Brasilia as Urban Design - Architecture Scrapbook

Posted by Paul Malo on March 04, 2002 at 06:58:35:
In Reply to: Brasilia's Cathedral posted by Fábio Belfort on February 28, 2002 at 14:54:49:
The photo is very revealing. It clearly shows how the modern way of seeing was focused on individual buildings (often well done, to be sure) but was totally unconcerned with shaping urban space. Costa's plan for Brasilia was a two-dimensional, non-spatial diagram, totally inhuman in scale, with vast empty spaces unactivated by any program.
Doesn't the parking lot give it that distinctly "modern' touch?
God, this could be anywhere--Brazil, India, Malaysia--today. Well, it was supposed to be the "International Style," wasn't it?
I'm going back to Bath.

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Re: Brasilia as Urban Design Fábio Belfort 07:51:58 3/04/2002 (4)
- Re: Brasilia as Urban Design Paul Malo 08:36:30 3/04/2002 (3)
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