URBAN PLANNING: VIDEO :: DRIVING AROUND BRASÍLIA IN 1967 LISTENING TO KRAFTWERK

URBAN PLANNING: VIDEO :: DRIVING AROUND BRASÍLIA IN 1967 LISTENING TO KRAFTWERK: "

BRASÍLIA :: «DIE NEUE HAUPTSTADT VON BRASILIEN»

Brasília— that very exotic experiment in tropical modernism — played a huge role in my aesthetic development. I loved looking at (and finding!) photos of Oscar Niemeyer’s buildings when I was developing my passion for architecture.

So, I  was particularly thrilled to find this  cool video, «DIE NEUE HAUPTSTADT VON BRASILIEN» that gives «faren faren faren» drive, drive, driving on the autobahn a Brazilian twist.

These four minutes and seventeen seconds give us a fascinating glance at the way Brasília looked a few years after the city’s initial wave of infrastructure was built. (The city was founded on 21 April 1960.)

It may be one of the best historical documents we have about the way things looked back then.

I also really like the cool Kraftwerk tune, «Expo 2000» (any song with “expo” in it is sure to be right up my alley). It’s a good mashup with the images.

I wanted to freeze the following images of my City of the Future for future reference. I think they’re great; enjoy them and the video!

URBAN PLANNING: BRASÍLIA :: quickFACTS

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THE BRASÍL GALLERIES

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