Contents
Forewords
José MaurÍcio Bustani
6 9 10
31 37
François de Mazières AND Francis Rambert Lauro Cavalcanti AND Farès El-Dahdah
Roberto Burle Marx The Permanence of the Unstable Lauro Cavalcanti Unstable Landscapes Farès El-Dahdah
204 Landscape architecture in the city
Roberto Burle Marx (1983) 223 Parterres en l’air : Roberto Burle Marx
231
42 Concepts of composition in landscape architecture Roberto Burle Marx (1954)
57 63 69
From Modernism to Ecology Jacques Leenhardt
The Science of Perception
Bifurcations Lars Lerup Landscapes seen by Leonardo Finotti
The garden as art form Roberto Burle Marx (1962)
141
Dorothée Imbert
Cannibalizing Le Corbusier: The MES Gardens Valérie Fraser Landscapes seen by Leonardo Finotti
240 Gardens of the Ministry of Education and Health, Rio de Janeiro 246 Avenida Atlântica, Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro 254 Parque do Ibirapuera, São Paulo 262 Gardens of the Superquadra 308, Brasília 266 Gardens of the Banco Nacional de Desenvolvimento Econômico e Social (BNDES), Rio de Janeiro 270 Gardens of the Petrobras Building, Rio de Janeiro
José Tabacow
72 Pampulha Lake Complex 78 Aterro do Flamengo Park, Rio de Janeiro 94 Garden of the Francisco Pignatari Residence, São Paulo 102 Garden of the Cavanellas Residence, Petrópolis
108
and the Modernist Roof Garden
A Planetary Modernist Lélia Coelho Frota
149
Three Private Gardens
Landscapes seen by Leonardo Finotti
André Corrêa do Lago
154 Gardens of the Ministry of the Army, Brasília 160 Gardens of the Itamaraty Palace, Brasília 166 Gardens of the Ministry of Justice, Brasília 170 Garden of the Olivo Gomes Residence, São José dos Campos 178 Garden of the Walther Moreira Salles Residence, Rio de Janeiro 186 Garden of the Clemente Gomes Residence, Fazenda Vargem Grande, Areias 192 Banco Safra Headquarters on Avenida Paulista 196 Interventions on two buildings of Banco Safra Rua Bela Cintra / Rua da Consolaçâo, São Paulo 200 Six patios for the UNESCO Headquarters, Paris
274 Insights into a contemporary approach 277
An Aesthete Between Species and Spaces Francis Rambert
281
Heritage and Complicities Conversation with GILLES CLÉMENT
287 In Praise of a Plant Amateur Interview to Patrick Blanc Landscapes seen by Leonardo Finotti Sítio Roberto Burle Marx, Santo Antônio da Bica 290
Appendices
321
Plant Alphabet
323
Bibliography
329
Chronology (1909-1994)
342
Index of Illustrations