anarchaeologies

excavating languages, environments & poetics of places

BH eBook 3 – Corners

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Corners – Belo Horizonte is Brasil’s first planned city, the central district laid out on a rigid orthoganol grid cut through by diagonal avenues. At many intersections there may be up to eight streets converging leading to numerous wedge shaped buildings, almost all with elegant curved corners.

Esquinas – Belo Horizonte foi a primeira cidade planejada do Brasil, com o distrito central colocado numa grade ortogonal cortada por avenidas diagonais. Em várias interseções é possível ver até oito ruas convergindo, o que cria vários prédios com pontas, quase todos com elegantes esquinas arredondadas.
(tr. Diego Mancini)

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Written by gileslane

November 17, 2009 at 2:26 pm

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