Religion and Architecture: Designing a temple of Candomble in Salvador Bahia, Brazil

<p> My thesis aims to create a place of worship for the people of the neighborhood of Plataforma, located in Salvador Bahia, Brazil. Candomble was introduced to Brazil during times of slavery and is the root of Afro-Brazilian culture. In the chaotic world of favelas (Portuguese for slums) th...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Robles, Joaquin G.
Other Authors: Architecture
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
Subjects:
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/34603
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-08172007-163920/