Prototropic 0.1: Honolulu and Rio
Journal and media platform for discourse in design, culture, and critical issues of emerging tropical cities in the 21st century.Prologue, New Epicenter(s) | Dimitri Damiel Kim / [ Page 6~15 ] Honolulu Hot Tropics | Lindsea K. Wilbur / [ Page 30~47 ] Metrophilia | Kazi Ashraf / [ Page 48~65 ] House is a Decorated Shack | Dimitri Damiel Kim / [ Page 66~77 ] Tropical Case Study House | David Rockwood / [ Page 78~99 ] Rio Favela Que Saudade | Dimitri Damiel Kim / [ Page 102~115 ] Fluid City | Raul Correa-Smith / [ Page 116~133 ] AAA Forro | Steven Sanchez / [ Page 134~149]
Journal and media platform for discourse in design, culture, and critical issues of emerging tropical cities in the 21st century.Prologue, New Epicenter(s) | Dimitri Damiel Kim / [ Page 6~15 ]
Honolulu
Hot Tropics | Lindsea K. Wilbur / [ Page 30~47 ]
Metrophilia | Kazi Ashraf / [ Page 48~65 ]
House is a Decorated Shack | Dimitri Damiel Kim / [ Page 66~77 ]
Tropical Case Study House | David Rockwood / [ Page 78~99 ]
Rio
Favela Que Saudade | Dimitri Damiel Kim / [ Page 102~115 ]
Fluid City | Raul Correa-Smith / [ Page 116~133 ]
AAA Forro | Steven Sanchez / [ Page 134~149]
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Fluid City | <strong>Prototropic</strong> <strong>0.1</strong> / Raul Correa-Smith<br />
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D. Niemeyer played a role in establishment of architectural authorship in <strong>Rio</strong>. Do you feel that he’s work was<br />
an exception or has his -work had any lasting impact?<br />
R. Niemeyer did not help establish architectural authorship, other than his own. I think his influence is<br />
incredibly relevant <strong>and</strong> present but it does not translate into a formal language that has evolved out of it. He<br />
opened up a range of possibilities through his work as he is indeed one of Brazil’s most important architects,<br />
but his legacy to the profession has not been one to spring out of it new talents. Niemeyer never taught<br />
architecture <strong>and</strong> as such did not have a significant impact on the generations which followed him.<br />
I don´t think there is a specific thread of architectural authorship which can describe architecture in <strong>Rio</strong>. The<br />
issues at h<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> their responses vary greatly.<br />
Street level view of favela in Complexo da Alemão
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