One of the main references in Brazilian architecture, responsible for projects such as Parque Villa-Lobos and the Ruy Barbosa Labor Forum, in São Paulo, Décio Tozzi was at Unicamp this Tuesday afternoon (4), to formalize the donation of his collection for the Engineering and Architecture Area Library (BAE). With more than 2 original architectural projects on paper, as well as sketches, panels and documents, the material will be the first technical and documentary collection in the area of architecture at the University.
Surrounded by young students, Décio Tozzi spoke emotionally about his profession and career. “This work also has a resistance character. The ideas of a free and fair society are present in these projects, despite 20 years of cultural stagnation caused by the dictatorship. What I would like students to understand is this duet between architecture and society, as this is the main thing. Architecture follows the development of society. Now advancing ideas and looking at reflecting ideas”, reflected the architect.
The material received by BAE director, Danielle Thiago Ferreira, will undergo a conservation and restoration process before being made available to the public. “We will first catalog and describe the collections. Afterwards, there will be a digitization process, ensuring the preservation of documents. Part of the material, which is cracking on parchment paper, will need to be restored. Everything will be made available to students, both physical and digital material”, said Danielle.
“Having complete collections of architects puts Unicamp’s architecture course in a different situation. It is a privilege to start with someone as relevant as Décio Tozzi”, said Emília Rutkowski, coordinator of the architecture and urbanism undergraduate course.
For the course's associate coordinator, Rafael Urano, access to the drawings and notes will allow students to have direct contact with Tozzi's creation process, whose work is studied in several disciplines of the course. “His most famous work, which is a tiny Little Church, I remember seeing when I was in my first year of college. Now, we’re going to find out what’s behind this. We have the creative drawings, the graphite on the paper, the huge tracing papers all occupied. We can see how he idealized each of these things,” he commented.
