Présentation de l'éditeur :
João Vilanova Artigas (Curitiba 1915-São Paulo 1985) was a Brazilian architect, a maestro of the so-called 'São Paulo School' who at the end of the 1950s adopted reinforced concrete as an expressive constructional language. Basing himself on the technical possibilities of this material, he defined the volumetry of his buildings by means of daring structural concepts using huge spans. His projects and built works convey a wish to be exemplary and to contribute thereby to the country’s technical and social development, an ambition typical of the city of São Paulo: the economic and industrial centre of Brazil, aloof from the hedonistic optimism of Río de Janeiro and its modern architecture, associated with Oscar Niemeyer.
For the first time outside of Brazil, 2G presents the widest selection of the work of this great architect, considered to be the key figure of the architecture created in São Paulo in the 1960s and 70s.
Table of contents:
Introductions
Vilanova Artigas and the school of São Paulo by Kenneth Frampton
Vilanova Artigas and the dialectics of stress by Guilherme Wisnik
Works and Projects
Louveira Building, São Paulo, 1946-1949
Vilanova Artigas 2nd House, São Paulo, 1949
Londrina Bus Station, 1950-1952
Baeta House, São Paulo, 1956-1957
Rubens de Mendonça House, São Paulo, 1958-1959
Taques Bittencourt 2nd House, São Paulo, 1959
Guarulhos High School, 1960-1962
Faculty of Achitecture and Planning, University of São Paulo (FAU-USP), São Paulo, 1961-1968
Ivo Viterito House, São Paulo, 1962-1963
Mendes André House, São Paulo, 1966-1967
Elza Berquó House, São Paulo, 1967
CECAP Zezinho Magalhães Prado Housing Complex, Guarulhos, 1967-1972
Martirani House, São Paulo, 1969-1974
Jaú Bus Station, 1973-1975
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