ARCH 350 1st Edition Lecture 26Outline of Last Lecture I. Building a new capital: Brasilia, BrazilA. Lucio Costa: City plan of Brasilia 1956a. Referencesb. Principlesc. Conceptsd. Design ConceptsOutline of Current Lecture I. Lucio Costa: Pilot Plan of Brasilia 1956 A. Ministerial BuildingsB. Public BuildingsII. Oscar Niemeyer’s Public BuildingsA. Alvorada PalaceB. Plantalo PalaceC. National CongressD. Itamaraty PalaceE. Brasilia CathedralF. TheaterG. UNBH. Residential AxisCurrent LectureI. Lucio Costa: Pilot Plan of Brasilia 1956A. Ministerial Buildings• The cultural sector lies between the ministerial buildings and the crossing of two axes. The Cathedral, in construction, at the left, following, the banking sector and District HospitalB. Public Buildings- Three Power Plaza and The National Congress (in the center), Ministerial BuildingsThese notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor’s lecture. GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes, not as a substitute.II. Oscar Niemeyer’s Public BuildingsA. Alvorada Palace (Presidential House) Brasilia, Brazil, 1956- Sculptural columns on the façade-B. Planalto Palace (Plateau Palace- Presidential Office) Brasilia, 1956-60 • Columns of the palaces in Brasilia are all different, serving various aesthetic purposes • Their resemblance, utilization and slenderness give them the desired homogeneityC. National Congress Brasilia, 1956-60- The bifurcated slab of the Secretariat stand between the main State Chambers, which are expressed as saucer shapes, one face up, the other face downD. Itamaraty Palace (Foreign Affairs) Brasilia, 1956-60E. Oscar Niemeyer: Brasilia Cathedral- bundle of curved beams with a hyperboloid shape• evokes the image of Christ’s crown of thorns- Angels by Alfredo Ceschiatti and Dante Croce- Stained glass by Marianne Peretti- Acoustic wallsF. Theater (wall by A. Bulcão)G. UNB (National University of Brasilia)- known as the big “earthworm”H. Residential Axis- Hierarchy - Super-blocks (Neighborhood units): collective housing (Le Corbusier Unité d’Habitation at Marseilles as a reference)- vertical garden city area- 1 super block = 280m x 280m (850ft x 850ft), for 2,000 - 3,000 people; 11 buildings, 6 floors.- 4 super-blocks = 1 neighborhood
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