The landscapes of my home in Connecticut are important to me. When I was young, I went to the woods for seclusion and comfort. While I wandered through the woods, I discovered a passion for storytelling. Now that I no longer live in New England, I miss the familiar landscapes of home. As a way to portray my sentiment, I write poetic narratives and create objects to illustrate natural landscapes. I combine my interests of classic Americana art and literature with brutalist architecture and modern furniture to create immersive installations. I work with concrete and hardwood to materially bridge the unnatural with the natural. A Familiar House is an installation consisting of a concrete jail cell, cathedral windows made of denim and a poetry chapbook. This work stems from my incarcerated brother’s longing to be home. I depict my brother’s prison in the American West through concrete walls and portray our New England home with poetry. A Familiar House represents the desire for the familiar while confined in an isolated landscape.

Este trabalho tem como objetivo principal o conhecimento e o reconhecimento de dez edifícios de feições brutalistas do estado do Piauí. Por meio de um reconhecimento arquitetônico, crítico e referenciado dessas obras, construídas nas décadas de 1970 e 1980, procura-se compreender os seus valores projetuais, a relevância das mesmas na identidade da paisagem urbana em que se inserem e a origem e as peculiaridades do seu contexto de criação e implantação. Esta pesquisa leva em consideração os pormenores locais e as individuais contribuições intelectuais dos arquitetos, fatores que, vinculados a um contexto arquitetônico nacional, originaram exemplares concretos, cujos reconhecimento e interpretação se fazem necessários para melhor compreensão da cultura arquitetônica estadual e seu desdobramento nos âmbitos regional e nacional. Apesar de o caráter brutalista ser o denominador comum e o ponto de partida para o estudo do conjunto edificado, a pesquisa não se reduz a uma abordagem exiguamente estilística, pela crença de que uma categorização não é suficiente, nem mesmo determinante para a compreensão desses exemplares arquitetônicos, devendo os mesmos serem analisados como parcela do seu próprio contexto. Dessa forma, toma-se como princípio o enfoque propriamente arquitetônico da investigação, em que é \"a própria realidade da obra que se constitui objeto e oportunidade de pensamento\"(OYARZÚN; ARAVENA; QUINTANILLA et al., 2007, p. 11). Assim, por meio do estudo das obras em si, apoiado por documentos que elucidam suas características originais, realizou-se um trabalho de documentação e análise, considerando a importância desse conjunto para o patrimônio arquitetônico piauiense e para os ambientes urbanos, tendo em vista sua preservação e valorização, assim como o fortalecimento da historiografia arquitetônica piauiense. / This paper has as main purpose the acknowledgement and understanding of ten edifices of brutalist features in the state of Piauí. By meanings of architectonic, critic and referenced recognition of these buildings, constructed in the 1970s and 1980s, it is intended to comprehend its design value, their relevance in the identity of the urban landscape as well as the origin and peculiarities of their creation and implantation context. This research considers the local singularities and the individual intellectual contribution of the architects, factors which, associated to the national architectural scene, originated concrete precedent, making it necessary its interpretation and recognition to better comprehend the architectural culture of the state and its unraveling in the regional and national purview. Despite the brutalist characteristic being the common denominator and the starting point for the study of the edifice lot, the research is not reduced to a particularly stylistic approach, for believing that a mere categorization is insufficient, nor is decisive for the comprehension of this architectonic examples, these must be analyzed as a fraction of its own context. Thus being, a properly architectonic focus is taken as principle, where as \"the own reality of the product that constitutes object and opportunity of reflection\" (OYARZÚN; ARAVENA; QUINTANILLA, 2007, p.11). This way, by the study of the structure of the buildings, supported by documentation that clarify its original characteristics, a work of documentation and analysis was accomplished, considering the importance of this lot of architectonic heritage of Piauí and to other urban settlements, in behalf of its preservation and estimation, as well as the fortification of architectural historiography of Piauí.