Timóteo: the urban legacy of an industrial project

Author(s)

Vanda Maria Quecini

• Document type: Doctoral Thesis
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo (FAU/SBI)
• Defense date: 2007-10-03

Examining board members

Maria Irene de Queiroz Ferreira Szmrecsanyi; Telma de Barros Correia; Heloisa Soares de Moura Costa; Csaba Deak; Maria Lucia Caira Gitahy

• Advisor: Maria Irene de Queiroz Ferreira Szmrecsanyi

Abstract

The current research work aims to contribute to the yet-incipient Brazilian literature on company towns departing from the usual approach that considers the housing problem as a starting point the present discussion focus on the field of urbanization instead. Therefore, our goal is to comprehend one special process of urbanization: a process conducted by the industry via the construction of new towns; more precisely, iron-work Brazilian towns built from the decade of 1940s and later. The methodology is based on historical contextualization and case studies in such a way that, among several aspects associated to the industry-dependent generation of the urban space, the main focus is on its local and regional contribution to the formation and organization of the urban space. Therefore, the company ACESITA and the city of Timóteo are presented in the contexts of national industrialization, Brazilian iron-work towns and Vale do Rio Doce and Vale do Aço region. Subsequently, the interpretation of Timóteo is permeated by the industry, considering its role on the municipal authority as well as on the local community. This interpretation allows the identification of the industry legacy on economical, political and social aspects of the current city, therefore its industry urban legacy. (AU)