Apontamentos de arte nova na obra de Ernesto Korrodi
Study of domestic interior design in Portugal at the beginning of the 20th century and the contribution of Art Nouveau to this professional practice
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Interior design spaces of Ernesto Korrodi
Project files
Family members and asset managers of Ernesto Korrodi
| # | Name of Method | Research Phase | Research Approach | Researcher Role | Object of Study / Participants | N |
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| 1 | Literature review | Exploratory | Qualitative | x | x | unspecified |
| 2 | Spatial analysis | Generative | Qualitative | x | Interior design spaces of Ernesto Korrodi | 10 |
| 3 | Document analysis | Generative | Qualitative | x | Project files | 5 |
| 4 | Interview | Exploratory/Generative | Qualitative | x | Family members and asset managers of Ernesto Korrodi | unspecified |
Knowledge Exchange (PhD Process) Produced with input
| IK&T | Academia | Design Practice | Society |
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| Context | Yes | No | No |
| Vision | No | No | No |
| Means | No | No | No |
Study and teach domestic interior design as an integrated discipline—coordinating plans, ornament, lighting, materials, and furniture as one spatial system rather than as disconnected decorative parts.
Reposition Ernesto Korrodi within the history of design in Portugal as both architect and designer, and continue research on his interiors, furniture, and authorial methods as part of the genealogy of Portuguese design.
Investigate Art Nouveau in Portugal beyond façades by documenting how it enters domestic interiors through furniture, azulejaria, ceilings, wallpapers, industrial products, and spatial innovations.
Continue studying how functional hierarchies, gendered domains, new household functions, and technological innovations (e.g., bathrooms, elevators, service systems) reshaped Portuguese domestic interiors at the turn of the century.
Investigate the role of ornament and color as structuring—not merely decorative—devices that produce spatial unity, direct perception, and mediate between tradition and modernity in interior design.
Inventory, preserve, publish, and disseminate surviving interiors, furniture, and paper projects by Korrodi and his contemporaries, since much evidence is ephemeral, altered, or still only exists on paper.
