Trisha Peck Dillon Farrell Brazils Movement Inward Rio de Janeiro the Capital City Settled by Portuguese and grew due to gold and diamond wealth Movement from Salvador Bahia in 1763 Arrival of Portuguese Court and Empire ID: 529186
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Diane KearneyTrisha PeckDillon Farrell
Brazil’s Movement InwardSlide2
Rio de Janeiro: the Capital City
Settled by Portuguese and grew due to gold and diamond wealth
Movement from Salvador, Bahia in 1763
Arrival of Portuguese Court and Empire
Importance of midway positionDom Pedro I1891 Constitution and the “Future Federal District”Slide3
Future Federal District
Support (or lack of)
Professor Francis
Ruellan
and Professor Fabio de
Macedo
Soares
Guimaraes
Guidelines
Centrally located
Transportation
Bordering States
Reasons for Movement
Increase Nationalism
Federal Government
“Dream City”
ProfitSlide4
Future Federal District, cont’d
Belcher Associates, 1954Issues Regarding the Movement
Water Supply and Hydroelectric Power
Low-cost Electricity
Effective CommunicationAll must be better than currently in RioCenter for population and settlementSlide5
BrasíliaCity built 1956-1960
Urban Planner: Lucio CostaCost: $2,000,000,000,000Slide6
Reasons for MovePopulate Brazilian Interior
Transfer federal capitol Develop the InteriorOvercrowdingGeographical & strategical locationSlide7
Cont..Main reason for the move was the desire to spread the wealth, especially in the underdeveloped Brazilian Inland.Slide8
Brasília: A New Capital
Ex Nihilo: out of nothingJuscelino Kubitschek
de Oliveira
(1955)UPGRADEExpand industryHuge construction projects TransportationSelf-contained residential areasOfficial: 1960Israel Pinheiro da SilvaSlide9
Lucio Costa & Oscar Niemeyer
Urban planner & city architect (respectively)
Brazilian Pavilion (New York World’s Fair)
Intention
for Brasília: harmonious design, practicalityPlano PilotoMonumental AxisSlide10
Culture: BrasíliaNot walkable
Essence in satellite citiesUnification Exio MonumentalSlide11
QuestionsWhen was the capital of Brazil moved to Rio de Janeiro?
What was the main reason for moving the capital to Brasília? What is the open area in Brasília called where all of the national monuments and museums were built?
a.
Palácio
da Alvorada b. Palácio do Planalto c. Exio Monumental
d.
Complexo
Cultural da
RepúblicaSlide12
Sources
James, Preston E., and Speridiao
Faissol
. "The Problem of Brazil's Capital City.“
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http://gosouthamerica.about.com/cs/southamerica/a/BraBrasilia.htm
http://artdaily.com/index.asp?int_sec=2&int_new=37588
http://kidscornerbrazil.org/content/history.php