Arquitetura Neocolonial: um denominador comum no cenário latino-americano da primeira metade do século XX

Abstract

Neocolonial architecture was an architectural movement that spread widely across Latin American in an almost synchronous way at the beginning of the 20th century, so it can be understood as a “common denominator” in the architecture produced in the countries that make up this group. This work aims to open a debate about the historiography related to neocolonial architecture from a Latin American and transnational perspective, a bias of studies that emerges as an important precept for a broader understanding of this theme. Therefore, the research starts from the analysis of a publication that is fundamental to these discussions, the book Arquitectura Neocolonial: América Latina, Caribe, Estados Unidos published in 1994. Organized by Aracy Amaral, the publication is composed with the collaboration of prominent names in Latin American studies: Marina Waisman, Ramón Gutiérrez, Roberto Segre, Margarita Gutman, Germán Téllez, among others. From its developments, a series of contextual similarities, approximations, and differences are identified and discussed, contributing to a deeper understanding of the historiography of Latin American architecture regarding the neocolonial.