Sanitary engineering put at the service of town planning: the contribution of Saturnino de Brito and Victor da Silva Freire to the construction of urban knowledge

Authors

  • Angelo Bertoni Aix Marseille Université

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1984-4506.v0i22p74-83

Keywords:

Town planning handbook, Saturnino de Brito, Victor da Silva Freire.

Abstract

This paper studies two prominent figures of Brazilian urbanism at the turn of the 20th century: the engineers Saturnino de Brito and Victor da Silva Freire. They contributed, with their ideas and activity, to the introduction and adaptation in Brazil of town planning concepts, discussed at that time debated in Europe and in the United States. Their texts from 1910’s, provide a review on transnational dialogue among experts in urban issues. References, quotations and some omissions contained in their writings help us to reconstruct an important part of the history of town planning, as knowledge and know-how, in Brazil.

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Author Biography

  • Angelo Bertoni, Aix Marseille Université
    Urbanista e Historiador, professor doutor do Instituto de Urbanismo da Aix Marseille Université, TELEMME (Aix Marseille Univ.-CNRS), Maison Méditerranéenne des Sciences de l’Homme, 5, Rue du Château de l’Horloge, BP 647, 13094, Aix-en-Provence Cedex 2, France

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2016-12-19

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Bertoni, A. (2016). Sanitary engineering put at the service of town planning: the contribution of Saturnino de Brito and Victor da Silva Freire to the construction of urban knowledge. Risco - Journal of Architecture and Urbanism, 22, 74-83. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1984-4506.v0i22p74-83