Between Futures and Ruins: The Ways of the Barra Olímpica
Keywords:
Barra da Tijuca, Barra Olímpica, olympic urbanism, urban expansion, urban ruinsAbstract
The paper examines the urbanization of Rio de Janeiro’s West zone from an ethnographic and processual perspective. The first section traces a history of Barra da Tijuca in which architectural forms and lifestyles extrapolate its perimeter in the material and symbolic construction the so-called Barra Olímpica region. The second part examines the political articulations and material transformations in the region and its real estate market in the years leading up to the 2016 Summer Olympics. Finally, it considers how the categories of future and ruins entwine in peculiar ways in the development of this region of the city.Additional Files
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2020-01-29
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Dossiê Tempo, Espaço e Sociabilidades na Zona Oeste Carioca
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