Traditional Techniques Applied to Contemporary Architecture in the Amazon

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The architecture of indigenous peoples is deeply rooted in their surroundings, in the sense that materials are locally sourced and empirically tested, to discover the construction techniques and dwellings that best respond to the values of the community and their understanding of housing. The situation in the Amazon is no different. Many different groups of people have settled on the land and water, developing many unique building skills that attract a lot of architects working in these regions. As a result, there is an exchange of knowledge, combining native cultures and novel architecture.

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"Let's try to shake things up a bit and change everything we have learned and have become used to, so we can try to toss away inadequate concepts of construction, solutions, and spaces, and using creativity, safety, and courage, replace them with other strategies that are more suitable to our [Amazonian] region, for the benefit of the people who live here, in the houses that are built here." These were Severiano Porto's closing remarks during the "Artes Visuais na Amazônia" (Visual Arts in the Amazon) Seminar, in 1984.

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Cite: Delaqua, Victor. "Traditional Techniques Applied to Contemporary Architecture in the Amazon" [Saberes da Amazônia aplicados na arquitetura contemporânea] 05 Nov 2023. ArchDaily. (Trans. Duduch, Tarsila) Accessed . <https://www.archdaily.com/969097/traditional-techniques-applied-to-contemporary-architecture-in-the-amazon> ISSN 0719-8884

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