Oscar Niemeyer was a Brazilian architect considered one of the key figures in modern architecture. Some of his most notable works include the buildings of Brasilia's civic buildings and planned city layout in the 1950s, as well as the curved concrete Cathedral of Brasilia. Niemeyer was known for his expressive organic modern style using abstract forms and sensuous curves inspired by modernism and new concrete construction technologies. He designed several other landmark buildings using reinforced concrete including the Niteroi Contemporary Art Museum, Oscar Niemeyer Cultural Centre in Spain, and buildings in Rio de Janeiro. Niemeyer won several prestigious awards including the Pritzker Prize and had a profound influence on 20th century architecture.

1. OSCAR NIEMEYER
‘POET OF CONCRETE’

2. OSCAR NIEMEYER (1907-2012)
OSCAR NIEMEYER WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 12 1907 IN RIO DE
JANEIRO, BRAZIL.
GRADUATED FROM BARNABITAS COLLEGE IN 1923.
HE JOINED THE OFFICES OF LÚCIO COSTA, AN ARCHITECT FROM
THE MODERNIST SCHOOL.
OSCAR NIEMEYER IS A BRASILIAN ARCHITECT,CONSIDERED AS
ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL NAMES IN INTERNATIONAL
MODERN ARCHITECTURE.
 NIEMEYER WAS BEST KNOWN FOR HIS DESIGNS OF CIVIC
BUILDING OF BRASILIA.
HE IS PIONEER IN EXPLORATION OF DESIGNS WITN REINFORCED
CONCRETE.
NIEMEYER WAS MOST FAMOUS FOR HIS USE OF ABSTRACT FORMS
AND CURVES.

3. INFLUENCES AND INSPIRATIONS
 THE CORBUSIAN INFLUENCE IS EVIDENT IN THE EARLY WORKS
OF OSCAR NIEMEYER.
 THE ARCHITECTURE OF BRASILIA, GLIMPSED IN THE SKETCHES
SUBMITTED BY LUCIO COSTA FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DESIGN
CONTEST FOR THE NEW CAPITAL OF BRAZIL, WAS THE RESULT
OF OSCAR NIEMEYER 'S DEFINITIVE IMPETUS ON THE SCENE OF
THE INTERNATIONAL HISTORY OF CONTEMPORARY
ARCHITECTURE.
 THE CONCAVE AND CONVEX DOMES OF THE NATIONAL
CONGRESS AND THE COLUMNS OF THE ALVORADA AND
PLANALTO PALACES AND THE SUPREME COURT ARE HIGHLY
ORIGINAL FEATURES. COMBINING THESE WITH THE
SPECTACULAR FORMS OF THE COLUMNS OF THE CATHEDRAL
AND THE PALACES OF ITAMARATY AND JUSTICA, OSCAR
NIEMEYER SUCCEEDED IN CLOSING THE RECTANGULAR AND
SYMMETRICAL PERSPECTIVE FORMED BY THE REPETITION OF
THE ESPLANADA AND MINISTRY BUILDINGS.

4. IDEOLOGIES AND PHILOSOPHIES
 “I WAS ATTRACTED BY THE CURVE — THE LIBERATED, SENSUAL CURVE
SUGGESTED BY THE POSSIBILITIES OF NEW TECHNOLOGY YET SO OFTEN
RECALLED IN VENERABLE OLD BAROQUE CHURCHES.”
 “MY WORK IS NOT ABOUT ‘FORM FOLLOWS FUNCTION,’ BUT ‘FORM FOLLOWS
BEAUTY’ OR, EVEN BETTER, ‘FORM FOLLOWS FEMININE.’”
 “I CREATED ARCHITECTURE WITH COURAGE AND IDEALISM, BUT ALSO WITH AN
AWARENESS OF THE FACT THAT WHAT IS IMPORTANT IN LIFE, FRIENDS AND
ATTEMPTING TO MAKE THIS UNJUST WORLD A BETTER PLACE IN WHICH TO LIVE.”
 “ARCHITECTURE DOES NOT CHANGE ANYTHING. IT’S ALWAYS ON THE SIDE OF
THE WEALTHY. THE IMPORTANT THING IS TO BELIEVE THAT IT CAN MAKE LIFE
BETTER.”
 “ARCHITECTURE WAS MY WAY OF EXPRESSING MY IDEALS: TO BE SIMPLE, TO
CREATE A WORLD EQUAL TO EVERYONE, TO LOOK AT PEOPLE WITH OPTIMISM,
THAT EVERYONE HAS A GIFT. I DON’T WANT ANYTHING BUT GENERAL HAPPINESS.

