De las realizaciones de los IAPs al fin de las utopías: Río de Janeiro y São Paulo (1930-1970)

Abstract

The article seeks to understand the relationship between public housing
and social thought on the urban question in Brazil. The main role of Rio
de Janeiro and São Paulo is recognized in this process. The first part presents
the beginning of a developmentalist thought, identified in the Vargas
period, whose exemplary manifestation would be the Realengo housing
complex (1938-1943) built in Rio de Janeiro. Next, the permanence of thisdevelopment policy is examined in São Paulo, through the housing complex
Cecap (1967-1972). In our analysis of the peripheral urbanization of the
metropolis of São Paulo –characterized by the lack of urban services and
the precariousness of built structures–, we take note of the ruptures that a
criticism of public action and its developmentalist ideology would provoke
in social thought. This work aims to locate these critiques within a historical
perspective, considering that, from the 1970s ownard, these insights would
provide a reading of the urban that remains valid to this day.
Keywords: Housing, State, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Public Housing