现代经典设计回顾--罗伯特·布雷·马克斯的景观和艺术

A Modern Classic in Retrospect--The Landscape and Art of Roberto Burle Marx

引言棕榈树摇曳的里约热内卢科帕卡巴纳滨海大道是世界上最易辨认的公共空间之一，也是现代景观设计大师罗伯特·布雷·马克斯为这座城市留下的永久性标志。多年以来，在大道旁那波纹状的黑白两色鹅卵石铺装人行步道上散步或慢跑俨然已经成为里约热内卢人生活的部分，并已深深地渗透到大众文化中，

Over the years, people strolling or jogging on the undulating black and white cobblestones of Co- pacabana＇s palm tree-lined seafront promenade became a synonym of Rio de Janeiro＇s lifestyle, so imbued in popular culture that it now stands as an icon of Brazil itself. The timelessness of the design simurtaneously pays homage to the Portuguese-style sidewalks （known as calcada portuguesa） and breaks with its tradition. It is fluid, open-ended and it deconstructs century- old shapes, simplifying them to their purest. The same classic patterns were then attributed new, colorful characters that got imprinted along the whooping 5 km of sunny Avenida Atlantica （At- lantic Avenue）. Seen from the air, the sidewalks turn into gigantic canvases with an abstract painting.