Roberto Castelo: arquitetura e reflexão crítica

Abstract

This work seeks to bring a historiographic approach to the professional trajectory of the architect Roberto Martins Castelo (1939), taking into consideration his initial formation, his career as architect and teacher, as well as his theoretical production. In Fortaleza, the first works of modern architecture were introduced, from the 1950s, by a generation of architects trained in other capitals of the country. The architect's constructed work is prominently inserted in the initial production of modern architecture in the capital of Ceará. As a consequence of a critical stance and theoretical reflection, the architect writes a series of texts that deserve attention, since they reflect on the practical and academic bias of architecture. Such a written work distinguishes him from most of his contemporaries in Ceará. The research has as general objective to make a historiographic cut of the trajectory of the architect Roberto Martins Castelo and, as specific objectives situate it in the national and local historical context, in order to understand the different works developed in the career; catalog chronologically its main achievements, works and the legacy as a teacher; to gather, to systematize and to analyze its written production and to make a parallel between the works and the written discourse. As a methodological procedure, a bibliographical review on the period of formation of Roberto Castelo was started, addressing two main aspects: the introduction of modern architecture in the city of Fortaleza, the creation of UnB and its respective curriculum. For this, the main references were the authors Paiva, Diógenes and Castro, in the case of the city of Fortaleza, Pereira in Brasilia and Puhl, in the case of experience in the UnB, besides interviews with the architect Neudson Braga. There were also several interviews with Roberto Castelo. The work structure is directly related to the exposed methodology. In the first chapter, the relationship between the architect and the teaching will be presented, as a student at UnB or as a professor at the UFC. In the next chapter, the main projects and / or works that make up the collection of the architect's practical experience between the years of 1970 and 1982 will be presented. Finally, from the texts produced, his main aspects will be identified, in order to contribute with a brief analysis of the theoretical principles that underpin the critical stance of the architect.