Metodologia de ensino de topografia nas escolas de arquitetura e urbanismo em Minas Gerais, com o uso de tecnologia digital

Abstract

The focus of this research is on the teaching of topographic design of land movement at the beginning of the building design process. The objective is to know some methodologies of topography teaching used in public and private schools of architecture in Minas Gerais, seeking to identify the use of digital technology and its unfolding in the architectural design process. It is believed that digital technology will contribute to the discussion of contemporary topography teaching, minimizing some problems in the traditional teaching process, pointed out in previous studies, as a great difficulty in the spatial visualization by students of architecture. There is a suspicion of underutilization of digital technology in the teaching of topography in the training of the architect, making possible a mismatch between teaching and contemporary professional practice. For the confirmation (or not) of this suspicion, this study made a survey of private and public architecture schools in Minas Gerais, using the website of ABEA - Brazilian Association of Architecture Schools. Twenty architectural schools were identified, 16% of which were public schools and 84% were private schools. The research analyzed pedagogical projects and curricular grades of all the architecture courses found. The data seem to confirm the hypothesis that there is a possible underutilization of digital technology in topography teaching. The confirmation of this hypothesis points to the need for future research, testing topography teaching methodologies for civil construction in the light of contemporary technologies. It is hoped that the data of this research contribute in the adequacy of the teaching of topography with the contemporary professional practice.