Urban Morphology and Urban Design in the context of Brazilian critical Urbanism
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https://doi.org/10.5935/cadernospos.v25n2p166-180Keywords:
Urban Design, Urban Morphology, Critical Urbanism, Political economy, IdeologyAbstract
This article seeks to discuss contemporary theoretical trends in Urban Morphology and Urban Design, identifying recent contributions from foreign authors that allow these disciplines to be brought closer together to critical urban thinking in Brazil. We begin by reviewing the origins of these two disciplines in the mid-1950s and their incursions into Brazil from the 1980s onwards, with particular attention to the discussion about the epistemic structure of urban design. We then discuss the writings of Alexander Cuthbert, who aims to articulate the emergence of a critical “New Urban Design” oriented from political economy, defending the understanding of urban design as the social process through which the city acquires its urban form, as well as its intrinsically ideological nature. Finally, we argue about the potential convergence of this contemporary approach and critical urban thinking in Brazil.
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