Reading Response # 12

STRIVING TO REACH MODERN

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View of the Capital building that connects not only the two axes intersection but also a vertical axes on the landscape making the building stand out on the horizon which awards power to the building and the departments inside of it.

- Modern architecture served as a expression of national identity and reached its highest point with the creation of Brasillia in 1956.
- This new capital was created to create a geographically assessable capital for the whole country
- Oscar Niemeyer was chosen as the architect to design the main buildings for the capital.
- To prepare the master plan a competition was held and Lucio Coasta was chosen.
- To aid in modernization it was made to be accessible mainly by airplane.
- Costa's plan separated habitation, recreation, work, and circulation designed around the two axes intersection.

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"Together the saucer and dome, lifted clear above trhe ground on a giant platform, make a memorable skyline, self-consciously designed as the icon of Brasilia"

 - Ching page 756



Senate Chamber with a traditional dome over it. 



Chamber of Deputies in the form of a upward turned bowl.

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This was the first of many modern designed structures in Brasilia and after World War II the architecture of Brasilia became widely influential around the world. This architecture even made its way the the United Stated when the Foreign Ministry of Brasilia inspired the model for New York City's Lincoln Center. It is evident that through history architecture travels across all boundaries and makes its way into new buildings in other city’s and country’s. From this i have learned that all good design has some precedence in the past no matter if we meant for it to or not since all ideas come from somewhere.

[sources]
worldgeopost07.wikispaces.com
http://www.flickr.com/photos/fernandozarur/478442490/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jorgebrazil/3908929012/