Levels of sustainability in the work of Lina Bo Bardi

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to bring to light the keys with which Lina approached her architectural work as a forerunner to a series of ideas that approximate what we can now associate with the principles of sustainability. In addition, this paper will serve to review the discipline of architecture in the 21st century, incorporating new visions of sustainable intervention that contemplate symbolic and environmental factors that satisfy human needs from the point of view of respect for society, culture and the environment. To this end, we will analyze and interpret her professional career and some of her main works on three levels, ranging from the design of everyday objects to architectural and urban design. This study will lead us to propose a procedure that is rooted in social and environmental concerns, the originality of which lies in a return to origins that advocates artisanal, popular processes based on recycling, the use of minimal resources and the means at hand as well as a heartfelt relationship with nature that is, at the same time, attentive to human needs.