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CAMILLO SITTE AND THE CIRCULATION OF IDEAS ON URBAN AESTHETICS. EUROPE AND LATIN AMERICA: 1880-1930
Bauru (Brazil), october 7th-9th, 2004


The International Conference which will be held in the “Seminary of Agudos” (Agudos – San Paolo – Brazil), is the outcome of the collaboration of the Unesp (Universidade Estadual Paulista) with the Doctorate on “History of Architecture and Cities, Science of Arts and Restoration” of the School for Advanced Studies of Venice. The initiative is an occasion to celebrate two major events of the history of town planning: the 100th anniversary of Camillo Sitte’s death (on November 16th, 2003) and the publication in 1904 of the town planning review, Der Stadtebau, co-founded by Sitte and Theodor Goecke.

The general aim of the conference is to encourage comparative research between Europe and Latin America on the formative years of the town planning field. In this context the Conference will represent a valuable opportunity for scholars from the two continents to meet and exchange knowledge and information, hopefully promoting common research agendas.

The Brazilian Conference “Camillo Sitte and the circulation of ideas on urban aesthetics. Europe and Latin America: 1880-1930” is considered by its organisers as a continuation of the International Conference “Camillo Sitte e i suoi intepreti” held in Venice in 1990, and it is enriched by the recent results of the “Symposium Camillo Sitte” held in Vienna on November 2003.

Camillo Sitte, Charles Buls, Raymond Unwin, Werner Hegemann, Albert Brinckmann, Thomas Mawson, are among the most famous personalities influencing the planning debate of this period, particularly regarding urban aesthetics. Stadtbaukunst, Art de batir les ville, Civic Art, Arte urbana, City Beautiful, Art Public, Arte di costruire la città, are among the most common terms used to define and express the concern of architects and planners with the aesthetic dimension of the city, during these years.

How and to which extension has this diffused preoccupation with urban aesthetics influenced the planning practice in the different European and Latin American countries? The examination of some cases will allow to identify the plots between the circulation of the ideas and models of urban planning and their own national denial. In other words, it will be possible to assess the importance of concepts such as Gustavo Giovannoni’s conceptualisation of “diradamento”, or of famous plans such as Sitte’s or Eliel Saarinen’s or Steen Eiler Rasmussen’s, or of particularly influenting schools or figure or review and manuals. The aim is to propose an international reflection on that circulation of ideas regarding urban aesthetics that gave birth to a diffused preoccupation with town planning as an artistic endeavour.

More specifically the Congress will be divided in the following sessions:

Conferences:
Session A: Camillo Sitte and his work;
Session B: European Study Cases presented and discussed on national bases;
Session C: American Study Cases (from North and South America) presented and discussed for each country.
Internazional Organising Commitee

Prof. Dr. Adalberto da Silva Retto Júnior – UNESP, SP - Brazil
Profa. Donatella Calabi – IUAV/VIU, Venice - Italy
Prof. Dra. Heleni Porfyriou – CNR – ICVBC, Rome - Italy
All the works must be delivered to the following address, containing a digital version on CD-Rom and two typewritten copies. For information write at: camillositteA@faac.unesp.br.


Commisssão Organizadora do Congresso Internacional:
“Camillo Sitte e a circulação das idéias em estética urbana. Europa e América Latina: 1880-1930”.
Universidade Estadual Paulista UNESP – Campus de Bauru
Departamento de Arquitetura, Urbanismo e Paisagismo
Av. Eng. Luiz Edmundo Carrijo Coube, s/n
CEP 17033-360
Bauru – SP