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Historical review of the landscaping of Caracas University campus, global commons

One of the fundamental studies to carry out a comprehensive approach of management of heritage green areas is its historicalreview. It lets us know how they were conceived, designed and developed over time. This paper will be devoted to studythe landscaping of Caracas University Campus, in the origi...

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Autor Principal: Coss Lanz, Aguedita; Universidad Central de Venezuela
Formato: info:eu-repo/semantics/article
Idioma: spa
Publicado: Instituto Carlos Arbeláez Camacho para el patrimonio arquitectónico y urbano 2014
Materias:
University Campuses; Landscape Design; Global Commons; Key Words Plus: University Campuses of Caracas; Venezuela; Landscape Gardening; World Heritage Areas.
Ciudad Universitaria; diseño del paisaje; patrimonio común universal. - Descriptores: Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas; Venezuela; arquitectura de jardines; Patrimonio de la Humanidad.
Campus Universitário; projeto da paisagem; terras comuns globais; Palavras chaves descritor: Ciudad Universitaria de Caracas; Venezuela; arquitetura da paisagem; um Património Mundial.
Acceso en línea: http://revistas.javeriana.edu.co/index.php/revApuntesArq/article/view/8935
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Sumario: One of the fundamental studies to carry out a comprehensive approach of management of heritage green areas is its historicalreview. It lets us know how they were conceived, designed and developed over time. This paper will be devoted to studythe landscaping of Caracas University Campus, in the original project of Carlos Raúl Villanueva, with the purpose of building asustainable approach to the management of these outdoor areas.The paper is based on the guidelines of the Environmental Approach and the use of hermeneutical tools that offer us the opportunityto study and interpret comprehensively the outdoor areas of Caracas University Campus. Texts written and lecturesgiven by Carlos Raúl Villanueva were researched, as well as his insights on cities and nature. Charts, photographic records andinterviews to key people involved in the process of designing the campus were also reviewed.The results of this research confirm the landscape guidelines of Carlos Raúl Villanueva, with the finding of some of his hithertounknown plans. As a result of this work, the comprehensive management of Caracas University Campus landscaping is reinforced;this allows to make the current adaptations based on the project designed by Carlos Raúl Villanueva at the middle ofthe twentieth century.

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