megha n anurag ppt
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MEGHA
ANURAG
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CommercialCenters- Fresno, Venice, New York
IndustrialCities- Manchester, Detroit, Los Angeles
PrimaryResources- Scotia, Minas Gerais, NevadaCity
ResortCities- Santa Barbara, Las Vegas, Marseille
Government Centers - Washington D.C., Brasilia
EducationCenters- Palo Alto, Berkele
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y Capital of Brazil & seat of Brazillian Government
y Planned and developed - 1956
y Acquired status of capital 1960
y Chief planner Lucio Costa
y ChiefArchitect Oscar Niemeyer
y President Juscelino Kubitschekordered the construction of
Braslia - the capital should bemoved from Rio de Janeiro to aplace close to the center of thecountry.
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OSCAR NIEMEYER
Personal Political Philosophy Communism
Reflections in design
Uniformity Equality Power LittleFlexibility
Principles of design
Superquadras placedeveryoneinastructurewhereeconomicdifferencesarelessnoticeable extremeseparationofuses, accessonlybymotorvehicle, mid-riseboxybuildingssetinvastopenspaces
B R A S I L LI A A P O L I T I CA L S TAT E M E N T
- Symbol of the new world order.- Hallmark of modern age by use of civic
design that was before its time.
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LUCIOCOSTAS BUTTERFLY PLAN FORBRASILIA 1957
CONCEPTPLAN
MASTERPLAN
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- Acold and inflexible idea like Brasiliaisimpressiveandpowerfulinsymbol
- Structuredand Rigiddesign
-Theideabehind Brasiliadisconnectsitscitizens,andthecitizensareunfortunatelyjustobserverswhoaresubjectedtothepowerfulideaofBrasilia.
- This city is an idea, a group of ideals and social remedies, not a living,breathing organism that individuals can connect with.
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Therearenotrafficlightsorsidewalksinthecity(atleastintheoriginaldesign),
almosteveryfour-wayintersectionisacloverleafinterchange. Thedesignensuresthatmotoristswillneverhavetoinconveniencethemselvesbystopping,andpedestriansdon'tmindbecausetheytheoreticallydon'texist.
Human use on the map reveals a complex network of activity very different from theplan.
CIRCULATION
Brazil: A democratic & capitalistic country, an emerging globalpower SUPERQUADRAS
TheachievementsandhardworkofthewealthierindividualbecomemarginalizedinthearchitectureofBrasilia. Fareed Zakaria
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ViewofBrasiliatowardCongressbuilding Congressbuilding
Oscar Niemeyer,Plazaofthe Ministries,withCathedralofour LadyofFatima
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TIBER CREEK
POTOMAC RIVER
N
JENKINS HILL (HIGHEST POINT)
ANACOSTIA RIVER
ROCKS CREEK (OFFICIALLY KNOWN AS THE DISTRICT OFCOLUMBIA) IS TIED TO ITS ROLE AS THE
CAPITAL OF THE UNITED STATES.
THE SITE ALONG THE POTOMAC
RIVER, BETWEEN MARYLAND AND
VIRGINIA WAS CHOSEN FOR THE
CAPITAL CITY BY GEORGE
WASHINGTON.
IN 1791, PRESIDENT WASHINGTON
COMMISSIONED L'ENFANT TO PLAN THELAYOUT OF THE NEW CAPITAL CITY.
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It demonstrates the commission's
mania for symmetry, harmony, and
building groups rather than individual
buildings.
It also demonstrates its power.
A city designed as a work of
art":preservation of the area's natural
beauty for future generations.
South of the monument were projected
sites both for a principal memorial
honoring the founding fathers and for
facilities for indoor and outdoor sports."
In addition, a monument to Lincoln wasplanned for the reclaimed swampland
west of the Washington Monument, as
well as Memorial Bridge leading to
Arlington Cemetery
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The Mall was to present "the public a symbol of the power of the national
government, a combined civic and cultural
Long, wide swath of open space something between a park and a boulevard and the
buildings along its edges serves as a sacred enclosure, a tenemos for a democracy.
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CAPITOL BUILDING IN FOCUS, FILLING A ROLE THAT IS FUNTIONAL,SYMBOLIC, AND SCULPTURAL
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At the opposite end of the monumental core
stood the Washington Monument, anchoring
the two axes of power--the Capitol and the
White House.
AXIS OF MALL
A grand avenue in the center of the mall
A line of white palaces, one on each side of the
avenue, extending along its entire length system of
radiating streets garden, with radiating avenuesand walks.
Two focal points from which several streets radiate
The whole city was planned with a view to the
reciprocal relations that should exist among
public buildings.
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The origin of the National Mall is as old as the
capital city. The open space and parklands
envisioned by Pierre L'Enfant plan create an
ideal stage for national expressions of
remembrance, observance and protest.
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y www.un.org/issues/gallery/history/
y ArticleOn Brasilia: Living In The ShadowOfIdea BySam Miller
y
http://www.brasiliabsb.com/index.htmlyy www.gringos.comwww.gringos.com
y Hall,Peter,CitiesofTomorrow
y Gallion, The UrbanPattern
y http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/y Branch.M.C., UrbanPlanning Theory