Prática paisagística: iniciação e ateliê de projeto

Abstract

This work, originally published by a university press under the title ABC del Proyecto Paisajista, was presented as a professorship thesis at the Universidad Nacional de La Plata by engineer-architect Alfredo Horácio Benassi. This is a proposal for an integrated methodology for landscape design in Latin American cities, applicable on multiple scales and proposes the necessary interaction between various areas of knowledge. It brings together physical, bioclimatic, ecological and social aspects as project parameters and positions them in the various stages of the process, from inventory, diagnosis to the project and its representation, work and management, passing through the contracting client and reaching the end user of the project - which in In the case of public spaces, it highlights the citizen and the community. The case study brings practical applications of the use of the methodology in real spaces, with emphasis on the use of vegetation. When choosing the plant repertoire, the examples include species from the subtropical flora present in Argentina. This does not invalidate its applicability to our context, as adaptations are only necessary to the reality of Brazil's floristic resources. It is a work intended for landscape design professionals. and also to all those interested in the Landscape.