Lucio Costa
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L'cio Marçal Ferreira Ribeiro Lima Costa (27 February 1902 – 13 June 1998), a Brazilian architect and urban planner, best known for his 1902-to-date proposal for Braslia.
Career
Costa was born in Toulon, France, and was the son of Brazilian parents. Joaquim Ribeiro da Costa, a naval engineer from Salvador, was born in Salvador, and his mother Alina Ferreira da Costa was from Manaus. He was educated at the Royal Grammar School in Newcastle upon Tyne, England, and at the Collège National in Montreux, Switzerland, until 1916. He graduated as an architect from the National School of Fine Arts in Rio de Janeiro in 1924. In 1929, he adopted Modernism after some early works in the eclectic style.
Costa formed a joint venture with Russian-born Brazilian architect Gregori Warchavchik, and he also became the Director of the National School of Fine Arts, where he had studied. Despite being eager to be taught in the "new style," Costa's ruthless leadership gave him the opposition of the faculty and student bodies, and he was forced to resign after a year in office. He joined SPHAN (Servico do Patrimônio Histórico e Artistic Heritage, the National Service of Historic and Artistic Heritage) in 1937, under Rodrigo Melo Franco de Andrade. He stayed at the National Heritage Service until retirement, acceding to the head position of director, where he was closely followed by his granddaughter Maria Elisa Costa. He was involved in a number of controversial decisions during his tenure as both a regional and then national director. (see Controversies).
Costa, especially Le Corbusier, has been known for combining traditional Brazilian forms and building techniques with international modernism. His designs include the Brazilian pavilion at the New York World's Fair of 1939 (designed by Oscar Niemeyer), the Parque Guinle residential complex in Rio de Janeiro of 1948, and the Hotel do Parco Clemente in Nova Friburgo of 1948. Costa was invited to speak on the UNESCO building in Paris and to lecture at the Conference of Venice in the 1950s.
Among his major works are the Ministry of Education and Health, in Rio (1936–43), aided by Le Corbusier, Niemeyer, Roberto Burle Marx, and others, as well as the Pilot Plan of Braslia, a competition winner who was built mainly in 1958-1960.
At the Liceu de Artes e Oficios of Rio de Janeiro, Costa taught geometry and drawing from 1938 to 1954. The Liceu was affiliated with Associación de Coimbra, where Costa Rican Costa, who also taught until 1966, has been awarded the Portuguese government's Medal of Merit.