening questionnaire to identify young people with psychosocial disturbance predictive of ongoing firelighting behaviour, in order to recommend supplementary mental health intervention. The overarching aim of this project was to develop such a screening tool. The first aim of Study 1 was to evaluate the validity of two internationally established firelighter screening tools, the FEMA Child Risk Survey (CRS) and Family Risk Survey (FRS). The second aim was to explore the fire-specific, family and psychosocial profile of young repeat firelighters and develop a new firelighter screening tool to be subsequently evaluated and compared to the CRS and FRS. Utilising a sample of 61 JFAIP families, data about fire-specific, family and psychosocial characteristics of the young firelighters (5-17 years of age) at the time of their initial pre-intervention interview was collected via the CRS, FRS, Fire Risk Interview and Child Behaviour Checklist. A 12-month follow-up obtained information about continued firelighting activity. Study 1 results indicated that the CRS was unable to distinguish between the groups (repeat and non-repeat), but the FRS demonstrated some utility, accurately detecting 86% of repeat firelighters. However it was overly inclusive, erroneously predicting that half of the non-repeat firelighters were also at risk. The results also identified significant differences on a number of fire-specific and psychosocial variables between repeat and non-repeat firelighters. The 25 specific items or themes across the four instruments used to collect data demonstrating the greatest differences between the repeat and non-repeat firelighters were combined into a new screening tool, termed the Behaviour Risk Tool (BRT). Study 2 was designed to measure the validity and reliability of the BRT using new samples. In Part A the BRT was completed by the parent/guardian of 63 young people in the JFAIP (5-17 years of age) at their initial pre-intervention interview. A minimum six month follow up contact determined the presence or absence of repeat firelighting. Results demonstrated the BRT had a sensitivity of 0.8 and specificity of 0.7 at the cut-off score of 57.5. Thus the BRT detected 80% of the repeat firelighters and 70% of the nonrepeat firelighters correctly. In Part B, the test-retest reliability and internal consistency of the BRT was assessed. Parents/guardians of 76 children (5-17 years) in the general population completed the questionnaire twice, two weeks apart. The results indicated high repeatability across time (r=.93) and high internal consistency (.88-.93) for the BRT. Hence, Study 2 found that the BRT had better sensitivity and specificity than the CRS and FRS and was a reliable questionnaire. The expectation is that the BRT will be used as a preliminary screening measure in the JFAIP, to identify cases where additional mental health support may be necessary. This is the first such tool to be developed in an Australia context. Furthermore, the JFAIP is the first young firelighter program in Australia to adopt a screening tool of this kind. Ideally the BRT will continue to be used over many years with many families, and continue to be evaluated for effectiveness and further improvements.

Nowadays most business activities have an international scope forcing companies to compete in an increasingly interdependent global economic environment. This trend towards internationalization seems to be pushing European companies to pursue growth opportunities on Emerging Countries that proved to be particularly resilient after the 2008 global sub-prime crisis. As an example of this approach, the Case Study illustrates the challenge of Focus entering the Brazilian market in early 2013. Focus is a small-sized French company that produces premium design Fireplaces, Barbecues and Furniture Accessories aimed to the high-end residential market. Despite selling to more than 40 countries around the globe and having a lasting international experience, a number of relevant evidences suggest that this might be no ordinary expansion for the company. The Case Study provides quantitative (statistical) market data as well as qualitative evidences that were collected through a series of interviews targeted to Focus’ managers (in France) and market stakeholders (in Brazil). The most important dynamics regarding the firm’s challenge are captured by analyzing the performance of market drivers and related industries (such as Construction and Decoration) on both geographical regions – Core Current Markets and Brazil. The Luxury Market dynamics are also reviewed with a particular emphasis on the consumption pattern of the Brazilian Luxury Consumers. This comparative perspective combined with the implementation of theoretical frameworks will reveal the meaningful facts and major conclusions that can support Focus’ decisions. The Case Resolution shall demonstrate a proper process to logically define the several strategic and operational dimensions regarding Focus’ entry into the Brazilian market. It can also provide a roadmap for managers needing to lead any International Marketing plan as it approaches Focus’ internationalization challenge in a broad sense.
Hoje em dia grande parte das atividades de negócios têm um alcance internacional, o que força as empresas a competir em um ambiente económico global cada vez mais interdependente. Esta tendência de internacionalização tem vindo a forçar as empresas Europeias a procurar oportunidades de crescimento em Países Emergentes, que se mostraram particularmente resilientes à crise global do sub-prime de 2008. Como exemplo desta abordagem, o Caso de Estudo ilustra o desafio da empresa Focus para entrar no mercado Brasileiro. A Focus é uma pequena empresa Francesa dedicada à produção de Lareiras, Churrasqueiras e Acessórios de Mobiliário de design superior e direcionada para o mercado residencial de alto padrão. Muito embora a empresa atualmente venda para mais de 40 países no mundo inteiro e tenha uma duradoura experiência internacional, um conjunto de evidências relevantes sugere que este poderá não ser um processo de expansão comum para a empresa. O Caso de Estudo apresenta dados de mercado quantitativos (estatísticos) e também evidências qualitativas que foram recolhidas através de um conjunto de entrevistas direcionadas a gestores da Focus (em França) e a intervenientes do mercado (no Brasil). As dinâmicas mais relevantes que estão relacionadas com o desafio da empresa são capturadas através da análise do desempenho de impulsionadores de mercado e outras indústrias chave (como é o caso da Construção e Decoração) em ambas as áreas geográficas – Principais Mercados Atuais e o Brasil. As dinâmicas do Mercado de Luxo foram também consideradas com uma ênfase especial no perfil de consumo dos Consumidores Brasileiros de Produtos de Luxo. Esta perspectiva comparativa em conjunto com a aplicação de quadros teóricos irá revelar os factos significativos e principais conclusões que podem justificar as decisões da Focus. A Resolução do Caso deverá demonstrar o processo apropriado para a Focus definir de uma forma lógica as várias dimensões estratégicas e operacionais relacionadas com a sua entrada no mercado Brasileiro. Poderá também servir de roteiro para gestores com necessidade de gerir um plano de Marketing Internacional, visto que aborda o desafio de internacionalização da Focus de uma forma lata.

