ABSTRACT
The paper aims to highlight the common trends and diverse perspectives that characterized the birth and evolution of Landscape Architecture education in Portugal and Italy, acknowledging the key roles played by the figures of Francisco Caldeira Cabral and Pietro Porcinai who were among the most influential 20th-century landscape architects in Europe. Through their pioneering approaches to Landscape Architecture, they have contributed to raising greater awareness of urgent ecological and environmental issues at a national and international level to protect and preserve the landscape’s natural and historical heritage. Cabral and Porcinai both felt the need to introduce adequate academic education programmes to form landscape architects who were able to effectively operate in their national territories, which were threatened by industrial development and uncontrolled urban expansion. Furthermore, the study of their contributions to Landscape Architecture education in their countries is significant for understanding to what extent they succeeded in transmitting their innovative ideas and operational skills to the following generations of landscape architects in Portugal and Italy.
