학술논문

Zanettini, Siegbert
Document Type
Reference Entry
Author
Source
Oxford Art Online, 2003
Subject
Brazilian
Language
English
Abstract
(b São Paulo, 1934). Brazilian architect and teacher. He graduated in 1959 from the Faculty of Architecture and Town Planning at the University of São Paulo, where he received a PhD in 1972. He belonged to the third generation of modern architects in Brazil, benefiting from the opportunities presented by rapid industrialization, the founding of Brasília, and the intensive urbanization of the cities. In 1964 he became Professor of Planning at the University of São Paulo. His preoccupation with social concerns was reflected in his approach to planning for housing, education, and health in the city’s suburbs. From this experience came a variety of architectural experiments with timber, steel, reinforced concrete, and techniques that combine industrial components with the abundant unskilled labor available in the large cities. In 1968 he won a competition for the construction of a maternity hospital at Vila Nova Cachoeirinha, on the outskirts of São Paulo, on which he worked for three years with a large interdisciplinary team and with the local population. He also designed a number of primary schools and banks, such as the Banco do Estado de São Paulo (...