Contemporary Urbanism Brazil: Beyond Brasília

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323 Index Note: Page numbers in italics indicate figures and tables. ABEA (National Association for Education in Architecture and Urbanism), 26 Ação Centro, 252 Afro-Brazilian culture, xv, 151, 160 Agache, Alfred, 4–6, 127, 203 Agenda 21, 31, 248 Águas Claras, 58–59, 59 Alphaville, 29–30 Amazon River, 66, 123, 165 Andrade, Mario de, 3 ANPUR (National Association for Research and Graduate Studies in Urban and Regional Planning), 26 Antero de Quental Square (Rio de Janeiro), 236–37, 239 Apartment buildings, 87, 87, 88, 88–90. See also tower-in-the-green model Arantes, Otilia, 27–28 Archi 5 Arquitetos Associados, 280, 281, 281, 283 Artigas, João Vilanova, 261, 262, 263 Associação Viva o Centro (AVC), 251, 253 Athens Charter, xiv, 68, 69, 95 Bahia. See Salvador, Bahia Bairro Legal program, 258–59 Baixada de Jacarepaguá, 18–20, 19 Barcelona, 28, 181, 294, 300 Barnett, Jonathan, 183 Barra da Tijuca, 18–20, 19, 30, 87, 142 Belém: Estação das Docas, 169, 171–73, 172, 173, 178, 179; history of, 165–66; lessons from, 179–80; Núcleo Cultural Feliz Lusitânia, 176–78, 177, 178, 179, 179; redesign of riverfront of, 122–23, 167–78, 297–98; Ver-o-Peso project, 173–76, 174; Ver o Rio project, 169, 170, 171; waterfront area of, 164–67 Belo Horizonte, 6, 7–8, 65, 293 Benetti, Pablo, 278 Blind spaces, in Brasília, 50, 54 BNH. See National Housing Bank (BNH) Brasília: buildings isolated on lots in, 95; changes in plan for, 49, 50, 50–52, 61–63; evolution of, xvi; identity of, 44–45; influence of, 68; land invasions in, 42, 43–44, 55–56; modernism in, 9, 47, 47–48, 49, 50, 50–52, 294–95; new districts in, 58–60, 59, 60; Pilot Plan, 37–38, 42–44, 43, 57, 57–58; preservation of, 62–63; problems in, 61–63; reputation of, xiv; vernacular type in, 45, 46, 46–47; verticalization in, 83; workers’ camps, 52 Brazil: industrialization and urbanization in, 181; inequality in, xxix; map of, xxvii; modernism in, 40; modernization in, xxiii–xxiv, 65; population of, xxvii; sustainability in, 182–84; urban design in, xv–xvi; verticalization in, 84–87, 94–95. See also Brazilian National Constitution (1988); cities in Brazil; re-democratization of Brazil; urbanism, in Brazil “Brazil cost,” xxx n8 Brazilian National Constitution (1988), xviii, 25, 199, 259, 269, 291–92 Brazlândia, 45–47 Brownfield revitalization project: Nave­ gantes Commercial District, 188–93, 190, 191, 192; Nova Olaria Commercial Center, 194, 194; overview of, 123–24; in Porto Alegre, 187–89, 188; Shopping Total, 194–95, 195 Brownfields, description of, 184 324 Index Caldeira, Teresa P. R., 28 Campinas: Galeria, 108; Parque Don Pedro shopping center, 110 CAPES (National Program for Faculty Training), 26 Caraíba, plan for, 22 Cardoso, Adauto L., 25, 286 Carioca lifestyle, xxi–xxii Carnaval: packaging of, 297; in Rio de Janiero, xv, xxi; in Salvador, 151–52, 160 Casa das Onze Janelas (Belém), 177, 177, 178 CDP (Companhia das Docas do Pará), 166 Charter of Athens, xiv, 68, 69, 95 Choay, Françoise, 62 CIAM Athens Charter, xiv Cidade dos Motores (Rio de Janeiro), 6 Cidade Industrial de Curitiba (CIC), 204 Circo Voador (Flying Circus, Rio de Janeiro), 137, 138, 139 City center: of Belém, 165, 170; of Curitiba, 210; of Palmas, 72, 72–73; of Porto Alegre, 188; of Rio de Janeiro, 127–28, 128, 142; of Salvador, 145, 145; of São Paulo, 249–57, 250. See also Pelourinho district (Salvador) “City of walls,” 28, 29. See also gated communities ; walled cities Cityscapes, verticality of, 40–41 Classic modernism, in Brasília, 9, 42, 43–44, 47–48, 49, 50–52, 294–95 Clinton, Bill, xxii Cloning, places of, 185 CNDU (National Council of Urban Development), 17 CNPq (National Research Council), 26 CNPU (National Commission of Metropolitan Urban Regions and Urban Policy), 17 Community participation: in Cultural Corridor Project, 135–36, 136; in Curitiba, 213–14, 218–20; in Favela-Bairro, 272–73, 280, 289; in Guarapiranga program, 259, 261; in planning and design processes, 301; Rio Cidade program and, 242–43 Comodato contracts, 154, 155 Companhia das Docas do Pará (CDP), 166 Conjunto Nacional (São Paulo), 106, 107 Copacabana, 20, 21, 83–84, 93, 225 Corrêa Lima, Attílio, 2–3, 3, 7, 81n4 Corredor Cultural. See Cultural Corridor Project (Rio de Janeiro) Costa, Lucio: Baixada de Jacarepaguá and, 18–20, 19; Barra da...