Arquitetura Brasileira e Portuguesa Contemporânea - Um estudo de quatro residências unifamiliares do início do séc. XXI no Brasil e em Portugal

Abstract

The main theme of the present dissertation is the contemporary single-family house of the early twenty-first century in Brazil and in Portugal. The research object concerns of four houses, two Portuguese: the RF House by Architect Nuno Graça Moura, and the House in Macinhata by Architect Nuno Brandão Costa, and two Brazilian: the Bacopari House by Una Arquitetos, and the House in Morro do Querosene by Grupo SP. The main objective of this study is to analyse and compare the design strategies applied in each of the buildings, and to draw a parallel between the way Portuguese and Brazilian architects have solved the theme of the house. In order to achieve the proposed objectives, three main discussions are developed: the house and the place, the interior / exterior relations, and the facade - the house drawn from the inside out versus the house drawn from the outside in. These discussions are supported by the contributions of Christian Norberg-Schulz, Álvaro Siza and Aldo Rossi about the relationship of the house with the place, Adolf Loos and Le Corbusier through Beatriz Colomina's work about the interior / exterior relations, and Robert Venturi on the importance of the facade. In addition to the analysed bibliography, interviews were conducted with the architects responsible for the studied works, guide the presentation of the houses and the understanding of the intentions and strategies they have adopted in each case. Finally, it is understood that despite having some similarities, which are reflections of their contemporary temporality, the solutions of some problems of the house tended to follow different cultural premises, accordingly to the context of each country.