Afro-brazilian popular architecture

African architecture has a multimillennial history that has not been well studied just now. Only a small part of its great diversity of manifestations had come to Brazil, mainly due to preconception during slave trade. Therefore, only Bantu and Sudanese cultures were brought to Brazil and influenced...

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Autor: Weimer, Gunter
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2020
País:Brasil
Recursos:Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS)
Repositório:Em Questão (Online)
Idioma:português
OAI Identifier:oai:seer.ufrgs.br:article/106671
Acesso em linha:https://seer.ufrgs.br/index.php/EmQuestao/article/view/106671
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:Arquitetura popular. Arquitetura afr-brasileira. Arquitetura vernacular.
Popular architecture. Afro brasilian architecture. Vernacular architecture
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Resumo:African architecture has a multimillennial history that has not been well studied just now. Only a small part of its great diversity of manifestations had come to Brazil, mainly due to preconception during slave trade. Therefore, only Bantu and Sudanese cultures were brought to Brazil and influenced our popular construction. During colonial period most Brazilian population had African origin and their architecture became hegemonic in popular housing, but with Indian and Portuguese influence. This mechanism resulted in a great adaptation capacity.