Geometry

The exhibition shows some of the Pilot Plan's somewhat unconventional angles, revealing the pure forms in the design of its buildings, roads, and gardens.

Museu (2017-04-23) by Joana FrançaInstituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil - Departamento Distrito Federal

Geometry

structural form as a project strategy

Tribunal Superior Eleitoral by Bento VianaInstituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil - Departamento Distrito Federal

The audacity of the form is also the audacity of the structure. The act of building the designs demands a previously unexplored sophistication from the material and some previously undiscovered solutions from the estimating engineer. 

Catedral by Bento VianaInstituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil - Departamento Distrito Federal

"The form of the cathedral is, in theory, enclosed by a series of tangent surfaces: the truncated cone, the pseudosphere area, two (internal) arced areas, and, in the highest part, an area with a one sheet circular hyperboloid." (CARDOZO, 1958).

Memorial dos povos indígenas by Bento VianaInstituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil - Departamento Distrito Federal

Estádio Mané Garrincha (2019-09-11) by Joana FrançaInstituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil - Departamento Distrito Federal

Universidade de Brasília (2011-05-16) by Joana FrançaInstituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil - Departamento Distrito Federal

Jardins da Universidade de Brasília (2016-12-09) by Joana FrançaInstituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil - Departamento Distrito Federal

Teatro Nacional (2018-07-08) by Joana FrançaInstituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil - Departamento Distrito Federal

Igrejinha (2016-11-27) by Joana FrançaInstituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil - Departamento Distrito Federal

The structure, as it is a form, seems finally to disappear before the viewer, who is surprised by the "lightweight yet solid and surprisingly durable forms, consequently often regarded as Surrealist". (WISNIK, 2004.)

Hospital Sarah - Lago Norte by Bento VianaInstituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil - Departamento Distrito Federal

LBV by Bento VianaInstituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil - Departamento Distrito Federal

Igreja Nossa Sra. da Paz by Bento VianaInstituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil - Departamento Distrito Federal

JK by Bento VianaInstituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil - Departamento Distrito Federal

"But it was in Brasilia that my architecture became freer and more rigorous" (NIEMEYER, 1978)

Jardim Burle Marx, Eixo monumental by Bento VianaInstituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil - Departamento Distrito Federal

and the corners?

Forms have more freedom in urban design. The fluidity in the plan becomes a fluidity in the flow—of vehicles, not pedestrians—leading to long thoroughfares with no intersections and few stoplights.

Praça do Cruzeiro by Bento VianaInstituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil - Departamento Distrito Federal

Jardins aquáticos do Palácio do Itamaraty by Bento VianaInstituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil - Departamento Distrito Federal

Praça dos Cristais (2010-04-09) by Joana FrançaInstituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil - Departamento Distrito Federal

Praça dos Cristais (2011-10-08) by Joana FrançaInstituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil - Departamento Distrito Federal

Praça das Fontes, Parque da Cidade (2016-12-09) by Joana FrançaInstituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil - Departamento Distrito Federal

Parque da cidade by Bento VianaInstituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil - Departamento Distrito Federal

Praça Portugal by Bento VianaInstituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil - Departamento Distrito Federal

Parque Nacional de Brasília ou Parque da Água Mineral by Bento VianaInstituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil - Departamento Distrito Federal

Praça dos Cristais (2017-08-29) by Joana FrançaInstituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil - Departamento Distrito Federal

Parque infantil de quadra by Bento VianaInstituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil - Departamento Distrito Federal

Piscina do Brasília Palace Hotel by Bento VianaInstituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil - Departamento Distrito Federal

Fontes da Torre de TV by Bento VianaInstituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil - Departamento Distrito Federal

Meteoro - Palácio Itamaraty by Bento VianaInstituto dos Arquitetos do Brasil - Departamento Distrito Federal

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