Planning  and  Designing                                              of  

ARCHITECT-­‐LUCIO  COSTA  

ARCHITECT-­‐LUCIO  COSTA    •  COSTA WAS BORN IN 27 FEB1902 AND DIED IN 13 JUNE

1998(AGED-96).

•  A MODERNIST ARCHITECT AND THE STUDENT OF FAMOUS ARCHITECT LE CORBUSIER.

•  HE IS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS URBAN PLAN FOR THE NEW CAPITAL OF BRASILLIA LOCATED IN BRAZIL.

§  IT STIPULATES WHICH ZONES ARE TO BE

RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL.

§  IT LIMITS WHERE INDUSTRIES CAN

SETTLE, WHERE CERTAIN BUILDINGS

CAN BE BUILT AND HOW TALL THOSE

BUILDINGS.

•  BRASILIA IS THE CAPITAL OF BRAZIL •  AREA OF FEDERAL DISTRICT IS OF 5,802 SQ.M.

•  CLIMATE IS TROPICAL CLIMATE AND THE AVERAGE TEMPERATURE IS 20.5 °C (68.9 °F).

•  THE POPULATION OF BRASILIAN FEDERAL DISTRICT IS OF 26,06,885. POPULATION DENSITY WAS 435.98 .

•  BRASILIA IS THE LARGEST CITY (BY POPULATION) IN THE WORLD AT THE CLOSE OF THE 20TH CENTURY THAT DIDN'T EXIST AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CENTURY.

•  BRASILIA IS LISTED AS A WORLD HERITAGE SITE BY UNESCO.THE CITY IS A WORLD REFERENCE FOR URBAN PLANNING.

 

INTRODUCTION  

•  WHEN SEEN FROM ABOVE, THE CITY’S PILOT PLAN ,RESEMBLES THE SHAPE OF AN AIRPLANE OTHERS SEE IT AS A BIRD WITH OPEN WINGS.

•  THE BASIC PLAN WAS A SIMPLE CROSS

§  THERE WERE PLANS FOR THE ARTIFICIAL

LAKE

§  THE CITY GAINED THE SHAPE OF AN AERO

PLANE SYMBOLIZING

§  TWO INTERESTING ACCESS

•  - MONUMENTAL AXIS

•  - RESIDENTIAL AXIS

§  WIND DIRECTION AND SMOKE OF THE

INDUSTRIES NOT TO BE TOWARDS THE

RESIDENTIAL AREA

PLANNING  CONCEPT  

•  THERE ARE SEPARATE ROADS FOR LOCAL TRAFFIC AND FOR THROUGH TRAFFIC.

•  ON THE FAR SIDE OF THE BLOCKS RUNS THE SERVICE STREET FOR HEAVY VEHICLES, AND A STRIP ALONG THE OTHER SIDE OF THAT HIGHWAY IS RESERVED FOR THE INSTALLATION OF GARAGES, REPAIR SHOPS, WHOLESALE WAREHOUSES, ETC.

•  IN THE MIDDLE. IN PARALLEL, AT BOTH SIDES, THERE ARE THE (SMALL AXES), WHICH GIVE ACCESS TO THE RESIDENTIALBLOCKS.

•Residential    •Administrative    •Commercial    •Entertainment  

ROAD  -­‐CIRCULATION  

§  EACH GROUP SHOULD HAVE

•  - A CHURCH

•  - A SECONDARY SCHOOL

•  - A MOVIE HOUSE

•  - A YOUTH CLUB

•  - ADEQUATE GREEN SPACE

•  BUILDING GOES ONLY SIX

STORIES HIGH

§  LOWER BUILDING FOR

COMMERCIAL BUSINESS IN

BETWEEN SUPER BLOCKS

•  NO INDEPENDENT PEDESTRIAN

WAYS EXCEPT VERY FEW

PEDESTRIAN MALLS

RESIDENTIAL  SUPER  BLOCKS  

•  MONUMENTAL SCALE- Ø  WIDE AVENUES OF SIX LANES (IN EACH DIRECTION) THE ESPLANADE FOR

MINISTRIES AND PUBLIC BUILDINGS ►  THE BUS STATION (JUNCTION OF TWO AXIS) ►  THE CATHEDRAL ►  THE PLAZA OF THREE POWERS ARE DESIGNED

•  RESIDENTIAL SCALE ►  ORDERLY SUPER BLOCKS WITH A UNIFORM HEIGHT OF SIX STORIES ►  VAST MOTORWAYS PROVIDING AN EXCELLENT TRANSPORTATION

SYSTEM

•  GREGARIOUS/SOCIAL SCALE •  THE BUS STATION •  THE ENTERTAINMENT, COMMERCE & RETAIL SECTORS

•  BUCOLIC SCALE FOR MAKING BRASÍLIA A PARK CITY, WHERE EVERYTHING WAS SEPARATED BY VAST GREEN SPACES AND PARKS

DESIGNED CITY HAS 4 SCALES

¡  ROW HOUSES

¡  SUPER BLOCKS

¡  SATELLITE TOWNS

TYPES OF SETTLEMENT

POSITIVE ASPECTS OF BRASILIA

§  NOT THREATENED BY ANY KIND OF NATURAL DISASTER

§  VIRTUALLY NO AIR POLLUTION

§  MANY AND LARGE GREEN AREAS

§  GOOD CLIMATE

§  IN ORIGINAL PLAN THERE WERE NO TRAFFIC LIGHTS

NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF BRASILIA  

§  Housing prices are very high

§  Public transportation is inefficient

§  Great distance between the buildings

§  Newer satellite town have very few green areas unlike the pilot plan

§  Many of the famous buildings are beautiful but not functional

§  The city has been acclaimed for its use of modernist architecture on a grand scale

§  The city was not designed on a pedestrian scale