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Working class housing in the XIX century - morphological characteristics, the transmission of models: the «ilhas» of Oporto and the «cortiços» of Rio de Janeiro
| Resumo: | The «ilhas» (islands) are the most characteristic form of working class housing developed in Oporto during the second half of the nineteenth century. Most ilhas consisted of one-storey terraces, and the houses were often no larger than 16 m2. Built in the back gardens of old middle class housing, the ilhas were reached from the street through narrow corridors running under the houses of the better-off classes. The ilhas were a consequence of the industrialisation of Oporto and responded to the need to house the large number of emigrants who flocked to the city during the second half of the nineteenth century. They were the type of housing which corresponded to the economic resources of their inhabitants, to the investment capacity of the developers and the spatial limitations in which they were built. The paper examines the economic, social and spatial circumstances which produced this type of housing, which justify their morphological characteristics and their location in the city. The transmission of formal models between the ilhas in Oporto and the cortiços in Rio de Janeiro is also examined. There are great similarities between these two forms of working class housing built in the second half of the nineteenth century in Oporto and Rio de Janeiro; parallels can be drawn between their formal characteristics and location in the city, and also between the social conditions, the type of developers and the development processes which produced them. Portuguese emigrants played a crucial role in transmitting models and in developing this form of working class housing in Rio de Janeiro. |
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| Autores principais: | C. Teixeira, Manuel |
| Assunto: | habitação operária ilhas do Porto cortiços do Rio de Janeiro habitação popular working class housing ilhas in Oporto cortiços in Rio de Janeiro . |
| Ano: | 1994 |
| País: | Portugal |
| Tipo de documento: | artigo |
| Tipo de acesso: | unknown |
| Instituição associada: | Universidade de Lisboa |
| Idioma: | português |
| Origem: | Análise Social |
| Resumo: | The «ilhas» (islands) are the most characteristic form of working class housing developed in Oporto during the second half of the nineteenth century. Most ilhas consisted of one-storey terraces, and the houses were often no larger than 16 m2. Built in the back gardens of old middle class housing, the ilhas were reached from the street through narrow corridors running under the houses of the better-off classes. The ilhas were a consequence of the industrialisation of Oporto and responded to the need to house the large number of emigrants who flocked to the city during the second half of the nineteenth century. They were the type of housing which corresponded to the economic resources of their inhabitants, to the investment capacity of the developers and the spatial limitations in which they were built. The paper examines the economic, social and spatial circumstances which produced this type of housing, which justify their morphological characteristics and their location in the city. The transmission of formal models between the ilhas in Oporto and the cortiços in Rio de Janeiro is also examined. There are great similarities between these two forms of working class housing built in the second half of the nineteenth century in Oporto and Rio de Janeiro; parallels can be drawn between their formal characteristics and location in the city, and also between the social conditions, the type of developers and the development processes which produced them. Portuguese emigrants played a crucial role in transmitting models and in developing this form of working class housing in Rio de Janeiro. |
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