The architecture of Colégio Sant’Ana

Georg Pzryrembel’s proposal for a school in Ponta Grossa (PR)

Abstract

The expression of neocolonial architecture was developed in Brazil during the first decades of the 20th century, as a response to the modernization of society and the search for the enhancement of a national identity. The architectural language was adopted by society, assuming importance in the elaboration of school architecture projects, which aimed to reinforce the ideal of development, but in a conservative way. The objective of this article is to analyze the design of Colégio Sant’Ana, located in Ponta Grossa, which meets the principles of neocolonial architecture. The project was designed by Georg Przyrembel, recognized for being one of the two architects who exhibited at the Modern Art Week in 1922. Thereby, the methods used for this work were based on the bibliographical survey for the development of a theoretical framework and on the analysis of documents, to identify the architecture proposed by Przyrembel. Despite being identified as neocolonial architecture, the project has diluted elements, suitable for an architecture elaborated at the end of the expression and for a small city in the interior of the state. The adopted language is also associated with the Christian ideal of the congregation that contracted the project, demonstrating the ideals of order and discipline.