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-15T19:21:50Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Luiz Boscardin.pdf: 61826304 bytes, checksum: 9fba2a5f6506fb7e0277bfa95d2ff186 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-04-12 / Fundo Mackenzie de Pesquisa / This master´s dissertation presents a methodology for design analysis, based on the primary documentation of buildings and works, and its reading and interpretation by means of graphics (redesigns in CAD programs), virtual (three-dimensional digital models) and photographs. This approach is performed through the analysis of architectural production of the architect Jorge Bomfi m, who lives in the city of Santo André, São Paulo State, in Brazil, highlighting its portfolio of residential buildings, designed in the period between the decades of 1970 and 1990. These buildings, which have a noticeable alignment with the Brutalism, were conceived after the period of greatest diffusion of this architectural trend, suggesting the existence of a Brutalist School of São Paulo, based on the experience and projective method characteristic of a generation of architects graduates (as Jorge Bomfi m himself) by the Mackenzie s architecture college, during the second half of the 1950s. / Esta dissertação de mestrado apresenta uma metodologia de análise projetual, tomando como base a documentação primária de edifícios e obras, e sua leitura e interpretação através de meios gráficos (redesenhos em programas CAD), virtuais (modelos digitais tridimensionais) e fotográficos. Esta abordagem é realizada através da análise da produção arquitetônica do arquiteto Jorge Bomfim, radicado na cidade de Santo André/SP, destacando seu portifólio de edifícios residenciais, projetados no período compreendido entre ás décadas 1970 e 1980. Estes edifícios, que apresentam um perceptível alinhamento com a Brutalismo Paulista, foram concebidos após o período de maior difusão desta tendência arquitetônica, sugerindo a existência de uma Escola Paulista Brutalista, baseada na experiência e no método projetual característico de uma geração de arquitetos graduados (como o próprio Jorge Bomfim) pela faculdade de arquitetura Mackenzie durante a segunda metade da década de 1950.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-15T23:44:00Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 3 Michelle Schneider Santos1.pdf: 6298445 bytes, checksum: c680fd7cb8a6a16293d4f8ff8e81297c (MD5) Michelle Schneider Santos2.pdf: 16587714 bytes, checksum: d12f9641f70329d35c72369fed6b7d41 (MD5) Michelle Schneider Santos3.pdf: 16793428 bytes, checksum: 35ac5ec5e10f1a1e35f15795d5f8c8ab (MD5) Previous issue date: 2011-02-25 / Fundo Mackenzie de Pesquisa / The circulation of young architects became an important vector on the expansion of new ideas in Brazil mid XX Century, what improved the sprouting of important modern architecture buildings. Since 1960 Curitiba, capital of Parana, was also permeated by architects coming from other regions; prominence to a group of architects graduated at Mackenzie University in São Paulo, who recognized an unique opportunity and intended there a professional and intellectual recognition, mainly through a frequent participation in architectural competitions. Luiz Forte Netto, José Maria Gandolfi e Roberto Luis Gandolfi had an important role in the architectural scene in Paraná which is consolidated in Curitiba in 1962. This research aims to analyze their architecture and intends to show how this architects and their work helped on the development of Brazilian modern architecture by that moment. / A circulação de jovens arquitetos constituiu um vetor de expansão de novas idéias no Brasil em meados do século XX, o que impulsionou o aparecimento de importantes obras modernas. A partir da década de 1960 a capital do estado do Paraná, Curitiba, foi também permeada por arquitetos originários de várias regiões; com destaque para um grupo de egressos da Universidade Mackenzie, em São Paulo, que percebeu uma oportunidade única e buscou ali o reconhecimento do meio intelectual e arquitetônico, principalmente através da participação em concursos de arquitetura. Luiz Forte Netto, José Maria Gandolfi e Roberto Luis Gandolfi tiveram um importante papel no cenário arquitetônico paranaense, em especial durante sua sociedade no escritório Forte Gandolfi, que se consolida em Curitiba a partir de 1962. Esta pesquisa busca analisar sua produção arquitetônica e pretende mostrar a contribuição dos arquitetos e de suas obras na ampliação do panorama da arquitetura moderna brasileira desse período.

