Title: Blocos de memórias: habitação social, arquitetura moderna e patrimônio cultural
Abstract:This doctoral thesis studies the conservation of modern housing developments that was carried out in Brazil between 1930 and 1964.These housing developments are important examples for the history of m...This doctoral thesis studies the conservation of modern housing developments that was carried out in Brazil between 1930 and 1964.These housing developments are important examples for the history of modern Brazilian architecture and their conservation is under serious threat.Bringing together the preservation and social housing agendas, we propose to study and understand them as cultural heritage in order to define conceptual parameters and set out strategies for their management and conservation.We intend to join the debate about the conservation of modern architecture and urbanism through the lens of social housing, tackling questions of value assignment and the relevance and obsolescence of proposals for modern living.To this end, we study the historicity and values assigned to modern architecture, its relationships with the historiography of architecture and with the construction of a record of modern architecture in BrazilRead More