Research Structure

Research Projects

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Places of Memory of Health

Coordinated by professor Ana Amora. It is a broad project, in several stages and themes, which encompasses the studies and activities that we have been developing since before the doctorate, within the scope of activities at UFSC and, currently, together with UFRJ. Among the objectives: to see the continuity of the sanitary perspective in the ordering of cities between the years of 1920 and 1945; understand the academic environment of the ENBA architecture course, then the National Faculty of Architecture FNA and, finally, the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism at UFRJ-FAU; to raise and know...

Post-Occupation Assessment and Place Quality: ANALYSIS AND RE-READING OF INSTRUMENTS FOR FIELD RESEARCH

The Research Groups Environment-Education (GAE) and Quality of Place and Landscape (ProLUGAR) have been developing teaching and research activities related to the applicability of concepts, methods and instruments that allow incorporating human-environment interactions produced during the observation experience in a Post-Occupancy Assessment. The conceptual and methodological approach that has characterized the researches of the Groups, proposes the re-reading and the re-signification of the classic techniques and instruments of an APO, expanding the concept and the perception of the quality o...

Project, Planning and Landscape

The research aims to study how social representations continually construct 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. Specifically, it is dedicated to the study of: the construction of landscape through discourse and form (construction of ideals and 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 constructing thinking about urban and landsc...

Reflective Design: Conceptual and Operational Deepening in Project Practice

The research project aims to expand the interfaces between design practice and the academic environment. The study will be based on real architectural design situations, documented with an emphasis on their conceptual and procedural descriptions rather than an approach that primarily prioritizes execution as the main objective. In other words, this research focuses on architectural production by explicitly examining its intrinsic design processes.The motivation for this study stems from a critical perspective: the predominance of an objective or objectified description of architectural design ...

Soundscape, memory and culture

The research is developed in the Graduate Program in Architecture (PROARQ) of the School of Architecture and Urbanism of the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (FAUUFRJ) within the scope of the Project and Environmental Representation (proAMB) CNPq Group. It addresses the cultural relations that are established between the visible built landscape and the invisible soundscape of cities, aiming to demonstrate the importance of sounds in the qualification and identification of urban spaces and in the construction of a collective memory. It is dedicated to the development of the creation of new ...

Subjective and cultural dimension of ambiances: ethnopopographic tools in architecture and urbanism

Coordinated by the professors Ethel Pinheiro and Cristiane Rose Duarte. The study of Ambiances, seen as man-environment-culture interaction, is extremely important for the democratization of cities, since it contributes to the density of the analysis of urban scenarios and emphasizes the role of cultural practices in cities. Based on the assumption of valuing micro and small scales of living and urban centralities, this research seeks to understand the importance of sensitive experiences in the construction of citizens' feelings and meanings of belonging. Hand-to-hand in the city, being with t...

Sustainability and Innovation in Materials and Construction Systems for the Building Project

This multidisciplinary project, coordinated by Professor Marcos Silvoso, aims to add skills to promote the sustainable development of building materials and construction systems for building design. It also seeks to assess the performance of residential buildings, with reference to NBR 15575, in aspects related to sustainability, environmental comfort, structural performance, useful life and its relationship with the building design and production process. An extremely important industry for the country, civil construction is currently responsible for a large part of the consumption of raw mat...

Sustainability and project

Coordinated by professor Virginia Vasconcellos. The "Project and Sustainability Research" allows the sharing of character production: [1] Scientific (theoretical-conceptual), welcoming students from [1] Academic Master and Doctorate and [2] Practical, attending students of Professional Master. In its scientific aspect [1], it aims to: develop studies that raise, analyze, understand, interpret, critically evaluate concepts, attributes, and situations of use, occupation, preservation, requalification, rehabilitation, and reintegration of cultural heritage. Under this goal, it provides for studie...

Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) e a New Urban Agenda (NUA): equity, urban resilience and socio-environmental sustainability (CAPES PRINT)

This research project, coordinated by professor Vera Tângari aims to meet the goals defined by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and the New Urban Agenda (NUA) by CAPES PRINT, with a focus on criticism and project development. The activities to be developed must defend the improvement of quality of life, public education and health, physical security, well-being, creativity, and the public sphere in cities. In this context, the research, extension, and design practice activities that meet the guidelines and include solutions to perceived problems in an inclusive manner are understood as...

