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07 Jan 2011 • 113 views
 
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photoblog image In the super quadras

In the super quadras

 

This is where the citizens of Brasilia live.  The "super quadras" were planned to take pretty well the entire population - which was to be no more than 800,000 - it is now 2,000,0000, with satellite cities having sprung up outside the Federal District.  The super quadras occupy the north/south arc of the city and the buildings were originally designed to be no more than six floors - and many only four. Planned on socialist principles, the area was supposed to be classless, so workers and managers lived in the same areas.  As the demand for apartments here has increased, many of the workers have sold out and moved to the satellite cities. There is lots of greenery, as you see, with regular positioning of schools, recreation areas, churches, shopping areas, and so on.  Very pleasant places to live.

In the super quadras

 

This is where the citizens of Brasilia live.  The "super quadras" were planned to take pretty well the entire population - which was to be no more than 800,000 - it is now 2,000,0000, with satellite cities having sprung up outside the Federal District.  The super quadras occupy the north/south arc of the city and the buildings were originally designed to be no more than six floors - and many only four. Planned on socialist principles, the area was supposed to be classless, so workers and managers lived in the same areas.  As the demand for apartments here has increased, many of the workers have sold out and moved to the satellite cities. There is lots of greenery, as you see, with regular positioning of schools, recreation areas, churches, shopping areas, and so on.  Very pleasant places to live.

comments (13)

It does indeed look quite pleasant.
Tom Wilson: The locals seem to like it, EJ
  • Ginnie
  • Netherlands
  • 7 Jan 2011, 07:41
Your POV does aid in presenting them pleasantly, Tom.
Tom Wilson: Thanks, Ginnie
  • Chris
  • England
  • 7 Jan 2011, 08:47
This is fascinating stuff Tom: personally I would run a mile from anything planned on socialist principles
Tom Wilson: Well, this seemed to work, Chris, until the period of the military government, when people without jobs were invited to migrate to Brasilia - where they still didn't have jobs, so the satellite cities grew and crime increased... the capitalist solution smile
  • Chantal
  • Nederland
  • 7 Jan 2011, 08:48
Fresh green there
Tom Wilson: Yes, the super quadras are very green, Chantal, and surprisingly quiet. Lots of bird life and probably small mammals too.
This looks like my idea of Hell grin
Tom Wilson: I guess that for many of those who moved into Brasilia in the early days it was a major improvement, Bill. Not my cup of tea, either, but then, I'm a country boy smile
At first I thought this was a sideways take on part of the UEA campus but then I realised that East Anglia is not in South America
Tom Wilson: Good to know that your geography is still sound, Richard!
Well it does look a bit more hospitable than some of the similar areas of accomodation built in our coutnry Tom.
Tom Wilson: It certainly does, Brian - and the planning of associated social facilities is very good.
They do have pleasant surroundings..Nice area Tom.
Tom Wilson: Everything is very well organized, Ron. Apparently the old folk love it, since they are never more than a block away from the shops, hairdresser, etc. and, in the other direction the social club or the church or whatever.
They have some nice greenery to look at, not like some of the concrete blocks we have smile
Tom Wilson: They certainly do, Linda - practically all the space between buildings is greenery.
  • Alan
  • Great Britain (UK)
  • 7 Jan 2011, 17:11
It all sounds very pleasant, Tom. It's interesting to see some window bars even on the 2nd level; security or decorative, I wonder?
Tom Wilson: Security, I would reckon, Alan - since the satellite cities were established, the crime rate has risen smile
lovely gardens indeed, brighten the place up
Tom Wilson: Looked altogether an improvement on the typical UK 1960s housing estate, Derek!
Living in the same social strata, I wonder if the workers and managers become friends and good neighbours.
  • Ray
  • Thailand
  • 12 Jan 2011, 00:55
Lots of greenery has to be a good sign, Tom.

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