From the clay's house to the concrete palace: the invention of the architectonical heritage in Brazil (1914-1951)

Author(s)

Caion Meneguello Natal

• Document type: Doctoral Thesis
• Press: Campinas, SP.
• Institution: Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Filosofia e Ciências Humanas
• Defense date: 2013-06-20

Examining board members

Silvana Rubino; Monica Raisa Schpun; Paulo César Garcez Marins; Joana Mello de Carvalho e Silva; Cristina Meneguello

• Advisor: Silvana Rubino

Abstract

The following thesis approaches the formation of an idea about the architectonical heritage in Brazil. Since the end of the 1910, cities and buildings from the colonial era began to be considered artistic and historical monuments of the Nation. At the beginning of 1950, the references to the architectonical heritage of the country were clear. Thus, we looked at exposing the process through which an evidence of the Brazilian architecture has been formed. Concepts such as tradition, national identity, authenticity, history and heritage were fundamental to the so called "national architecture". In other words, we tried to understand how it was possible the formation of a discursive field where it would be noticed a series of architectural goods, as objects of true national features (AU)