Architecture of the landscape of the city and the importance of the systematization of the analysis of project problem

Abstract

Through this paper there was an attempt to draw out the intrinsic concepts within the activity of landscape architecture, whereas it is viewed as a project discipline which, therefore, needs methodological strategies specific to the creation of coherent solutions for landscape problems. From this point of view, reflections were made on the use of vegetation in the design of exterior spaces. At the end of this paper, the stage of analysis and comprehension of the project problem came into focus. This was approached as the conception of a project methodology in landscape architecture. The field study analysed eight streets in downtown Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil, in an attempt to understand the insertion of urban vegetation in the open spaces of the transportation network of this area.