博士
國立成功大學
外國語文學系
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Abstract This dissertation reconsiders domesticity in Catharine Beecher’s A Treatise on Domestic Economy (1841) and The American Woman’s Home (1869). To extend Beecher’s enterprise of founding the women’s profession of home economics, this dissertation argues that Beecher’s efforts in institutionalizing home economics as a classroom curriculum for women’s education contributed to reformulating domesticity and transforming the nineteenth-century American cult of domesticity from a power of morality to the power of knowledge. Among her peers in contemporary domestic advice authorship, Catharine Beecher was a pioneer in dedicating her lifework, spanning from the 1820s to 1870s, to women’s education in home economics. A Treatise on Domestic Economy, Beecher’s first domestic advice manual, was prepared as a textbook of home economics in female seminaries and proposed to introduce home economics into class curriculum. This volume was later revised into The American Women’s Home, which unfolds with the aim to establish home economics as a true profession for women. Nineteenth-century America witnessed revolutions in two cultural aspects: industrial development and the role of women. In an era when the possibility of rapid social progress encouraged men’s mobility in the job markets, the same social energy tended to perpetuate the cult of domesticity, positing the home as a woman’s place and home-making as a woman’s work. This dissertation examines the revisions which Beecher made when A Treatise on Domestic Economy was re-edited into The American Women’s Home. The numerous changes made serve as a window into not only Catharine Beecher’s mind, but also into the changes that were reshaping the role of women in American society. Beecher’s revisions serve as her responses to the tension between the Industrial Revolution and women’s evolving role. The revisions made to the older volume, especially those relating to household technology, domestic consumption, and a mother’s role, illustrate Beecher’s responsive reformulation of domesticity. This dissertation explores Beecher’s increasing efforts to integrate the concept of science to her guidelines of home-making, and will show how this integration helps to transform home economics into a body of knowledge for women’s education. By delineating the alignment between women and knowledge in A Treatise on Domestic Economy and The American Women’s Home, this dissertation hopes to present Beecher’s efforts to establish home economics as a knowledge base of power for women.

A casa popular é a mais crua representação do espaço doméstico e, de facto, é a que mais fielmente representa a identidade de um povo. Esta, surge no panorama insular como parte integrante da paisagem, não se limitando, no entanto, à sua função meramente referencial do cenário rural da ilha. É portadora, também ela, de uma identidade própria e expressiva que se pretende ressalvar. A tradição, que não se limita a um intervalo temporal e está presente ainda nos espaços contemporâneos, é a orientadora do trabalho, e é através dela que se torna possível a sistematização e eventual tipificação da casa popular, admitindo a variedade de formas de habitação presentes da ilha. É na relação que o espaço da cozinha tem com as restantes divisões da casa que as tipologias habitacionais são definidas. Estas casas são um reflexo da tradição popular, incluídas no padrão da casa popular tradicional pelo modo de apropriação do espaço e implantação no lugar, pela utilização da pedra local como material de construção, pelo sistema de cobertura de pouca inclinação, geralmente de duas águas, pela sua forma com o símbolo caraterizante do sistema forno-lareira-chaminé, exterior e adossado à casa e, pela sua organização interna, de desenho simples e pouco compartimentado.O sistema forno-lareira-chaminé é o principal responsável pela construção da identidade da casa popular. Com base neste pressuposto, a presente vertente teórica serve-se do estudo do sistema forno-lareira-chaminé, no espaço da cozinha, na ilha de São Miguel, para a compreensão do seu povo e da sua arquitetura.
The popular house is the unrefined image of the domestic space. It is in fact the most reliable representation of a nation’s identity. It appears originally in an island context as an inherent part of the landscape, however, it doesn’t confine itself to its function as a rural reference of the scenery of the island. It also carries its own distinct and striking identity which this work intends to emphasize. The tradition, which isn’t restrained to a single time period since it’s still present in contemporary spaces, is the guideline for the premise this study and also for the organization of types of popular houses, acknowledging the wide range of housing throughout the island. The relation between the kitchen space with the remaining house compartments is the basis for the definition of types of housing. These houses reflect popular tradition, in a sense that they fit the pattern of traditional popular houses, including features such as the way space is used and lived, the use of local stone for construction, the low pitch roofs, usually a two sections roof, the shape attached to the outside of the house in order to better accommodate the oven-fireplace-chimney system, and the simple inside organization with few compartments. The oven-fireplace-chimney system is the main factor responsible for the identity of the popular house. Based on this, this work makes use of this study on the oven-fireplace-chimney and the kitchen space, contextualized on São Miguel island, for the comprehension of its people and local architecture.