The “Residential Scale” in Brasilia’s Superquadra: Paradigm or Deception?

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Autor(a) principal: Palazzo, Pedro Paulo
Data de Publicação: 2020
Outros Autores: Solórzano, Gabriel Ernesto Moura
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: por
Título da fonte: P@ranoá
Texto Completo: https://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/paranoa/article/view/29209
Resumo: The superblocks that characterize Brasilia’s urban fabric are defined by Lucio Costa, a posteriori, as the “residential scale” of the city: a play on words that obscures a proper understanding of how the housing mass of the Brazilian capital is structured. In order to perceive more clearly the relations of scale ”” in its conventional, that is, geometric, sense ”” in the superblock, we begin by addressing the contradictions inherent in the spatial and discursive abstraction of modernism. From there, we analyze the scale relationships in Brasilia’s residential area according to three successive scopes: the scale articulations around its neighborhood unit, the elements of spatial composition in the superblock, and the role buildings play in actualizing the scales and spatial relations peculiar to this city’s urbanism. At each step, we note how the interpretive categories put forward by several scholars of Brasilia and of modern architecture come together, in their clarifications as well as contradictions, with the abstraction and spatial ambiguity of the superblock. The complex, thus made indivisible, of spaces and discourses upholds the paradigm of modern dwelling, yet this comes at the price of erecting a system of conceptual deceptions.
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spelling The “Residential Scale” in Brasilia’s Superquadra: Paradigm or Deception?Relações de escala na superquadra de Brasília: Paradigma ou mistificação?Brasília (DF)Urbanismo modernistaUnidade de vizinhançaMorfologia urbanaBrasiliaurbanismo modernistaunidad de barriomorfologia urbanaBrasiliamodernist urbanismneighborhood uniturban morfologyThe superblocks that characterize Brasilia’s urban fabric are defined by Lucio Costa, a posteriori, as the “residential scale” of the city: a play on words that obscures a proper understanding of how the housing mass of the Brazilian capital is structured. In order to perceive more clearly the relations of scale ”” in its conventional, that is, geometric, sense ”” in the superblock, we begin by addressing the contradictions inherent in the spatial and discursive abstraction of modernism. From there, we analyze the scale relationships in Brasilia’s residential area according to three successive scopes: the scale articulations around its neighborhood unit, the elements of spatial composition in the superblock, and the role buildings play in actualizing the scales and spatial relations peculiar to this city’s urbanism. At each step, we note how the interpretive categories put forward by several scholars of Brasilia and of modern architecture come together, in their clarifications as well as contradictions, with the abstraction and spatial ambiguity of the superblock. The complex, thus made indivisible, of spaces and discourses upholds the paradigm of modern dwelling, yet this comes at the price of erecting a system of conceptual deceptions.As superquadras que caracterizam a malha urbana de Brasília são definidas por Lucio Costa, a posteriori, como a “escala residencial” da cidade: um jogo de palavras que obscurece o entendimento de como se estrutura o tecido residencial da capital. Visando a perceber com maior clareza as relações de escala ”” no sentido convencional, isto é, geométrico, da palavra ”” na superquadra, abordam-se inicialmente as contradições inerentes à abstração espacial e discursiva no modernismo. Em seguida, analisam-se as relações de escala na área residencial de Brasília em três níveis sucessivos: as articulações de escala da unidade de vizinhança, os elementos de composição espacial na superquadra, e o papel dos edifícios na concretização das escalas e espacialidades peculiares ao urbanismo desta cidade. A cada passo, observa-se como as categorias interpretativas avançadas por diversos estudiosos de Brasília e da arquitetura moderna se articulam, nos seus esclarecimentos e contradições, com a abstração e ambiguidade espacial da superquadra. O conjunto assim indissociável de espaços e discursos sustenta o paradigma do habitar moderno, ao preço, porém, de se erigir um sistema de mistificações conceituais.Programa de Pós-graduação em Arquitetura e Urbanismo, Faculdade de Arquitetura e Urbanismo2020-03-14info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfhttps://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/paranoa/article/view/2920910.18830/issn.1679-0944.n25.2020.08Paranoá; Vol. 13 No. 25 (2020): Special Issue: Theory, History and Critique; 107-128Paranoá; v. 13 n. 25 (2020): Dossiê Especial: Teoria, História e Crítica; 107-1281679-09441677-7395reponame:P@ranoáinstname:Universidade de Brasília (UnB)instacron:UNBporhttps://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/paranoa/article/view/29209/25486Copyright (c) 2020 Paranoá: cadernos de arquitetura e urbanismoinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessPalazzo, Pedro PauloSolórzano, Gabriel Ernesto Moura2024-02-08T14:14:25Zoai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/29209Revistahttps://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/paranoaPUBhttps://periodicos.unb.br/index.php/paranoa/oaiparanoa@unb.br1679-09441677-7395opendoar:2024-02-08T14:14:25P@ranoá - Universidade de Brasília (UnB)false
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv The “Residential Scale” in Brasilia’s Superquadra: Paradigm or Deception?
