Contemporary Urbanism Brazil: Beyond Brasília

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Contents List of Illustrations vii List of Tables xi Foreword by Jon Lang xiii Preface: What Can We Learn from Brazilian Urbanism? xvii Acknowledgments xxxi Introduction: Historical Background 1 Vicente del Rio Part 1 Late Modernism The Struggle to Control City Form and Function 37 1 Brasília: Permanence and Transformations 42 Maria Elaine Kohlsdorf, Gunter Kohlsdorf, and Frederico de Holanda 2 Challenges for New Town Design in a Frontier Region: Palmas 65 Dirceu Trindade 3 The Vertical Cityscape in São Paulo: The Influence of Modernism in Urban Design 82 Silvio Soares Macedo 4 The Shopping Centers Shaping the Brazilian City: Two Case Studies in São Paulo 104 Gilda Collet Bruna and Heliana Comin Vargas Part 2 Revitalization The Struggle to Make the Best of the Existing City 121 5 The Cultural Corridor Project: Revitalization and Preservation in Downtown Rio de Janeiro 125 Vicente del Rio and Denise de Alcantara 6 Revisiting the Pelourinho: Preservation, Cultural Heritage, and Place Marketing in Salvador, Bahia 144 Ana Fernandes and Marco A. A. de Filgueiras Gomes 7 Riverfront Revitalization in the Amazon: The Case of Belém 164 Simone Silene Dias Seabra and Alice da Silva Rodrigues 8 Redesigning Brownfields in Porto Alegre 181 Lineu Castello Part 3 Social Inclusion The Struggle to Make a Better City for the Community 199 9 Urban Design, Planning, and the Politics of Development in Curitiba 202 Clara Irazábal 10 Reclaiming City Image and Street Livability: Projeto Rio Cidade, Rio de Janeiro 224 Vicente del Rio 11 Reshaping the Metropolitan Territory: Contemporary Urban Interventions in São Paulo 246 Carlos Leite 12 Upgrading Squatter Settlements into City Neighborhoods: The Favela-Bairro Program in Rio de Janeiro 266 Cristiane Rose Duarte and Fernanda Magalhães Conclusion: Lessons from Brazilian Contemporary Urbanism 291 William Siembieda Bibliography 303 About the Contributors 319 About the Editors 321 Index 323 vi Contents ...