“Infinito Vão”: societal shifts in Brazilian architecture
Matosinhos, Portugal. From Lúcio Costa to Paulo Mendes da Rocha, an exhibition at Casa da Arquitectura delves into a growing archive.
Brasilia celebrates its 60th anniversary
On April 21, 1960 the new federal capital of Brazil was inaugurated: from Lúcio Costa to Oscar Niemeyer, the controversial history of its foundation and the baptism of Brazilian modernism.
The Man Who Built Brasilia
Organised by Yuko Hasegawa with Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue Nishizawa at the MoT, “Oscar Niemeyer: The Man Who Built Brasilia” is the first major retrospective of Niemeyer in Japan.
Brasilia Superquadra
Francesco Marini looks at the Brasilia’s residential areas where the space is methodically proportionate to the human figure. In this space the local population has grown accustomed to an ideal lifestyle in relationship with wide public spaces and nature.
From the archive
Images of Brasilia 1966
Cesare Casati visits Brasilia after 8 years from its construction and writes about it on Domus, poised between observation and myth of modernity.
From the archive
Celebrating 50th Anniversary of Brasilia
A group exhibition of vintage photographs celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the capital of Brazil.
Brasilia, 50 years later
The photographer Iwan Baan is collaborating with Swiss publisher Lars Müller on the production of a book which, through his images and the texts by Cees Nooteboom, a comparison is drawn between Brasilia and Chandigarh.
Oscar Niemeyer
“One should always make sure that buildings do not resemble each other. It is the same concept as for art. When one observes and is moved, it is because they see something different. Architecture is invention. All the rest is repetition and of no interest”. (Oscar Niemeyer, 2009)