Supporting the Process of Designing and Planning Heritage and Landscape by Spatializing Data on a Single Support Platform. Case Study: Romania

Abstract

Data handling is a general objective of education, regardless of the educational level (middle school, high school, university or postgraduate) and branch. Being at the intersection between the humanities and the exact sciences, the field of design requires a continuous summation and overlapping of information from specialists. Obtaining data is essential for perceiving the current situation, but also for adapting the solution proposed in the planning process to the given situation, to the particularities and main characteristics of the context. How difficult it is to obtain information, but especially their overlap and correlation to obtain indicators specific to target areas, depends in most cases on the experience of the specialist in the field, but for a recent graduate, the training received during the years of university training is perhaps his most important support. However, there may be data that are predominantly available during university training and data that can be obtained predominantly outside the academic environment (financial data, communication with public institutions). The paper describes a proposal for a support platform to assist the process of architectural design, urban planning and landscaping in Romania, but which can also support adjacent studies and analyzes. The purpose of the platform is to support the design and planning process of heritage and landscape, architecture and urban planning, by simplifying the data acquisition process and also directing the design/planning process to a long-term perspective, which is based on resilient solutions for natural and built heritage and for the conservation of the local cultural landscape.

Natural Protected Areas within Cities: An International Legislative Comparison Focused on Romania

“…Through this legislative initiative, Romania's interest in natural protected areas in urban environments is noted, an interest that could be due to the large number/large areas belonging to these types of valuable areas. Approximately 59% of the cities in Romania overlap with at least one natural protected area and approximately 5% of the built areas of the urban settlements in Romania overlap with at least one natural protected area [79].…”