Oscar Niemeyer
Le forme fluide di Niemeyer offrono un'alternativa poetica alle linee dritte e agli angoli retti dello stile internazionale, tendenza dominante dell'architettura moderna europea negli anni ‘30. Nel 1942, Niemeyer realizza una serie di edifici ricreativi che s'ispirano ampiamente all'espressivo stile architettonico barocco brasiliano.
ALCUNE DELLE SUE OPERE :
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. Why is that bad?
- Oscar Niemeyer
UN Building, New York City
I deliberately disregarded the right angle and rationalist architecture designed with ruler and square to boldly enter the world of curves and straight lines offered by reinforced concrete. - Oscar Niemeyer.
Pampulha Complex, 1943
I had some good opportunities. I was lucky to have had the chance to do things differently. Architecture is about surprise. – Oscar Niemeyer
Auditorium, Ibirapuera Park, Brazil
Interior of Ibirapuera Auditorium
Cathedral of Brasilia, 1970
Interior of the Cathedral of Brasilia
Montage of buildings in Brasilia
Communist Party headquarters, Paris 1972
Niteroi Theatre, Rio de Janeiro, 2007
Niteroi Contemporary Art Museum
Interior of Niteroi Art Museum.
Here, then, is what I wanted to tell you of my architecture. I created it with courage and idealism, but also with an awareness of the fact that what is important is life, friends and attempting to make this unjust world a better place in which to live. – Oscar Niemeyer
Oscar Niemeyer Architectural Museum, Curitiba, Brazil, 2002
FONTI : http://www.escapeintolife.com/essays/oscar-niemeyer-architect-of-the-people/