ABSTRACT
The article proposes a narrative about the process of heritagization of Parque do Flamengo (Flamengo Park), in Rio de Janeiro, in 1965, by Brazilian National Institute for Heritage (Iphan). The Park was designed by the architect Affonso Eduardo Reidy and the landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx, both linked to the group of Modernist Carioca School. The article makes connections between this process and the constitution of the field of architecture in Brazil, especially the policies aimed at the protection of modern architectural and landscape assets promoted by Iphan. The context is the midst of intense urban reforms in the city of Rio de Janeiro under the government of Carlos Lacerda, first governor of the state of Guanabara, in the troubled national political context of a military coup and the establishment of the authoritarian regime in Brazil. It also explores the ways for preservation of Parque do Flamengo when Rio de Janeiro hosted major sporting events and received the Unesco title of World Heritage Cultural Landscape, while the contemporary agenda of the field is the debate on the social function of heritage. It is hoped to contribute with reflections on heritage in the key of the rights to the city, problematizing the traditional confrontation between preservation and the real estate speculation. The privileged empirical material was the process of registration of Parque do Flamengo as Brazilian Cultural Heritage and the Reports of the Consultative Council of Cultural Heritage Meetings that Parque do Flamengo was under debate.
KEYWORDS:
Parque do Flamengo; Landscape heritage; Urban reforms; Rio de Janeiro; World heritage; Brazilian National Institute for Heritage - Iphan
