7.4 – Burle marx gardens

Roberto Burle Marx (1909 – 1994) Brazilian artist, graduated in Art from the Escola Nacional de Belas Artes (Fine Arts National School) in Rio de Janeiro, and obtained international fame as a landscape engineer with projects in twenty countries. Besides being a landscape engineer, he was also a painter, engraver, lithographer, ceramist and cloth and jewelry designer.

At the invitation of Lúcio Costa, he went to Brasilia where he cooperated with architects to oversee the integration of his gardens into the proposed architecture and urbanism. The employment of the diverse natural vegetation in the composition of organic and sinuous forms made his art, identified as vanguard at the time, a synonym to Brazilian landscaping around the world.

Burle Marx Gardens in Brasilia:

Eixo Monumental (Monument Axis)

308 South

Jardim Palácio do Itamaraty (Itamaraty Palace Garden)

Praça dos Cristais (Crystals Plaza)

Jardim Palácio da Justiça (Palace of Justice Garden)

Teatro Nacional (National Theater)

Tribunal de Contas da União (Federal Court of Accounts)

Praça das Fontes (Fountains Plaza)

In Brazil:

Aterro do Flamengo (Rio de Janeiro, RJ) (Flamengo Park)

Calçadas de Copacabana (Rio de Janeiro, RJ) (Copacabana Sidewalks)

Terraço-Jardim do Edifício Ministério da Educação (Rio de Janeiro, RJ) (Terrace Garden in the Ministry of Education Building)

Projetos de Paisagismo para Pampulha (Belo Horizonte, MG) (Pampulha Landscape Projects)

Parque Ibirapuera (São Paulo, SP) (Ibirapuera Park)

Parque Burle Marx (São Paulo, SP) (Burle Marx Park)

Centro Cívico de Curitiba (Curitiba, PR) (Curitiba Civic Center)

In the World:

Cascade Garden IN Longwood Gardens (Kennett Square, EUA)

Parque del Este (Caracas, Venezuela)

Jardins da Unesco (Paris, França) (UNESCO Gardens)

Biscayne Boulevard (Miami, EUA)

Paisagismo da Embaixada do Brasil (Washington, DC, EUA) (Brazil Embassy Landscape)