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Interdisciplinary understanding of buildings preservation is an approach defended in the field of cultural heritage. In Brazil, the term ambiance is used by IPHAN (national heritage institute) in policies of buildings preservation through their surroundings. It is meant to refer to its symbolic and subjective features, but without any theoretical indications. As such, an urban research tool was developed, understanding ambiance as an integrating factor that allows the perception of the city in the spaces experienced. The method involves experimental walks and their logs by way of observation drawings. The drawing is thought not as an artistic activity but as the practice of looking and being in the space, close to an ethnographic practice. Walking and drawing is a form of engagement between the researcher, her/his perception and experience of the place and the local population interested in talking and seeing the drawings. This research method was applied in fieldwork of a Master’s research on Casa de Portinari (Candido Portinari’s former house). The goal of this chapter is to present the method and its use in an interdisciplinary exploration, establishing relationships between cultural heritage and ambiances in an urban setting.
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[Putting the concept of ambiance to the of urban knowledge thought requires both testing it heuristic scope and doing some clarification work].
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We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of CNPq (National Council for Scientific and Technological Development, Brazil) and previews support of IPHAN (Institute of National Historic and Artistic Heritage). And Professor Architect Yuri Teixeira for helping with translations and revisions of this chapter.
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Nito, M.K. (2021). Drawing Heritage: A Heuristic Approach to Ambiances Through an Urban Sketching Experience. In: Piga, B.E.A., Siret, D., Thibaud, JP. (eds) Experiential Walks for Urban Design. Springer Tracts in Civil Engineering . Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-76694-8_2
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