O edifício da biblioteca municipal de Maringá : arquitetura e referências projetuais

Abstract

This dissertation analyses Maringá library building regarding the diffusion of architectural ideas. The comprehension of processes such as diffusion, assimilation, rejection and transformation of ideas is crucially relevant for the understanding of the architecture developed in the mid-twentieth century hinterlands when urban modernization was noticed. The building, inaugurated in 1975, is referenced in the modernist architecture, specifically in the béton brut aesthetics, which resonates the works of architects from São Paulo and Curitiba in the post-Brasília period. The research evolves based on a deductive argument through the library building case study. Thus, the analysis focused on social environment, physical context, symbolic and cultural contexts, functional issues, and formal solution. These criteria demonstrate the configuration of a hybrid architecture.