Maison du Brésil is a student hostel building located in the Cité Universitaire complex in

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, designed by noted architects Le Corbusier and

Lúcio Costa Lúcio Marçal Ferreira Ribeiro Lima Costa (27 February 1902 – 13 June 1998) was a Brazilian architect and urban planner, best known for his plan for Brasília. Career Costa was born in Toulon, France, the son of Brazilian parents. His fath ...

for Brazilian students and scientists. It was built in 1957 and refurbished in 2000. The first sketch for the building was made by Costa, but soon afterwards Le Corbusier became a collaborator, working out the final design.

Function

The Maison du Brésil is dedicated to housing of Brazilian students, professors, and research scientists who come to Paris for academic work. It also houses artists and other professionals doing internships in Paris. Since its opening in 1959, it has welcomed Joaquim Pedro de Andrade, Jaime Lerner, Zuenir Ventura,

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, Arthur Moreira Lima, Zózimo Barroso do Amaral, Antonio Abujamra, Francisco Rezek and many others.

Architecture

The upper five floors consist of cellular single and double bedrooms, music room, kitchen common room and studies in a tapered long narrow block. The ground floor with snack bar, caretakers flat, meeting room games room etc. consists of a loosely shaped assemblage of rooms which appears to pass under the upper block. Many visitors to the building are struck by the rough textures, yellow colours to the windows and doors which are reflected in the later Habitations in Berlin, Firminy Vert and elsewhere. Having been designed by two leading architects, Le Corbusier and

, the Maison du Brésil has been recognized as an important architectural patrimony. It has been added in 1985 to the list of French Historical Monuments. It receives yearly hundreds of visitors, architects, students and architecture enthusiasts, that can visit the Hall and a student room with the original Corbusier design.

Cultural infrastructures

The Maison also has a theatre, an exhibition Hall, an extensive library of 12500 titles in Portuguese and French, a videoteque of 1500 titles, and a multi-use conference room.

References

External links

Official site
{{DEFAULTSORT:Maison du Bresil Le Corbusier buildings in France School buildings completed in 1957 Lúcio Costa buildings Buildings and structures in the 14th arrondissement of Paris