A influência do projeto arquitetônico no desenvolvimento de tecnologias construtivas: caso da Catedral de Brasília.

Abstract

This academic work aimed to study the influence of Architecture in the development of new technologies in Engineering, emphasizing the importance of architectural projects in the creation of new technologies, and the execution of great works of art, which consolidated the construction of monumental buildings over the centuries. Thus, the present study aimed at analyzing the technologies applied to the constructive systems developed by Engineering, throughout history, pointing out the reverse influences of Architecture on the referred technologies, employing a qualitative case study methodology, using the Metropolitan Cathedral Nossa Senhora Aparecida, better known as the Brasília Cathedral, designed by Oscar Niemeyer, as the study object. Therefore, the Brazilian architecture was also analyzed based on the principles of structural rationalism, under the strong influence of the modernist period. Using the examples of Lúcio Costa and Niemeyer, the influences of their projects and the legacy left by them to the production of technologies in Brazilian engineering and architecture since then could be analyzed. The written text is accompanied by illustrations that, besides their complementary character, are essential for the understanding of this work.