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Brasilia's Superquadra: Prototypical Design and the Project of the City
Author(s) -
Tattara Martino
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.1188
Subject(s) - realm , capital city , capital (architecture) , competition (biology) , architectural engineering , regional science , sociology , engineering , geography , visual arts , economic geography , art , archaeology , ecology , biology
The prototype for Brasilia was captured by Lucio Costa's 1957 competition entry that constituted no more than a written description, a few sketches and a drawing of the superquadra. Martino Tattara describes Costa's vision for the city's residential blocks that so effectively defined the urban realm of Brazil's new capital.