Fernando Lara
Biographic Data
| ID | 3718406 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Fernando Lara |
| GIVEN NAMES | Fernando |
| FAMILY NAME | Lara |
| SIGNATURE | LARA F |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas at Austin |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7743-6441 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Spatial Orders for the Masses
Additional informationNotes on contributorsFernando Luiz LaraFernando Luiz Lara is the R. G. Roessner Professor of Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin, where he currently serves as director of the PhD program. His latest book, Street Matters: A Critical History of Twentieth-Century Urban Policy in Brazil, was published in 2022 by the University of Pittsburgh Press
Cobogó and the Coloniality of the Brise-Soleil
The architectural forms associated with the aesthetic phenomenon that has come to be known as mudéjar and visual elements tied to Iberian and Islamic architectural traditions more broadly have been interpreted across modern Latin America in various modes. A wide array of buildings spanning from the colonial era into the twentieth century engage with this architectural legacy and distinctly stand out within the urban fabric of the continent’s majo…
American Mirror
This paper argues that the rise of architecture as a unique discipline and the conquest of the American continent are not just chronological coincidences but interdependent variables of the same process of modernization. Traditional scholarship in architecture has not entertained those parallel developments at all. The field of architectural history and theory still treats the spatial occupation of the Americas as a consequence of the Renaissance…
N iemeyer, O scar
Oscar Niemeyer deserves worldwide acclaim as an architect who anticipated by 20 years the modernist need for expression and subjectivity. When he designed the Pampulha buildings in 1941–1942 the world was not ready, and he was criticized for being too sensuous, too expressive, too baroque. When, two decades later, modern architects all over the world were claiming that less is more, very few remembered that in Brazil such freshness and freedom ha…
Examining the role of environmental education to the construction of the global good living
In this paper, it is examined the role that environmental education plays in the development of global good living. Environmental education is introduced, its trajectory and evolution are reviewed in multiple currents, and the predominant one, education for sustainable development, is described, stressing on its implicit conceptions and shortcomings. Then, critical environmental education is presented, which spurns the uniformity of global capita…
Amateur Architects in Twentieth-Century Brazil
Walking around any Brazilian neighbourhood built around the mid-twentieth century one cannot avoid noticing the prevalence of modernist aesthetics in the facades of the majority of the houses. Even more unique is the fact that those houses were not designed by architects but instead were conceived by the owners themselves with the help of untrained construction workers. In this article I call them ‘amateur architects’ and I analyse this singular …
Modern Architecture in Mexico City
Despite housing many of the most vibrant and intense works of modern architecture, Latin America in general and Mexico in particular are little known in Anglo scholarly literature on the history of architecture. Kathryn O’Rourke’s Modern Architecture in Mexico City is an important step in bridging this gap. Well researched, well written, and carefully organized, the book presents a fresh perspective on Mexico City’s modern accomplishments for Eng…
Rights of Way to Brasilia Teimosa
Hard Times in the Marvelous City
Cidades na era Lula o lento abandono dos processos participativos
Os protestos que varreram o país em junho de 2013 nos deixaram a certeza de que apesar de todos os avanços da Era Lula (crescimento econômico com distribuição de renda e estabilidade política), as cidades brasileiras não estão melhores do que há 10 anos. Enquanto, por um lado, avançamos em áreas como acessibilidade e saneamento de vilas e favelas, por outro lado, gastamos bilhões para subsidiar o automóvel quando deveríamos pensar no transporte d…
The Andean Hybrid Baroque
In the Dark All You Have Left Is Architecture
This short essay was inspired by the blackout of August 14, 2003, which left a large portion of the Northeast and the Great Lakes (including Canada) without electricity. The author makes the point that without power, we are forced to have a much deeper engagement with the physical reality of our built environment
Geometria Naviana
O presente trabalho analisa as transformações do espaço urbano de Belo Horizonte a partir da narrativa memorialista-ficcional de Pedro Nava em Beira-Mar, usando-se de instrumental semiológico e dos conceitos de ponto, reta e plano da geometria Euclidiana, ou melhor, Naviana
Amateur Architects in Twentieth-Century Brazil
Walking around any Brazilian neighbourhood built around the mid-twentieth century one cannot avoid noticing the prevalence of modernist aesthetics in the facades of the majority of the houses. Even more unique is the fact that those houses were not designed by architects but instead were conceived by the owners themselves with the help of untrained construction workers. In this article I call them ‘amateur architects’ and I analyse this singular …
