Creating young city, Case Study of Brasilia

Architectural Features
Infrastructure: Traffic
Infrastructure: Sewer System

ArchitecturalFeatures
(1) MainConceptofurbanplanning
(2) UrbanGrowth

Brasilia Setting

Lago Parano &hillyterrain

Residential building

COSTAS PLAN. . .

[Source3]

Residential building

Brasilia- costas plan

[Source2]

Eixo Monumental

Residential building

The Superblocks

[Source3]

Residential building

Institution areas
Commercial areas
Residential areas
12 residential super block

BRASILIA . . .

UrbanGrowth

Satellite Cities

Satellite Cities

Urban Growth

Satellite Cities
80
72.1
67.3

70

pilotplan

60
50

satelliteCitties
48.4

rural
41.4

40
28.7

30

24.7

20
10.3

10

3.2

0
1960

1970

Center periphery distribution of federal district population

1980
[Source6]

Planaltin
a
N.
Bandeira
Sobradin Taguatin
pilotplan nte
Guara
ho
ga
Ceilandia Gama

Distancefromsatellitecitiesfrompilotplan

Satellite Cities

40

38

30

25

22

13.9

13.6

0
0

10

12

14

16

Minimumsalariespermonthperdwelling
Center periphery distribution of federal district population

[Source6]

Satellite Cities

3000
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
0

(hab/km)
Density

[Source7]

Satellite Cities

Goias

Open Space

Infrastructure:Traffic
(1) ThePilotPlan:TheDreamofLucioCosta
(2) Reality:Facingtheproblems
(3) Today:BrasiliasUrbanMobilityPlan

bus station / motorway axis, Braslia,

[Source9]

ThePilotPlan

ThePilotPlan

[Source3]

Busstation

[Source3]

MainHighway

[Source3]

Reality

[Source4]

MetroLine

[Source5]

Commercial
block
3.Avenue

[Source2]

AerialSocial
SecurityInvasion

[Source2]

Rainyseason:
SocialSecurity
Invasion

[Source2]

Today

Trafficjam

[Source1]

[Source1]

[Source1]

[Source1]

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