Literature on Brasília, Brazil’s capital since 1960, has primarily focused on the architecture and urban design of its political and administrative centre, known as the Pilot Plan, and has often considered its satellite towns to be an undesirable byproduct of…
In 1960, Brasília replaced Rio de Janeiro as the capital city of Brazil. Although the planned urban core of Brasília—the so-called Plano Piloto—has been the subject of many in-depth studies, the urban history of the settlements on its outskirts—its satellite…
One of the major criticisms regarding the new Brazilian capital inaugurated in 1960 is that no plan was ever included to insert it into its regional context or to organize its urban expansion. While this paper is not entirely opposed…