Arquitetura para quem? Reflexões sobre o conteúdo do design universal e da extensão universitária para a formação e prática em arquitetura e urbanismo

Abstract

This work aims to reflect on the content of university extension and universal design and its impact and opportunities on training and practice in architecture and urbanism. The research was developed in three moments: i) THEORETICAL reflection, based on the literature review on the themes: University Extension; Universal Design; Professional qualification; Architecture and urbanism; ii) ANALYTICAL based on a survey, which involves identifying and analyzing extensionist cases and guidelines for teaching universal design; and iii) PROPOSITIVE, when it points out reflections on the content of university extension and universal design for training and practice in architecture and urbanism, based on a dialogue of experiences and perspectives for the AU course at UFPB. Throughout the research, it was possible to observe that the focus of the EU and the DU are people, in all their diversity, and the professional architect and urban planner must be able to serve everyone. And, specifically, in the AU course at UFPB, there was a collective effort on the part of professors to provide students and society with a course in tune with contemporaneity, based on strengthening the social, ethical and environmental responsibility of future architects and urban planners, with a focus on people. And the expectation is that this new training design will be successful, and point in the direction of extension action and DU teaching in its fullness.