O trabalho do grupo de pesquisa arquitetura e lugar

Rescuing the documentation of modern architecture in the rough of Paraíba. Campina Grande. 1950-1980.

Abstract

The article has as object of study the work that has been developed by the research group architecture and place / GRUPAL, linked to the Architecture and Urbanism course at the Federal University of Campina Grande / UFCG and registered at CNPq / National Council for Scientific and Technological Development , in favor of rescuing the documentation of modern architecture in the rough of Paraíba, specifically the city of Campina Grande. It works with the 1950-1980 time frame, the golden period of the production of modern architecture in Campinas and has characteristics that directly link it to the Recife School. The objective of the article is to publicize the work that has been carried out over five years, resulting from academic research projects at the level of scientific initiation and completion of undergraduate courses, as well as from postgraduate research, such as dissertations from master's. It is justified by the importance of valuing the internalization of research in our country, which is going through such a difficult time for education and the whole framework that constitutes it, such as, for example, the documentation and conservation of the modern heritage collection. The Group has been architecturally analyzing the modern buildings produced by the architects who worked in the city in the chronological outline worked, in order to detect their design and constructive values, and which contributed to the consolidation of architectural modernity in the local urban landscape. For that, it adopts a methodology that works with primary sources, composed of project material, such as plans, sections, facades, perspectives; photographs, in addition to the building itself, perhaps the most important “document”. Such sources are collected in private and public archives, being redesigned in graphic programs, building a rich documentary collection that serves as a support for academic works, exhibitions, books, articles, blogs, posts on social networks.