Representation and history of the former railway station of Goiania city [state of Goias, Brazil] and the Brasilia railway station documented by sketches

Abstract

With the advent of industry, progress came with railways, stations and locomotives, a symbol of modernity. In Brazil, this symbol of advancement and development began in 1850 and fell into disuse in 1970. In Goiânia, its use lasted approximately 30 years and in Brasília, just over a decade, being rehabilitated as a terminal for passenger road transport , renamed Rodoferroviária. The first station, in Art Deco architectural style, has been a listed heritage site since the 2000s and is now open to exhibition and assistance from the Goiânia City Hall; while the second, in a modernist style, was not listed, there is an intention to turn it into the Science and Technology Museum, but today, with a new rehabilitation, it will include some public agencies of the Federal District Government. In this sense, the objective of this article is to present the history and representation of the old Railway Station in Goiânia and the old Rodoferroviária in Brasília documented by sketches. The methodology includes analysis of documents from primary and secondary sources. As a result, based on the theoretical framework, it was identified through sketches explaining materiality, space, time and people, followed by cities and railway station buildings, followed by conclusions by way of comparisons on the representation and history of the objects of study documented by sketches.