From Creative Genius to Entrepreneurial Spirit: Architectural Mediations in the Formation of the Brazilian State
Roberta Sampaio Guimarães,
Paulo Vitor Ferreira da Silva
Abstract:The architectural field has performed a central mediating function in the process of formation of the Brazilian State through the formulation of mechanisms for control, ordering, and management of territories and populations. In the present article, we address three different scenarios in which architectural professional networks played a significant role: national-developmental projects implemented from the 1930s onwards; housing policies developed during the military dictatorship (1964 to 1985); strategic pl… Show more
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