Systemic thinking and Architecture: examples in Brazil in the 1960ties

• Grant number: 10/00258-0
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: March 01, 2010
• End date: December 31, 2011
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Architecture and Town Planning - Fundamentals of Architecture and Urbanism
• Principal Investigator: Anja Pratschke
• Grantee: Ariane Paeró Dandrea
• Host Institution: Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The aim of the research is to investigate the influence of sistemic thinking in architecture projects in Brasil in the decade of 1960. The focus is to select housing projects in this periode which are related with the sistem theory. The research will contribute to ongoing projects in the research group Nomads.usp, related to the researchlines: design processes for domestic spaces and comunication processes.