5. KEY ELEMENTS
ABSTRACT FORMS AND CURVES.
FREE FLOWING SENSUAL CURVES.
CURVED ARCHITECTURE THROUGH
REVOLUTIONARY USAGE OF CONCRETE.
HIS BUILDINGS ARE CHARECTERISED BY BEING
SPACIOUS AND EXPOSED,MIXING VOLUMES
AND EMPTY SPACE TO CREATE
UNCONVENTIONAL PATTERNS.
SIMPLE STRUCTURE WITHOUT MUCH
ORNAMENTATION.

6. CONCEPT AND STYLE
ORGANIC MODERN STYLE
URBANISM, MODERNISM AND CONTEMPORARY
STYLES.
TO CREATE A WORLD EQUAL TO EVERYONE.
TO LOOK AT PEOPLE WITH OPTIMISM.

7. WORKS
 CIVIC BUILDINGS FOR BRASILIA.
 PLANNED CITY FOR BRAZIL’S CAPITAL.(1960)
 EXPLORATION OF THE AESTHETIC POSSIBILITIES OF RCC
 THE PAMPULHA PROJECT
 NITERÓI CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM
 OSCAR NIEMEYER MUSEUM
 BRAZILIAN NATIONAL MUSEUM
 ESTAÇÃO CABO BRANCO, JOÃO PESSOA, BRAZIL
 OSCAR NIEMEYER INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL
CENTRE, ASTURIAS, SPAIN
 NATAL CITY PARK TOWER, NATAL, BRAZIL

8. CATHEDRAL OF BRASILIA
 THE CATHEDRAL OF BRASILIA IS
THE ROMAN CATOLIC CATHEDRAL
SERVING BRASILIA,BRAZIL.
 IT WAS DESIGNED BY NIEMEYER
AND WAS COMPLETED AND
DEDICATED ON MAY 31,1970.
 THIS CONCRETE-FRAMED
HYPERBOLOID
STRUCTURE,SEEMS WITH ITS
GLASS ROOF TO BE REACHING UP
OPEN,TO HEAVEN.

9.  IN THE SQUARE ACCESS TO THE
TEMPLE,ARE FOUR BRONZE
SCULPTURES WITH THREE FEET
TALL,REPRESENTING THE
EVANGELISTS.
 INSIDE THE NAVE, ARE THE
SCULPTURES OF THREE
ANGLES,SUSPENDED BY STEEL
CABLES.
 THE DIMENSIONS AND WEIGHT OF
THE CARVINGS ARE 2.22 m LONG AND
THE SHORTER ONE 100 kg , 3.4 m
LONG AND TWO HUNDRED
KILOGRAMS THE AVERAGE AND 4.25
m IN LENGTH AND MOST THREE
HUNDRED KILOGRAMS.
 THE BAPISTERY WAS OVOID IN
SHAPE.

10.  EACH PIECE IS INSERTED INTO
TRIANGLES WITH BASE 10m AND WERE
POINTED.
 AT THE ENTRANCE OF THE
CATHEDRAL,IS A PILLAR WITH
PASSEAGES FROM THE LIFE OF
MARY,MOTHER OF JESUS.
 NIEMEYER SAW A COMPACT AND CLEAN
CONCEPT, A VOLUME OCCURING WITH
THE SAME PURITY FROM ANY
PERSPECTIVE AND FOR TIMES OF DEEP
RELIGIOUS EXPRESSION.
 IN THE AIR BORN OUTSIDE THE
STRUCTURE OF THE EARTH IS A CRY OF
FAITH AND HOPE,THEN,THE GALLERY IS
LOCATED IN SEMI-DARKNESS TO
PREPARE THE FAITHFULTO SNOW.

12. THE NITEROI CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM
THE NITEROI CONTEMPORARY ART
MUSEUM IS SITUATED IN THE CITY OF
NITEROI,RIO DE JANEIRO,BRAZIL,AND
IS ONE OF THE CITY,S MAIN
LANDMARK.IT WAS COMPLETED IN
1996.
DESIGNED NY NIEMEYER WITH THE
ASSISTANCE OF STRUCTURAL
ENGINEER BURNO CONTARINI,WHO
HAD WORK WITH NIEMEYER ON
EARLIER PROJECTS,THE MAC-NITEROI
IS 16M HIGH;ITS CUPOLA HAS A
DIAMETER OF 50M WITH THREE
FLOORS.

