AMÉRICA - REVISTA DA PÓS GRADUAÇÃO DA ESCOLA DA CIDADE

Revista América is a journal articulated to the academic

production of the graduate courses in Escola da Cidade. It aims

to promote researches and scientific practices that are of

relevance to the Architecture and Urbanism field, as well as

related areas, in the widest sense. Therefore, it constitutes a

space for academic discussion and refection.

The journal welcomes the submission of unpublished scientific

articles and unbuilt projects, both peer-reviewed through the

blind refereeing system. The publication also sets out to

disseminate discussions undertaken in Escola da Cidade’s

graduate courses. Revista América stands for open access and

accepts submissions in Portuguese, Spanish, and English.

Revista América is published every six months in its printed

and digital .

For submissions and questions: revista.america@escoladacidade.edu.br

Editorial Team:

Executive Editorial Board:

Marianna Boghosian Al Assal (Executive editor)

Maira Rios (Projects editor)

Cristiane Muniz

Alvaro Puntoni

Fernando Viégas

Luis Octavio de Faria e Silva

Ruben Otero

José Paulo Gouvêa

Editorial Assistance: Juliane Bellot Rolemberg Lessa

Marina Pedreira de Lacerda

Scientific Editorial Board of Articles:Profa. Dra. Ana Luiza Nobre (Pontifícia Universidade Católica,

Rio de Janeiro)

Profa. Dra. Ana Paula Koury (Universidade São Judas Tadeu,

São Paulo)

Profa. Dra. Ana Vaz Milheiro (Universidade do Porto, Porto)

Profa. Dra. Claudia Piantá Costa Cabral (Universidade Federal

do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre)

Prof. Dr. Daniele Pisani (Politecnico di Milano, Milão)

Prof. Dr. Davi Moreno Sperling (Universidade de São Paulo,

São Carlos)

Prof. Dr. Enrique X.de Anda (Universidade de São Paulo, São

Carlos)

Prof. Dr. Fernando Atique (Universidade Federal de São Paulo,

Guarulhos)

Prof. Dra. Fernando Luiz Lara (University of Texas, Austin)

Profa. Dra. Gabriela Pellegrino Soares (Universidade de São

Paulo, São Paulo)

Prof. Dr. Horácio Torrent (Pontficia Universidad Católica de

Chile, Santiago)

Prof. Dr. Jorge Figueira (Universidade de Coimbra, Coimbra)

Prof. Dr. Jose Canziani (Pontificia Universidad Catolica del

Peru, Lima)

Profa. Dra. Maria de Lourdes Zuquim (Universidade de São

Paulo, São Paulo)

Prof. Dr. Sharif S.Kahatt (Pontificia Universidad Católica del

Peru, Lima)

Scientific Editorial Board of Projects;Prof. Arq. Alejandro Echeverri (Universidad EAFIT, Medellín)

Prof. Dr. Alexandre Alves Costa (Universidade do Porto, Porto)

Prof. Dr. Carlos Alberto Maciel (Universidade Federal de Minas

Gerais, Belo Horizonte)

Prof. Dr. Eduardo de Almeida (Universidade de São Paulo, São

Paulo)

Prof. Dr. Enrique Encabo (Universidad Europea, Madri)

Profa. Dra. Inmaculada Maluenda (Universidad Europea,

Madri)

Prof. Arq. Luciano Andrades (Centro Universitário Ritter dos

Reis, Porto Alegre)

Prof. Arq. Solano Benitez (Universidad Nacional de Asunción,

Assunção)

1. Section policies:

1.1. Articles:

This section comprises unpublished original scientific articles

received continuously throughout the year, as the outcome of

high-quality researches and studies within the multiple areas of

interest of the journal. Authors are expected to have graduated

or to be attending a graduate program. All submitted articles

are always assessed by at least two members of the Scientific

Editorial Board of Articles or peer-reviewed by ad hoc experts.

1.2. Projects:

This section consists of a space for discussing and

disseminating architectural and urbanistic projects perceived as

research. The Journal accepts submissions of unbuilt

architecture projects carried out by professional architects and

urbanists. The major criteria in the review and the selection

process concern how significant the research is to the field. As

how it conceives architecture or pushes forward its limits and

social role. As well as the graphic-textual representation

strategies that are proposed. All submitted projects are always

assessed by at least two members of the Scientific Editorial

Board of Projects.

1.3. DossiêPós:

The objective of this section is to disseminate and broaden out

discussions that take place in our graduate program

environment. The program was set up in 2008 and is organized

under the general theme “America Civilization: a look through

architecture”. We seek the articulation of sources – transcript of

talks, faculty articles, interviews and reflections on developed

activities, among others – around specific topics that relate to

the content to be published in each edition of the journal. As

this section aims to disseminate graduate courses activities, it

will not receive submissions.

2. General Submission Guidelines:

Revista América is a publication from Escola da Cidade’s

Graduate Program. It is a peer-reviewed journal that welcomes

unpublished scientific articles and unbuilt projects within the

multiple areas in the architecture and urbanism field.

