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The contact between modern space and the South American landscape: Le Corbusier in 1929

No. 12 (2013-07-01)
  • Rodrigo Queiroz
    1Universidad de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil Arquitecto, Universidad Presbiteriana Mackenzie. Magíster en Artes. Doctor en Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Universidad de São Paulo. Profesor del Departamento de Proyecto, Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Universidad de São Paulo roqueiro@usp.br
  • Íngrid Quintana Guerrero
    2Universidad de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brasil Arquitecta, Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Magíster en Artes, Universidad París 8, Francia. Magíster en Historia de la Arquitectura, Universidad París 1. Candidata a doctora en Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Facultad de Arquitectura y Urbanismo, Universidad de São Paulo, Brasil, área Historia y Fundamentos de la Arquitectura. Becaria FAPESP. ingridquintana@usp.br
https://doi.org/10.18389/dearq12.2013.03

Abstract

During his first visit to South America in 1929 Le Corbusier outlined his urban plans for Buenos Aires, Montevideo, São Paulo and Río de Janeiro. Designed over seventy-four days in the southern hemisphere the sketches showed the transformation of the idea that the architect had been working on since 1925: his Voisin Plan for Paris. This was the building of cruciform towers on platforms that were artificially placed on pre-existing structures in order to make winding landscape megastructures on an abrupt and unchanged landscape. New horizons were opened: for his work as well as for modern Brazilian architecture.

Keywords: Le Corbusier, modern urban planning, huge South American cities in the 1920’s