HISTORY, ARCHITECTURE AND THE CITY: A TRIP TO EUROPE AS AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY STUDY
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https://doi.org/10.24220/2318-0919v0n14a773Keywords:
Alexandre Albuquerque, Architecture (history), Study tripsAbstract
This paper explores the interpretations and repercussions of the traveling notes made by the Brazilian architect Alexandre Albuquerque about several city-based professional fields in the beginning of the 20th century. Awarded by the Polytechnic School of São Paulo, Brazil [Escola Politécnica de São Paulo] with a study period in Europe in 1906, the just-graduated Albuquerque prepared records and reflections about the urban transformations and architectural forms he observed while visiting countries such as France, Belgium, Austria, Germany, England and Italy, and upon his return to Brazil, published several studies about the trip – studies he cites for
many years in his career and in other papers. Widely discussed in São Paulo at the time, this kind of study was considered fundamental to complement architects’ formal education, and ended up interfering, directly or indirectly, in the designs for buildings and urban planning, in the formal teaching of Architecture and Art History, and also, specifically in theoretical notes about architecture. Therefore, this investigation aims to contribute to our understanding of the importance
of the study trips and the role of European Architecture History in the choice and composition of the architectural repertoires in early 20th century urban spaces.
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