This document is a submission for a landscape architecture course that summarizes the work of renowned Brazilian landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx. It outlines his influences, design principles, and notable projects. Marx developed a modernist style using native Brazilian plants and drew from art movements like cubism and abstractionism. He is known for his sculptural use of vegetation and innovative designs incorporating water features, pavements, and public spaces that provided dignity for all.

1. “LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT”
SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FO THE SUBJECT
“LANDSCAPE”
SUPERVISED BY: SUBMITTED BY:
ALAMAS MAM 1.SANMITRA DANDWATE. - 6
2.VIJAYA TAMBE. - 34
DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE
ANANTRAO PAWAR COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE, PUNE.
ACADEMIC YEAR 2016-2017

2. • Landscape is design of outdoor public areas ,landmark and structures to achieve environment social
behaviour and aesthetic outcomes.
• Landscape design is an independent profession and the design and art tradition.
• Landscape is the result of the action and interaction of natural and human factors.
• “Land” means both a place where people live and scape means to shape the land.
• Activity that modifies the visible features of an area of land and improves the aesthetic appearance of
the area is known as landscaping.
• Eg:

3. Man-made landscape Natural landscape

4. • Line .
• Space.
• Pattern
• Size
• Colour.
• Form.
• Texture.

5. • Land
• Water
• Vegetation

7. “A GARDEN IS THE RESULT OF AN ARRANGEMENT OF NATURAL MATERIALS.
ACCORDING TO AESTHETICAL LAWS, INTERWOVEN THROUGHOUT ARE THE
ARTISTS OUTLOOK ON LIFE, HIS PAST EXPERIENCES, HIS AFFECTION, HIS
ATTEMPS, HIS MISTAKES AND HIS SUCCESS”

8. Born- August 4, 1909
São Paulo, Brazil.
Died-
June 4, 1994 (aged 84)
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Nationality- Brazilian.
Occupation- Landscape Architect .
Known for-
Designing gardens and public
spaces.
Parent(s)- Cecilia Burle, Wilhelm Marx.
Awards-
1. Doctor of royal art London.
2. Diploma D’honneur paris.
3. Santos Dumont medal brazil.
4. Fine art medal America.

9. • Roberto Burle Marx was born in São Paulo. He was the fourth son of Cecilia Burle, an upper class Brazilian
Catholic woman whose family came from Pernambuco and France, and Wilhelm Marx, a German Jew, born
in Stuttgart and raised in Trier. The family moved to Rio de Janeiro in 1913.
• Burle Marx's first landscaping inspirations came while studying painting in Germany, where he often
visited the Botanical Garden in Berlin and first learned about Brazil's native flora.
• Upon returning to Brazil in 1930, he began collecting plants in and around his home. He went to school at
the National School of Fine Arts in Rio in 1930 where he focused on visual arts under Leo Putz and
Candido Portinari.
• While in school he associated with several of Brazil's future leaders in architecture and botanists who
continued to be of significant influence in his personal and professional life.
• One of these was his professor, Brazilian Modernism's Lucio Costa, the architect and planner who lived
down the street from Burle.

10. • Burle Marx's artistic style was developed from modernism and distinct features of Brazilian culture such
as folk art .
• Much of his work has a sense of timelessness and perfection. His designs were also influenced by cubism
and abstractionism.
• His aesthetics were often nature based, for example, he never use to mix flower and colours so he used
utilisation of big groups of the same specimen, using native plants and making a rocky field into a relaxing
garden.
• He was very interested in each plant's character and what effect that has on the whole garden. He
sought a depth in his designs by understanding how animals interacted with plants and how they bloomed,
amongst other plant characteristics.
• Burle Marx had a great skill in utilising the sculptural form of plants.
• He also made clever use of enormous scale, lighting and reflection particularly in his use of water. Burle
Marx was able to extend the architecture of a building into the garden. He preferred to work on public
spaces because, in his words, they are able to provide dignity for the masses.
• Marx's work "can be summarized in four general design concepts—the use of native tropical vegetation as
a structural element of design, the rupture of symmetrical patterns in the conception of open spaces, the
colorful treatment of pavements, and the use of free forms in water features“.

13. • Various abstract paintings of Roberto influenced his landscape.
• We can see his paintings reflecting his site plan of safra bank.

14. PUBLIC
Rio de Janeiro beach.
Ibirapuera park.
WORKPLACE
Ministry of education.
Safra bank.
PRIVATE GARDEN
Fazenda vargem grande.
Parque da Cidade.

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16. • The gardens of the ministry of the army is in brazil.
• It was designed by collaborations between Roberto
and Oscar.
• The garden was carefully planed and colour coded.
• It was designed by 1970.
• This design is a combination of cubism and
abstractionism.
• The free forms in water are used in this design.

18. • Pathways connecting
islands acting as active
space .
• Water surrounding
islands is acting as
passive space.
• Open ground designed with
various cubic patterns
acting as active space.
• Combination of polygons
in neutral colour
scheme is a seating
area which is acting as
active space.

20.  PRINCIPLES OF LANDSCAPE:
• Hierarchy in trees.
• Rhythm in shrubs.
• Movement .
• Colour
Land water
 ELEMENTS OF LANDSCAPE:
Vegetation

21. MOVEMENT. HIERARCY OF TREES.
SCALE AND PROPORTION.
BALANCE.

22. • Mostly he used colorful paving blocks for making abstract
design.
• He used lawn or ground covers for cubic design.
• He used the trees acting as sculptures.

24. • From overall study we conclude that most of landscape of Roberto
burle marx were based on abstractionism and cubism.
• There was more use of water as compared to land and vegetation.
• Mostly he used native plants and used tree acting as sculpture in water
body.
• Mostly he used neutral colour scheme for pavements.

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