Social housing and urban planning in Latin America between the 1930s and 1960s: the state organization and architects and planners in housing production in São Paulo and Buenos Aires

• Grant number: 14/14452-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: November 01, 2014
• End date: September 30, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Applied Social Sciences - Architecture and Town Planning - Fundamentals of Architecture and Urbanism
• Agreement: Coordination of Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (CAPES)
• Principal Investigator: Sarah Feldman
• Grantee: Camila Ferrari
• Host Institution: Instituto de Arquitetura e Urbanismo de São Carlos (IAU). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Carlos , SP, Brazil

Abstract

The starting point of this project is the verification of a peculiar framework between the 1930s and 1960s of economic, social and political conditions in Latin American countries, including Brazil and Argentina. In this context it is of our special interest the debate on affordable housing placed at the continental level by the architecture and urban planning professionals, which among other issues, suggested an integration of housing design and urban planning. Facing the housing issue turned into reality in this period by the constitution of a complex state machine - supported by institutional, legal and technical mechanisms - our proposition is the study of the participation of architects and planners in this process, specifically in the construction of social housing plans where it would be legitimized the association of housing and urban planning. (AU)

Academic Publications

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

FERRARI, Camila. Large-scale housing production in São Paulo and Buenos Aires: the state apparatus and the role of professionals in the 1940s and 1950s. 2018. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC/SBD) São Carlos.