Canny modernity, uncanny modernity

Authors

  • Givaldo Medeiros University of São Paulo (USP)

Keywords:

Brazilian contemporary architecture, housing, site plan, topography

Abstract

Focusing on recent scholarly production on housing, this article explores contemporary architecture in Brazil, claiming that postmodernism is manifested among us in the guise of neo-modernism. Acknowledging that this presence of modernism is marked by the classical/anti-classical duality and the counterpoint between norm and deviation, the text seeks to identify the attitudes that tension this legacy and the possibilities available to architectural practice.

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Author Biography

Givaldo Medeiros, University of São Paulo (USP)

He is Architect and Doctor in Architecture and Urbanism, professor and researcher at the Institute of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Sao Paulo (USP), Brazil; he studies the interlacement between art, architecture and landscape theory within the contemporary city.

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Published

2011-07-01

Issue

Vol. 1 No. 05 (2011): V!05 Places of Living: Revisited

Section

Review