ABSTRACT: In Portugal, the academic discipline of landscape architecture is promoted by Professor Caldeira Cabral. It is the art of organizing outer space in relation to the human need and will, in balance and harmony with Nature. A well-designed space provides well-being to your visitor. With regard to the design of outdoor spaces, there are some premises to take into account in terms of meeting the needs, limitations, capabilities and motivations of the senior. In this sense, we mention some significant studies in the area. KEYWORDS: Landscape Architecture; Design; Elderly person. (...)

ABSTRACT: This article intends to raise questions about the identity theme and the possibility of using this theme for the valorization of the territory of a city. It begins with a theoretical discussion about the processes of deterritorialization generated by globalization, focusing on the concept of identity as a factor of valorization and reterritorialization. The article develops, pointing out some aspects of bankruptcy of the territory from the logics of globalized market, supported theoretically in Sassen. Next, it is presented the need of the territory to position itself in a global (...)

ABSTRACT: This article intends to reflect the theme «vegetation versus satisfaction», concerning the induction of the life quality in the experience of a garden.   KEYWORDS: Vegetation, Satisfaction, Garden. (...)

ABSTRACT: This text presents some of the steps of historic gardens in which it demonstrates the importance (meaning) of plants in the garden conception (a key element of green space), as well as its design and human concerning in creating aesthetic and utilities spaces, providing their well-being.   KEY WORDS: Garden; Drawing; Welfare. (...)

ABSTRACT: Going through a historical and social perspective, the author starts depicting the basis of the fundamental problem of illegal housing extension in the city of Athens. However, the main areas questioned concern the building status of the Greek capital, as well as, the social background of the phenomenal increase of the illegal housing extension in the recent years and its relevant social and financial consequences. All above are highlighted with the analogous case studies.   KEYWORDS: Housing extension; Illegal; Anarchy; Working Class; State. (...)

ABSTRACT: To move in the space independently is necessary to receive information through the senses. It is the interaction of all the senses that allows us to live in outdoor space and to avoid accidents (eg recognition of obstacles such as a lamps). For example, in the elderly, there are major problems associated with biological and psychological changes, so the perception of the environment tends to be lower and may lead to decreased enjoyment of parks and gardens, with possible outcomes in the degree of satisfaction. Through the creation of thematic areas to reinforce and to enhance the (...)

ABSTRACT: This paper is about a process of analysis and research that leads to the design of an urban game concept, dealing with the territorial communication in the city of Milan, in order to experience urban spaces more closely, focusing on new interaction models of both society and culture. Giuc[MI] is the project of the author’s master thesis degree in Communication Design at Politecnico di Milano. It is directly consequent upon the analysis on gaming and the desire of developing new socio-cultural interaction related to territory , in order to incraese its value and perception. The (...)

ABSTRACT: In Portugal, the discipline of landscape architecture was taken by Professor Caldeira Cabral. It is the art of organizing outdoors space in relation to the need and the will of man, in balance and harmony with nature. Well-designed outdoor gives welfare to the visitor. Regarding the design of outdoor spaces, there are some assumptions to take into account in terms of satisfaction of needs, limitations, capabilities and motivations of the senior/elderly. In this sense the paper mention a few significant studies in this area.   KEYWORDS: Landscape (...)

RESUMEN: Este artículo quiere explorar los potenciales de informar el diseño de redes de caminos a gran escala con modelos predictivos, capaces de combinar una simulación de comportamientos de los usuarios dentro del espacio con las características geomorfológicas del sitio. Nuestro trabajo investiga cómo un conocimiento más profundo de la topología, permitido por las nuevas tecnologías, podría apoyar la aplicación de modelos de comportamiento a la escala del paisaje, indirectamente informando acerca de la (...)

ABSTRACT: The present research aims the investigation of the landscape as a tool to communicate values to the contemporary craftwork through local identities.  The methodology is a review of theories which three authors were used as general theoretical support. The Phenomenon of Place by Norberg-Schulz (1976) is used to give meaning to the term Landscape based on the phenomenology, Massey (2008) studies about contemporary human geography are used to insert the craft work in a contemporary context and Norman (2008) theories about Emotional Design are redirected to the craftwork (...)

RESUMEN: Los actuales fenómenos climáticos, sociales y financieros provocan profundas modificaciones en los paisajes culturales, amenazando los territorios más frágiles y las comunidades que viven en ellos. Sin embargo, también representan un desafío para encontrar un vínculo renovado entre las formas de la actividad humana y la producción del paisaje a fin de comprender sus evoluciones futuras. Este artículo aborda este campo de investigación en el contexto del Parque Nacional de las Cinque Terre, en Italia, mediante (...)

RESUMEN: El ensayo discute las implicaciones teóricas de la restauración ecológica en la arquitectura del paisaje. El estudio presenta un plan de gestión para las turberas altamente dañadas de la Isla de Skye en Escocia, donde el hábitat está amenazado por un proceso de forestación radical. Al ser una reserva natural de carbono, las turberas dañadas son una fuente importante de emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero. El proyecto sugiere que la economía de la zona estudiada pase gradualmente del cultivo de árboles al (...)

RESUMEN: Esta contribución, escrita por una urbanista y un pedagogo, tiene por objeto (re)centrar la atención del debate interdisciplinario sobre el rol activo de los niños en el ámbito urbano público, o sea sobre las posibles influencias que la ciudad, su estructura, sus reglamentos y sus espacios tienen sobre los niños, considerados como un grupo de población vulnerable. En esta perspectiva, se presentan unas reflexiones sobre la relación entre "el niño y la ciudad", apoyadas por una investigación walk-to-school (...)

RESÚMEN: La contribución presenta los resultados de un proyecto de investigación llevado a cabo en el marco principal del “Plan de Acción de Energía Sostenible y Clima” para el municipio de Ravenna, uno de los signatarios del “Pacto de alcaldes por el clima y la energía”. El objetivo del proyecto es proporcionar a los tomadores de decisiones y urbanistas estrategias orientadas al paisaje capaces de mejorar la resiliencia territorial frente a los impactos del cambio climático en las próximas décadas. La (...)