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Vila Operária da Gamboa

Vila Operária da Gamboa is an apartment building in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is located in the Santo Cristo neighborhood near the Gamboa waterfront area of the city. It was designed by Lúcio Costa (1902-1998) in 1931 during his three-year partnership with Gregori Warchavchik, and completed in 1933. The goal of modernists in Brazil was to build for the working class, and Vila Operária Gamboa is the first modernist…

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1933

Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Lucio Costa

1902-1998 · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

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Lúcio Marçal Ferreira Ribeiro Lima Costa was a Brazilian architect and urban planner, best known for his plan for Brasília.

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Lucio Costa

studio · Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Role: designer

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