Os papéis da disciplina de paisagismo: uma discussão a respeito do universo necessário para promover um avanço à inserção da disciplina de paisagismo no curso de Arquitetura e Urbanismo

Abstract

This paper is the result of the doctorate research thesis developed by the author in the School of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of São Paulo-FAUUSP, under the advisory of Prof. Silvio Soares Macedo. It aims to deep some discussions held during the oral examination by the professors Ana Gabriela Godinho Lima, Euler Sandeville, Miranda M. Magnoli and Nidia Nacib Pontuschka. The thesis focused here is called “The role of Landscape Discipline in the Education of Architects and Urbanists”. The title of this article itself is a result of the comments made by Prof. Euler Sandeville when he suggested to enhance the original thesis title, providing a more comprehensive, complex and complete idea about the landscape discipline. The reader will not found the answers to the questions posed, however he or she will be invited to reflect about the landscape discipline concepts and contempts and will be motivared to search for an identity to the universe presented here. We expect to promote a collective construction about the discipline and its roles. The thesis itself opens up the discussion about the architect and urbanist education quality, by explaining the desired ethic, by reviewing the responsabilities, the contempts and proceedings of the Landscape Design courses and by questioning their effective contribution to the Architecture and Urbanism schools in Brazil. The hypothesis being demonstrated is that the Landscape architecture disciplines are important to the profession because they enable the architect and urbanist to undertake the legal competences, established by Brazilian legislation, and allows this professional to assume the ethical commitments with the questions and problems related to the territory occupation issues, dealing with environmental resources and public spaces, in the most variable scales.