Sustainable, Resilient, and Smart Cities: Project Management in Architecture in the Era of Digital Technologies

Research across Brazil has shown the potential of digital technologies, particularly Building Information Modeling (BIM), in reducing errors and inconsistencies in design through automated requirements verification and the production of higher-performing buildings. The possibilities offered by City Information Modeling (CIM) have also been discussed, especially due to the interest in combining both (BIM and CIM). Additionally, City Information Modeling (CIM) can contribute to the promotion of smart cities.In this context, two distinct yet complementary aspects should be highlighted: (1) the in...

The Built Environment in the Context of Climate Change and a Circular Economy

In this project, coordinated by Prof. Lucas Rosse Caldas, climate change is considered one of humanity's greatest challenges, prompting us to question the current production process, which is essentially linear, leading to the depletion of natural resources and the generation of large amounts of waste and negative environmental impacts. In this context, the pursuit of more sustainable construction will only be possible if greenhouse gases, the adverse effects of climate change, and the use of circular economy strategies are taken into account. This research project aims to explore ways to...

The education of the gaze: apprehension of the geometric attributes of the shape of places

The research introduces the education of the gaze as a strategy for the understanding of architectural forms characterizing the volumetry of the physical space (architectural, urban and landscape), through polyhedra and their relationships. The investigation of the form, in this sense, interacts with the knowledge produced by other research groups that work in PROARQ. The objective of this project is to produce animations, manipulable three-dimensional visualizations, models and to gather in a publication, of a didactic nature, the set of theoretical and methodological references to be applied...

The garden-form and landscape architecture: socio-spatial practices and cultural hybridities

The garden shape expresses ideas and plays different roles in the landscape. It mixes, associates and hybridizes the environment, culture and art. It materializes in space through objects and actions that align themselves through uses, functions, symbols of all kinds, thus revealing the idea of ​​place. The garden-form is distinguished when nature is previously framed, and it designs scenarios of specific scales, different ambiences and different styles that, in addition to creating places, leave marks that penetrate, one by one, in the different layers of history. The material and immater...

The image of Heritage in Architecture magazines

Studies of the image of cultural heritage produced and promoted through the set of photographs they document illustrate matters of informative, theoretical, practical and critical content published in the main architectural magazines published in Brazil in the 20th century.To acess the research at Sucupira click HERE...

The importance of cultural spaces for the requalification of urban centers

Its research of concepts and critical content related to the renovation of historic centers from the requalification of museums and cultural center buildings.To access the research at Sucupira click HERE...

The Use of Green and Blue Infrastructure in Urban Stormwater Management as a Technology for Sustainable Development Toward Resilient Cities

Projeto coordenado pela profa. Dra. Aline Veról. A expansão das áreas urbanas e a pressão sobre o uso do solo alteraram as funções ecológicas e ecossistêmicas do ambiente. Estratégias de adaptação como o uso de infraestrutura verde e azul podem reduzir os efeitos negativos das ações antrópicas, além de proporcionarem benefícios para a saúde e a qualidade de vida da população. Essas estratégias podem destacar-se como alternativas mais sustentáveis, econômicas, multifuncionais e flexíveis em comparação com as soluções tradicionais. Este projeto de pesquisa visa pr...

Theatrical and Urban Scenographies: theater and the city as spaces of representation and memory

The project, coordinated by Prof. Niuxa Dias Drago, aims to integrate two main lines of research on the city: one that investigates the creation of the city's image, considering that, beyond being a material artifact and a social dynamic, it is also a constructed image; and another that explores theater as the artistic language that maintains the oldest dialogical relationship with the city. Based on the premise that Theater and the City are arenas where the phenomenological meaning of space is present and in tension with new spatial-temporal constructions, the project seeks to relate processe...

Urban Design Code

The research coordinated by Professor Maria Lucia Pecly, aims to understand how the process of "Urban Design Code" in England can be used as a tool in the construction of quality parameters for teaching social housing projects in Brazil. The approach adopted by design coding seeks to establish principles of urban design quality with an emphasis on the connection between the design process, management and governance of the project and the final product built.The process of coding urban design (Urban Design Code) in the United Kingdom: Process + ProductThe Urban Design Code was created in E...

Vegetation in environmental comfort

Coordinated by professor Virginia Vasconcelos. The project aims to rescue the role of vegetation as an element that induces quality and environmental sustainability, based on the identification of the main characteristics of plant species and their relationship with the comfort of the built environment. Part of the analysis of the performance of tree species with different canopy densities in reducing direct solar radiation and air temperature, establishing interactions with the built environment and with climatic variables, through physical surveys and field experiments.To access the research...