Obras de peso: O estereotômico na arquitetura contemporânea no Ceará

Abstract

This work seeks to interpret some works of contemporary architectural production in Ceará based on a theory that considers stereotomy as an analysis approach, relating these stereotomy characteristics to materialities, construction procedures, formal results and their relationship with design constraints. In this case, “stereotomy” broadly relates to a form and a constructive procedure that involves weight, opacity and constructive continuity. The work unravels the different definitions of the term “stereotomy”, through a bibliographical review that lists theoretical works (by Gottfried Semper, Kenneth Frampton and Alberto Campo Baeza, among other authors) and proposes an analysis method for identifying the characteristics that reveal the stereotomic. Finally, as a case study, an analysis of the presence of stereotomy in four contemporary buildings produced in Ceará is presented, namely the Núcleo de Prática Jurídica da Unileão (2016) and the Juizado Cível e Criminal da Unileão (2016), both from the Lins Arquitetos Associados office and Casa das Vidocas (2022) and the Bloco Administrativo do Campus Avançada da UFC Crateús (2015), both from Rede Arquitetos office. In addition to theoretical assumptions, it uses methodological procedures related to digital redesign, based on data collection through original drawings and interviews with architects. As a result, the digital inventory of works of contemporary architecture in Ceará stands out and, mainly, the promotion of theoretical, critical and design debate, contributing to highlighting “weighty buildings”, full of identity, by seeking to relate form and construction with the specificities of the place.