ABSTRACT
Faced with the scenario in Brazil of socioeconomic and environmental weaknesses apparent in the territory, and specifically in rural areas, there is a fundamental urgency for architects and urban planners to work within these spaces. In order to reach these lands, methodologies that incentivate a more ethical, human impact, of lesser cultural and environmental impact may be tools already present in the training of architects. The present work presents a methodology aimed at the training of architects and urban planners taking into account different socioeconomic, environmental and cultural aspects of the territory, to provide a practice of response to the multiple crises which attack the population. The employment of vernacular construction techniques with earth is included as an interventional tool of sustainable character and local value. Undertaken during the process were bibliographical and documentary research, the working out of the concept/underlying idea of the project and practical experimentation with construction techniques via the production of maquettes. A practical exercise which uses a methodology intended for a municipality in the state of Maranhão is presented. Experimentation with the methodology and traditional construction techniques in the training of an architect widens the student's horizons towards an ethical and aware posture, which takes into account the sociocultural context of the final users, and deals with vernacular techniques as real possibilities of application, both in situations of socioeconomic and environmental crisis.
