Resumen de Feet on the Sand: Living Spaces in Apartment Buildings by the Sea in Maceió, Brazil

Camila Antunes de Carvalho Casado, Maria Angélica da Silva

• español

  Los edificios verticales surgen en Maceió en la segunda mitad del siglo XX, como la forma más moderna de vivir, concentrándose principalmente en la orla marítima y albergando la parcela más privilegiada de la sociedad. En las décadas de 1950 y 1960, aquellos barrios, ocupadas por plantaciones de coqueros, pocas casas de arquitectura tradicional y viviendas vernaculares de pescadores, fueron transformadas. Han sido reemplazados por una nueva disposición espacial corbusiana de edificios de gran altura. De la vivienda se observa privilegiadamente el mar, alterando definitivamente las relaciones entre las dimensiones del paisaje natural y edificado, del público y del privado. Este artículo delinea esta transformación en los modos de vivir, mapeando sus significados arquitectónicos, basado en una Investigación de los proyectos originales de los edificios. Se recurrió a inúmeras visitas a los apartamentos, bien como a la realización de entrevistas, que incluyeron el intercambio de álbumes de fotografías.

• English

  High-rise buildings emerged in Maceió in the second half ot the 20th Century as the most modern way of living. They were mainly concentrated by the sea and inhabited by the most wealthy social classes. During the 1950s and 1960s, the area, which was previously occupied by dense coconut trees, and rustic dwellings for fishermen, was transformed. They have been replaced with a new spatial Corbusian arrangement of high-rise buildings. The dwellings hold a fine view of the sea and this definitively alters the relationship between the scale of the natural and constructed landscape, in both public and private terms. This article delineates the changes in these patterns of living by mapping their architectural significance. It is based on an Investigation of the original designs of the buildings. Several visits were made to the buildings themselves and as well as this, interviews were conducted which included sharing the photograph albums.