When we speak of architecture, we commonly refer to a field of knowledge that studies spaces and their visual characteristics, regardless of the nature of the space. There is still no established definition for it, just as there isn’t for art, but it is understood that architecture is grounded in a collective understanding. For what is taught and produced in architecture is not grounded in all social and urban spheres. That is, the architecture produced by architects does not incorporate insights from all social spheres.
Generally, architecture is a reproduction of concepts and ideas that stem from a perspective rooted in the lifestyles of the most privileged. And a worldview rooted in privilege as well, contributing to a field that remains highly elitist and is heavily grounded in knowledge restricted to certain social spheres. It is not very common to see people who have an open perspective on all spheres—a perspective that is, so to speak, neutral. Generally, the architect’s perspective is so influenced by academia that they end up reproducing everything they were taught there. So the constructive architectural teachings that academia doesn’t cover, they don’t reproduce. Academia, in this case, just like the schools currently in operation, doesn’t talk much about Brazil as it should, because the educational foundation in Brazil is still very focused on European history, so it isn’t very focused on Brazilianness, on Brazil.
That is why it is grounded in a social and historical understanding of the elites.