
Por uma arquitetura engajada
Author(s) -
María Encarnação Beltrão Sposito
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
geotextos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1984-5537
pISSN - 1809-189X
DOI - 10.9771/1984-5537geo.v5i2.3784
Subject(s) - architecture , humanities , urbanism , perspective (graphical) , aesthetics , sociology , art , visual arts
Architecture is seen in this paper as a possibility to understand and, above all, to rethink the contemporary world so that we can contribute for the construction of a more equitable future where the differences are respected. From this perspective, an engaged architecture would have always to consider Urbanism so as to understand the city as a level of settling Society’s movement and not only as a scenario where multiple languages are expressed. As it is an essay, the text aims more at raising questions and stimulating debate than at presenting results or answers