at a glance

An array of academic material is available on the subject of Cidade Universitária, a selection is povided below.

Presented by the    Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, the study Jogos compositivos na Cidade dos Prismas: Universidade do Rio de Janeiro,1936 - Compositional games in the City of Prisms: Universidade do Rio de Janeiro, 1936, by Rogério de Castro Oliveira offers an architectual investigation.

The plans for a university city for the Universidade do Brazil, elaborated by Le Corbusier in his visit to Rio de Janeiro in 1936, and by Lúcio Costa, a few months later, can be seen as an exemplary case of a counterpoint between two types of modern architecture. in the words of the brazilian architect, these were capable of generating opposing parties for projects, whose figurative similarities suggest partnership.