The quest for alterity as manifestation of the sacred at São Paulo city centre

Authors

  • Fernando de Oliveira Amorim USP

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.23925/1677-1222.2018vol19i1a2

Keywords:

Urban space. Sacred wild. Right to the city. Otherness

Abstract

The concrete practice of architecture and urbanism represents physical expressions of a culture through human experiences at time and space. Reflecting about the “architecture of sacred spaces” invites the understanding of the sacred manifesting in urban space, because from the symbolic dimension that architecture and urbanism represent every place has meanings, values and feelings. In this urban space, it’s able to observe the manifestation of the sacred as a synonym of life and otherness in the historical center of the city of São Paulo, considered a landmark in the formation

of the city.

Author Biography

Fernando de Oliveira Amorim, USP

Doutor em Arquitetura e Urbanismo (USP).

Published

2019-05-09