1982
Brasil, Minas Gerais
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Leandro Cruz (2017)
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Eolo Maia, Maria Josefina de Vasconcellos and Sylvio E. de Podestá, 1982:
"The publishing of this book came from [the] necessity of registering some projects designed in the last few years. These works, individual or in group, were, most of them, done at the same work atelier through a common effort. Our basic intention is that this register generate [sic] a reading of the work of a group of architects which proposes discussion at a time in which the architectural production in Brazil and in the world is being questioned.
We have many theses but few practical projects. So, this sample; based on experiences and solutions peculiar to each situation, nevertheless trying a discussion of architecture and design, in hope of opening other ways and other publications, making richer a critical reflection." [p. 19]
[On the project "FAZENDO DO SALTO (FARM) HOUSE - GOIÁS"]
"When we were commissioned to project this house on a farm, we were told by the owner that he would like to use up all the ‘aroeira' tree logs he had previously cut, to build another project which we would now substitute. [...]
The simplicity of the plan and its characteristics remember the spatial distribution of the ‘bandeirista' architecture of the beginning of the eighteenth century. Small towers bring memories of old rural chapels and have something of Aldo Rossi's rationalist proposals. Information and conscious eclecticism of a post modern architecture." [p. 158]
[On the competition entry "VALUATION OF FOCAL POINTS IN BELO HORIZONTE AND THE PARTICIPATION OF THE POPULATION AS AN INDISPENSABLE ELEMENT IN THE CREATIVE PROCESS OF ARCHITECTURE"]
"One of the main characteristics of urban geography in Belo Horizonte is [its] irregular topography. The geographic site presents some strong focal points that are natural reference marks in the city landscape. From these points it is possible to see large parts of the city, so some of them have become very valuable and have been appropriated by the richer and by those with larger competition power. We have here, then, a process in which these sites, which are a scenic patrimony of the city, are becoming a private property, when they should continue to be used by the whole city." [p. 158]
"The projects and buildings necessary to make the focal points useful to the public could be minimum, needing small money investments, with a large gain in terms of benefits for the population of densely occupied parts of the city where there are few green ad leisure areas." [p. 159]
[On the project "SIX LOW COST HOUSES"]
"The housing problem in the Country is one of the main obstacles in giving greater dignity to human beings.
The official housing policy, or the ‘Banco Nacional de Habitação', which is the organ responsible for executing the program to cover the deficit in housing, is widely criticized by Brazilian architects.
This program is fought, because the architects are not permitted to participate, and because of the lack of creativity and objectivity in the official propositions and solutions, which consider human beings as a number, with no feelings." [p. 167]
"This work is a small proposition, a group of six houses for workers of a geological prospecting company (the salary of each family is of a monthly 180 dollars)." [p. 167]
"The proposition in a larger scale, would obtain social results. The neighbors, enthusiastic about the colors of the small group of houses, painted theirs, amplifying from the chromatic point of view the architect's proposition." [p. 167]
Juan Carlos di Filippo, 1982:
"The edition of this book and the occasion to comment in an introductory way the more significant aspects of the wors of the architects Éolo Maia, Maria Josefina de Vasconcellos and Sylvio Emrich de Podestá, are an excellent opportunity to contribute to the knowledge and debate of a significant amount of ideas and projects during the last fifteen years.
The constant interest in the divulgation of their colleagues' work is a marking trait of the group, mainly of Éolo, who spared no effort during his whole professional career, in the amplifying of the narrow limits that characterize the discussion and critique of architecture in the country." [p. 15]
"Their work, wholly produced after the consolidation of the Brasilia experience, synthesizes some characteristics typical of the architectural production of the period. During it, the unified sense of modern Brazilian architecture, in force in the forties and fifties decades, gives place to the discovery of new ways and new architectural trends." [p. 15]