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Feb 3, 2022 · With project town planner Lúcio Costa’s radical, artistic urban plan (the Plano Piloto) for the central city in the shape of a bird in flight⦑a⦒, and the symmetry and spacing of architect Oscar Niemeyer’s stark white, curvilinear, futuristic structures with sculptural silhouettes⦑b⦒, Brasília was heralded as “a modern utopia (expressing) optimism and trust in the future” and ...
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by Daniel Mangabeira - Bloco Arquitetos Brasília and quarantine are antagonistic. This city was not invented for cloistered residents. Obviously no cities were designed for this, but the Plano Piloto de Brasília has particularities that make seclusion the antithesis of what it was meant to be. Lucio Costa's French-affiliated city was born to be fre...
by Gabriela Cascelli Farinasso e Luiza Dias Coelho - Arquitetas inVisíveis Behind every great man is a great woman. A saying as common as it is ancient, has for years synthesized the relationship between architects-, and with Brasília, it would be no different. The process of creating the new Capital has forever cemented the names of Brazilian men ...
by Maribel Aliaga Fuentes - Professor at the Department of Design, Expression and Representation at FAU-UnB Today I decided to venture into a new world outside the Superquadras circuit. Early in the morning I left the Setor Hoteleiro Sul near Parque da Cidade towards Eixinho, crossed the W3 and went down the internal street of the southern commerci...
by Luiz Eduardo Sarmento - architect and urban planner at IPHAN and Senior Adviser at IAB-DF. "(...) I felt this movement, this intense life of the true Brasilians (...). This is all very different from what I had imagined for this urban center (...). Those Brazilians took care of it who built the city and are legitimately there. In fact, the dream...
Brasilia, Brazil – 8 Cities in the world, famous for their Urban Planning. Brasilia, the capital city of Brazil, stands as a testament to the genius of modern urban planning and architecture. Designed by the acclaimed architect Oscar Niemeyer and urban planner Lúcio Costa, Brasilia was officially inaugurated on April 21, 1960.
Apr 21, 2020 · The purpose-built Brazilian city celebrates 60 years since it became the country's capital. ... Brasilia at 60 in pictures. ... built from scratch on the desert-like Central Plateau in the late 1950s.
Sep 2, 2021 · Sep 2, 2021 Carlo Ratti. Brasília’s urban design limitations offer a crucial lesson for many other places in the world. By resisting the temptation to fill every square inch of space on their paper, architects and urban planners can open up possibilities for people, changing times, and spontaneous chance to co-create the living city ...
May 25, 2021 · The architecture of Brasilia is one of the most iconic in the world. However, it is not all Oscar Niemeyer, there are some other hidden gems too. 1. Cathedral of Brasíli. 16 Columns of The Cathedral of Brasília. The Cathedral of Brasilia was one of the first buildings designed by Oscar Niemeyer in Brazilia.
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The main building's third floor, with 12 thousand square meters, has a panoramic deck, a food court, shops, four movie theaters with total capacity of 500 people, and space for exhibitions. Brasilia Airport has 136 vendor spaces. The airport is located about 11 km (6.8 mi) from the central area of Brasilia, outside the metro system.
