ROBERTO BURLE MARX

NAME                : ROBERTO BURLE 
                               MARX

BIRTH DATE     : 4^TH AUGUST 1909

BIRTH PLACE   : SAU PAULO

DEATH DATE   : 1994 (84 YEARS OLD)

DEATH PLACE : RIO DE JANIERO

 

PERSONAL BACKGROUND

1913                 = MOVED TO RIO DE JANNEIRO.

1928–1929       = STUDIED PAINTING IN BERLIN.

1932                = 1^ST LANDSCAPE PROJECT (PROJECT GARDEN OF A HOUSE).

1949                = BOUGHT A 365000M² ESTATE IN BARRA DE GUARATIBA.

1955                = FOUNDED A LANDSCAPE COMPANY AND LANDSCAPE STUDIO (

                          BURLE MARX & COMPANY / BURLE MARX & CIA LTDA .

1965                = HARUGOSHT ONA A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT BECAME HIS PARTNER.

1985                = DONATED ESTATE OF BARRA DE GUARATIBA TO A FEDERAL

                          GOVERNMENT CULTURAL  ORGANIZATION (I.P.H.A.N)

1994               = DIED IN RIO DE JANEIRO

AWARDS

1953      =  LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE PRICE AT 2^ND INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION OF

                 ARCHITECTURE.

                *SANTOSBUMENT MEDAL OF BRAZILLIAN GOVERMANT.

1959      =  TITLE OF THE KNIGHT OF ORDER OF THE CROWN FROM BELGIUM

              *DIP D’HONNEUR IN PARIS.

1965      = FINE ART MEDAL OF AMERICAN INST OF ARCHITECTURE IN WASHINGTON.

1982      = DOCTOR OF ROYAL COLLEGE OF ART LONDON.

             *HONORY DOCTORATE FROM QUEEN OF HOLLAND

1985      = GREENFELDER AWARD AND THE KENTUCKY BOTANIC  GARDEN AWARDED BY

               MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN.

       PHILOSOPHY OF DESIGN

·       IMPORTANT NATURAL FACTOR IN THE DESIGN OF A GARDEN IS LIGHT.

·       LIGHT CAN TRANSFORM GARDEN BY CHANGING MOOD FROM MELANCHOLY TO BRIGHT AND  CHEERFULL.

·       HAS THE ABILITY TO PREDICT WHAT PLANTS WILL GOING TO LOOK LIKE IN DIFFERENT SEASONS AND AT CERTAIN TIME.

·       EMPHASIS IS VARIOUS PART IN BY LAYING DOWN STRONG CONTRASTING COLOURS.

·       LARGE BLOCKS OF ONE COLOUR HAVE MORE IMPACT.