A evolução histórica de campi universitários - estudo de caso do Campus da UFSC

Abstract

This article will focus on the historical evolution of the university campus concept, considering the main references that guided the definition currently used in brazilian universities. At a time when projects of larger scale, often referred as urban operations, begin to exert greater influence in the urbanization process, it is important to promote knowledge about interventions on a scale compatible with this urban procedure. This article is structured in three main topics. Initially, it will be presented the origin and historical evolution of the concept, having at the european and north american standards, its main references. Then, it will be presented both the policies, that guided the implementation of campuses in Brazil, and the campuses spatial configuration, when there were intensive investments in higher education in the country. Finally, it will be introduced the Campus of UFSC, considered a landmark of modernist period, whose spatial configuration has important environmental values.