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STUDENT : UGO DANTAS DE SANTANA
DATE: 13/08/2025
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: Sala virtual [plataforma meet]
TITLE:

Houses for our time: Uncovering spatial characteristics of authorial houses in Brazil, Argentina and Chile, between 2002 and 2024

KEY WORDS:

Contemporary houses, Spatial configuration, Space Syntax

PAGES: 340
BIG AREA: Ciências Sociais Aplicadas
AREA: Arquitetura e Urbanismo
SUBÁREA: Fundamentos de Arquitetura e Urbanismo
SUMMARY:

This research focuses on contemporary houses in Brazil, Argentina, and Chile, and concentrates on spatial structure, the distribution of functions, and the possibilities for movement and visibility, taking into account privacy and the separation of users. In other words, it investigates the spatial organisation patterns found in the studied houses. The methodological basis is the theory of Space Syntax (Hillier and Hanson, 1984), starting from its premise that social codes are inscribed in the spatial configuration of the building. These houses were designed by architects and built in a context dominated by mass production of multifamily housing and increasing urban density. The aim is to compare Brazilian houses, considering their urban realities, with those from other countries, based on authors who have studied single-family residential space in twentieth-century Brazil. The research involves the analysis of 729 houses from the three countries. To understand spatial relationships, floor plans were analysed with the definition, identification, and classification of each space, considering: interior and exterior, sectors, functional, and specific to circulation. Complementary procedures were carried out to identify continuous areas of connected spaces without the presence of doors, and those that may be temporarily interrupted. A programme was developed to quantify, measure, and compare information on the spaces in terms of classifications, connections between spaces, distances between them, depth from the public space, possible routes for users, and other auxiliary measures. Visibility analysis was applied to a subgroup of houses to complement the topological procedures. The analysis revealed houses designed with a multiplicity of leisure spaces, usually associated with controlled exterior views—attributes that suggest they were built for the consumption of experiences. Social spaces appear to have been designed for the gathering of inhabitants and visitors, completely disconnected from the public space, and commonly connected to a landscape within the plot. Part of the spatial experience seems to occur through controlled viewpoints within functional spaces, but also along circulation routes, suggesting a certain dramatisation of spatial sequences. Interior and exterior spaces display objects associated with particular lifestyles, indicating a differentiation of taste. The segregated service areas, very common in Brazilian houses until recently, are now almost entirely integrated into the social areas of these homes. These changes, combined with others, more or less rooted in a broader period, suggest that these buildings are, indeed, houses for our time.

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