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Brasília is renowned the world over for its realisation of a visionary Modernist plan, designed by Brazilian architect and planner Lúcio Costa (1902–98). The reality of the city's design and its development, as explained by architect, author and academic researcher Thomas Deckker, is, however, much more complex. Contrary to public perception, Brasília falls a long way short of being ‘a unified city’, though it is one that has prospered with a growing population and stronger economy than other Brazilian cities.
Brasília is renowned the world over for its realisation of a visionary Modernist plan, designed by Brazilian architect and planner Lúcio Costa (1902–98). The reality of the city's design and its development, as explained by architect, author and academic researcher Thomas Deckker, is, however, much more complex. Contrary to public perception, Brasília falls a long way short of being ‘a unified city’, though it is one that has prospered with a growing population and stronger economy than other Brazilian cities.
Brasília: Life Beyond Utopia
Deckker, Thomas (author)
Architectural Design ; 86 ; 88-95
2016-05-01
6 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
Democracity exhibit , Ville Radieuse , São Sebastião , Parkways , President Juscelino Kubitschek , Levittown , Ministérios (Ministries) , President Fernando Henrique Cardoso , superquadras (superblocks) , Marcel Breuer , Lúcio Costa , Radburn layout , United States Agency for International Development (USAID) , Ludwig Hilberseimer , Norman Bel Geddes , William Holford , Praça dos Três Poderes (Three Powers Square) , Hospital de Base (Central Hospital) , Distrito Federal (Federal District) , Península dos Ministros (Peninsula of the Ministers) , Plano Piloto (Pilot Plan , Brazilian Pavilion , Samambaia , Eixo Monumental (Monumental Axis) , cidades satélites (satellite cities) , Aluminium City Terrace , New York World's Fair , Goiás , Walter Gropius , New Deal housing , lagos (lakeside) , Gama , Ceilândia , Lake Paranoá , Roberto Burle Marx , Henry Dreyfuss , Robert Moses , Colônia Agrícola Vicentes Pires , Human Development Index (HDI) , Pennsylvania , UNESCO World Heritage site , Oscar Niemeyer , New York City , Águas Claras , Le Corbusier , General Motors's Futurama exhibit , Alvorada Palace , Brasília , Taguatinga , New Kensington , Congrés internationaux d'architecture modern (CIAM)
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