13.  A WIDE ACCESS SLOPE
LEADS TO A HALL OF
EXPOSITIONS,WHICH
HAS A CAPACITY FOR
SIXTY PEOPLE.
 TWO DOORS LEAD TO
THE VIEWING
GALLERY,THROUGH
WHICH CAN BE SEEN
THE GUANABARA
BAY,RIO DE
JANEIRO,AND
SUGARLOAF
MOUNTAIN.
 THE SAUCER SHAPED
STRUCTURE.

14. CONCEPTUAL DRAWINGS

15. PLAN
SECTION

16. OSCAR NIEMEYER CULTURAL CENTRE
 THE OSCAR NIEMEYER INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL CENTRE IS THE
RESULT OF THE COMBINATION OF A CULTURAL COMPLEX DESIGNED
BY BRAZILIAN ARCHITECT NIEMEYER AND AN INTERNATIONAL
CULTURAL PROJECT,THE CENTER IS LOCATED IN ASTURIAS (SPAIN).IT
WAS INAUGURATED ON 26 MAY 2011.

17.  STYLE AND COLOURS
THE MAIN FEATURES IN
NIEMEYER,S WORK ARE THE
CURVES.THE COLOURS ARE ALSO
FEATURES:
MAINLY WHITE,RED,YELLOW AND
BLUE.
 THE NIEMEYER CENTRE IS
FORMED BY FIVE ELEMENTS
THAT COMPLEMENT ONE EACH
OTHER.
• THE OPEN SQUARE
• THE AUDITORIUM
• THE DOME
• THE TOWER
• THE MULTI PURPOSE
BUILDING

18. SITE PLAN
MULTI PURPOSE HALL
EXHIBITION HALL
SIGHT SEEING TOWER
AUDITORIUMOPEN SQUARE FOR
HUMAN KIND

19. AUDITORIUM ELEVATIONS

20. SECTIONS
AAUDITORIUM
EXHIBITION HALLE SIGHT SEEING TOWER

22. CONCLUSIONS AND LEARNINGS
SIMPLE STRUCTURES WITHOUT MUCH ORNAMENTATION.
MOULDING THE REIN FORCED CONCRETE INTO MANY
CONTEMPORARY FORMS.
NOT RESTRICTING TO TRADITIONAL STRAIGHT LINES.
CREATING SPACES IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT HAS LARGE OPEN
SPACES FOR INTERACTION OF PEOPLE.
DESIGNING THE STRUCTURE IN SUCH A WAY THAT IT DOESN’T
EFFECT THE SURROUNDINGS NATURAL FEATURES.
USAGE OF BRIGHT COLOURS ONLY TO HIGHLIGHT SOME
IMPORTANT PARTS OF THE DESIGN.

23. •1936 – Gustavo Capanema Palace, Ministry of Education and Health, Rio de Janeiro – contributed to
the Le Corbusier project.
•1937 – Associação Beneficente Obra do Berço (Association of Charitable Work) – created a
vertical brise soleil.
•1938 – Grande Hotel de Ouro Preto
•1939 – Brazil’s pavilion at 1939 New York World's Fair – contributed to the Lucio Costa project.
1940 – Church of Saint Francis of Assisi and other buildings at Pampulha in Belo Horizonte, southeastern
Brazil.
1946 – Headquarters of Banco Boavista in Candelaria, Rio de Janeiro.
1946 – Colegio Cataguases (Odessa College).
1947 – United Nations Headquarter in New York City.
1947 - Centro Técnico Aeroespacial in São José dos Campos, SP
1951 – Ibirapuera Park (with landscape architect Roberto Burle Marx).
1951 – JK Building (Juscelino Kubitschek).
1951 – Edifício Copan (Copan Building) 38-story residential building in São Paulo, Brazil.
1952 – Casa das Canoas – Niemeyer’s personal home in Canoas, Rio de Janeiro.
1954 – Residência Cavanelas.
1954 – Museu de Arte Moderna em Caracas (Museum of Modern Art in Caracas) .
1954 – Interbau buildings project in the Hansaviertel district, part of the reconstruction of Berlin.
1954 – Edifício Montreal (Montreal Building) in São Paulo.
1955 – Edifício Califórnia (California Building) in downtown São Paulo (with Carlos Lemos).
ANNEXURE

