EXHIBITION | CASAS DO BRASIL 2013 – RIVERSIDE QUALIFICATION IN THE AMAZON
Credits: Chema Llanos and Eduardo Girão
On display from July 2nd to September 15th, 2013.
In the fifth edition of Casas do Brasil, a project that proposes the creation of an inventory on the diversity of living in the country, the Museu da Casa Brasileira held the exhibition “Casas do Brasil 2013 – Riverside Housing in the Amazon” in 2013.
Exhibition
Credits: Chema Llanos and Eduardo Girão
The exhibition revealed aspects of the architecture of riverside dwellings in the region of Nhamundá, a municipality located 570 km from Manaus. Through recordings by photographer Eduardo Girão, curated by geographer Sandra Lencioni and sociologist Maria Ruth Amaral de Sampaio, stilts and floating houses adopted in the region were presented, representing solutions for living in harmony with the environment.
Records Exhibited at the Show
Credits: Disclosure
“Casas do Brasil 2013 – Riverside Housing in the Amazon” brought, in addition to photographs and texts, models that detailed the adaptation of the stilt house and the floating house to the rate of change in water levels. “Riverside dwellings, on the floodplains of the flooded rivers, harmonize with the fluctuations of the water level, with the predominant types of houses: stilts and floating houses, both made of wood taken from the forest,” said Sandra Lencioni.
Opening of the Show
Credits: Chema Llanos
“The original inhabitants of this region, as well as those who arrived there over time, had to not only integrate with the rhythm of the waters, but also adapt to the different economic and political contexts. Their way of life is not a residue of history, it is not the past, it is an expression of various temporalities, which refer to distant times, to indigenous, colonial and migratory heritages”, explained the geographer.
Records Exhibited at the Show
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About Houses in Brazil
Carried out since 2006, the Casas do Brasil project seeks to map the different types of Brazilian homes with the aim of creating an inventory of the diversity of living in the country. The themes of the project in exhibitions at the Museu da Casa Brasileira have been “Barraca Cigana” (2012) and “Casa Xinguana” (2011), among others. Each show at the MCB corresponds to a publication, with “Riverside housing in the Amazon” being the fifth volume in the series.
Realization: Museu da Casa Brasileira
Support: Roca
About MCB
The Museu da Casa Brasileira, an institution of the Secretariat of Culture and Creative Economy of the State of São Paulo that celebrated its 50th anniversary in 2020, is dedicated to the preservation and dissemination of the material culture of the Brazilian house, being the only museum in the country specializing in architecture and design. The MCB’s program includes temporary and long-term exhibitions, with an agenda that also includes educational service activities, debates, lectures and publications contextualizing the museum’s vocation for the formation of critical thinking on themes such as architecture, urbanism, housing, economy creative, urban mobility and sustainability. Among its numerous initiatives, the MCB Design Award, the main award in the segment in the country, held since 1986, stand out; and the Casas do Brasil project, to rescue and preserve the memory of the rich diversity of living in the country.
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