Workers 'housing in San Carlos: analysis of workers' village of the industry Giometti

• Grant number: 11/14264-4
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: October 01, 2011
• End date: September 30, 2012
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Architecture and Town Planning - Fundamentals of Architecture and Urbanism
• Principal Investigator: Telma de Barros Correia
• Grantee: Amanda Bianco Mitre
• Host Institution: Instituto de Arquitetura e Urbanismo de São Carlos (IAU). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The proposed research is to study the action of Industry Giometti to build housing for their employees in the city of San Carlos, investigating its original architectural features and their current conditions in terms of use, conservation, and urban integration, in order to assess the significance of this retirement village housing the workers in formal architectural redesign simultaneous to the industrialization and as a testimony of the industrial age.(AU)