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CASE: Brasilia's Superquadra
Edited by Fares el-Dahdah

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Series Foreword

Preface

Introduction: The Superquadra and the Importance of Leisure
Farès el-Dahdah

Regarding the Superquadra: An Interview with Lucio Costa
Juan Zapatel

The Superquadra in Numbers and Context
Maria Elisa Costa

Guinle Park: A Proto-Superquadra
Ana Luiza Nobre

Unidade de Vizinhança: Brasilia’s "Neighborhood Unit"
Matheus Gorovitz

The Superquadra Residential Building Slab
Sylvia Ficher, Francisco Leitão, Geraldo Nogueira Batista, Dionísio Alves de França

Free Passage: Landownership in the Superquadras
Tânia Battella de Siqueira

Protected by Law: The Superquadra’s "Historic" Modernity
José Pessôa

A Post-Occupancy Assessment
Sandra Bernardes Ribeiro, Marta Litwinczik Sinoti

Conclusion: The Last Superquadra, SQN 207
Farès el-Dahdah

Contributors

Illustration Credits

Index

 
 


 


 
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