Barbosa, Eliana RosaDeMeulder, BrunoGerrits, Yuri2014Barbosa , E R , DeMeulder , B & Gerrits , Y 2014 , ' Design studio as a process of inquiry: the case of Studio Sao Paulo ' , Revista Lusófona de Arquitectura e Educação .1646-6756Revista Lusófona de Arquitectura e EducaçãoThe paper stresses the potential of a Design Studio as a critical part of the inquiry process in Urbanism Research, using the experience of Studio Sao Paulo as casestudy. It explores what is a process of inquiry in a context of research in urbanism,discoursing on the potential of the design process as a tool to reveal hidden questions and processes on a territorial scale The research and its case study led to the establishment of Studio Sao Paulo, an undergraduate design studio in KULeuven, inwhich students develop their masters thesis in the context of Tietê´s flood plain. The experience so far, more than defining conclusions, stress some challenges toovercome, regarding research by design as methodological tool in an Urbanism PHD contextapplication/pdfengopenAccessARQUITETURAURBANISMOEDUCAÇÃODESIGN ARQUITETÓNICOINVESTIGAÇÃODESENHO URBANOARCHITECTUREURBANISMEDUCATIONARCHITECTURAL DESIGNRESEARCHURBAN DESIGNarticle