Coordinated by professor Andrea Rego, this research aims to study how social representations continuously build and transform landscapes, in particular: urban planning and design; the design and construction of large architectural objects and the design and construction of works of art. In a specific way, it dedicates to the study of the construction of the landscape through discourse and form (construction of ideals and the imagery); planning as a cultural idealization and as a justification for investment vectors; informal manifestations as opposed to formal planning and teaching as a way of building thinking about urban and landscape planning. Its object is the transformation of the landscape of the Metropolitan Region of the City of Rio de Janeiro, putting into question the very concept of the Metropolitan Region, being able by methodological definition to observe other national or international territories. Recently, the research has been dedicating to the analysis of the Master Plans of the municipalities intercepted by the Metropolitan Arch of Rio de Janeiro and the Studies and Impact Reports of the neighborhoods of the big undertakings that took place in the City of Rio de Janeiro due to the financial investments and incentives of the power public. The project is linked to both the Professional Master's as well as the Academic Master's and Doctorate, and has funding from Faperj, CNPQ and UFRJ.