Using Geotechnologies and the Logic of Geodesign in Urban Planning Learning Processes
ISBN 978-85-88783-11-9
Authors
1Araujo, R.; 2Fiuza, F.; 3Bernardino, J.; 3Lourenço, K.; 4de Paula, P.
1UFMG URBAN PLANNING DEPARTMENT Email: rogerio@praxisbh.com.br
2UFMG URBAN PLANNING DEPARTMENT Email: fernandafiuza.arquitetura@gmail.com
3UFMG URBAN PLANNING DEPARTMENT
3UFMG URBAN PLANNING DEPARTMENT
4UFMG URBAN PLANNING DEPARTMENT
Abstract
The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate the importance of using geotechnologies and the logic of Geodesign as a fundamental tool for teaching urban planning methods at different geographic contexts and scales. It reports on four recent courses carried out at the Architecture and Planning Undergraduate Program at the Federal University of Minas Gerais State, Brazil, where the use of GIS and Geodesign techniques have been introduced for data collection, urban, environmental and social-economic inventories, analysis and problem solving planning techniques at neighborhood, local, regional and metropolitan levels. As very effective learning experiences, they produced excellent outcomes for both teachers and students, achieving better results for course pedagogic objectives, as well as providing a more comprehensive understanding of contemporary complex urban environmental issues. It also highlights Geodesign as a framework that structures planning phases and processes, stakeholders’ motivations and responsibilities, as well as negotiation steps and compromises in favor of shared decision-making processes, qualifying the use of Geotechnologies tools. Although urban and environmental planning teaching techniques have already involved all these elements, the use of Geodesign framework made it possible to have them integrated and harmonized, increasing the possibilities and power of using geotechnologies. This way, as a final product of the four planning studios, students also achieved a wider and deeper perception of concrete realities and came out with comprehensive and coherent proposals within very complex socio environmental contexts.