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The experimental workspaces in public schools of architecture in Brazil: reality or utopia?

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Author(s):
Albenise Laverde
Total Authors: 1
Document type: Doctoral Thesis
Press: São Paulo.
Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo (FAU/SBI)
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Examining board members:
Claudia Terezinha de Andrade Oliveira; Maria Amélia Devitte Ferreira D'Azevedo Leite; Henrique Lindenberg Neto; João Marcos de Almeida Lopes; Ivan Manoel Rezende do Valle
Advisor: Claudia Terezinha de Andrade Oliveira
Abstract

This thesis is inserted in the debate about the use of experimentation in building along with the conception of materiality and its role as pedagogical resource. It approaches, more specifically, the experimental workspaces and practices in the Brazilian academic context. It aims to understand the process of shaping the workspaces of the technology and construction fields established in public schools of architecture according to the singularities from different contexts of the country, educational policies and activities of the actors involved, identifying the essential conditions for those practices to be implemented and strengthened in the academic context. The work was developed based on documentary research and through technical visits in 21 public schools of architecture located in different regions of the country, with interviews directed to the main actors who are currently in charge of the field of Technology of Construction. In relation to the practical contributions, the data obtained in the technical visits made it possible to contextualize the challenges faced in the education of Technology of Construction. These challenges are not limited to the physical arrangement of the laboratory; they embrace a broader dimension, covering education politics, structural and socioeconomic aspects and, still, background issues such as interpersonal relations and bureaucracy. These results enabled the identification of conditions considered essential in the (re) formulation of strategies directed to the field of Technology of Construction and its infrastructure, so that the existing experiences can be strengthened and new applications can have a greater technical support according to the contextual singularities. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 13/22935-1 - Experimental spaces in public architecture schools in Brazil: utopia or reality?
Grantee:Albenise Laverde
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate