There are many architects, but for me very few are those who have managed to leave their mark around the world and not only in the field of architecture, but also in society and politics, the Brazilian architect Oscar Niemeyer is one of those few.
Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho, popularly known as "Oscar Niemeyer", was a Brazilian architect who modernized the architecture of his country and left both a national and international legacy. He was born on December 15, 1907 in Rio de Janeiro and died on December 5, 2012 at the age of 104.
Niemeyer was a follower and promoter of the ideas and work of Le Corbusier, served as an inspiration for him, while Corbusier was inspired by the works of Niemeyer in his later works, so they had a professional relationship in which one he helped himself to the other.
In the beginning he worked in the office of Lúcio Costa, a world famous Brazilian architect, although he was going through monetary problems, he came to work for free on the Obra de la Cuna project, in 1937, this was his first project built. Niemeyer was not satisfied with the existing architecture in the city and decided that he could find a better job. He traveled to the United States to participate in the Brazilian Pavilion project at the New York World's Fair where he would later be in charge of building the headquarters of the United Nations (UN). This would be one of the most prominent large-scale projects of his career.
In 1956, in the company of his teacher and colleague Lucio Costa; with the design and construction of Brasilia, officially inaugurated on April 21, 1960. The architect was also responsible for the MAC, or Museum of Contemporary Art, of Niterói.
He left Brazil after the 1964 Military Coup, due to his membership in the Brazilian Communist Party (PCB) and opened a studio in Paris. He returned to Brazil in 1985 and received the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 1988. At present, after his unfortunate death on December 5, 2012, he has been nominated to be included in the list of the 100 most influential characters in the history of Latin America.
This blow my mind, I almost can't do curves in paper for the homework in project and I forgot that exist constructions like these, aaagh, I feel so frustrated right now
ResponderEliminarIt's very interesting to know about him. Some time ago, a friend of mine, who is in his fourth year of architecture, told me about him, everything he did and his influence in latin america. It's a pity he died, he was a great genius.
ResponderEliminarwow, the truth is that I knew Niemeyer very superficially and now I think he is a machine, simply his story leaves me stunned thinking about everything he did and his legacy, clearly one of the best architects in history.
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