1st Edition
Portuguese Landscape Architecture Education, Heritage and Research 80 Years of History
In 2022, the Landscape Architecture Course in Portugal celebrated 80 years of existence. This edited collection, Portuguese Landscape Architecture Education, Heritage and Research, commemorates this important milestone by bringing together some of the most respected names in Portuguese landscape architecture.
Although the book’s content is much targeted at the assessment of the Portuguese history and influence, the themes under analysis are all-encompassing within the major fields, namely Pedagogy; Heritage; Theory and Methods; Design and Landscape Planning and Management. The book seeks to address several research questions, including:
- How has landscape architecture evolved in Portugal and how has it been revealed in the different disciplinary areas and educational institutions, particularly considering the great challenges of today?
- What legacy did Caldeira Cabral, Sousa da Câmara and the first generation of landscape architects leave us that can be identified in the theory and practice of research projects, recent or ongoing, carried out by Portuguese landscape architects?
- How has education, research and practice of landscape architecture in Portugal been influenced or reflected by the exchange of knowledge with other countries?
This book will be of interest to researchers and students, as it encompasses an extensive contribution to the field of landscape architecture studies, aiming to impact both on the theory and practice of the discipline.
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List of contributors
Acknowledgements
Foreword I - Bruno Marques, President of the International Federation of Landscape Architects (IFLA)
Foreword II – João Ceregeiro, President of Associação Portuguesa de Arquitectos Paisagistas (APAP)
Introduction: Three principles of ecological thinking for an interpretation of Portuguese Landscape Architecture Education, Heritage, and Research
Maria Matos Silva
Methodology and review process
Maria Matos Silva, Anubhav Goyal
Part I – Heritage and History of Portuguese Landscape Architecture: A time-frame for Portuguese Landscape Architecture in Portugal
Teresa Andresen
Chapter 1: Historic Gardens as Cultural Heritage. From early debates to future initiatives
Teresa Portela-Marques, Maria José
Chapter 2:Gonçalo Ribeiro Telles: Landscape Architect, Ecologist and Politician in Portugal.
Domingas Vasconcelos, Paulo Farinha-Marques, Francisco Castro Rego
Chapter 3:Francisco Caldeira Cabral and the Panorama magazine: introducing a landscape conscience in tourist propaganda.
Gonçalo Duarte Gomes
Chapter 4:Landscape Architecture Education in Portugal and Italy. The Pioneering Approaches of Francisco Caldeira Cabral and Pietro Porcinai.
Ludovica Nardella
Chapter 5:Landscape architecture in Portugal: the quest for a needed memory.
Maria João Fonseca
Chapter 6: Lisbon city gardeners, from horticulture to landscape architecture (1850-1950). Cristina Castel-Branco, Ana Raquel Cunha, Ana Luísa Soares
Chapter 7:From historical research to urban ecology: a new perspective on the evolution of landscape art.
Ana Raquel Cunha, Maria Manuel Romeiras, Miguel Brilhante, Francisco Castro Rego, Ana Luísa Soares
Chapter 8: 30 years of research in Green Infrastructure and Landscape Planning.
Inês Adagói, Natália Cunha, Ana Müller, João Silva, Leonor T. Barata, Manuela R. Magalhães, Selma B. Pena, Luísa Franco
Part II – A Portuguese context on Education and Pedagogy in Landscape Architecture.
Landscape Architecture Education in Portugal: heading to a comprehensive logical/rational, aesthetic and ethic approach.
Luís Paulo Ribeiro
Chapter 9: Teaching Restoration of Historical Gardens: Research Through Design experience.
Cristina Castel-Branco, Sónia Talhé Azambuja
Chapter 10:Nature-based solutions in the teaching of landscape design by Manuel Sousa da Câmara.
Paulo Farinha-Marques
Chapter 11:The Legacy of Three Generations of Architects-Professors: Francisco Caldeira Cabral, Manuel Sousa da Câmara and João Nunes.
Eduardo J.S.C. Pinto
Chapter 12:Landscape Architecture and Urban Ecology research as means for knowledge transfer on urban resilience in Maputo, Mozambique.
Ana Beja da Costa
Chapter 13:Breaking siloes and embracing the future: Western and Indigenous lenses in the education of Landscape Architects.
