Lucio (Lusio) Marsal Ferreira Ribeiro Lima Costa ( port of Lúcio Marçal Ferreira Ribeiro Lima Costa , February 27, 1902 , Toulon - June 13, 1998 , Rio de Janeiro ) - Brazilian architect and urban planner, one of the founders of modern Latin American architecture.
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| Date of Birth | February 27, 1902 | |
| Place of Birth | Toulon , France | |
| Date of death | June 13, 1998 (96 years old) | |
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| Worked in the cities | Rio de Janeiro , Paris , New York , Petropolis , Nova Friburgo , Brasilia | |
| Architectural style | Art Nouveau architecture (early buildings), international style | |
| The most important buildings | Palace of Gustavo Capanema Brazil House in Paris | |
| Town-planning projects | Brasilia Plan | |
| Scientific works | Reasons for modern architecture Architecture Teaching Considerations Architect and modern society About architecture Experience registry | |
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Biography
Born in France, in the family of a Brazilian admiral, studied in England and Switzerland. In 1917 he moved to Brazil, where he graduated from the school of fine arts. In the late 1920s, he collaborated with the modernist G. Varshavchik ; in 1930 he headed the school. Costa was a good teacher, among his closest students can be called O. Niemeyer . Of Costa's works of the 30s, the most famous is the building of the Ministry of Education and Health in Rio de Janeiro (Gustavo Capanema Palace). It already showed Le Corbusier's influence (he took part in the project at the initial stage), but there are also borrowings from the traditional colonial style, functionalist breeze salts are adjacent to azulejo tiles.
In the thirties and forties, Costa created several more projects: a pavilion at the international fair in New York (together with Niemeyer), the current Russian consulate in Rio, a park in Laranjeiras. In 1952, together with Corbusier, he designed the Maison de Brasil (Brazilian House) project on the University campus of Paris.
In 1957, Costa submitted to the competition his project for the new capital, the city of Brasilia , which brought him worldwide fame (for more details see Brasilia # Architectural Features ). In 1960, he was elected professor at Harvard University . After that, the architect did not create many projects, focusing on work at the Institute of Historical and Artistic Heritage.
He died in 1998, leaving behind two daughters.
See also
- Gustavu Kapanema Palace
- Niemeyer, Oscar
Links
- The person who painted Brasilia (inaccessible link)
- Biography on Infobrazilia.com