Geodesign and completeness indicators for urban areas: a transformative learning experience in urban planning teaching in Brazil

Purpose – This study aims to present a methodological experience using geodesign as a process and
instrument that facilitates citizen awareness and the use of alternative urban parameters in a discipline of an
undergraduate course in architecture and urbanism, about urban planning at a local scale.
Design/methodology/approach – Aiming to develop solutions more suited to the reality of the area and
attentive to contemporary practices of collaborative urban planning – for and with people – the methodological
approach was divided into two complementary steps. The first step was elaborated through a general plan of
ideas, with the aid of the Geodesign Hub platform, and for the more detailed second step, we used the Brazilian
virtual GISColab geodesign platform. Both steps were conducted in workshop format.
Findings – In this experience, by incorporating geoinformation technology resources, geodesign proved to be
a potential tool for creating opinions and decision-making regarding co-creative planning and experimenting
with alternative urban parameters.
Originality/value – In the context of a current scenario of city growth oriented from the perspective of motor
vehicles, the urban sprawl and in turn, the progressive loss of the human dimension in the urban space,
students were introduced and encouraged to reflect on the different functions of the street and on the possibility
of measuring urban quality from alternative parameters: completeness indicators.

Keywords Urban parameters, Landscape quality, Environmental assessment, Co-creation process,

Citação: Moura, A.C.M., Rosa, A.A., Araújo, B.M.F. and Ferreira, F.A. (2022), "Geodesign and completeness indicators for urban areas: a transformative learning experience in urban planning teaching in Brazil", International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJBPA-10-2021-0141

Moura, A.C.M., Rosa, A.A., Araújo, B.M.F. and Ferreira, F.A. (2022), "Geodesign and completeness indicators for urban areas: a transformative learning experience in urban planning teaching in Brazil", International Journal of Building Pathology and Adaptation, Vol. ahead-of-print No. ahead-of-print. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJBPA-10-2021-0141