The State of Urban Rehabilitation in Funchal City – Analysis of Collected Data – Part II

The rehabilitation of built heritage in rural, urban, and historical centers is a major challenge for all stakeholders involved, including promoters (both public and private, in this case public). At the national level, urban rehabilitation (UR) is a growing market, in Portugal and in the Autonomous Region of Madeira (ARM – Outermost Region of European Union) is no exception. In this context, three young students in their third year of the Civil Engineering bachelor’s degree at the University of Madeira, under the supervision of a lecture, conducted data collection from PATRIRAM – Ownership and Management of Regional Public Heritage, S.A. for the period between 2017 and 2022. In this research, the focus is on public rehabilitation works (PRW) compared to new construction works (NCW). Similar to NCW, rehabilitation works (RW) should provide a detailed description of the current state of the building to be intervened (including a characterization of structural and non-structural elements regarding their state of conservation – presence or absence of degradation mechanisms), present solutions for the respective intervention, and indicate the associated costs. This information is essential and should precede the execution project as it will provide essential inputs, helping to prevent budget deviations and construction delays. This study presents 14 selected cases in which the following information is provided: building type, contractual price, identified pathologies, level of intervention performed, materials used, and respective Energy Class of the Buildings (ECB). Among the 14 cases presented, the RW carried out at Quinta Magnólia, located in Funchal City, was selected. The most relevant conclusions are highlighted through photographic records or summarized in synthesis tables, and the main findings from the conducted study are discussed.