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Paper short abstract:

For a better understanding of the urban São Paulo debate, in the early twentieth century, we must rely on certain current ideas and practices which, on one hand, the movement of Brazilian and foreign professionals and their performances in the country like the engeneer portuguese Victor da Silva Freire Jr.

Paper long abstract:

For a better understanding of the urban São Paulo debate, in the early twentieth century, we must rely upon certain current ideas and practices which, on one hand, are related to the internationalization phenomenon of the typical urban debate of the 1880-1914 period, and, on the other hand, are related to the movement of Brazilian and foreign professionals (who came to Brazil) and their performances in the country.

A flood of other professionals with very distinct profiles and activities in this area was unleashed by following the professional path of Victor da Silva Freire Jr., through the schools he attended, International Urbanism Congresses, industry conferences, international exhibitions and the Congrès de la Route, highlighting different moments of the French foreign policy expansion in Brazil.

Noteworthy in this research are the formative role of the École des Ponts et Chaussées to several engineers who worked in Brazil, in addition to references regarding urbanists in the international scene, and, especially, the first international urban planning conference held in England and Belgium, in which Freire participated.

Keywords: International Urbanism. Victor Freire. Urbanism in Brazil.