The architectural production of the Italian immigrant in Rio Grande do Sul ac-cording to the literary novels of José Clemente Pozenato

Abstract

This article consists of an investigation into the space of inhabitation of the Italian immigrant in Rio Grande do Sul, taking as object of analysis the literary novels “A Cocanha” and “O Quat-rilho”, works by José Clemente Pozenato. The key issue for the development of this study refers to the evolution of immigrants' constructions over time, taking into account the objec-tive and subjective aspects of living. As for the methodology, the article is structured around the study of the novels, mentioned above, and from them, a specific iconographic and biblio-graphic survey is developed about the process of Italian colonization in the Rio Grande do Sul mountains. With the compilation and organization of the data obtained, it was possible to build a chronological line, organized in accordance with these literary narratives and theoretical references. The synthesis of this information allowed the idealization of analyzes that go be-yond the architectural field, also entering emotional and historical issues through the use of an interdisciplinary methodology that involves literature as a field of study. When combined with literature and materialized in photographs, architecture expresses, in addition to technical as-pects, a poetic dimension, contributing to the understanding of constructions as scenarios of human life, loaded with feelings, memories, identity and local culture.