Este trabalho tem como objetivo principal o conhecimento e o reconhecimento de dez edifícios de feições brutalistas do estado do Piauí. Por meio de um reconhecimento arquitetônico, crítico e referenciado dessas obras, construídas nas décadas de 1970 e 1980, procura-se compreender os seus valores projetuais, a relevância das mesmas na identidade da paisagem urbana em que se inserem e a origem e as peculiaridades do seu contexto de criação e implantação. Esta pesquisa leva em consideração os pormenores locais e as individuais contribuições intelectuais dos arquitetos, fatores que, vinculados a um contexto arquitetônico nacional, originaram exemplares concretos, cujos reconhecimento e interpretação se fazem necessários para melhor compreensão da cultura arquitetônica estadual e seu desdobramento nos âmbitos regional e nacional. Apesar de o caráter brutalista ser o denominador comum e o ponto de partida para o estudo do conjunto edificado, a pesquisa não se reduz a uma abordagem exiguamente estilística, pela crença de que uma categorização não é suficiente, nem mesmo determinante para a compreensão desses exemplares arquitetônicos, devendo os mesmos serem analisados como parcela do seu próprio contexto. Dessa forma, toma-se como princípio o enfoque propriamente arquitetônico da investigação, em que é \"a própria realidade da obra que se constitui objeto e oportunidade de pensamento\"(OYARZÚN; ARAVENA; QUINTANILLA et al., 2007, p. 11). Assim, por meio do estudo das obras em si, apoiado por documentos que elucidam suas características originais, realizou-se um trabalho de documentação e análise, considerando a importância desse conjunto para o patrimônio arquitetônico piauiense e para os ambientes urbanos, tendo em vista sua preservação e valorização, assim como o fortalecimento da historiografia arquitetônica piauiense. / This paper has as main purpose the acknowledgement and understanding of ten edifices of brutalist features in the state of Piauí. By meanings of architectonic, critic and referenced recognition of these buildings, constructed in the 1970s and 1980s, it is intended to comprehend its design value, their relevance in the identity of the urban landscape as well as the origin and peculiarities of their creation and implantation context. This research considers the local singularities and the individual intellectual contribution of the architects, factors which, associated to the national architectural scene, originated concrete precedent, making it necessary its interpretation and recognition to better comprehend the architectural culture of the state and its unraveling in the regional and national purview. Despite the brutalist characteristic being the common denominator and the starting point for the study of the edifice lot, the research is not reduced to a particularly stylistic approach, for believing that a mere categorization is insufficient, nor is decisive for the comprehension of this architectonic examples, these must be analyzed as a fraction of its own context. Thus being, a properly architectonic focus is taken as principle, where as \"the own reality of the product that constitutes object and opportunity of reflection\" (OYARZÚN; ARAVENA; QUINTANILLA, 2007, p.11). This way, by the study of the structure of the buildings, supported by documentation that clarify its original characteristics, a work of documentation and analysis was accomplished, considering the importance of this lot of architectonic heritage of Piauí and to other urban settlements, in behalf of its preservation and estimation, as well as the fortification of architectural historiography of Piauí.

The University of Massachusetts Amherst, the Commonwealth’s flagship campus, is home to several Brutalist buildings. Similar to other buildings of this genre, they have gone unrecognized for their importance to the campus and their prominent architectural significance. Additionally, due to the ravages of close to 50 years of exposure coupled with limited maintenance and, in some instances, neglect they are now at a point where restorative maintenance is critical in ensuring their future contribution to the campus. This thesis addresses the importance of creating a comprehensive, long-term plan for these buildings, by first looking to the University’s most prominent, yet neglected building, the Fine Arts Center designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Kevin Roche. The research and design hereafter is an attempt to address the current limitations that exist in relation to the building and to address necessary changes that pertain to the revitalization of the building to meet current University needs. A thorough investigation into best practices for concrete repair, cleaning, and protection are explored, as well as possible design interventions that may be implemented in the future. These design interventions aim to benefit the overall conservation of the building as well as maintain a sensitivity to the architect’s original design intentions. This thesis analyzes past design interventions that have been made, which lacked a sensitivity to the original design, and how this has had a negative impact on the building. Architectural explorations as part of this thesis are used to develop a framework for design thinking and to create a model approach. Investigations into necessary upgrades and alterations to meet current code requirements such as accessibility, fire safety, and energy use are all considered. These explorations are meant to merge into specific guidelines which can then become part of a long-term comprehensive plan. This thesis demonstrates that creating a comprehensive plan with a set of conservation protocols as well as architectural design guidelines will help ensure the building's future on the campus. It also serves as an argument that architectural design considerations play a larger role in the context of conservation. This thesis aims to serve as a case study for other buildings on the University of Massachusetts Amherst campus, as well as other campuses around the United States and beyond. This study can be seen as a proactive measure to further prevent deferred maintenance and negate the use of unsuitable conservation methods through exigent repairs. It also serves as a means of preventing unsuitable design interventions, which ultimately compromise the building of its significance and authenticity.