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| Author(s): |
Marina Rodrigues Amado
Total Authors: 1
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| Document type: | Doctoral Thesis |
| Press: | São Paulo. |
| Institution: | Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo (FAU/SBI) |
| Defense date: | 2024-10-16 |
| Examining board members: |
Monica Junqueira de Camargo;
Fernando Atique;
Maria Cristina Wolff de Carvalho;
Roseli Maria Martins D'Elboux;
Paulo César Garcez Marins
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| Advisor: | Monica Junqueira de Camargo |
| Abstract | |
The Swedish-born architect Carlos Ekman moved permanently to São Paulo in 1894, where he worked for forty years in three distinct phases: in partnership with the German Augusto Fried (between 1894 and 1900), as a freelancer (between 1900 and 1923) and as a partner of Sylvio Jaguaribe Ekman, his son (between 1923 and 1934). He became famous in the Brazilian architecture historiography due to his connection with the art nouveau style, with emphasis on the Vila Penteado building, from 1902. His architecture, however, is broader and more diverse, especially its eclectic approaches. His career, which began in his native Sweden, included New York, Buenos Aires and Rio de Janeiro, which the research sought to investigate, focusing on his design process, which revealed a great interest in experimentation, whether with materials, techniques, programs or artistic composition. An extensive documentary survey was conducted in public and private collections, both national and Swedish (such as the Collection of Private Works of the Municipal Historical Archive, the Carlos Ekman Collection of the Technical Section of Iconographic Materials of the FAUUSP Library, collections of the architect\'s descendants, the National Archives of Sweden and the Archives of KTH University in Stockholm), which was systematized in a catalog and inventory of the architect\'s projects in the city. These constituted a fundamental tool for the study of his career, covering his education, transits, social networks and cultural references. The research explores Carlos Ekman\'s experiences and experimentalisms, within the broad and varied framework of manifestations of eclecticism in architecture in the capital of São Paulo, highlighting his contribution to local architectural culture and bringing fundamental aspects of the subject to the historiographical debate. (AU) | |
| FAPESP's process: | 18/01725-2 - Carlos Ekman and the eclecticism in São Paulo |
| Grantee: | Marina Rodrigues Amado |
| Support Opportunities: | Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate |