Course - Brazilian Architecture

Brazilian Architecture - Structural Analysis of Distinguished Buildings

OBJECTIVES:

• To show the most important buildings of brazilian architecture
• To show Brazilian Culture in the most diverse forms, stimulating the student to search for more knowledge about our culture
• To make a structural Analysis of the buildings that will be studied, understanding how the buildings were constructed.
• To provide a extra-class experience with the students, through a visit to the city of Brasilia.
• To demonstrate the beauty and the power of Brazilian architecture showing the richness of this part of Brazilian culture in the Region.

CONTENTS

• Brazilian History. History of Brazilian Architecture. The most important cities, great Brazilian Architects. The most important buildings in the Brazilian Architecture.
• Structural elements: columns, beams and slabs. Concrete. Pre-Stressed concrete. Special concretes.
• Brasília – Cathedral, National Congress Building “Palácio do Planalto” (Oscar Niemayer).
• Buildings Of Paulo Mendes da Rocha
• Oriented visit to Brasilia – the most important buildings.

HIGHLIGHTS

• Visits to National Cathedral, National Congress Building and the Presidental House (Palácio do Planalto).
• Visits to historical sites.
• Learning about the unban structural lay out of Brasília.