O projeto de João Batista Vilanova Artigas (1915-1985) para o edifício da Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo da Universidade de São Paulo, concebido entre 1960 e 1961 e construído na Cidade Universitária entre 1966 e 1969, atravessou um período de ruptura na ordem política do país que marcou sua produção material e sua valoração histórica. Marco inquestionável da arquitetura moderna brasileira e, em particular, da escola de Vilanova Artigas, a explicação histórica dessa obra se mostra indissociável da luta pela reforma do ensino de arquitetura, das políticas para obras públicas do Estado de São Paulo e do debate sobre o subdesenvolvimento no segundo pós-guerra. Esta tese, organizada em quatro capítulos, busca, primeiramente, interpretar a trajetória de seu autor até o momento da inauguração do edifício, argumentando que a pesquisa arquitetônica de Artigas baseada no concreto armado aparente, iniciada em meados da década de 1950, manteve seu vínculo com a nova monumentalidade, porém, deslocando o foco representativo da identidade nacional para a própria construção. Em seguida, este trabalho examina o processo de distinção de Vilanova Artigas no campo institucional da FAU e sua relação com o campo profissional. Para isso, recorre à história da faculdade, criada em 1948, a partir do curso de arquitetura da Escola Politécnica da USP, na qual se observa o crescimento do protagonismo de Vilanova Artigas, consagrado com seu projeto para o novo edifício da escola e sua liderança na reforma do ensino. Seu papel busca ser explicado à luz da atuação de seus pares, professores, arquitetos e engenheiros, bem como dos obstáculos políticos e acadêmicos enfrentados por ele. O encontro das hipóteses arquitetônicas radicais de Artigas com o fecundo território para experimentações da Cidade Universitária de São Paulo é discutido em seguida, tomando como referência a história desse campus e o caráter excepcional das Cidades Universitárias de modo geral. São então destacados o Plano de Ação do Governo do Estado (PAGE, 1959-1963), responsável por uma mudança de paradigmas nas obras públicas do Estado de São Paulo que resultou na promoção da arquitetura moderna feita em escritórios particulares, e o Fundo para Construção da Cidade Universitária Armando Salles de Oliveira (FCCUASO), um órgão público de planejamento e administração direta das obras na Cidade Universitária, criado pelo PAGE, que teve papel relevante na construção do edifício da FAU. O último capítulo deste trabalho analisa aspectos artísticos, técnico-construtivos e políticos da produção do edifício da FAUUSP. A trajetória de Vilanova Artigas, a história da FAU e os planos para a Cidade Universitária são retomados em uma narrativa detalhada que vai dos primeiros croquis do projeto à inauguração do edifício, tragicamente simultânea ao afastamento de Artigas da universidade, em 1969. / The architecture project of João Batista Vilanova Artigas (1915-1985) for the building of the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of São Paulo, designed between 1960 and 1961 and built between 1966 and 1969, passed through a period of disruption in the political order of the country that interfered on its production and historical meaning. Being an unquestionable landmark of Brazilian modern architecture and, in particular, of the Artigas school, the historical explanation of this work is inseparable from the struggle to reform the architecture education, the policies for public works in the State of São Paulo and from the debate about architecture in the context of the post-war underdeveloped world. This four chapters thesis seeks, first, to interpret the trajectory of Artigas until the inauguration of the building, arguing that his architectural research based on exposed concrete that began in the mid-1950s, maintained its link with the new monumentality, however, shifting the representative focus of national identity for the construction itself. Then, this study examines the distinction process of the architect in the institutional field of FAU and its relationship with the professional field. For this, we refer to the history of FAU, created in 1948 from the architecture course of the Polytechnic School of USP. We seek to explain the role that Vilanova Artigas obtained both with his design for the new building of the school and with his leadership in the educational reform, in the light of the performance of their peers, professors, architects and engineers, as well as the academic and political obstacles faced by the architect. The confluence of Artigas radical architectural hypothesis and the fertile territory for experiments of the campus of São Paulo is discussed in the third chapter, from the perspective of the history of this campus and the exceptional character of the Cidades Universitárias in general. We then highlight the Action Plan of the State Government PAGE (1959-1963), which was responsible for a paradigm shift in public constructions of the State of São Paulo that resulted in the promotion of modern architecture made by private offices. PAGE created the Fund for Construction of the campus (FCCUASO), a public agency of direct administration of constructions that planned and executed the constructions on the campus, playing a decisive role in the construction of the building of FAU. The last chapter of the present thesis analyses some or the artistic, technical-constructive and political aspects of the production of the studied work. The trajectory of Vilanova Artigas, the history of the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism and the plans for the campus are resumed in a detailed narrative from the early drawings until the opening of the building and the dismissal of the Artigas from the university, in 1969.

