D.F. Rocco, a builder in Porto Alegre, Brazil: About urban houses, Italian immigrants and dissemination of architecture

Authors

  • Renato Gilberto Gama Menegotto Arquiteto e Professor Pesquisador, trabalhou na Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) de 1982 a 2017.

Abstract

The urban households of the two-story type, built on narrow terrain and produced in the 1920s in Porto Alegre, Brazil, by a builder with an Italian surname, D.F. Rocco, show similarities to the architecture performed in the early 20th century by architects from Italy in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Using primary and secondary sources, the present paper aims to stimulate further studies on the subject. The comparative method applied to similar historical moments opens the possibility to the phenomenon of an exchange of ideas. The mobility of characters and the geographical proximity of distinct cities from different countries, destinies of Italian migration, can be seen as decisive factors for the propagation of architectural manifestations. Simultaneously, it is intended, with the presentation of small works by D.F. Rocco, to recognize the value of the contribution of architectures that form the backdrop of the urban landscape, which, in an extended sense and in some way, are part of the history of Porto Alegre and its built heritage.

Keywords: D.F. Rocco, history of Porto Alegre, architecture of Italians.

Author Biography

Renato Gilberto Gama Menegotto, Arquiteto e Professor Pesquisador, trabalhou na Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul (PUCRS) de 1982 a 2017.

Possui graduação em Arquitetura e Urbanismo pela Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos - Unisinos (1985), graduação em Engenharia Civil pela Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul - UFRGS (1975), Mestrado em História pela Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul - PUCRS (2001) e Doutorado pela mesma instituição - PUCRS (2011) na área de concentração História das Sociedades Ibéricas e Americanas. Professor da Escola Politécnica da PUCRS, de 1982 a 1997. Professor Titular da Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo da PUCRS, de 1997 a 2017. Integrante do Núcleo Docente Estruturante da FAU/PUCRS, fez parte, também, da Direção da Unidade Universitária e da Comissão Científica, assim como dos comitês de elaboração do Projeto Pedagógico da FAU/PUCRS (1996) e de suas posteriores atualizações curriculares (2006 e 2011). Atualmente desenvolve pesquisas sobre a presença da arquitetura italiana em Porto Alegre no final do século XIX e nas primeiras décadas do XX e, igualmente, sobre o tema da habitação social, considerando a fase inicial da arquitetura moderna no Brasil.

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Published

2018-12-30

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 4 (2018): November/December

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