the week will be busy over here. On Thursday Jan 28 we will inaugurate LAMA, Latin American Modern Architecture research group here at UTSOA. And this semester, besides Angelo Bucci visiting and the 2nd Latitudes conference we will have the lectures in celebration of Brasilia's 50th anniversary
on April 21, 2010, Brasília will celebrate its 50th anniversary. In those five decades, the city has been praised as the embodiment of hope and criticized as the materialization of despair. Angel Rama called it “the most fabulous dream in the new continent,” while Marshall Berman described it as “one of the most dismal cities in the world.” Somewhere between the utopian ideals and the dystopian exaggerations lies the truth about what Brasília represents for the continent and for the world.
Come join the discussion as Brasília turns 50.
All events on mondays at 5pm, Goldsmith Hall 3.120
Free and open to the public.
feb 1 James Holston
UC Berkeley
feb 22 Frederico Holanda
Univ. de Brasília
mar 1 roundtable
Fred Holanda, Barbara Hoidn, Peter Ward
mar 29 Ana Tostões
Univ. Tecnica de Lisboa
Sponsored by The University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture and the Lozano Long Institute for Latin American Studies
3 comments:
Fala-se por aí que, nos 50 anos de Brasília, a cidade está afundada na corrupção, os edifícios do velho estão caindo aos pedaços, que ele ainda insiste em pôr mais concreto na Esplanada para fazer seu próprio mausoléu fantasiado de homenagem aos ex-ditadores e que o futuro talvez tivesse sido mais promissor se o longevo tivesse sido Burle Marx, cujos jardins vão virando matagais?
Abraço saudoso,
Fábio Liberal
que boa surpresa meu querido Fábio. Eu já escrevi aqui várias vezes que Niemeyer infelizmente está vivendo o bastante para destruir sua própria (e importantíssima) obra. E concordo que Burle Marx teria uma influência positiva. Mas no final das contas, quem ajuda ou atrapalha de verdade são os JKs, Israéis, Aparecidos, Cristóvãos, Rorizes e Arrudas né mesmo?
You have really great taste on catch article titles, even when you are not interested in this topic you push to read it
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