VIRTUAL: Prague Heritages
Abstract
In 1986, Condephaat, the State of São Paulo council for preservation of its cultural heritage, listed an extensive urban area in the city of São Paulo: “Jardins” [the Gardens], conceived under garden-cities lines. Jardim América, was created by the precursors of this model, the British architects Raymond Unwin and Richard Barry Parker. Both also authors of the first garden city in history, Lechworth (1903) and of Hampstead Garden Suburb (1907) in London in the early 20th century. The designation of the “Jardins” was part of an attempt to value and preserve the remarkable urban landscape implanted in streets with winding layouts, abundantly green areas and low density that differed from the rest of the city, a South american metropolis. Thirty-six years later after what actually is preserved in “Jardins” is mainly the urban layout, the vegetation areas and some of the boundary lines of the lots. Most of the buildings have been transformed or even substituted. That is not the case of its British counterparts, Letchworth and Hampstead and others in United States , like Riverside or Coral Gables. What determines the maintenance of these landscapes? Is it possible to reconcile urban development without de characterizing or demolishing of built units? The aim is verify what of the original features safeguarded by law actually remains in each specific reality and how is it made.
Architect and Urbanist from Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie (1979). Master’s Degree in Architecture and Urbanism from the University of São Paulo (1992) and a PhD in Architecture and Urbanism from the University of São Paulo (1997), both in the area of concentration of History and Fundamentals of Architecture and Urbanism. Lecturer and researcher at the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie since 2017. Architect at Condephaat, Cultural Heritage Council of State of Sao Paulo ( 1980-2021). Professor at Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo Mackenzie.
Lecturer and researcher at Universidade Presbiteriana Mackenzie, she is currently Research Coordinator and member of the Structuring Teaching Nucleus of the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism. PhD in Sciences (concentration in Regional and Urban Planning, 2015), Master in Architecture and Urbanism (concentration in History and Fundamentals of Architecture and Urbanism, 2005) and Architect and Urbanist from the University of São Paulo (1985). Honorable Mention in the 2016 edition of the Capes Thesis Award, Architecture and Urbanism area, and Finalist in the X Bienal Iberoamericana de Arquitetura – Theses category, with the Joseph-Antoine Bouvard research in Brazil. The Improvements of São Paulo and the creation of Cia. City: interconnected actions. In addition to articles in specialized journals, she published Neoclassical Manifestations in the Paraíba Valley: Lorena and the imperial palm trees (Annablume/Fapesp, 2008), for which she was awarded the Eugenia Sereno Cultural Prize, Regional History modality. She has experience in the area of Architecture and Urbanism, with emphasis on the following topics: history of architecture, urbanism and landscaping; history of the city of São Paulo; urbanism in the first decades of the 20th century.