Championship in Rio de Janeiro city’s ancient stadiums

Bread and Circus before FIFA’s pattern

Authors

  • Arq. Seba Mallmann Bittar Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo.Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14409/ar.v1i5.4496

Keywords:

Rio de Janeiro; sporting architecture; stadiums.

Abstract

The football is one of the most popular sports in Brazil. However, it was in Rio de Janeiro that it was built the most known stadium of the world: Maracanã.
This article will discourse about the carioca stadiums and the relation with its neighborhood. Some aspects like its architectonic appearance, public capacity will be evaluated to explain how these aspects produced negative or positive transformations to local area.

Author Biography

Arq. Seba Mallmann Bittar, Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo.Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro.

Graduação em Arquitetura – FAU-UFRJ, 1978.
Especialização em Docência Superior, 1994.
Livre Docente em Arquitetura, 1996.

Published

2014-10-29

How to Cite

Mallmann Bittar, A. S. (2014). Championship in Rio de Janeiro city’s ancient stadiums: Bread and Circus before FIFA’s pattern. ARQUISUR Revista, 4(5), 88–99. https://doi.org/10.14409/ar.v1i5.4496