Brasília, Brazil

Picture a description of Brave New World:




 Palácio do Planalto the President’s workplace 

Brasília was meant to be everything Rio wasn’t: spacious, organized, and devoid of favelas. The city, designed in the utmost modern pretenses of the time, was meant to be traversed by car, becoming extremely pedestrian unfriendly and creating a limitless appearance. What Oscar Niemeyer, Lúcio Costa, or Kubitschek couldn’t have imagined was how erroneous they would be about the evolution of Brazil. The “order and progress” has been grossly overshadowed by the continuous corruption of its government and politicians, driving its people to lose an immense respect and foster distrust and contempt. If anything, Rio is a better representation of the borderline chaos Brazil is enduring. 

Brasília’s main TV tower
Memorial JK, Juscelino Kubitschek waving to all of Brasília inside a structure resembling a… sickle?
Santuario Dom Bosco


The National Library of Brasília
The National Museum



Cathedral of Brasília



Just outside its gates, the other side of Brazil. 


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