INDUSTRIAL ARCHITECTURE IN BRAZIL

Abstract

To understand the development of industrial architecture in Brazil, it is necessary to know the historical process of industrial implementation, from the first and limited initiatives during the colonial regime to the expansion into diverse regions starting in the 19th century. After a long period of adaptation in rudimentary constructions, brought by foreign professionals and companies, Brazilian industrial architecture reflects, despite the chronological lag compared to European countries like England and France, the models and typologies established after the Industrial Revolution, in the functional designs and in the choice of construction systems and materials used in the works, as well as in the implementation of the factory layout within the territory. The text will address how the first manufacturing initiatives took place in Brazilian territory until the opening of the first factories, in different phases, from the period of prohibition, through the government incentives that benefited investors, to industrial development in the 20th century. Regarding the establishment of factories, the configuration of the factory space and the consolidation of the industrial typology as a new architectural typology in Brazil will be analyzed. Subsequently, the analysis will focus on the implementation of industrial establishments and the architectural styles employed in Brazilian industrial architecture, as well as an analysis of common construction techniques and systems, in addition to influential projects of national industrial architecture, whose authors stood out for the innovative solutions used in the buildings that properly characterize the modality of industrial architecture in Brazil.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.56238/sevened2025.036-036