The Pilot Plan and the regional plans for Brasília between the late 1940s and early 1960s¹

Abstract

One of the major criticisms regarding the new Brazilian capital inaugurated in 1960 is that no plan was ever included to insert it into its regional context or to organize its urban expansion. While this paper is not entirely opposed to this criticism, it does, however, demonstrate that instruments and concepts current in the field of regional planning of the time had been put forward by scientific commissions since the late 1940s and found expression in resolutions and plans by Novacap for territorial organization and the distribution of public services for food supply, education and healthcare within the Federal District. The analysis focuses mainly on the way in which the satellite towns were conceived during the first years of constructing Brasília.

Keywords:
Federal District; Brasília; Pilot Plan; satellite towns; urban and regional planning