Lúcio Costa urban plan for Brasília

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Lúcio Costa’s urban plan for Brasília is the modernist master plan that designed Brazil’s capital as a planned city with distinct governmental, residential, and civic zones laid out in a monumental, airplane-like form.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf modernist urban plan
planned city design
urban master plan
associatedWith Brasília
surface form: Brasília UNESCO World Heritage Site

Brazilian modernism
cityPlanned Brasília
collaboratingArchitect Oscar Niemeyer
competition Lúcio Costa urban plan for Brasília self-linksurface differs
surface form: Brasília Pilot Plan Competition
competitionResult winning entry
constructionBegan 1957
country Brazil
designer Lúcio Costa
designGoal create a new inland capital
symbolize Brazil’s future and modernization
governmentalCore Planalto Palace area
Three Powers Plaza
inaugurationOfCity 1960
includes Monumental Axis civic and governmental buildings
separate sectors for hotels, banking, and commerce
superquadra residential neighborhoods
inspiredBy Le Corbusier’s urban planning ideas
modernist urbanism
locationContext Brazilian Highlands
surface form: Brazilian Central Plateau
mainAxis Monumental Axis
planningConcept green open spaces integrated with housing
hierarchical road system
separation of pedestrian and vehicular traffic
superquadra residential units
planningScale metropolitan
recognizedAs icon of modernist city design
landmark of 20th-century urban planning
secondaryAxis Residential Axis
unescoWorldHeritageStatus basis for inscription of Brasília in 1987
urbanDesignFeature broad avenues and parkways
large ceremonial esplanades
radial and linear circulation system
urbanForm airplane-shaped layout
cross-axial composition
yearOfDesign 1957
zoningPrinciple distinct civic and cultural zones
distinct governmental zone
distinct residential zones
functional separation of uses

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National Congress of Brazil building significantProject Lúcio Costa urban plan for Brasília
Palácio da Alvorada partOf Lúcio Costa urban plan for Brasília
this entity surface form: Plano Piloto of Brasília
Supreme Federal Court building in Brasília partOf Lúcio Costa urban plan for Brasília
this entity surface form: Plano Piloto of Brasília
Palácio do Itamaraty (Itamaraty Palace in Brasília) partOf Lúcio Costa urban plan for Brasília
subject surface form: Palácio do Itamaraty (Brasília)
this entity surface form: Plano Piloto of Brasília
Palácio do Planalto partOf Lúcio Costa urban plan for Brasília
this entity surface form: Plano Piloto of Brasília
Ministry of Justice building in Brasília partOf Lúcio Costa urban plan for Brasília
this entity surface form: Plano Piloto of Brasília
Lúcio Costa designed Lúcio Costa urban plan for Brasília
this entity surface form: Plano Piloto de Brasília
Lúcio Costa notableWork Lúcio Costa urban plan for Brasília
this entity surface form: Plano Piloto de Brasília
Palácio dos Arcos partOf Lúcio Costa urban plan for Brasília
this entity surface form: Plano Piloto of Brasília
Federal District (Brazil) contains Lúcio Costa urban plan for Brasília
this entity surface form: Plano Piloto
Praça dos Três Poderes partOf Lúcio Costa urban plan for Brasília
this entity surface form: Plano Piloto of Brasília
Lúcio Costa urban plan for Brasília competition Lúcio Costa urban plan for Brasília self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Brasília Pilot Plan Competition
Monumental Axis of Brasília partOf Lúcio Costa urban plan for Brasília
this entity surface form: Plano Piloto of Brasília
Federal District contains Lúcio Costa urban plan for Brasília
subject surface form: Federal District (Brazil)
this entity surface form: Plano Piloto
Itamaraty Palace partOf Lúcio Costa urban plan for Brasília
this entity surface form: Plano Piloto of Brasília
Esplanade of the Ministries partOf Lúcio Costa urban plan for Brasília
this entity surface form: Plano Piloto
Monumental Axis partOf Lúcio Costa urban plan for Brasília
this entity surface form: Plano Piloto of Brasília
Paranoá Lake partOf Lúcio Costa urban plan for Brasília
this entity surface form: Plano Piloto of Brasília
Paranoá Lake adjacentTo Lúcio Costa urban plan for Brasília
this entity surface form: Plano Piloto
Esplanada dos Ministérios partOf Lúcio Costa urban plan for Brasília
this entity surface form: Plano Piloto
Lúcio Marçal Ferreira Ribeiro Lima Costa designed Lúcio Costa urban plan for Brasília
subject surface form: Lúcio Costa
this entity surface form: Plano Piloto of Brasília
Lúcio notableWork Lúcio Costa urban plan for Brasília
subject surface form: Lúcio Costa
this entity surface form: Plano Piloto de Brasília
Lúcio designed Lúcio Costa urban plan for Brasília
subject surface form: Lúcio Costa
this entity surface form: Plano Piloto of Brasília
Lúcio heritageDesignationOfWork Lúcio Costa urban plan for Brasília
subject surface form: Lúcio Costa
this entity surface form: Plano Piloto de Brasília is part of UNESCO World Heritage Site Brasília
Supreme Federal Court building partOf Lúcio Costa urban plan for Brasília
this entity surface form: Plano Piloto of Brasília
Eixo Rodoviário partOf Lúcio Costa urban plan for Brasília
this entity surface form: Plano Piloto de Brasília
Eixo Rodoviário crosses Lúcio Costa urban plan for Brasília
this entity surface form: Plano Piloto from north to south
Palácio do Jaburu partOf Lúcio Costa urban plan for Brasília
this entity surface form: Plano Piloto of Brasília
Brasília Air Base isLocatedNear Lúcio Costa urban plan for Brasília
this entity surface form: Plano Piloto of Brasília