Designacity--No not the Sims, it's Brasilia!

A city built in a day.  Well, not really a day;)  But in about four years, from 1956-1960,  the seat of the Brazilian government was created by President Juscelino Kubitschek.

From the air the shape of the city can be detected:  a bird? a plane? It's a super city.

Named by UNESCO as a world heritage site, Brazilian's impressions of the city are often contradictory:

Roberto, life long resident and English speaking tour guide, speaks with pride of the organized neighborhoods, the logic of the street names, and the modernism of architect Oscar Neimeyer.

Andrea, architectural design teacher in nearby Goiania calls it cold and distant, a city created for the government, not the people,

A US Embassy official in Brasilia calls it a 1960s vision of the future, a city for George Jetson.

Whatever the opinion, the world's largest city new city raises questions:

How would you design a perfect city?
Where would people, live, work, play, and govern themselves?
How would the different areas connect?
What architectural styles would you use and how would you landscape your city?

In other words, how should we live together as we moved into the 22nd century on this planet.