The UTAD Campus came into being in 1975 with the acquisition of the Quinta de Prados (Meadows Estate). With about 95 hectares, is today a landscape composed of different types of land use, among which can be distinguished agricultural areas, woods, escarpments of the river Corgo, areas that are built on, areas for human vehicular and foot-traffic, fallow areas, a heritage centre based on the original Estate's centre which has been preserved and improved, the garden settings, and in addition, themed collections which are part of The Botanic Garden of UTAD – and recognized as such since 1998 by the Iberian-Macaronesian Association of Botanical Gardens.
- Address : Quinta de Prados, Vila Real
- Region : Douro
- Area : 95
- GPS X : -7.740565538406372000
- GPS Y : 41.288351930337430000
- Project start : 1975
- Project end : cont
- Implementation start : 1975
- Implementation end : cont
- Website : www.landscapearchitecture.utad.pt
- Project Status : Implemented in part
- Client : UTAD
- Ownership : Private
- Accessibility : Unrestricted areas
- Notes : The UTAD Campus, and Botanic Garden is an important resource which education and research have at their disposal, and which was of especial importance during the process which led to the implementation of the Diploma of Landscape Architecture in 1998.
- Brief Description : University Campus and Botanic Garden nearby the city of Vila Real.
In the development of the Campus the most important criteria were always considered to be those of planning related to the preservation of soil most suitable for agriculture; the incorporation of buildings and parking lots on the hillside, thus minimising the visual and environmental impact, the establishment of green spaces "always aiming to keep built environments natural and to integrate them into the landscape, to give value to architecture expression in the buildings, to define and fit into the general plan areas devoted to diverse uses, the camouflage of unfavourable angles and the enhancement of the most interesting, the alleviation of diverse environmental factors and the creation of public spaces and living rooms, out-of-doors, for socializing, study and rest, functioning as an outdoor extension and expansion of the covered areas" [TORRES DE CASTRO, 2005]. - Designer : UTAD
- Project Name : Original : Jardim Botânico da UTAD (Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro)
- Type : Botanic gardens, Private gardens
- Image Title : Botanic Garden of UTAD
