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【Lecture 08.11.2023】 Le Corbusier in the Land of Giant Snakes: On Landscape and Modern Architecture in South America
Release time：2023-11-08
Speaker
Fernando Diniz Moreira
Fernando Diniz Moreira is an Architect (UFPE, Brazil, 1990) and historian (Catholic University of Pernambuco, 1991) with a Ph.D. in Architecture (University of Pennsylvania, 2004). He is a Full Professor at the Federal University of Pernambuco (UFPE) in Brazil. He has published and lectured on theory, history and conservation of modern architecture and urbanism.
This lecture discusses the relationship between landscape and modern architecture, taking into consideration Le Corbusier’s impressions of South American landscape from his 1929 trip, which had a meaningful impact on his way of understanding land- scape and conceiving his own architecture and urbanism. Through the study of his drawings and writings, we focus on the impact caused by the experience of seeing the territory from above; the poetic meeting with Rio de Janeiro, which determined the formulation of his plan for that city; and the strengthening of his utopian view of the world.
GUESTS
LU Yongyi
Professor, College of
Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongi University
YU Yunlong
Postdoctoral Fellow,College of
Architecture and Urban Planning, TongjiUniversity
Time
19:00-20:35, Nov 8th
Venue
Room D1, the Building D, College of
Architecture and Urban Planning, Tongji University