O projeto de João Batista Vilanova Artigas (1915-1985) para o edifício da Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo da Universidade de São Paulo, concebido entre 1960 e 1961 e construído na Cidade Universitária entre 1966 e 1969, atravessou um período de ruptura na ordem política do país que marcou sua produção material e sua valoração histórica. Marco inquestionável da arquitetura moderna brasileira e, em particular, da escola de Vilanova Artigas, a explicação histórica dessa obra se mostra indissociável da luta pela reforma do ensino de arquitetura, das políticas para obras públicas do Estado de São Paulo e do debate sobre o subdesenvolvimento no segundo pós-guerra. Esta tese, organizada em quatro capítulos, busca, primeiramente, interpretar a trajetória de seu autor até o momento da inauguração do edifício, argumentando que a pesquisa arquitetônica de Artigas baseada no concreto armado aparente, iniciada em meados da década de 1950, manteve seu vínculo com a nova monumentalidade, porém, deslocando o foco representativo da identidade nacional para a própria construção. Em seguida, este trabalho examina o processo de distinção de Vilanova Artigas no campo institucional da FAU e sua relação com o campo profissional. Para isso, recorre à história da faculdade, criada em 1948, a partir do curso de arquitetura da Escola Politécnica da USP, na qual se observa o crescimento do protagonismo de Vilanova Artigas, consagrado com seu projeto para o novo edifício da escola e sua liderança na reforma do ensino. Seu papel busca ser explicado à luz da atuação de seus pares, professores, arquitetos e engenheiros, bem como dos obstáculos políticos e acadêmicos enfrentados por ele. O encontro das hipóteses arquitetônicas radicais de Artigas com o fecundo território para experimentações da Cidade Universitária de São Paulo é discutido em seguida, tomando como referência a história desse campus e o caráter excepcional das Cidades Universitárias de modo geral. São então destacados o Plano de Ação do Governo do Estado (PAGE, 1959-1963), responsável por uma mudança de paradigmas nas obras públicas do Estado de São Paulo que resultou na promoção da arquitetura moderna feita em escritórios particulares, e o Fundo para Construção da Cidade Universitária Armando Salles de Oliveira (FCCUASO), um órgão público de planejamento e administração direta das obras na Cidade Universitária, criado pelo PAGE, que teve papel relevante na construção do edifício da FAU. O último capítulo deste trabalho analisa aspectos artísticos, técnico-construtivos e políticos da produção do edifício da FAUUSP. A trajetória de Vilanova Artigas, a história da FAU e os planos para a Cidade Universitária são retomados em uma narrativa detalhada que vai dos primeiros croquis do projeto à inauguração do edifício, tragicamente simultânea ao afastamento de Artigas da universidade, em 1969. / The architecture project of João Batista Vilanova Artigas (1915-1985) for the building of the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism of the University of São Paulo, designed between 1960 and 1961 and built between 1966 and 1969, passed through a period of disruption in the political order of the country that interfered on its production and historical meaning. Being an unquestionable landmark of Brazilian modern architecture and, in particular, of the Artigas school, the historical explanation of this work is inseparable from the struggle to reform the architecture education, the policies for public works in the State of São Paulo and from the debate about architecture in the context of the post-war underdeveloped world. This four chapters thesis seeks, first, to interpret the trajectory of Artigas until the inauguration of the building, arguing that his architectural research based on exposed concrete that began in the mid-1950s, maintained its link with the new monumentality, however, shifting the representative focus of national identity for the construction itself. Then, this study examines the distinction process of the architect in the institutional field of FAU and its relationship with the professional field. For this, we refer to the history of FAU, created in 1948 from the architecture course of the Polytechnic School of USP. We seek to explain the role that Vilanova Artigas obtained both with his design for the new building of the school and with his leadership in the educational reform, in the light of the performance of their peers, professors, architects and engineers, as well as the academic and political obstacles faced by the