Architecture of justice
Introduction
The Palace of Justice, inaugurated in 1972, is located in Brasilia, Brazil, in the monumental area of the city, between the northern part of the “Esplanade of the Ministries” and the “National Congress”. It was designed by architect Oscar Niemeyer, according to a project by engineer Joaquim Cardozo, and serves as the headquarters of the Ministry of Justice. The peculiar and imposing construction draws attention for its contemporary architecture that reinterprets the Gothic style.
The façade of the building has arches that are similar to those of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs "Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Brazil)"), but also has cement waterfalls, an aquatic garden composed of tropical plants from the Amazon and a reflecting pool created by the landscape designer Burle Marx, in addition to the winter garden on the third floor. The Palace is marked by the rectangular and prismatic geometry, as well as by the external structure that characterizes its façade.
The Palace of Justice Library, specialized in law, has a collection of approximately one hundred thousand volumes - books, rare works, pamphlets, newspapers and electronic resources -. This space preserves the table on which the lawyer, Bernardo Pereira de Vasconcellos, wrote the Criminal Code of 1830 and the former Brazilian president, Affonso Augusto Moreira Penna, recorded all his work in the "Constituinte Mineira".
There is a photo room on the fourth floor, on the walls of which we can find images of those who held the position of minister of justice.