Abstract

D’ALMEIDA, Patrícia Bento; MARAT-MENDES, Teresa  and  TOUSSAINT, Michel. Research in the architect’s professional practice. CIDADES [online]. 2021, vol.43, pp.207-226.  Epub Dec 30, 2021. ISSN 2182-3030.  https://doi.org/10.15847/cct.25086.

Since the beginning of the 20th century that, in Portugal, the definition and recognition of the architect's role is a concern of the class. This article discusses how research has been approached as a foundation for a more complete practice of this profession. In the last twenty years of the 20th century, who focused on the practice of the profession of architect? Given the number of architects in Portugal, do they publicly recognize the importance of research as a support for the project activity? Methodologically, the study is based on the analysis of the Portuguese magazine Jornal Arquitectos (J-A, 1981-2000), namely in the identification of the main articles about architecture practice and in their reflection about research. Considered a fundamental repository for the analysis of the main themes discussed in Portugal, the scrutiny of the articles published in J-A allows, today, to gather considerations to deal with the still complex relationship between the practice and theory of Architecture. The collection of oral testimonies from some of the leading architect-researchers who once worked at the Portuguese National Laboratory for Civil Engineering - the first public institution that, since the early 1960s, brought together in the same campus several professionals to research engineering and architecture themes - served as a complement to this study. Some of these architect-researchers occupied leading positions in the edition of the J-A and/or participated in the publication of articles on the exercise of the profession.

Keywords : scientific research; professional practice; architecture; Jornal Arquitectos; National Laboratory of Civil Engineering (LNEC).

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