Since 1987, PROARQ has maintained its objectives focused on the production and dissemination of scientific knowledge, prioritizing innovation in the field of Architecture and Urbanism. Its actions take into account the different national realities and are connected to international advancements. It is also dedicated to training highly qualified researchers, who are technologically and culturally up to date, and prepared for both teaching and professional practice. This commitment led, in 2015, to the awarding of the CAPES Grand Thesis Prize in the Humanities category.
Alongside the humanistic focus that underpins the Program, there is also a concern with construction technologies, production processes, rationalization, and environmental comfort. These aspects have been present in the course structure since its creation in 1987. Research, thematic studies, and debates on the complexity of issues related to Design, Technology, Urban Culture, Preservation, and Architectural Theory are priorities within the Research Lines and Projects. These are organized into Areas of Concentration and are materialized through the intellectual production of faculty, students, and collaborators in research groups and laboratories.
The interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approach, the interrelations between Theory and Practice, and the inseparability of Teaching, Research, and Extension are foundational pillars of the Program and support the integration between Research Lines and Projects.
The expansion of national and international agreements, the provision of consulting services, the diversification of dissemination and communication methods, as well as the organization of publications, seminars, workshops, and exhibitions are key actions to integrate Teaching, Research, and Extension activities at both graduate and undergraduate levels.
Alongside the humanistic focus that underpins the Program, there is also a concern with construction technologies, production processes, rationalization, and environmental comfort. These aspects have been present in the course structure since its creation in 1987. Research, thematic studies, and debates on the complexity of issues related to Design, Technology, Urban Culture, Preservation, and Architectural Theory are priorities within the Research Lines and Projects. These are organized into Areas of Concentration and are materialized through the intellectual production of faculty, students, and collaborators in research groups and laboratories.
The interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approach, the interrelations between Theory and Practice, and the inseparability of Teaching, Research, and Extension are foundational pillars of the Program and support the integration between Research Lines and Projects.
The expansion of national and international agreements, the provision of consulting services, the diversification of dissemination and communication methods, as well as the organization of publications, seminars, workshops, and exhibitions are key actions to integrate Teaching, Research, and Extension activities at both graduate and undergraduate levels.
MISSION
To train professionals with critical and innovative capacity, becoming an institutional reference for commitment to research, teaching, and professional practice, as well as a reference for scientific development oriented toward social, political, and professional demands in the field of Architecture and Urbanism.
VISION
To pursue academic and scientific excellence by enhancing the production, dissemination, and sharing of knowledge in response to contemporary socio-cultural and technological demands in Architecture and Urbanism, while committing to humanistic and systemic actions characteristic of the Applied Social Sciences.
VALUES
Excellence: PROARQ seeks results of excellence, with high social, economic, and technological standards.
Ethics: PROARQ is guided by values and ways of being that motivate, build, discipline, and guide good public practices aimed at the proper growth of the community.
Transparency: PROARQ prioritizes collective processes and the ongoing update of clearer, more objective, and inclusive resolutions for the proper functioning of its academic community, within the administration of a public and federal program.
Diversity: PROARQ understands that diversity is a driving force and a key to fostering a sense of belonging and social inclusion.
Innovation: PROARQ seeks outcomes that value creative and transformative processes and promote even partial paradigm shifts, positively impacting the quality of research in architecture and urbanism, based on real needs.
Cooperation: PROARQ values the ability to work together, mutual collaboration, and the pursuit of supportive processes and collective construction of common interests.
Ethics: PROARQ is guided by values and ways of being that motivate, build, discipline, and guide good public practices aimed at the proper growth of the community.
Transparency: PROARQ prioritizes collective processes and the ongoing update of clearer, more objective, and inclusive resolutions for the proper functioning of its academic community, within the administration of a public and federal program.
Diversity: PROARQ understands that diversity is a driving force and a key to fostering a sense of belonging and social inclusion.
Innovation: PROARQ seeks outcomes that value creative and transformative processes and promote even partial paradigm shifts, positively impacting the quality of research in architecture and urbanism, based on real needs.
Cooperation: PROARQ values the ability to work together, mutual collaboration, and the pursuit of supportive processes and collective construction of common interests.
OBJECTIVES
To contribute to the production and dissemination of knowledge, science, and technology in the field of Architecture and Urbanism, prioritizing the innovation of theoretical and practical foundations and the training of human resources for research, professional practice, and teaching, through the strengthening and expansion of its network of local, national, and international relations.
GOAL 1: Visibility and Knowledge Dissemination
1.1_Increase participation in major international scientific publications
1.2_Establish partnerships in innovative research
1.3_Encourage intellectual production by faculty and students
1.4_Improve communication and dissemination interfaces
1.5_Strengthen ties with the Program's alumni
1.2_Establish partnerships in innovative research
1.3_Encourage intellectual production by faculty and students
1.4_Improve communication and dissemination interfaces
1.5_Strengthen ties with the Program's alumni
GOAL 2: Social Engagement and Future Vision
2.1_Encourage research aligned with emerging topics
2.2_Deepen discussions around technologies
2.3_Enhance research aimed at training masters and doctoral students
2.4_Deepen discussions on the relationship between culture and innovation
2.5_Promote extension activities
2.2_Deepen discussions around technologies
2.3_Enhance research aimed at training masters and doctoral students
2.4_Deepen discussions on the relationship between culture and innovation
2.5_Promote extension activities
GOAL 3: Internationalization and Innovation
3.1_Consolidate agreements with Latin America and North America, Portugal, and France
3.2_Expand international agreements
3.3_Participate in academic cooperation networks (MINTER and DINTER)
3.4_Encourage missions abroad
3.5_Consolidate and prospect institutional and governmental partnerships
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3.2_Expand international agreements
3.3_Participate in academic cooperation networks (MINTER and DINTER)
3.4_Encourage missions abroad
3.5_Consolidate and prospect institutional and governmental partnerships
To access the Strategic Plan for the 2021–2024 Quadrennium, CLICK HERE.