What You Will Learn!
- Students will study the Architecture of Oscar Niemeyer
- The sources and roots of the architecture of Niemeyer
- The design and development of Brasilia.
- Niemeyer's contribution to Modern Architecture.
Description
The Architecture of Oscar Niemeyer
Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho (15 December 1907 – 5 December 2012), known as Oscar Niemeyer was a Brazilian architect considered to be one of the key figures in the development of modern architecture.
The Architecture of Oscar Niemeyer
Contents
•Introduction
•The Architecture of Le Corbusier
•Thin Shell Concrete Structures
•Lucio Costa and the Palácio Gustavo Capanema
•The Brazilian Pavilion, 1939 New York World's Fair
•The Pampulha Modern Ensemble
•Headquarters of the Banco Mineiro da Produção, Belo Horizonte
•Design of Brasília
•The National Congress of Brazil, the Cathedral of Brasília, the Palácio do Planalto, the Palácio da Alvorada, the Supreme Federal Court and the Complexo Cultural da República
•Niterói Contemporary Art Museum,
•Headquarters of the United Nations
Modern Architecture
This course is part of our series on Modern Architecture that includes the architecture of :
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe,
Walter Gropius,
Le Corbusier,
Phillip Johnson,
Frank Lloyd Wright,
Thin Shell Concrete Structures,
The Case Study houses,
Oscar Niemeyer
widely regarded as the pioneering Master of Modern Architecture.
In the 1930s, Niemeyer interned with Lúcio Costa, with the pair collaborating on the design for the Palácio Gustavo Capanema in Rio de Janeiro. In 1936, at 29, Lúcio Costa was appointed by Education Minister Gustavo Capanema to design the new headquarters of the Ministry of Education and Health in Rio de Janeiro.
Who Should Attend!
- This course is for anyone interested in design and architecture.
