From Thesis to Teaching: The Practice of Using Rocks in Architecture and the Challenge of "Making it Different"

Abstract:

About 20 years ago, the lack of knowledge of the Brazilian architects about the use of rocks as natural materials was being commented which may have contributed to the problems of the stone coatings of buildings in several cities, compromising their original features and the beauty of many works. Professionals did not seek technological data on rocks and students were not instructed on such subjects in classrooms. The choice of these materials was supposedly empirical. Between 2010 and 2012 it was possible to obtain access to information about the contents of materials teaching in the architecture courses of Brazil, and also to inquire whether or not there was knowledge by architects active in the market on the subject, interviewing 64 professionals in 13 states from the country. The architects would be authors of architectural projects of large buildings and responsible for the materials specifications. Conclusion: there is no teaching directed to the use of rocks in Architecture in the country courses and architects never learned formally about such subject, fact that justified in a doctorate thesis proposal, the creation of the first discipline on the subject in the Course of Architecture and Urbanism of the Federal University of Pernambuco, UFPE, Brazil.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 848)
• Pages: 157-164
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.848.157
• Online since: June 2020
• Authors: Risale Neves*
• Keywords: International Works as Apprenticeship, Interviews With Architects, Rocks, Teaching

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