Campagnol paper explores Brazil’s industrial heritage

The Brazilian government’s role in enacting legislation to preserve the South American nation’s industrial heritage was researched in a paper by Gabriela Campagnol, assistant professor of architecture at Texas A&M, published in a national preservation journal.

Focusing on several case studies, Campagnol’s paper, published in the 2011 Preservation Education & Research Journal , surveys the development of industrial archaeology as a distinct field of study during the last five decades and discusses its influence on our understanding, documentation, and preservation of the industrial past.

Campagnol, who joined the Texas A&M faculty in 2008, is researching the architecture and planning of sugar company towns, sugar heritage, industrial heritage, adaptive reuse of industrial buildings, heritage and sustainability. She earned a Ph.D. in history and theory of architecture and urban planning from the University of São Paulo, Brazil, in 2008.

In 2004, her master’s thesis, “Industrial and Agricultural Settlements,” was published with a grant from the State of São Paulo Research Foundation; the following year, it was awarded honorable mention from the 7th Young Architect’s National Awards.

The PER Journal, published by the National Council for Preservation Education , publishes articles on developments and innovations in preservation with the aim of exchange and dissemination of information and ideas concerning preservation education.

The journal is edited by Texas A&M faculty members Anat Geva, associate professor of architecture and Kevin Glowacki, assistant professor of architecture.