PROARQ is situated on the 4th floor of the Jorge Machado Moreira Building, at Av. Pedro Calmon 550. It occupies rooms 431 to 445 (approximately 600 m²) within UFRJ at Ilha do Fundão Campus. The facility accommodates a significant numbernof faculty members, collaborators, researchers, master’s and doctoral students, postdoctoral fellows, and scholarship holders accross scientific initiation, extension, and technical supportprograms. These iniatives are financially supported by FAPERJ, CAPES, and CNPq. The facilities include classrooms, administrative offices, a meeting room, and an auditorium with a seating capacity of 50. Additionally, it also features research laboratories and a compact library/study area.
Complementing its humanist focus, which underpins the program, is a dedication to constructive technologies, production processes, rationalization, and environmental comfort. These aspects have been integral to the course structure since its inception 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 its Research Lines and Projects. These are organized into Areas of Concentration and are realized through the intellectual production of faculty, students, and collaborators within research groups and laboratories.
Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches, the interplay between Theory and Practice, and the inseparability of Teaching, Research, and Extension are pillars of the program, fostering integration among Research Lines and Projects.
The expansion of national and international agreements, provision of advisory services, diversification of dissemination and communication channels, as well as the organization of publications, seminars, workshops, and exhibitions are essential for integrating Teaching, Research, and Extension activities across postgraduate and undergraduate levels.
Complementing its humanist focus, which underpins the program, is a dedication to constructive technologies, production processes, rationalization, and environmental comfort. These aspects have been integral to the course structure since its inception 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 its Research Lines and Projects. These are organized into Areas of Concentration and are realized through the intellectual production of faculty, students, and collaborators within research groups and laboratories.
Interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches, the interplay between Theory and Practice, and the inseparability of Teaching, Research, and Extension are pillars of the program, fostering integration among Research Lines and Projects.
The expansion of national and international agreements, provision of advisory services, diversification of dissemination and communication channels, as well as the organization of publications, seminars, workshops, and exhibitions are essential for integrating Teaching, Research, and Extension activities across postgraduate and undergraduate levels.
MISSION
To equip professionals with critical and innovative capabilities, positioning PROARQ as a leading institution committed to research, education, and professional practice. It also strives to serve as a reference in scientific development aimed at meeting social, political, and professional demands in Architecture and Urbanism.
VISION
To pursue academic and scientific excellence by enhancing the production, dissemination, and sharing of knowledge to address contemporary social, cultural, and technological demands in Architecture and Urbanism, with a commitment to humanist and systemic actions inherent to Applied Social Sciences.
VALUES
Excellence: PROARQ seeks excellence in social, economic, and technological achievements.
Ethics: PROARQ is guided by values and ways of being that encourage, build, discipline, and orient public practices for the community's proper growth.
Transparency: PROARQ promotes collective processes and continuously updates of clear, objective, and inclusive resolutions for effective operation within the scope of managing a public, federal program.
Diversity: PROARQ understands diversity as a key driver for fostering social inclusion and belonging.
Innovation: PROARQ seeks results that value the creative and transformative process that promote paradigm shift, even if partial, positively impacting research quality in Architecture and Urbanism, through a real need.
Cooperation: PROARQ recognizes the importance of collaborative work, mutual support, and collective construction of shared goals.
Ethics: PROARQ is guided by values and ways of being that encourage, build, discipline, and orient public practices for the community's proper growth.
Transparency: PROARQ promotes collective processes and continuously updates of clear, objective, and inclusive resolutions for effective operation within the scope of managing a public, federal program.
Diversity: PROARQ understands diversity as a key driver for fostering social inclusion and belonging.
Innovation: PROARQ seeks results that value the creative and transformative process that promote paradigm shift, even if partial, positively impacting research quality in Architecture and Urbanism, through a real need.
Cooperation: PROARQ recognizes the importance of collaborative work, mutual support, and collective construction of shared goals.
OBJECTIVES
To contribute to the production and dissemination of knowledge, science, and technology in Architecture and Urbanism, prioritizing innovation in theoretical and practical foundations and the development of human resources for research, professional practice, and teaching through strengthening and expanding its local, national, and international network of relationships.
GOAL 1: Visibility and dissemination of knowledge
1.1_Increase participation in leading international scientific publications
1.2_Establish partnerships in innovative research
1.3_Encourage intellectual production of faculty members and students
1.4_Improve communication and dissemination interfaces
1.5_Strengthen connections with the program alumni
1.2_Establish partnerships in innovative research
1.3_Encourage intellectual production of faculty members and students
1.4_Improve communication and dissemination interfaces
1.5_Strengthen connections with the program alumni
GOAL 2: Social insertion and vision for the future
2.1_Promote research aligned with emerging themes
2.2_Deepen discussions on technology-related topics
2.3_Enhance research aimed at training master’s and doctoral graduates
2.4_Expand discussions on the relationship between culture and innovation
2.5_Encourage extension activities
2.2_Deepen discussions on technology-related topics
2.3_Enhance research aimed at training master’s and doctoral graduates
2.4_Expand discussions on the relationship between culture and innovation
2.5_Encourage extension activities
GOAL 3: Internationalization and Innovation
3.1_Strengthen partnerships with Latin 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 develop institutional and governmental partnerships
3.2_Expand international agreements
3.3_Participate in academic cooperation networks (MINTER and DINTER)
3.4_Encourage missions abroad
3.5_Consolidate and develop institutional and governmental partnerships