Residence of the architect at Canoas: history and preservation issues (1951 – 2020)

• Autor(a) principal: Figueiredo, Rolando
• Data de Publicação: 2022
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: arq.urb
• Texto Completo: https://revistaarqurb.com.br/arqurb/article/view/526
• topic: Oscar Niemeyer; Patrimônio moderno; Restauro; Oscar Niemeyer; Modern heritage; Restoration

The article develops a history of the residence of the architect Oscar Niemeyer at Canoas (1953), in the City of Rio de Janeiro, from its conception and construction, to the present day. The Digital Library of Biblioteca Nacional allowed the identification of a wide bibliography that had not yet been explored, and which adds to the understanding of the house’s development through time, beyond that which can be learned from its publications in magazines (specialized or not). Its architectural and landscape features, as well as its interiors, are analyzed in a discussion of the role played by house in the international architectural scene at the moment. This contextualization of the main alterations suffered by the house allows a critical patrimonial reading of its current state of conservation, while it raises arguments in an eventual stage of restoration.