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National Congress of Brazil

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Architecture

In the new capital of Brazil (Brasilia), inaugurated in 1960, the Legislature won a new venue, the House of Congress. The author of the project, Oscar Niemeyer, defined its architectural design as "Architecture is not simply a matter of engineering, but a manifestation of the spirit, imagination and poetry." At the House of Congress, for example, the construction will be realized in accordance with the following criterion: the advantage of architecture and urbanism, volumes, opportune spaces and visual perspectives, and above all, the intention of making it monumental, with the simplification of elements and the adoption of clean technologies and geometric shapes.

The entire project of constructing the House, and the use of local conformation, was executed in order to create an esplanade flanking the avenues and a monumental complex in which hierarchy should be characterized.
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