Brasilia owes its shape and design to urban planner and architect Lucio Costa. This space, sunken beneath the surface of the square, contains a full-scale model of the city. Shy of a visit to the TV Tower it’s the best way to get a bird’s-eye view of his plan. Disappointingly, the Espaço has little information on Costa’s life and career.
On the back wall there are some photos of the city’s constructions and, best of all, reproduced and enlarged copies of Costa’s original submission, the one that won him the competition.