Bottom-to-top: dialogues between global culture, tradition and contemporary architecture. An interview to Angelo Bucci

Authors

  • Angelo Bucci Universidad de San Pablo, Brasil
  • Ivo Giroto Universidad de San Pablo, Brasil
  • Ingrid Quintana Guerrero Universidad de los Andes, Colombia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35305/23626097v5i9.181

Keywords:

architectural discourses, Paulista architect, Brazilian constructive tradition, modern and contemporary architecture practice

Abstract

The following interview introduces the view of the Brazilian architect Angelo Bucci as regards the practice of the architectural profession. It is based on his involvement with other disciplines’ discourses and their relationship with both the tradition of modern architecture in Latin America and Brazil’s culture and history which were marked by the military dictatorship and the restoration of democracy in the late 1980s. In the face of these scenarios, Bucci contrasts the characteristic phenomena of the globalized world with their effects on the project conception. The Brazilian Pavilion’s project for the Expo Sevilla 92 provided the first step leading to the international recognition of Bucci’s production which, in turn, was later developed in the SPBR studio. It became a turning point for Brazilian contemporary architecture that enabled the translation of the typical canonical Carioca and Paulista modernism’s lessons (use of pilotis, open floor plans, etc.) into foreign contexts.

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Author Biographies

Angelo Bucci, Universidad de San Pablo, Brasil

Arquitecto y urbanista (1987), Magister (1998) y Doctor (2005) por la Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo de la Universidade de São Paulo (FAUUSP). Honorary Fellow del American Institute of Architects (AIA – 2011). Desde 2003 está al frente del estudio de arquitectura SPBR, en São Paulo. Entre 1996 y 2002 fue socio fundador del estudio MMBB, también en São Paulo. Es profesor de la FAUUSP desde 2001. Profesor visitante en diversas universidades de Latinoamérica (Universidad Torcuato Di Tella, Universidad de Cuenca, Universidad Andrés Bello), de los Estados Unidos (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Yale University, University of Texas at Austin, Harvard Graduate School of Design, University of California, Arizona State University), y Europa (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zurich, Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia).

Ivo Giroto, Universidad de San Pablo, Brasil

Arquitecto (Universidade Estadual de Londrina), Doctor en Teoría e Historia de la Arquitectura (Universidad Politécnica de Cataluña). Post-doctorado por la Universidade de São Paulo (2017-2020). Miembro del Observatorio de Arquitectura Latinoamericana Contemporánea (ODALC) y coordinador del grupo de investigación Arquitetura para Cultura (www.arquiteturaparacultura.info). Coordinador Pedagógico Nacional de Arquitectura y Urbanismo de la Universidade Estácio de Sá (Brasil, 2013-2016).

Ingrid Quintana Guerrero, Universidad de los Andes, Colombia

Arquitecta (Universidad Nacional de Colombia), doctora en Arquitectura y Urbanismo (Universidade de São Paulo). Profesora asistente en la Universidad de los Andes (Colombia). Autora de Hijos de la Rue de Sèvres: los colaboradores latinoamericanos de Le Corbusier en París (2018), premiado con la mención honorífica de la 21 Bienal Panamericana de Arquitectura de Quito (2018).

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Published

2018-12-07

How to Cite

Bucci, A., Giroto, I., & Quintana Guerrero, I. (2018). Bottom-to-top: dialogues between global culture, tradition and contemporary architecture. An interview to Angelo Bucci. A&P Continuidad, 5(9), 22–31. https://doi.org/10.35305/23626097v5i9.181

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 9 (2018): ARCHITECTURE AND CRAFT

Section

Conversations

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