Bruno Marques, Jacqueline McIntosh
Chapter 14:From the concept of Cultural Landscape to its application in conservation policies and higher education in Portugal.
Raquel Carvalho, Teresa Portela Marques, Cristina Castel-Branco
Part III – Portuguese perspectives on Theory and Methods in Landscape Architecture.
Theory versus Circumstances. The Help of Methods in Landscape Architecture
Cristina Castel-Branco
Chapter 15:In between revolutions: drivers of landscape change in Interior Alentejo from the Liberal Revolution to the April Revolution.
Isabel Martinho da Silva
Chapter 16:Urban adaptation strategy for Tinto riverscape, at watershed scale, towards its multifunctionality and hydrological resilience - impacts and governance challenges.
Diana T. Fernandes, Maria José Curado, Rodrigo Maia
Chapter 17:Diversity of street trees in Lisbon, towards city sustainability.
Ana Luísa Soares, Leónia Nunes, Inês Duarte, Ana Júlia Francisco, Davide Gaião, Francisco Castro Rego, Susana Dias
Chapter 18: Contributions to the integration of socio-cultural landscape assessment methods in the learning process.
Lígia Vaz de Figueiredo, Isabel Loupa Ramos, Maria da Graça Saraiva, Fátima Bernardo
Chapter 19: Multiscalarity, interdisciplinarity, and research-by-design towards a metropolitan landscape.
Ana Beja da Costa, Wim Wambecq, João Rafael Santos
Conclusion: Landscape Architecture and the practice of ecological thinking: considerations for the next 80 years of history
Maria Matos Silva, João Ferreira Nunes
Index
Biography
Maria Matos Silva, Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture (LA) at Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA-UL), is currently coordinating the Master’s Programme in LA (2022–). She has a degree in LA from ISA-UL (2007), a Master’s degree (2010) and PhD (2016) from the University of Barcelona, where she focused on urban and public space design. She has been a Research Associate of Centro de Investigação em Arquitectura, Urbanismo e Design (CIAUD) at the Faculty of Architecture, UL since 2016. She was awarded an Honourable Mention in the Scientific Prize of the UL / CGD (2019) and is Co-PI of the "MetroPublicNet" FCT research project.
Teresa Andresen is a landscape architect and agricultural engineer (CLAP, 1982; EA, 1982). She has been a professor in higher education for 30 years and was a member of the Scientific Council of the European Environment Agency from 2002 to 2008; President of the European Foundation for Landscape Architecture from 2004 to 2007; Vice-President of the International Federation of Landscape Architects (2007); and Portuguese Expert at the Permanent Commission for World Heritage (UNESCO) from 2014 to 2017. He has been a member of the National Council for Environment and Sustainable Development since 2013 and President of the Board of AJH – Portuguese Association of Historic Gardens since 2017.
Cristina Castel-Branco is a landscape architect and Professor at the University of Lisbon. As a Fulbright student, she received an MLA from U.Mass and obtained her PhD in the history of garden art. She has published on subjects in landscape architecture history, restoration and ecological design. She is founder and the first President of the Historic Gardens Association; Director of the Botanical Garden of Ajuda (1997–2002) and is a Member of the Unesco-Icomos cultural landscapes. She maintains a professional practice in Lisbon, the ACB studio, which has been prize-winning since 1990. She was granted the award of Officier des Arts et des Lettres in 2015 and the Japanese Government Praise of Merit in 2020.
Luís Paulo Ribeiro, Assistant Professor of Landscape Architecture (LA) at Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA-UL), has been lecturing since 1999. He obtained his degree in LA at ISA-UL, and his PhD from the University of Massachusetts, USA (1997). He is a founding partner of TOPIARIS (1988), an expert in the restoration of historical gardens and a coordinator of related projects, such as the Tropical Botanical Garden of Lisbon. He is head of the Master’s and PhD programs in the LA department, and a regular invited lecturer at the University of Massachusetts, where he was awarded the 6th Fabos Medal for the excellence of his work on Greenway planning and design.
João Ferreira Nunes is a landscape architect with a great passion for drawing and understanding the processes of the world. The founder of PROAP, his professional and teaching activities intertwine and contribute to the development of new lines of research and experimentation. He is full professor at the Accademia di Architettura in Mendrisio, Switzerland and Visiting Professor at international universities.
