Arquitetura contemporânea em Maceió (1980-2008): uma reflexão crítica.

Abstract

Many transformations took place in Maceió in the last 30 years. The decade of 1980 was marked by the growth of the city and by the construction of vertical buildings. Besides this, the tourism was stimulated in Maceió (called by the marketing of Paradise of the Waters ). This period was a very productive and representative time of a generation of active architects in the State of Alagoas. Nevertheless, the Alagoas`s architecture and of his capital - Maceió - was not sufficiently analysed, when a shortage of publications is noted, being opportune and when a reflection necessary on the architecture produced during these years. How to understand the contemporary architecture produced in Maceio?. This dissertation of master's degree aims to analyze critically the contemporary architecture in Maceió during the years 1980 to 2008. The methodology is divided in three stages: (i) literature review (ii) collects of local data - the lifting of local data was obtained through newspapers, specialized magazines, exhibitions of architecture of the Architects' Institute of Brazil Department Alagoas and of the conversations and round tables of two Seminars of Contemporary Architecture in Alagoas and (iii) analysis of data from the perspective of architectural critics. As a result of reflection shows that it is possible to find local examples that go beyond modernism, related to phenomenology and structuralism, and the almost nonexistent post-structuralism. This research contributes to a better account of the teaching and practice, and address the lack of material on the subject.