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DIANE KEARNEYTRISHA PECK
DILLON FARRELL
Brazil’s Movement Inward
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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”
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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
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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
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Brasília
City built 1956-1960Urban Planner: Lucio CostaCost: $2,000,000,000,000
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Reasons for Move
Populate Brazilian InteriorTransfer federal capitol Develop the InteriorOvercrowdingGeographical & strategical location
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Cont..
Main reason for the move was the desire to spread the wealth, especially in the underdeveloped Brazilian Inland.
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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
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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
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Culture: Brasília
Not walkableEssence in satellite citiesUnification Exio Monumental
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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
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Sources
James, Preston E., and Speridiao Faissol. "The Problem of Brazil's Capital City.“ Geographical Review 46.3 (1956): 301-17. JSTOR. Web. 16 Oct. 2012. <http://www.jstor.org/stable/211882>.http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/445http://betaniasampaio.wordpress.com/2012/04/11/aos-52-brasilia-chega-a-menopausa/http://ngo2fuel.blogspot.com/2010/07/amazing-grace.htmlhttp://www.quemdisse.com.br/autores/luciocosta.jpghttp://www.barewalls.com/i/c/489844_Juscelino-Kubitschek.jpghttp://gosouthamerica.about.com/cs/southamerica/a/BraBrasilia.htmhttp://artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=37588http://kidscornerbrazil.org/content/history.php