Brasília

The intersection of the planners' visions for the new capital

Student report (2022)

Authors

L. Ferreira Martins Architecture and the Built Environment

Contributors

A.J. Oxenaar History, Form & Aesthetics - Architecture and the Built Environment (mentor)
Faculty
Architecture and the Built Environment, Architecture and the Built Environment
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Published Date

14-04-2022

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Abstract

Brasília is the conveyor of both architectural and political discourses. Its construction symbolized the possession of the vast and unexplored hinterland, but moreover it was built to inaugurate a new moment in Brazilian history. The thesis aims to investigate on the intersecting points of these discourses, describing and identifying elements in  Lucio Costa's winning proposal which dialogue with the utopia both the architects (Lucio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer) and Juscelino Kubitschek, Brazil's president at the time, had envisioned for Brasília.