Slade Lecture 2026: Urban Change and Representation - Lecture 5
18th February 2026, 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Brasilia: Planned Exclusion
Esther da Costa Meyer
5pm Wednesday 18 February
Auditorium, St John's College, University of Oxford
(Free Admission)
Inaugurated in 1960, the new capital of Brazil was designed by architects Oscar Niemeyer and Lúcio Costa. While the elegance of Niemeyer’s concrete shells elicited admiration, the workers who built Brasília were exiled in shantytowns far from the city.