The place of the unavoidable construction: modern Brazilian architecture through the critical works of Mário Pedrosa

This text researches the critical works of Mário Pedrosa with regards to modern Brazilian architecture. It takes three nucleus of analysis into consideration: the Brazilian differential in relation to the modern style design and the upholding of native tradition and baroque style; the conceptualisation of Brasilia; and the critiques and contradictions relating to the symbolic representation of State power. This text supports the claim that Pedrosa —who sees Latin-America as a space where revolutionary power has been relocated by the vanguards— invests in the development of modern Brazilian architecture as a capable phenomenon to reactivate the utopia of a total art.