-The plan of Brasilia the capital city of Brazil is in the form of a bird in flight. The plan was proposed in 1957 as Plano Piloto (Pilot Plan) by urban planner Lucio Costa. The masterplan has four primary scales- monumental, residential, social and bucolic. The monumental scale is seen in the central axis running in the East-West direction.

2019年6月7日 · Designed by Lucio Costa and Oscar Niemeyer, Brasilia was intended to be a monumental modernist city. The dream of a new capital city for Brazil dates back to the mid-1800s, when Brazil gained...

2019年9月8日 · Brasilia is a planned city located in the center of Brazil that was designed to be the nation's capital. It was planned by Lúcio Costa with public buildings designed by Oscar Niemeyer. The city's layout is shaped like an airplane, with two main axes intersecting at …

Designed by architect Lucio Costa, Brasilia (1957-60) replaced Rio de Janeiro as the Brazilian Federal Capital, bringing Functionalist urbanism and Modern architecture to the sparsely inhabited Central Plateau.

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.

2020年10月1日 · The fusion of Oscar Niemeyer’s sculptural and modernist architecture with the clarity and symmetry of Costa’s master plan has produced a unique new city that is internationally recognised and which gained UNESCO World Heritage Site status in …

2019年6月12日 · Perhaps the most iconographic ‘new capital’, that is, a city that is specifically built to be a seat of power, is Brazil’s federal capital Brasília. The plan to move the capital from Rio de Janeiro on the coast to the inland plateaus closer to the country’s geographical center was already initiated in the early 19th century.

Brasília was designed by urban planner Lucio Costa and became the new capital of Brazil in year 1960. The essay cover a comparison between the planned city, Brasília, and its non- planned surrounding periphery cities.

pilotPlan is an online mapping platform that illustrates the urban evolution of Brasilia, Brazil's capital city, over its entire prehistory, history, and possible futures.

Brasília, the capital of Brazil, stands as a testament to visionary urban planning and futuristic architecture. Designed by the renowned Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer and urban planner Lúcio Costa, Brasília was inaugurated as the country’s capital in 1960, with the goal of fostering economic development and promoting regional equality.