Reasons in three times: a comparative analysis between three versions of Reasons for a new architecture.

Abstract

Our proposal in this article is to present and critically compare the changes suffered since first version of 'Reasons for a new architecture', a text that brings for the first time the arguments on which Lucio Costa is based to support his position in favor of a new architecture, in two subsequent editions. The first version, from 1934, was published in the Magazine of the Directorate of Engineering of the prefecture of the Federal District, in January 1936, the intermediate one, from 1962, was published in 'Lúcio Costa: Sobre a Arquitetura', a collection of texts organized by Alberto Xavier. The last, published in 1995, is found in the book ‘Lucio Costa. Registro de uma vivência’.