PLG 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Juscelino Kubitschek, Oscar Niemeyer, Yangtze
4 Apr 2016
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Whatever the origins, towns were the backbone of the empire and shared a basic group of functions that were vital to the empire"s organization and administration. Large open focal point and marketplace for the whole community, straight roads, the basilica are the stamp for all roman conquered cities. Signed in 1573, the laws are seen as the first wide-ranging guidelines towards design and development communities. All new towns must have a central plaza surrounded by important buildings with portales or arcades, principal streets laid out in a grid pattern. Smaller secondary plazas were also called for as well as narrow streets. New towns reflecting these principles were built through the americas. Brasilia is not only a planned city, it is a planned capital. The capital of brazil, inaugurated on april 22 1960 in the central of the country. 5 years before, the area resembled a desert with no people, scarce water, few animals and plants.
