Industria architecture. Cultural heritage, preservation and restoration: Matarazzo Mill and Mariangela Textile Industry cases

Author(s)

Cristiane Ikedo Bardese

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: São Paulo.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo (FAU/SBI)
• Defense date: 2011-04-26

Examining board members

Beatriz Mugayar Kuhl; Marly Rodrigues; Antonio Soukef Junior

• Advisor: Beatriz Mugayar Kuhl

Abstract

This research deals with the preservation of industrial architecture in the city of São Paulo, through two study cases, Matarazzo Mill and Mariangela Textile Industry, important examples of industrial architecture of the end of 19th Century and the beginning of 20th Century, in the Bras district. Those complexes stand out because of their architectural quality, historical importance, technical solutions, organization and integration of the spaces, their insertion in the urban space and their reference for the local memory. Even with a complex debate, this research will discuss questions related to industrial heritage, proposing guidelines for their preservation, through the analysis of those cases, showing that it is possible to ally present actions and their preservation, and proposing new subjects for discussion. (AU)