Relações de escala na superquadra de Brasília: Paradigma ou mistificação?
title The “Residential Scale” in Brasilia’s Superquadra: Paradigm or Deception?
spellingShingle The “Residential Scale” in Brasilia’s Superquadra: Paradigm or Deception?
Palazzo, Pedro Paulo
Brasília (DF)
Urbanismo modernista
Unidade de vizinhança
Morfologia urbana
Brasilia
urbanismo modernista
unidad de barrio
morfologia urbana
Brasilia
modernist urbanism
neighborhood unit
urban morfology
title_short The “Residential Scale” in Brasilia’s Superquadra: Paradigm or Deception?
title_full The “Residential Scale” in Brasilia’s Superquadra: Paradigm or Deception?
title_fullStr The “Residential Scale” in Brasilia’s Superquadra: Paradigm or Deception?
title_full_unstemmed The “Residential Scale” in Brasilia’s Superquadra: Paradigm or Deception?
title_sort The “Residential Scale” in Brasilia’s Superquadra: Paradigm or Deception?
author Palazzo, Pedro Paulo
author_facet Palazzo, Pedro Paulo
Solórzano, Gabriel Ernesto Moura
author_role author
author2 Solórzano, Gabriel Ernesto Moura
author2_role author
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Palazzo, Pedro Paulo
Solórzano, Gabriel Ernesto Moura
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Brasília (DF)
Urbanismo modernista
Unidade de vizinhança
Morfologia urbana
Brasilia
urbanismo modernista
unidad de barrio
morfologia urbana
Brasilia
modernist urbanism
neighborhood unit
urban morfology
topic Brasília (DF)
Urbanismo modernista
Unidade de vizinhança
Morfologia urbana
Brasilia
urbanismo modernista
unidad de barrio
morfologia urbana
Brasilia
modernist urbanism
neighborhood unit
urban morfology
description The superblocks that characterize Brasilia’s urban fabric are defined by Lucio Costa, a posteriori, as the “residential scale” of the city: a play on words that obscures a proper understanding of how the housing mass of the Brazilian capital is structured. In order to perceive more clearly the relations of scale ”” in its conventional, that is, geometric, sense ”” in the superblock, we begin by addressing the contradictions inherent in the spatial and discursive abstraction of modernism. From there, we analyze the scale relationships in Brasilia’s residential area according to three successive scopes: the scale articulations around its neighborhood unit, the elements of spatial composition in the superblock, and the role buildings play in actualizing the scales and spatial relations peculiar to this city’s urbanism. At each step, we note how the interpretive categories put forward by several scholars of Brasilia and of modern architecture come together, in their clarifications as well as contradictions, with the abstraction and spatial ambiguity of the superblock. The complex, thus made indivisible, of spaces and discourses upholds the paradigm of modern dwelling, yet this comes at the price of erecting a system of conceptual deceptions.
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