Farms of the State of Sao Paulo: rural architecture in the coffee export cycle

Author(s)

Vladimir Benincasa

• Document type: Doctoral Thesis
• Press: São Carlos.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC/SBD)
• Defense date: 2008-02-15

Examining board members

Maria Angela Pereira de Castro e Silva Bortolucci; Telma de Barros Correia; Paulo César Garcez Marins; Rafael de Bivar Marquese; Maria Lucia Bressan Pinheiro

• Advisor: Maria Angela Pereira de Castro e Silva Bortolucci

Abstract

The present thesis examines Sao Paulo\'s rural architecture during the coffee export cycle, nearly from 1800 to 1940, a period marked by large changes in brazilian history. The focal point is the rural nucleus of the coffee plantation analyzed by a chain of research questions. Such as, criteria for the choice of the site to be deployed, the organization and hierarchical arrange of the buildings, its architectural shape and use manners, taking into account the gradual changes that took place within the chosen time span. The investigation makes use of inedited photographical data and in site metrics survey, in addition to the review of parallel studies, interviews, data collection on archives and libraries in a way to produce a wide range of information about farms within the current borders of Sao Paulo state. (AU)