Art Deco architecture: a study of its value for the history and memory of the city of Passo Fundo/RS, Brazil

• Autor(a) principal: Lorenzi, Letícia Regina
• Data de Publicação: 2020
• Outros Autores: Piccinato Junior, Dirceu
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: arq.urb
• Texto Completo: https://revistaarqurb.com.br/arqurb/article/view/398
• topic: Patrimônio Cultural; Arquitetura Art Déco; Legislação Patrimonial; Cultural Heritage; Art Déco Architecture; Patrimonial Legislation

This article aims to present and analyze buildings with Art Déco characteristics located in the central region of the city of Passo Fundo / RS, representing modernizing socio-spatial transformations. Its appreciation and recognition as cultural heritage is of fundamental importance so that the urban facts of this city remain as history and as memory. In Brazil, Art Déco architecture significantly marked the scene of cities between the 1930s and 1950s, being an expression of modernity accessible to the various social classes of the time. For this reason, there are many perspectives of analysis for this architecture, particularly in its diffusion in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. The Brazilian city of Passo Fundo, located in the northern region of this state, has a significant repertoire of Art Déco architecture in its central area, however, this architecture is not circumscribed under the preservation legislation of the municipal government. Such a situation lacks a debate about the patrimonial value of these artifacts for the city because this architectural ensemble has not yet been listed in the municipal registry of assets of historical patrimonial value, which shows a lack of understanding of the value of this architecture as representative of a historic moment in the city. This register is a list where the assets of patrimonial value of the city of Passo Fundo/RS are listed.