Reception and diffusion of Townscape theories in England, Italy, France, United States and Brazil 1950-1980.

• Grant number: 12/08318-7
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: July 01, 2012
• End date: March 31, 2015
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Architecture and Town Planning - Fundamentals of Architecture and Urbanism
• Principal Investigator: Paulo Julio Valentino Bruna
• Grantee: Lorenza Pavesi
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo (FAU). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 13/07250-2 - The reception and diffusion of Townscape theories in the United States and Brazil, from 1950 to 1980, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

This doctoral research intends to map the Townscape movement and to analyze how these ideas were received, assimilated and incorporated into the planning theories and practices of England, its country of origin as well as in other countries. It will comprise the Italian debate of the second post-war period, during which the Townscape principles provided possible solutions to urban problems arising from the lack of reconciliation between old and new and from the reconstruction of historic centres. It will evaluate the role of urban design in the critique of zoning and suburban sprawl in England and in the United States as well as the inclusion of this theme in Brazil through the presence of David Gosling and the seminars on Urban Design at the University of Brasilia in the 1980s. In addition to tracing the origin of Townscape and examine its principles and the controversies in its interior, we will introduce the most important actors within the Movement and that promoted, in different ways, the Townscape principles. We therefore believe that the British critic Ian Nairn, whose career and "campaign against subtopia" was the main focus of our Master, plays an important and largely overlooked role.

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

PAVESI, Lorenza. The reception and dissemination of Townscape theories in England , Italy , United States and Brazil in the years 1950 to 1980. 2015. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo (FAU/SBI) São Paulo.