Brasília: Daylighting analysis of public buildings designed by Oscar Niemeyer
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2006
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PLEA 2006 - 23rd International Conference on Passive and Low Energy Architecture, Conference Proceedings
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Naves C.
Amorim D.
Szabo L.
Amorim D.
Szabo L.
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The architects Oscar Niemeyer, Lúcio Costa, the Roberto brothers and Affonso Eduardo Reidy are considered by some authors as Brazilian pioneers on sustainability, all belonging to the so called "Carioca School" hosted in Rio de Janeiro and mentors of the dissemination and prestige of the Brazilian modern architectural development. The building of the Ministry of the Education and Health (1936) became reference for the Brazilian modern architecture as owning an original language and also as an attempt at architectural fitness for tropical climates, thanks to its judicious siting and orientation, its pilotis and the pioneer use of shading devices in its northeast façade. Twenty years later, in 1956, Lucio Costa became the urban planner of the new Brazilian capital city, Brasilia The new capital had economic, geographic, and climatic contexts completely different from Rio de Janeiro. The city is situated at 15°52 south latitude, and the climate is classified as altitude tropical, with two well defined seasons: hot-humid (October to April) and dry (May to September). The present paper focuses essentially on the modern architecture of Brasília analyzing some public buildings designed by Oscar Niemeyer, as the Itamaraty Palace, the Cathedral and the Ministry of Culture and Environment. The aim is to verify if the present sustainability concerns of the designs was influenced by the first design of the Ministry of Education in Rio de Janeiro, especially regarding daylighting and insolation. The first results show that these buildings have a poor environmental performance, presenting many comfort problems, indicating that there was no effort to adapt the projects to the local climate.
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Comfort , Environmental performance , Local climate , Ministry of Education , Modern architectures , Public buildings , Shading devices , Tropical climates , Urban planners