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To: C19fan

is shaped like an airplane with two principal components: the Monumental Axis (east to west) and the Residential Axis (north to south)


shaped like a plane?


3 posted on 03/13/2020 6:34:44 AM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere.)
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To: PeterPrinciple
shaped like a plane?

The "Pilot" plan for Brasilia.


12 posted on 03/13/2020 8:05:19 AM PDT by IndispensableDestiny
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To: PeterPrinciple

I’m thinking Russian Contructivism. Vkhutemas which I’m fond of. Good design can also be beautiful as well:


18 posted on 03/13/2020 3:33:51 PM PDT by goldstategop (In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever po)
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To: PeterPrinciple

Yes it is. It was designed that way to cut down on traffic congestion.
The primary goal of Brasilia was to open up the country interior and get government out of Rio.


24 posted on 03/14/2020 5:15:40 AM PDT by Jimmy Valentine (DemocRATS - when they speak, they lie; when they are silent, they are stealing the American Dream)
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