Background Research

Rio Design Brief – Research

1.       Initial research

Starting Point (e.g. Culture)	List/Describe Information found	Images relating to information
Sport Personalities	Pele-Famous Footballer	http://awesomepeople.com.ua/pele/
Medals won by Brazil	Gold-20 Silver-25 Bronze- 25 4 sports that Brazil won are sailing, judo, volleyball and shooting. The website to the side shows all medals won by Brazil. It gives the specific event the medal was won in and the colour of it. It also says which athlete won the medal, what year and what time or score the athlete got.	http://www.databaseolympics.com/country/countrypage.htm?cty=bra
Religion of Brazil	Roman Catholicism (64.6%)     Protestantism (22.2%)     Non-religious (8%)     Other religions (5.2%) The website shows how religious Brazilians are and what religions they follow. It also shows the history of the religions.	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Religion_in_Brazil
Brazilian Culture	The culture of Brazil presents a very diverse nature showing that an ethnic and cultural mixing occurred in the colonial period involving mostly Native Americans, Portuguese and Africans. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries Italian, German, Spanish, Ukrainians, Polish, Arab and Japanese immigrants settled in Brazil and played an important role in its culture, creating a multicultural and multi-ethnic society. The website shows all the culture about Brazil	http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Culture_of_Brazil
Brazil Football	Brazil has won the world cup 5 times but Brazil hasn’t won the Olympic football tournament. They have 4 silvers and 2 Bronze. I have used two websites to reach this information and the two websites give detail in when they won the world cups and when they got the medals.	http://www.databaseolympics.com/country/countrypage.htm?cty=bra   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Football_in_Brazil
Rio architecture	Located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Leaf House was designed by mareines and patalano arquitetura, This project was inspired by Brazil’s Indian architecture, perfectly suited for the hot and humid climate where it stands, Rio de Janeiro .The roof acts as a big leaf that protects from the hot sun all the enclosed spaces of the house, such as the verandas and the in-between open spaces. These last two types of space are the main social areas, the essence of the design. They allow trade winds from the sea to pass through the building, providing natural ventilation and passive cooling. The website shows information all about the leaf house.	http://inhabitat.com/brazilian-leaf-house-by-mareines-and-patalano/
Rio’s famous structures	These are images of famous buildings in rio. The website shows the image and information.