Esta dissertação tem como objetivo revelar a importância da arquitetura dos Pavilhões Brasileiros participantes das exposições internacionais. Esses eventos representaram um valioso campo de provas da arquitetura moderna, servindo de laboratório para novos conceitos e possibilidades. No caso brasileiro, alguns exemplares contribuíram para o desenvolvimento de um processo de afirmação de identidade nacional e de reconhecimento de uma arquitetura brasileira distinta. O surgimento das exposições internacionais promoveu profundas transformações sociais, culturais e tecnológicas, gerando reflexos imediatos na arquitetura mundial. O agrupamento de todos os Pavilhões Brasileiros num único trabalho possibilita uma análise do desenvolvimento da arquitetura nacional, fundamentada no contexto brasileiro e internacional. Os pavilhões mais representativos são destacados e os reflexos que tais obras geraram no âmbito da arquitetura nacional e internacional são analisados. / This research aims to reveal the importance of the architecture of Brazilians Pavilions in the international expositions. These events represented a valuable testing ground of modern architecture, serving as a laboratory for new concepts and possibilities. In the Brazilian case, some buildings contributed to the development process of national identity affirmation and recognition of a distinct Brazilian architecture. The rise of international expositions generated profound social, cultural and technological transformations, leading direct impact on the world architecture. The grouping of all the Brazilians Pavilions in a single study allows an analysis of the development of national architecture, based on the national e international context. The most representative buildings are highlighted and the impact that these works created within the national and international architecture are analyzed.

Esta dissertação tem como objetivo revelar a importância da arquitetura dos Pavilhões Brasileiros participantes das exposições internacionais. Esses eventos representaram um valioso campo de provas da arquitetura moderna, servindo de laboratório para novos conceitos e possibilidades. No caso brasileiro, alguns exemplares contribuíram para o desenvolvimento de um processo de afirmação de identidade nacional e de reconhecimento de uma arquitetura brasileira distinta. O surgimento das exposições internacionais promoveu profundas transformações sociais, culturais e tecnológicas, gerando reflexos imediatos na arquitetura mundial. O agrupamento de todos os Pavilhões Brasileiros num único trabalho possibilita uma análise do desenvolvimento da arquitetura nacional, fundamentada no contexto brasileiro e internacional. Os pavilhões mais representativos são destacados e os reflexos que tais obras geraram no âmbito da arquitetura nacional e internacional são analisados. / This research aims to reveal the importance of the architecture of Brazilians Pavilions in the international expositions. These events represented a valuable testing ground of modern architecture, serving as a laboratory for new concepts and possibilities. In the Brazilian case, some buildings contributed to the development process of national identity affirmation and recognition of a distinct Brazilian architecture. The rise of international expositions generated profound social, cultural and technological transformations, leading direct impact on the world architecture. The grouping of all the Brazilians Pavilions in a single study allows an analysis of the development of national architecture, based on the national e international context. The most representative buildings are highlighted and the impact that these works created within the national and international architecture are analyzed.

While political praise and condemnation of Disney is commonplace in the literature, my research will focus instead on the origination of Disney's design plan for Disneyland and the theoretical and physical connections between key historical figures and the finished product. I will not consider what Disneyland means to the world today---that is a subject many others have covered, some even brilliantly; instead, I will consider what social concepts contributed to the initial design in an attempt to see the underlying values at work in this post-modern utopia. In this thesis, I intend to show that Walt Disney's initial design for Disneyland was influenced by Ebenezer Howard's Garden City concept. In addition to Howard's vision, Disney also incorporated concepts from Frank Lloyd Wright's architecture and Henry Ford's mass market manufacturing theories. I do not intend to claim that these are the only influences on Disney's initial plan for his amusement park, but I will show that the physical layout of the park reflects Howard's Garden City plan, the architecture considers some of Wright's designs, and the way the park is run incorporates some of the ideas of Henry Ford. I have purposely avoided any works that consider the corporate aspects of Disney and the current Disney Corporation. Instead, I have focused my research on the intentions surrounding Disney's initial design plan. My position is that Disney's parks are real, successful, and expanding internationally - not mere fantasy like earlier 19th social reformers whose actual accomplishments are relatively small and have not been not sustainable locally or internationally. Disney realized the importance of a TEMPORARY place rather than a PERMANENT residence. Disney understood the literal definition of utopia to mean "no where" and therefore did not create a utopia that was a real place. Both Howard and Disney sought to offer a utopia. Howard had hopes of revitalizing the social order with his new cities, and Disney hoped to offer the average family a place where they could have fun and enjoy one another in a safe and entertaining environment.