architect. The confluence of Artigas radical architectural hypothesis and the fertile territory for experiments of the campus of São Paulo is discussed in the third chapter, from the perspective of the history of this campus and the exceptional character of the Cidades Universitárias in general. We then highlight the Action Plan of the State Government PAGE (1959-1963), which was responsible for a paradigm shift in public constructions of the State of São Paulo that resulted in the promotion of modern architecture made by private offices. PAGE created the Fund for Construction of the campus (FCCUASO), a public agency of direct administration of constructions that planned and executed the constructions on the campus, playing a decisive role in the construction of the building of FAU. The last chapter of the present thesis analyses some or the artistic, technical-constructive and political aspects of the production of the studied work. The trajectory of Vilanova Artigas, the history of the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism and the plans for the campus are resumed in a detailed narrative from the early drawings until the opening of the building and the dismissal of the Artigas from the university, in 1969.

The thesis has been written on the basis of main architectural concepts and their application in real life within a historical context investigation. Main architectural concepts are represented in a harmony of architectural composition that deals with relations among form, structure and space in the unique art work. Genius loci play very important role in the architectural creation - it represents a special and extra-ordinary urban locality and its architectural value in the historical, geographical and cultural context. The origin of Ostravice village within the historical frame concept of Moravia domain is the topic of this thesis. Other historical documents gave information about Bruneswerde as the Brno Castle. That means Brno Castle had to be founded not in Brno (as it has been consid-ered for many years) but it was located in Beskydy at Ostravice. The sacred city – Civitas Dei had been located in Bruneswerde region in early ages as the centre of European culture, education and spiritual life. Civitas Dei – divine Jerusalem in the transcription of St. Augustine's book De civitate Dei – is not only glorification of God and religious fantasy. It is also one of significant clues for recognition of historical architecture. The depiction of unknown settlement from the book of unde-fined origin is a superb testimony about extinct architectural works. They are legible from cadastral maps. Brno Castle - residence of nobility and power served shelter to St. Vojtěch, St. Prokop, St. Václav and St. Ludmila as it is obvious for the mentioned picture. Three major temples, three com-position axes symbolized by three towers on coins are in analogical relation to Brno triangle of four saints - the Saint family of Brno temples. Powerful ambitions of Brno City principals and clergy are inscribed into the urban structure in the way of composition relations which are legible to them who devoted themselves to the mystery of harmony. The absence of historical continuity affects personal attitudes and also identity of the whole community. The architecture truly reflects the past state of polis and it is eloquent even after its death. The architectural composition relations influence the natural environment for long time, longer than the architectural work existence. The geometric order of Renaissance Brno existence has not been in attention of architects so far. The features were discovered in characteristic paintings by Albrecht Durer. They are evidently secret works of the genius. A meaningful collaborator and follower in the extensive project was also his friend Jan Čert from Brno and lately from Vienna. His noble genealogy played a significant role in history of Silesia and Moravia for centuries. It is tendency to consider him as Austrian or even German architect. It is because of the fact that the genealogy tree of his noble family had roots in Moravia. It is supposed that Durer with Jan Čert´s support created the extraordinarily monumental architectural and urban works in Brno. A remarkable consensus in the urban composition of two squares and transition of traditional urban structure of Ostravice Civitas Dei into the modern Brno is also confirmed due to the identification of noble creators and owners, who were at the foundation, transformation and extinction of elements of the Moravian urban structure.