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The experience of the National Historical and Artistic Heritage Service in São Paulo: the case of the restoration of Saint Michel's Church, 1939-1941

This article, the first in a series of four reports, assists in an understanding of brazilian architectural heritage preservation practices. It analyses the experience of the federal organ then called the National Historical and Artistic Heritage Service (SPHAN in portuguese) in São Paulo. By analysing one of its first restoration works, we will review the first years of this organ's activities in an effort to understand its structure, how its staff was organized, and the difficulties presented by its scarce resources as well as by the lack of previous experiences in heritage preservation. We will primarily attempt to identify the concepts that guided the preservation and restoration work, as well as the methods and the techniques used in preserving these assets. The preservation work at Saint Michel's church - among the first buildings" discovered" by SPHAN - counted on the active involvement of Mário de Andrade. This work, together with the restoration of the Embu Convent, marked the beginning of the activities of São Paulo's regional chapter. It also pointed the way to future work, under the direction of architect Luis Saia. This analysis will proceed in three other reports, which study the work at Saint Antony's ranch and chapel in São Roque, at the City Council and Jail building in Atibaia, and at Pau D'Alho's farm in São José do Barreiro. These reports will follow SPHAN's development up to the mid-1970s. In pointing out the connections between the restoration and conservation work carried out at these sites, we will study the ways in which this organ absorbed the most important theories of its time, from Viollet-le-Duc onward. We will also examine the recommendation of the first international reports for heritage preservation initiatives within the specifically brazilian cultural context of the first half of the 20th century.

2006

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2317-2762.v0i19p92-111

Gonçalves, Cristiane Souza

Edifício Itália and the architecture of office towers in São Paulo

En este artículo, el autor de la disertación El Edificio Itália y la arquitectura de los edificios de Oficinas en São Paulo presenta su trabajo y discute algunos de los puntos más interesantes levantados en el debate crítico de la investigación. Esta disertación de maestría, orientada por el Prof. Dr. Eduardo L. P. R. de Almeida, se sometió a examen de defensa en la FAUUSP - curso de post-graduación, el 17 de septiembre de 1996, ante el tribunal de examen formado por el Prof. Dr. Eduardo L. P. R. de Almeida (tutor), el Prof. Dr. Abrahão Sanovicz (AUP - Departamento de Proyecto) y el Prof. Dr. João Rodolfo Stroeter (profesor invitado).

2006

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2317-2762.v0i19p112-127

Fujioka, Paulo Yassuhide

Un proyecto de industrialización para el Brasil a partir de la enseñanza de diseño (el Liceo de Artes y Oficios de Rio de Janeiro), Rui Barbosa y John Ruskin

The Arts and Crafts School of Rio de Janeiro was founded in 1856. It was established to create a labor market for Brazil's first industrial plan, based on the teaching of design. The idea was that the teaching of drawing, with an emphasis on mechanical arts, would turn the city itself into a work of art. Rui Barbosa took part in this project, inspired by the ideas of British art critic John Ruskin.

2006

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2317-2762.v0i19p128-143

Amaral, Claudio Silveira

La intemporalidad del" Manual del Vocal sin Maestro" para el arrabal de Lourenço Marques, de Pancho Guedes

Amâncio Moura Guedes is undoubtedly one of the most lauded architects for his work in Africa, particularly in Mozambique. Of Anglo-Saxon training and irreverent spirit, as witnessed by his architecture, he had strong associations with the Team Ten in 1960, becoming an architect whose works and projects were published in Europe, in the United States, and in South Africa, where he taught. He attended various events in the architectural world, among them the 1961 São Paulo Biennial. Works such as The laughing lion and the Aircraft house became especially well known. However, his vision of the city then called Lourenço Marques is almost unknown. He was a disconcerting critic of the existing colonial-based urban framework, which disregarded the spontaneous peri-urban settlements known as" Caniço", which today correspond to nearly two thirds of the city of Maputo. This 1963" manifesto" not only provides an ironic view of the city's future growth but is also a seminal and even timeless text. To some extent, it is a temporal reference for settlements similar to those found today in Luanda's" muceque" or even Rio de Janeiro's slums.

2006

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2317-2762.v0i19p144-157

Morais, João Sousa

An assessment of some experiences in disaster prevention and mitigation in Latin America: players and roles

In the last twenty years," natural" disasters have killed and wounded thousands of people and have caused physical damage worth billions of dollars. These disasters had their origin not in extraordinary natural phenomena, but in the lack of plans and programs for preventing and mitigating humanitarian disasters. This paper analyses some successful Latin American experiences in preventing and mitigating such disasters.

2006

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2317-2762.v0i19p158-174

Audefroy, Joel Hernandez, Francisco J. Aceves