摘要：This work studies the architectural legacies produced by large events. A communication phenomenon, the mega-events inhabit the urban imaginary, mark the memory of places, change the status quo of the city and act greatly in everyday life. To illustrate this dynamic, we revisit the Universal Expositions, especially those held in London (1851) and Paris (1855), considered by Walter Benjamin as a sign spectacle of modernity, and the Pan American Games (2007), held in Rio de Janeiro. We realize that both in modernity in contemporaneity the great events are part of human history, moving metropolises and imposing architectural equipments favorably involving the terrain, population and visitors.
其他摘要：This work studies the architectural legacies produced by large events. A communication phenomenon, the mega-events inhabit the urban imaginary, mark the memory of places, change the status quo of the city and act greatly in everyday life. To illustrate this dynamic, we revisit the Universal Expositions, especially those held in London (1851) and Paris (1855), considered by Walter Benjamin as a sign spectacle of modernity, and the Pan American Games (2007), held in Rio de Janeiro. We realize that both in modernity in contemporaneity the great events are part of human history, moving metropolises and imposing architectural equipments favorably involving the terrain, population and visitors.
