DIANE KEARNEYTRISHA PECK

DILLON FARRELL

Brazil’s Movement Inward

Rio de Janeiro: the Capital City

• Settled by Portuguese and grew due to gold and diamond wealth

• Movement from Salvador, Bahia in 1763

• Arrival of Portuguese Court and Empire

• Importance of midway position

• Dom Pedro I• 1891 Constitution and the

“Future Federal District”

Future Federal District

• Support (or lack of)• Professor Francis Ruellan and

Professor Fabio de Macedo Soares Guimaraes

• Guidelineso Centrally locatedo Transportationo Bordering States

• Reasons for Movemento Increase Nationalismo Federal Governmento “Dream City”o Profit

Future Federal District, cont’d

Belcher Associates, 1954 Issues Regarding the Movement

o Water Supply and Hydroelectric Powero Low-cost Electricityo Effective Communicationo All must be better than currently in Rioo Center for population and settlement

Brasília

City built 1956-1960Urban Planner: Lucio CostaCost: $2,000,000,000,000

Reasons for Move

Populate Brazilian InteriorTransfer federal capitol Develop the InteriorOvercrowdingGeographical & strategical location

Cont..

Main reason for the move was the desire to spread the wealth, especially in the underdeveloped Brazilian Inland.

Brasília: A New Capital

Ex Nihilo: out of nothingJuscelino Kubitschek de Oliveira (1955)UPGRADE

Expand industry Huge construction projects Transportation Self-contained residential areas

Official: 1960Israel Pinheiro da Silva

Lucio Costa & Oscar Niemeyer

Urban planner & city architect (respectively) Brazilian Pavilion

(New York World’s Fair)

Intention for Brasília: harmonious design, practicality

Plano PilotoMonumental Axis

Culture: Brasília

Not walkableEssence in satellite citiesUnification Exio Monumental

Questions

When was the capital of Brazil moved to Rio de Janeiro?

What was the main reason for moving the capital to Brasília?

What is the open area in Brasília called where all of the national monuments and museums were built?

a. Palácio da Alvoradab. Palácio do Planaltoc. Exio Monumentald. Complexo Cultural da República

Sources

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