O que se pensava sobre arquitetura quando São Paulo virou metrópole: desenhos e escritos em revistas (1900-1920)

Abstract

The base material for this work “What was thought about architecture when São Paulo became a metropolis” was a set of architecture magazines that circulated in São Paulo in the period 1900-1920: Politécnica, engineering magazine, Bulletin of the Institute of engineering and Mackenzie Engineering Review. The main objective was to deal with the theory and professional practice of the first two decades of the 20th century in the cultural environment of the São Paulo metropolis. That period, one of the most significant for the memory of the metropolis, also lacks a reading that recognizes the hegemony of the Italian presence in São Paulo, paying attention to the contribution of other groups of foreigners in the transfer of knowledge between Europe and America. Magazines are a valuable platform for observation. What is obtained when using magazines as sources is a more reliable reading of the cultural context in its ordinary dimension.