Dimensions of water

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47456/rf.rf.2132.49256

Keywords:

water, landscape, gardens, hidden streams

Abstract

This article addresses aspects related to the poetic and mythical values of water, based on Gaston Bachelard's studies condensed in Water and Dreams: an essay on the imagination of matter. Although Bachelard focused on examples taken from literature and poetry, an effort is made here to find their equivalents in landscape production, always seeking to highlight the relationships between water as a material and the forms it acquires. In the end, the focus is directed to the waters hidden by urbanization and the traces of their presence, betting on the possibilities that a poetic vision opens for landscape interventions in contemporary times.

Author Biography

  • Vladimir Bartalini, FAU-USP

    He holds a bachelor's degree in Architecture and Urban Planning from the University of São Paulo (1972), a master's degree in Architecture and Urban Planning from the University of São Paulo (1988), and a doctorate in Architecture and Urban Planning from the University of São Paulo (1999). He holds a tenure-track position at the School of Architecture and Urban Planning of the University of São Paulo (2018). He is a professor of undergraduate and graduate programs at the School of Architecture and Urban Planning of the University of São Paulo, where he advises master's and doctoral students in the Landscape and Environment concentration area.

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Published

30-06-2025

Issue

Vol. 21 No. 32 (2025)

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Seção Temática

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Dimensions of water. (2025). Farol, 21(32), 59-75. https://doi.org/10.47456/rf.rf.2132.49256