Brasilia\'s designs and the national town planning

Author(s)

Jeferson Cristiano Tavares

• Document type: Master's Dissertation
• Press: São Carlos.
• Institution: Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Escola de Engenharia de São Carlos (EESC/SBD)
• Defense date: 2004-08-30

Examining board members

Carlos Roberto Monteiro de Andrade; Sarah Feldman; Sylvia Ficher

• Advisor: Carlos Roberto Monteiro de Andrade

Abstract

The objective of this dissertation is to rescue, to analyze the projects of Brasilia and to identify its possible references and urban origins. At the end, 32 (thirty two) proposals will be identified for the new capital and 25 (twenty five) existing ones, conceived between the years of 1927 and 1957, will be analyzed. As a result of this analysis, it will be identified the construction and the records of a national urban culture, marked by the plurality of references (nationals and internationals theorical matrices and practices). These elements, present in the projects of Brasilia, highlight the dialectic condition of the projects postures that have collaborated in the formation of the national\'s identity. When expliciting this knowledge field and practical performance, the plans contribute for the illustration of a heterogeneous and peculiar thought of the urban discipline in Brazil. (AU)