Cidades na era Lula o lento abandono dos processos participativos
Os protestos que varreram o país em junho de 2013 nos deixaram a certeza de que apesar de todos os avanços da Era Lula (crescimento econômico com distribuição de renda e estabilidade política), as cidades brasileiras não estão melhores do que há 10 anos. Enquanto, por um lado, avançamos em áreas como acessibilidade e saneamento de vilas e favelas, por outro lado, gastamos bilhões para subsidiar o automóvel quando deveríamos pensar no transporte d…
Geometria Naviana
O presente trabalho analisa as transformações do espaço urbano de Belo Horizonte a partir da narrativa memorialista-ficcional de Pedro Nava em Beira-Mar, usando-se de instrumental semiológico e dos conceitos de ponto, reta e plano da geometria Euclidiana, ou melhor, Naviana
In the Dark All You Have Left Is Architecture
This short essay was inspired by the blackout of August 14, 2003, which left a large portion of the Northeast and the Great Lakes (including Canada) without electricity. The author makes the point that without power, we are forced to have a much deeper engagement with the physical reality of our built environment
The Andean Hybrid Baroque
Cidades na era Lula o lento abandono dos processos participativos
Os protestos que varreram o país em junho de 2013 nos deixaram a certeza de que apesar de todos os avanços da Era Lula (crescimento econômico com distribuição de renda e estabilidade política), as cidades brasileiras não estão melhores do que há 10 anos. Enquanto, por um lado, avançamos em áreas como acessibilidade e saneamento de vilas e favelas, por outro lado, gastamos bilhões para subsidiar o automóvel quando deveríamos pensar no transporte d…
Hard Times in the Marvelous City
Rights of Way to Brasilia Teimosa
N iemeyer, O scar
Oscar Niemeyer deserves worldwide acclaim as an architect who anticipated by 20 years the modernist need for expression and subjectivity. When he designed the Pampulha buildings in 1941–1942 the world was not ready, and he was criticized for being too sensuous, too expressive, too baroque. When, two decades later, modern architects all over the world were claiming that less is more, very few remembered that in Brazil such freshness and freedom ha…
Examining the role of environmental education to the construction of the global good living
In this paper, it is examined the role that environmental education plays in the development of global good living. Environmental education is introduced, its trajectory and evolution are reviewed in multiple currents, and the predominant one, education for sustainable development, is described, stressing on its implicit conceptions and shortcomings. Then, critical environmental education is presented, which spurns the uniformity of global capita…
Amateur Architects in Twentieth-Century Brazil
Walking around any Brazilian neighbourhood built around the mid-twentieth century one cannot avoid noticing the prevalence of modernist aesthetics in the facades of the majority of the houses. Even more unique is the fact that those houses were not designed by architects but instead were conceived by the owners themselves with the help of untrained construction workers. In this article I call them ‘amateur architects’ and I analyse this singular …
Modern Architecture in Mexico City
Despite housing many of the most vibrant and intense works of modern architecture, Latin America in general and Mexico in particular are little known in Anglo scholarly literature on the history of architecture. Kathryn O’Rourke’s Modern Architecture in Mexico City is an important step in bridging this gap. Well researched, well written, and carefully organized, the book presents a fresh perspective on Mexico City’s modern accomplishments for Eng…
American Mirror
This paper argues that the rise of architecture as a unique discipline and the conquest of the American continent are not just chronological coincidences but interdependent variables of the same process of modernization. Traditional scholarship in architecture has not entertained those parallel developments at all. The field of architectural history and theory still treats the spatial occupation of the Americas as a consequence of the Renaissance…
Spatial Orders for the Masses
Additional informationNotes on contributorsFernando Luiz LaraFernando Luiz Lara is the R. G. Roessner Professor of Architecture at the University of Texas at Austin, where he currently serves as director of the PhD program. His latest book, Street Matters: A Critical History of Twentieth-Century Urban Policy in Brazil, was published in 2022 by the University of Pittsburgh Press
Cobogó and the Coloniality of the Brise-Soleil
The architectural forms associated with the aesthetic phenomenon that has come to be known as mudéjar and visual elements tied to Iberian and Islamic architectural traditions more broadly have been interpreted across modern Latin America in various modes. A wide array of buildings spanning from the colonial era into the twentieth century engage with this architectural legacy and distinctly stand out within the urban fabric of the continent’s majo…
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