Paisagem e Cultura: Agache e a Entrada do Brasil

oleh: Lucia M. Costa

Format: Article
Diterbitkan: Universidade de São Paulo 2000-12-01

Deskripsi

Alfred Agache, french urbanist, has put forward to Rio de Janeiro a monumental civic square which he named "Gateway to Brazil". This square would be placed at Gauanabara Bay ' shoreline, and it was designed as part of the city's master plan, during 1927-1930. This paper brings a brief analysis of this square, understanding the urban landscape as a cultural construction