Brasilia-heritage: a modern city and architecture that challenge the present
No. 12 (2013-07-01)Author(s)
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Eduardo Pierrotti Rossetti1Centro Universitario de Brasilia, Brasil. eduardo.rossetti@uniceub.br Arquitecto y urbanista, Magíster en Arquitectura y Urbanismo y doctorado en Arquitectura y Urbanismo de la FAU-USP. Actualmente es profesor e investigador del curso de Arquitectura y Urbanismo de UniCEUB (Brasilia) y colaborador del Programa de Pós-Graduação da Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo da Universidade de Brasília (PPGAU-FAU) UnB, donde desarrolla investigación de posdoctorado. Se ha desempañado como técnico de la Superintendencia del IPHAN en el Distrito Federal y como integrante del cuerpo docente de la Escola da Cidade (São Paulo). Es autor de diversos artículos sobre arquitectura brasilera y sobre Brasilia, incluído el libro Arquiteturas de Brasília (2012). Versión revisada del artículo homónimo presentado en 2º Enanparq (Natal, Brasil), septiembre del 2012.
Abstract
The purpose of this article is to compliment previous studies on Brasilia. It has special interest in questions relative to the preservation of Brasilia’s modern heritage. Recognising that the city was conceived from an optimist and utopian perspective, that it confronts its current situation, and reflects on the present are the article’s fundamental tasks. To understand Brasilia’s architectural heritage is paramount in order to guide a critical reflection about our own modernity and to broaden the epistemological field of architecture. It is necessary to explore the tensions of the general idea of the city, whilst confronting urban reality, in order that alternatives can be discussed, new possibilities found, and staple values identified. However, it is essential to research new technical challenges, symbolic aspects, and the functional demands that pertain to the conservation and preservation of the city’s modern architecture.