Paris of the Tropics

Robert Baron / 2017

Urban Planning
South America

Re-Situating the Teatro Amazonas’s role in representing an image of Manaus, Brazil, at the turn of the Twentieth Century. The intention of this research is to explore how the this eclectic, disparate and theatrical work of architecture has influenced the representation and experience of its surrounding urban environment.

This study is focused on the Teatro Amazonas, completed in 1895, it represents the pinnacle of a bygone era of the city Manaus, a ‘Paris of the Tropics,’ once elevated by the prosperity of the rubber industry. More broadly the study explores how the such a piece of architecture can resonate beyond its representation, and bear implications upon the experienced conditions of cities.

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