ARCHITECTURAL DIVERSITY IN ANTARCTICA AND ITS HISTORICAL CORRELATION

Abstract

e rst contact of man with Antarctica occurred through reconnaissance expeditions and/or shing activities, with increasing investments over time from various countries and motivated by scienti c, economic and strategic interests. While the rst buildings constructed in Antarctica were usually used for short periods of permanence and had reduced comfort, the increased interest in the continent associated to new technologies has resulted in major improvements in the quality of housings. is advancement raised questions related to the new constructions: the concern with the environment and the consequences of the presence of man in the region. e aim of this research was to describe the architectural production in di erent periods and classify these buildings according to their speci c characteristics. Because the present work is a research typically based on literature, the methodology used sought to investigate documents, books, articles and journals and, additionally, to obtain information from the various reference Antarctic Programs. Importantly, the analysis of what is built in Antarctica represents also an assessment of the socio-political context of Nations that occupy the continent. As a result, buildings were classi ed according to the construction period and were inserted in the context of the division into historical, environmental and technological times.