Authors are responsible for submitting works that meet the

editorial standards, which may not be approved for publication

in case they do not comply with the policies required by the

journal. The Executive Editorial Board decides whether or not

the article fits the scope of the journal, meets all submission

criteria, and is suitable for peer review. Editors have the right to

adapt original manuscripts to the journal’s editorial standards,

submitting articles to language editing services. Editorial

standards follow the guidelines of AssociaçãoBrasileira de

NormasTécnicas (ABNT).

Revista América does not take responsibility for the content

and opinions expressed by authors or collaborators in

published articles and projects. By submitting their work for

publication authors declare they are aware and familiar with all

ethics standards required by the journal.

2.1. Author Guidelines - Articles

Files should be submitted in Microsoft Word, OpenOffice or

RTF (no larger than 2MB). To ensure blind peer review, please

remove any authorship identification.

Files should be in A4 format, all margins at 2cm (0.8 inches).

The title pagemust contain - in Portuguese, English, and

Spanish - title, subtitle, abstract (of no more than 1300

characters with space) and a list up to three keywords. To

ensure blind peer review, all mentions to authorship in this and

subsequent pages should be removed.

The text should be between 40,000 and 60,000 characters

(with space); font Arial 11pt for the body and headings, and 9pt

for references, endnotes and citations; justified alignment, line

spacing 1.5, no paragraph spacing.

Authors must send up to 10 images separately at a resolution

of at least 300dpi (20x30 cm). It is also required to send a

Microsoft Word file that contains the number of the images and

their descriptive subtitle. Authors may indicate on this

document where images should be placed within the

text.Images subtitles should meet the following standard: Fig.

(number in ascending order), source (reference of the original

publication, author, museum name, collection, date etc.). All

figures must be provided separately as “supplementary file” on

OJS platform.

Tables, figures, images, and pictures must be easily readable.

If a figure is not easy to understand or does not appear to be of

a suitable quality, the journal may omit it.

Final formatting of the submitted articles is carried out by the

journal, when relevant, the author should indicate the location

of the images in the paper, in the same Microsoft Word format

document with the caption information.

Text formatting should follow ABNT NBR 6024/2003

(Informação e documentação – Numeraçãoprogressiva das

seções de um documento escrito – Apresentação). Article

sections are numbered in Arabic numerals with no other

punctuation mark (point, brackets or dashes). Titles and section

subtitles should be bold.

Notes should be explanatory and presented as endnotes. They

must follow ascending numeric sequence in Arabic numerals,

in Arial 9pt.

Citations must follow the standard of ABNT NBR 10520/2002

(Informação e documentação – Citaçõesemdocumentos –

Apresentação). Please ensure that every reference cited in the

text is also present in the reference list. Authors must use

parenthetical citations for in-text citations according to the

author-date system. In-text long quotations (more than three

lines or longer than 40 words) should start on a new line, 9pt,

indented 4cm (1.5 inch) from the left margin, no line spacing,

omitting quotation marks and not italicized.

Any references cited in the text must be given in full according

to ABNT NBR 6023/2002 (Informação e documentação –

Referências – Elaboração). References must be listed in the

end of the paper, alphabetical order, font Arial 9pt. Electronic

sources as website pages should be active and given the full

URL, as well as the date when the reference was last

accessed.

Authors should indicate all funding agencies and institutions.

2.1. Author Guidelines - Projects

Submitted material must consist of an unbuilt architecture or

urbanistic project in all scales in Portable Document Format

(PDF), not larger than 2MB.The files must have A4 format and

all margins with 2 cm(0.8 inches).

The title page of submitted projects must have - in Portuguese,

English, and Spanish - a title, subtitle, abstract (of no more than

1.300 characters with space) and a list up to three keywords.

To ensure blind peer review, all mentions to authorship in this

and subsequent pages should be removed.

The project presentation should contain images that are

relevant to its comprehension (about 10), as well as a text that

sets the context of its elaboration and points out the most

significant reflection being proposed. The text must have

between 5,000 and 15,000 characters (with space); font Arial

11pt. (body and titles) and 9pt. (references, notes and

citations); justified alignment, no paragraph spacing, line

spacing 1.5.

After approved, authors will be asked to provide all figures and

text separately within necessary standards. Final formatting of

the project is carried out by the journal.

If necessary, notes should be explanatory and presented as

endnotes. They must follow ascending numeric sequence in

Arabic numerals, in Arial 9pt.

Citations must follow the standard of ABNT NBR 10520/2002

(Informação e documentação – Citaçõesemdocumentos –

Apresentação). Please ensure that every reference cited in the

text is also present in the reference list. Authors must use

parenthetical citations for in-text citations according to the

author-date system. In-text long quotations (more than three

lines or longer than 40 words) should start on a new line, 9pt,

indented 4cm (1.5 inch) from the left margin, no line spacing,

omitting quotation marks and not italicized.

Any references cited in the text must be given in full according

to ABNT NBR 6023/2002 (Informação e documentação –

Referências – Elaboração). References must be listed in the

end of the paper, alphabetical order, font Arial 9pt. Electronic

sources as website pages should be active and given the full

URL, as well as the date when the reference was last

accessed.