Keywords
Documentation
Urban Interventions. Key Words Plus
1901-1965 - Criticism and Interpretation
Levi
Rino
1901-1965 - Architectural Work
Architecture
Modern– Brazil.
How to Cite
Abstract
This study examines the work of Rino Levi, who belonged to the generation of architects that implants and develops modern architecture in Brazil. The analysis focus the study of project process and attempts to identify general procedures,always considering the interaction between the production of the modern architect and the environmentin which he acts. The special nuances showed by modernity in view of the dichotomies rationality and contingency,normative and special, etc., indicated by authors such as Alan Colquhoun and Carlos Eduardo Comas, are a centraltheme in this investigation. Firstly, a reading is made of his first years’ work, taking into account the influences and theurban and cultural context in which the architect develops his activity, as well as his practical work and the consequenttheoretical reflections. After that, the work of his professional maturity is analyzed, based on the qualitative aspectsof the urban space – from the center of the metropolis to the mansions located in the suburbs. The interpretation ofLevi’s work from a contingent fact as important as the urban place unveils the various adaptations that such architecturecould undertake, keeping identifiable, in its basis and structure, the modern “scheme”.Apuntes is registered under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Public License. Thus, this work may be reproduced, distributed, and publicly shared in digital format, as long as the names of the authors and Pontificia Universidad Javeriana are acknowledged. Others are allowed to quote, adapt, transform, auto-archive, republish, and create based on this material, for any purpose (even commercial ones), provided the authorship is duly acknowledged, a link to the original work is provided, and it is specified if changes have been made. Pontificia Universidad Javeriana does not hold the rights of published works and the authors are solely responsible for the contents of their works; they keep the moral, intellectual, privacy, and publicity rights.
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