Lecture 5: Brasilia: Planned Exclusion


Please note that all six lectures will take place in-person only, and the lectures will not be recorded.

Inaugurated in 1960, the new capital of Brazil was designed by architects Oscar Niemeyer and Lúcio Costa. While the elegance of Niemeyer’s concrete shells elicited admiration, the workers who built Brasília were exiled in shantytowns far from the city.