Manual for integral planning of university campus

Abstract

This paper aims to analyze the Manual for Integral Planning of University Campus, written by Rudolph Atcon and published by the Council of Rectors of Brazilian Universities (CRUB) in 1970. It is part of a research project sponsored by CNPq, called “Architecture, urbanism and education: Brazilian university campuses”, which was coordinated by Gelson de Almeida Pinto, architect and university professor (EESC/USP), and supported by Ester Buffa, Education historian and university professor (UFSCar). This research focuses on the establishing of the first universities in the medieval Europe, in countries such as France, Italy and England. After, it shows how universities introduced the concept of University City or university campus, it means, a special city located in the country. This idea came to Brazil in the 60’s and it has influenced the planning of Brazilian universities since then. In this way, this paper relates the higher education policies, conceptions, models and theirs functions to the planning of physical space for a campus settling, that involves questions concerning architecture and urbanism.