Comparative urbanism: adapting European rationalism to tropical metropolises from the perspective of French Brazilian academic formation
Comparative urbanism: adapting European rationalism to tropical metropolises from the perspective of French Brazilian academic formation
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Comparative Urbanism. Urban Planning. French School. Brazilian Modernism. Université Paris VIII. Mackenzie.Abstract
This article explores the convergences and divergences between the Brazilian and French schools of urbanism in the 1960s and 1970s, reflecting the author's academic trajectory between Mackenzie University and Université Paris VIII. It analyzes how modernist rationalism, hegemonic in Brazil, was confronted and enriched by the sociological and critical theories of French urbanism post-1968. The study discusses the application of European planning models in tropical contexts, addressing themes such as zoning, social housing, and the role of infrastructure in structuring the territory. It is argued that the uncritical importation of exogenous models fails by ignoring Brazilian socio-spatial specificities, advocating a design synthesis that unites French methodological rigor with the creativity and flexibility necessary to intervene in the complexity of the Latin American metropolis.
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