Brasilia: Modernist disaster or deceptively brilliant?

Support me by watching this video on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/citybeautiful-brasilia-modernist-disaster-or-deceptively-brilliantBrasilia, Brazil's planned capital city, is a product of the 1950s, with its dedication to car use and modern architecture. It also has some surprisingly complex ideas about how to live in a 20th century city.Watch on Nebula: https://nebula.tv/videos/citybeautiful-brasilia-modernist-disaster-or-deceptively-brilliantNebula Original video on Canberra: https://nebula.tv/videos/citybeautiful-the-contest-to-design-australias-capitalVideo on Soviet Cities: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGVBv7svKLoResources on this topic:Book: The Modernist City: An Anthropological Critique of Brasilia by James Holston, 1989 (page 14 - 22)The Spirit of Brasilia Modernity as Experiment and Risk by James Holston, 2001: https://escholarship.org/content/qt19f6030g/qt19f6030g.pdfWorkplace travel in Brasilia organizations : factors that influences employees to practice sustainable mobility, 2020. https://repositorio.unb.br/handle/10482/38859Great Streets by Allan Jacobs, 1995A Study of Brasilia: From Master Plan to Implementation by Paulo de Melo Zimbres, 1974 (Thesis Paper)The Evolution of Urban Spatial Structure in Brasília: Focusing on the Role of Urban Development Policies, 2019: https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/2/553(Ir)regularities: Patterns of Urban Growth in Brasilia’s Satellite Cities - The Case of Sabradinho II, 2020Produced by Dave Amos and the fine folks at Nebula Studios.Co-authored by Hannah Woolsey.Select images and video from Getty Images.Black Lives Matter.I’m on Patreon! Consider supporting this channel https://www.patreon.com/citybeautifulProduced by Dave Amos and the fine folks at Nebula Studios.Co-authored by Hannah Woolsey.Select images and video from Getty Images.Black Lives Matter.
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