Invisible Brasilias: 6th place in the Plano Piloto contest

Get to know the project of Henrique Mindlin and Giancarlo Palanti

Masterplan. Modified from Braga (2010), p. 90.Museu de Arte de Brasília - MAB

A sinuous...

Masterplan. Authors’ redesign.Museu de Arte de Brasília - MAB

... 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

Masterplan with location of the main axes. 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.

Masterplan showing the location of Lucio Costa’s Pilot Project. Modified from Braga (2010), p. 90.Museu de Arte de Brasília - MAB

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

Masterplan of the government sector. Modified from Braga (2010), p. 92.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.

Masterplan of the capitol. Modified from Braga (2010), p. 92.Museu de Arte de Brasília - MAB

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.

360° pinned sketch of the government sector. Modified from Braga (2010), p. 92.Museu de Arte de Brasília - MAB

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

Masterplan of the commercial sector. Authors’ redesign.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.

Masterplan of the civic and commercial sector. Modified from Braga (2010), p. 93.Museu de Arte de Brasília - MAB

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.

360° pinned sketch of the commercial and civic sector. Modified from Braga (2010), p. 93.Museu de Arte de Brasília - MAB

Visit the square

where the museum, theater and some commercial buildings are located.

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View of the residential sector. Authors’ rendering.Museu de Arte de Brasília - MAB

Sketch of the residential sector. Modified from Braga (2010), p. 95.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.

Masterplan of the residential nucleus proposals. Modified from Braga (2010), p. 95.Museu de Arte de Brasília - MAB

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.

360° pinned aerial view of the residential sector. Authors’ rendering.Museu de Arte de Brasília - MAB

See

the interior of a highly populated block.

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To find out more about the contest, click here: Introduction
Get to know the other finalist projects:
 - Lucio Costa
 - Boruch Milman and team
3°/4° - Rino Levi and team
3°/4° - MM Roberto and team
 - Milton Ghiraldini and team
 - Henrique Mindlin and Giancarlo Palanti
 - 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

Credits: Story

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.

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