24. • 1955 – Edifício Triângulo (Triangle Building), São Paulo.
• 1956 – Edifício Eiffel (Eiffel Building) located in Republic Square, São Paulo.
• 1956 – Residência Provisória do Presidente da República (Provisional Residence of the President).
• 1958 – Hospital da Lagoa (Lagoa Hospital) built in Lagoa, Rio de Janeiro.
• 1956 - Residência Provisória do Presidente da República (Catetinho).
• 1957 – Eixo Monumental (Monumental Axis).
• 1957 – Palácio da Alvorada (English: Palace of Dawn) Presidential residence.
• 1958 – Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida (Cathedral of Brasília).
• 1958 – Church of Our Lady of Fatima ("Igrejinha Nossa Senhora de Fátima"/"A Igrejinha da 307/308
Sul")
• 1958 – National Congress of Brazil (Congresso Nacional).
• 1958 – Supremo Tribunal Federal or STF (Supreme Federal Tribunal) Federal Supreme Court.
• 1958 – Palácio do Planalto (Palace of the Highlands) Presidential office.
• 1958 – Cláudio Santoro National Theater (National Theater).
• 1959 – Palácio do Jaburu (Palace of the Jabiru) Vice-presidential residence.
• 1960 – Praça dos Três Poderes (Square of the Three Powers).
• 1960 - Cine Brasília.
• 1962 – Palácio do Itamaraty (Ministry of External Relations).
• 1962 – Ministério da Justiça or "Palácio da Justiça" (Ministry of Justice).
• 1962 – Universidade de Brasília main building, the Central Institute of Science (Instituto Central de
Ciências, ICC).
• 1965 – Aeroporto de Brasilia (Project was never built).
• 1985 – Panteão da Pátria e da Liberdade Tancredo Neves (Pantheon of the Fatherland and
freedom)

25. • 1986 - Casa do Cantador (Palácio da Poesia).
• 1987 – Memorial dos Povos Indígenas (Memorial of the Aboriginal Peoples) .
• 1995 - Superior Tribunal de Justiça.
• 2002 – Sede da Procuradoria Geral da República Brasileira (Attorney General's Office).
• 2006 – Cultural Complex of the Republic (Complexo Cultural da República).
Biblioteca Nacional Leonel de Moura Brizola (National Library of Brasília).
Museu Nacional Honestino Guimarães (National Museum Honestino Guimarães).
Tribunal Superior do Trabalho.
• 2008 - Sede da Ordem dos Advogados do Brasil.
• 2011 – Tribunal Superior Eleitoral.
• 2012 – Torre de Televisão Digital (Brasília Digital Television Tower).
BOOKS BY OSCAR NIEMEYER
• The Curves Of Time
• Conversa De Arquitecto
• Dunya Adil Degil
• Wir Mussen Die Welt Verandern
• Meu Sosia E Eu
• Casas On De Morei
• A Forma Na Arquitetura
• Rene Burri.Brasilia
• Niemeyer Par Lui-meme

26. AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
 MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN ACADEMY OF ARTS AND SCIENCES (1949)
 MEDAL OF THE ORDER OF MERIT OF LABOUR (BRAZIL, 1959)
 INTERNATIONAL LENIN PEACE PRIZE (1963)
 GOLDEN LION OF THE VENICE BIENNALE (ITALY, 1963)
 HONORARY MEMBER OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF ARCHITECTS (1963)
 HONORARY MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ARTS AND LETTERS
(USA, 1964) HONORARY MEMBER OF THE ACADEMY OF ARTS OF THE
USSR (1983)
 PRITZKER PRIZE FOR ARCHITECTURE (1988) (WITH GORDON BUNSHAFT)
 PRINCE OF A0STURIAS AWARD (1989)
 HONORARY DOCTOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF BRASÍLIA (1989)

27. BIBLIOGRAPHY
 Emery, Marc (1983), “Furniture by Architects” Scnd Edition, Harry N. Abrams. New
York
 Niemeyer, Oscar (1983), “The Curves of Time: The Memoirs of Oscar Niemeyer” First
Edition, Park Avenue, London
 Christopher Hall: "The Mark of a Master", in Architectural Digest, October 2006
 William J. R. Curtis in "Oscar Niemeyer: architects and critics pay tribute", in The
Guardian, December 7, 2012
 Stamo Papadaki. The Work of Oscar Niemeyer p. 19
 http://style.time.com/2012/12/06/creating-a-city-out-of-wildnerness-oscar-niemeyer-
1907-2012/photo/mac-museu-de-arte-contemporanea-de-niteroi-rio-de-janeiro-1996-2/
 https://nostalgicfuturist.wordpress.com/2012/12/18/oscar-niemeyer-architecture-and-
ideology/
 http://muar.ru/new/en/component/k2/item/433-oscar-niemeyer-poetry-of-form
 http://www.greekarchitects.gr/en/books-review/oscar-niemeyer-curves-of-irreverence-
id329

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