Submitted by Jonathan Budd
Tradition revisited or new urbanism? Vilas Populares in Porto Alegre
Architecture News - Jun 21, 2008 - 19:42 10282 views
Current scenario: is there a new urbanism? Urbanism has been run over by a rather complex reality; one that performs autonomously and radically challenges the theories and axioms of modernism. The receding of urbanism is particularly noticed under the conditions of underdevelopment where the urban scene has been confronted in the last decades with a variety of spontaneously generated solutions; especially in housing. The Brazilian scenario is emblematic in this respect.
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