ARCHITECTURES OF DEMOCRACY: HOUSING MOVEMENTS AND PROGRESSIVE ARCHITECTS IN SÃO PAULO (1970-1990)
Abstract From the late 1970s until the early 1990s, the issue of the right to housing in São Paulo’s peripheral neighborhoods was pursued side by side with a questioning of the political character of design and construction techniques and an attempt to reframe the construction site as a space of coo...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Fundação Getúlio Vargas
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| Series: | Estudos Históricos |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-21862018000600369&lng=en&tlng=en |
| Summary: | Abstract From the late 1970s until the early 1990s, the issue of the right to housing in São Paulo’s peripheral neighborhoods was pursued side by side with a questioning of the political character of design and construction techniques and an attempt to reframe the construction site as a space of cooperation and political education. This article addresses how this articulation between architects and urban social movements led to an innovation of organizational practices within those movements, transformations in the field of architecture, and the local emergence of the idea of the “right to architecture.” |
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| ISSN: | 2178-1494 |