MEMÓRIAS QUE HABITAMOS

INVENTÁRIO DA ARQUITETURA NEOCOLONIAL NA REGIÃO SERRANA DE SANTA CATARINA

Abstract

This article aims to report the experience of the project "Neocolonial architecture in Santa Catarina: from the erudite to the popular - Mountain Region stage", awarded by the Elisabete Anderle Prize of 2020. This project is based on the pilot project carried out in Florianópolis about the role played by neocolonial architecture in Santa Catarina's culture between 1930 and 1960. Thus, we extended the initiative to the Mountain Region, encompassing its oldest cities: Lages, Anita Garibaldi, Bom Retiro, and Curitibanos. The style is remarkable in the local urban landscape, since the main economic cycle that developed these cities was the exploitation of wood between 1940 and 1960, period when the neocolonial style became popular. We justify the importance of the research for understanding the development of the style in the interior of the state, but also for the formulation of future policies for the preservation of this threatened heritage. The project lasted twelve months, employing the following methodological procedures: documental, bibliographic and iconographic research; field survey and inventory; interviews; dissemination of the project on social media "Memories we inhabit", valuing not only the architectural aspects of the buildings, but also the affective relationships that give them meaning as cultural heritage.