Restauração da Catedral de Brasília: desafios e conflitos da restauração da arquitetura moderna

Abstract

The path of cultural heritage is constantly changing as society is exposed to new problems so new solutions are needed. The restoration of modern architecture presents a great challenge today, since modernism breaks relations with the traditional past and creates a new architectural language. The Cathedral of Brasilia, with characteristics such as: functionalism, new materials, new technologies, infrastructure systems that are placed as challenges for contemporary thinking, emerging the main issue of how to evaluate and intervene in these architecture, if there is not a well-defined criteria that guide these activities. This paper aims to make a critical analysis of the work done so far in the Cathedral of Brasilia, as well as evaluate the main intervention criteria that have been and should be applied in both theoretical and practical. The aim is also to investigate whether the principles adopted in the intervention are based on sustainability issues. Therefore, it is stressed the importance of the debate about the concepts and challenges of the modern architecture from a broader perspective, supporting decisions on documentation practices from the historical analysis and accumulated experiences.