Jaime Lerner
Jaime Lerner
Jaime Lerneris a Brazilian politician. He was the governor of the state of Paraná, in southern Brazil. He is renowned as an architect and urban planner, having been mayor of Curitiba, capital of Paraná, three times. In 1994, Lerner was elected governor of Paraná, and was reelected in 1998...
NationalityBrazilian
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth17 December 1937
CountryBrazil
cities together function
A city grows like an organism. It is a structure of living and working together a mix of functions.
cities car problem
Every city has to deal with the problem of cars and public transport.
uncles cities tears
A city is like a family portrait - you don't tear it up if you don't like your uncle's nose.
years cities world
Every city in the world can be improved in less than three years.
mother law car
A car is like a mother-in-law - if you let it, it will rule your life.
cities problem solutions
The city is not the problem; the city is the solution,
fungi bureaucracy government-bureaucracy
Bureaucracy is like a fungus that contaminates everything.
jobs years cities
I have realized after all these years that a city that has a good quality of life attracts jobs. People don't want to invest in places if there is no quality of life.
forever accepting landfills
We can't have landfills forever, and we can't ask others to accept our trash.
ego architecture eco
We have to change from 'ego-architecture' to 'eco-architecture.'
cities design strange
The design of a city is like a strange archeology.
cities brazil
Brazil will change when its cities change.
latin cities differences
Curitiba is not a paradise. We have all the problems that most Latin American cities have. We have slums. We have the same difficulties, but the big difference is the respect given by people due to the quality of the services which are provided.
toad
There is no place in a city that can't be better. There is no toad that can't be a princess, no frog that can't become a prince.