Invisible Brasilias: 6th place in the Plano Piloto contest
Get to know the project of Henrique Mindlin and Giancarlo Palanti
... and green city
The team presented an urban plan adapted to the curves of the site and surrounded by a belt of parks and gardens.
Masterplan. Authors’ redesign.Museu de Arte de Brasília - MAB
The intersections of two axes
would determine the layout of the city, one of them intended for public activities, such as civic and governmental zones, and the other intended for private life, with the presence of residential superblocks.
Similarities and differences
The team, just like Lúcio Costa, separated the residential zone into two "wings", one to the north and one to the south of the public axis. The government center, on the other hand, would be located on the highest point of the site, differently from Lúcio, who located it closer to the lake.
View of the government sector. Authors’ rendering.Museu de Arte de Brasília - MAB
The center of government
would consist of the capitol and the ministries sector, both surrounded by an extensive green belt. They would be connected by a large elevated avenue that would run through a succession of public squares and administrative buildings.
The Capitol
would be a large square intended for parades and demonstrations, with the palace of the Executive Power as the central element, and the palaces of the Judicial and Legislative Powers arranged laterally.
What about a visit?
In the Capitol Square, you can see the main civic monuments of the project up close.
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View of the commercial sector. Authors’ rendering.Museu de Arte de Brasília - MAB
The heart of the city
would be defined by the commercial and civic sector, located at the intersection of the two main axes. This area would have a variety of work, education and leisure services.
Life in the center is busy!
The area would concentrate community facilities for commercial, cultural and administrative uses. Offices, stores, markets, hospitals, hotels, cinemas, among other buildings, would make up a large public space permeated by squares.
Visit the square
where the museum, theater and some commercial buildings are located.
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You are in the commercial and civic sector.
View of the residential sector. Authors’ rendering.Museu de Arte de Brasília - MAB
Each of the superblocks
would be articulated around a central green area endowed with daily facilities such as schools, bakeries, drugstores and churches - our well-known neighborhood unit.
More or less dense blocks
The team proposed three typologies: the first would be exclusively intended for single-family homes. The second, in addition to houses, would have some high-rise buildings. The third, the densest, would be entirely occupied by ten-storey residential buildings.
See
the interior of a highly populated block.
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You are in the residential sector.
To find out more about the contest, click here: Introduction
Get to know the other finalist projects:
1° - Lucio Costa
2° - Boruch Milman and team
3°/4° - Rino Levi and team
3°/4° - MM Roberto and team
5° - Milton Ghiraldini and team
5° - Henrique Mindlin and Giancarlo Palanti
5° - Vilanova Artigas and team
Datasheet:
Sponsorship: Fundo de Apoio à Cultura - FAC
Realization: Museu de Arte de Brasília - MAB
Authorship and Idealization: Danilo Fleury and Maíra Guimarães
Curatorship: Danilo Fleury, Maíra Guimarães and Rogério Carvalho
Expography: Coarquitetos , Danilo Fleury and Maíra Guimarães
Production: Curatorship of Cultural Projects, Leonardo Gois
Graphic Design: Coarquitetos, Danilo Fleury and Maíra Guimarães
Collaborators: Giovana Martins, Marcela Budó, Marcos Paulo Cruz and Lucas Patriota
Bibliographic references:
BRAGA, Milton. O concurso de Brasília: sete projetos para uma capital. Museu da Casa Brasileira, 2010.
FICHER, Sylvia; BATISTA, Geraldo Nogueira; LEITÃO, Francisco; FRANÇA, Dionísio Alves de. Brasília: uma história de planejamento In RODRÍGUEZ, Eduard, e FIGUEIRA, Cibele Vieira A (Brasilia 1956 - 2006, de la fundación de una ciudad capita l al ca pital de la ciudad) Lleida: Milenio, 2006. pp. 55-97.
GUIMARÃES, Maíra Oliveira. Uma capital para um lago, um palácio e um hotel. In: VI Encontro da Associação Nacional de Pesquisa e Pós-graduação em Arquitetura e Urbanismo. 2020.
SILVA, Elcio Gomes da. Os palácios originais de Brasília Tese (Universidade de Brasília). Brasília, 2012.
TAVARES, Jeferson. Projetos para Brasília 1927-1957. IPHAN, 2014.
