Um Rio de Janeiro linear? As referências soviéticas no debate urbanista carioca entre os anos 1930 e 1940

Abstract

This paper is an introduction to the bibliographical references on soviet avantgarde architecture and urban planning accessible to professional circles in Rio de Janeiro during the Interwar period. After an examination of some books and periodicals published there, on intend to reintroduce to a contemprary audience some intellectual ressources today almost forgotten. As a conclusion, one argues if there remains some trace of their influence among us, concerning particularly its presence in the debate on linear city and radial city urban models, as Rio, durign those years was again in a very process of changes.