Brasília town planning, PLANO PILATO concept and purpose.

1. Brasília /Town Planning
Presented By:
Manjuri Gogoi
Abu Shahma Rasheed
Manjeet Shaha
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2. INTRODUCTION
Brasília is the federal capital of Brazil.
It has a population of 2,562,963),making
it the fourth largest city in Brazil.
The city was planned & developed in
1956. with LUCIO COSTA-- principal
urban planner and OSCAR NIEMEYER --
principal architect.
In 1960 it formally became Brazil’s capital.
City’s shape resembles an airplane or a
bird.
SIZE:
2245 sq. mile (5814 sq.m )
PROJECT:-
1956 LUCIO COSTA Brazilian urban
planner wins competition
Major government buildings designed by
Ar.OSCAR NIEMEYER.
Landscape and layout planned by designer
ROBERTO BURLE.
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3. PLANO PILATO
PURPOSE OF BRASILIA
For new development.
To relieve the pressure of
overpopulation from the old capital
rio de janeiro.
To create a renewed sense of national
pride. A completely modern 21st
century city.
HISTORY
From 1763 to 1960, Rio de
Janeiro was the capital of Brazil.
At this time, resources tended to be
centred in Brazil's south east region
near Rio de Janeiro. But
geographically Brasilia is in central
location.
CULTURE
Diverse Culture: Portuguese ,
Africans, Italian, German, Other
European, Japanese, Amerindian.
Architecture : Cubist ideas ,
abstract forms, baroque, colonial,
modern, combination of skills rather
Juscelino Kubitschek , President of Brazil from 1956 to 1961, ordered the
construction of Brasília.
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4. PLANO PILATO- BEST BY LUCIO COSTA
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5. LÚCIO COSTA
A modernist Architect and student
of famous modernist Le Corbusier.
Responsible for the layout of Utopian city.
AIM OF LÚCIO
COSTA
Ideal city, ideal society.
Symbol of Brazilian greatness.
Lead to the development of the central
region of Brazil.
Become the new centre of Brazil.
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6. CONCEPT
When seen from above, the city’s pilot plan (“Plano Piloto”) resembles
the shape of an airplane Others see it as a bird with open wings.
1-Intended to provide Brasilia with the dignity of a capital city.
BRASILIA has two axis crossing at right angle; monumental axis(the
fuselage of the plane) intersecting in the centre of the city with a
residential axis( the wings of an airplane).
2-To adapt this design to the local topography, the natural drainage
of the area, One of the axis was curved in order to make it fit into
equilateral triangle.
COSTA’S NOTES
23 NOTES, presents the solution of Plano Pilato :-
–Form:
Two axes crossing (one is curved)--a plane OR bird in
flight.
–Adapted:
local topography, natural drainage, best possible
orientation.
–Free principles highway engineering:
elimination of intersections, the curved axis.
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7. SECTOR FUNCTIONS :-
– Residential districts
have been placed along the Curved axis.
– civic and administrative centre, recreation
centre, the municipal administration facilities, the
barracks, the storage and supply zones, small local
industries sites and the Railway station along the
monumental axis.
Banking and commercial districts fell alongside the
intersection of monumental and high way-
residential.
location of the entertainment centre is along the
intersection of the monument and the back axis.
Primary Roads
Curved Axis
Monumental Axis
Back Axis
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8. SECTOR FUNCTIONS-ZONING
•Administrative
•Commercial
•Entertainment
Residential areas
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9. BUILDING
HIERARCHY
Plaza of Three Powers
House fundamental powers (equilateral triangle):-
Government & Supreme court-base of the triangle
Congress-at the Apex
Church-at the centre given own square.
Monumental Axis:-Government and Municipal Plaza evident.
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10. LANDSCAPING
Superblocks: surrounded by bands of greenery planted with
trees
Strips of the Districts :Also planted with greenery
Park City: Filled with open areas, such as parks, squares, for
flower and vegetable gardens, orchards, Botanic garden
Cemeteries : end of residential highway axis.
VEHICULAR
CIRCULATIONNotes 6-7
Secondary Roads: controls heavy vehicular traffic
Traffic: controlled by roads that would either go on a
platform, underground, or under the platform.
Clover shaped Turn-offs: circulate in the different districts
without creating an intersection.
PEDESTRIAN CIRCULATION
Independent Paths:
local pathway systems were created for each district
(residential, commercial, administrative districts)
Separated from vehicular circulation.
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11. COSTA’S CONCLUSION
•Airplane, Monumental Axis
•Four Scales of Design:
–Monumental scale(symbolic)
–Residential scale(comfortable)
–Gregarious scale (social)
–Bucolic scale(park city, rustic)
•Dignity of a capital city:
–Esplanade, where the ministries and public buildings
are located
–the bus station, where the two axis cross
–the Cathedral
–the Plaza of Three Powers
•SUPERBLOCKS - uniform height of six stories, no
high rises, and vast motorways
•Ample parking, low population density, open green
space for people to enjoy.
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12. SUPERBLOCKS
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13. BIBLOGRAPHY
http://www.aboutbrasilia.com/facts/history.php
http://www.aboutbrasilia.com/maps/
http://designkultur.wordpress.com/2010/01/18/urban-planning-brasilia-quickfacts/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brasília
http://www.slideshare.net/ivanleung/presentation-brasilia
http://www.scribd.com/doc/14043752/Bras-Ilia
http://www.scribd.com/doc/47961918/Arch162-RevisedBrasilia
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