Brazil Nots: Abandoned Buildings Of Utopian Brasilia
Brasilia was designed by visionary architects as a utopian city of tomorrow. Now that tomorrow's arrived, it appears those plans haven't panned out. ...
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10K Timelapse: 80-Megapixel Camera Captures Urban Rio in Motion
No monitor in the world can fully do justice to the amazing level of detail in this sequence, but be sure to go full screen when watching in this video, regardless, to get a taste of the ...
Casa Futebol: Design to Deploy Housing in World Cup Stadiums
Imagine converting the circumferential spaces of sports stadiums into a plug-and-play system of modular residential units, leaving their open centers for use as open sports surfaces, green ...
Permanent Parklets: São Paulo Turns Street Parking to Parks
In a bold bid to change its urban landscape for good, Brazil's biggest city has given a green light to citizen proposals to transform car parking spots into perpetual park ...
Failed Jungle Utopia: 7 Abandoned Wonders of Brazil
The remains of Henry Ford's failed rubber-producing city, two rusting theme parks, intricate colonial facades and a railroad that set the scene for 7,000 deaths are among Brazil's fascinating ...
Yellow Submarine: Abandoned Car Turned Colorful Street Art
An abandoned car left to rust by the curb in São Paulo, Brazil became a 'yellow submarine' art installation for World Car Free Day, turning an eyesore into an attraction. Junkers sitting around ...
Multi-Building Murals: Repainting a 100-Home Neighborhood
Previous efforts of Favela Painting transformed 34 buildings in Rio de Janeiro via huge rainbow-colored community mural, creating jobs and beautifying an area often feared by outsiders. This time ...
Beyond Beautification: Brazil Art Project Paints All the Things
Brazil is no stranger to paint-based urban interventions, of whichRio de Janeiro is frequently the focus, but the scope and scale of this project in particular truly boggles the brain. ...
3D Floating Graffiti: Interactive Alleyway Color Art Illusions
Our minds are addicted to making order out of chaos and finding patterns in noise. This stunning perspectival art project takes the wonderfully windy streets of São Paulo, Brazil and layers a ...
Dutch Duo Turns Rio Slum into Rainbow of Painted Color
It's no surprise that Brazil's favelas, or slums, can be bleak places to live. In one neighborhood, a sign on a wall ridden with bullet holes reads, 'Attention neighbors. In days of war, avoid ...
