Oscar de Almeida Ribeiro, Niemeyer Soares (Rio de Janeiro, December 15, 1907) is a Brazilian architect, and is considered one of the most influential names in international modern architecture. He was a pioneer in exploring the possibilities of the constructive and concrete plastic armed. Fished his secondary education with 21 years old, same age they home with Annita Baldo, who had only one daughter.
After the marriage, he decided work and resume their studies. It starts, then working at the workshop typographical father, entering at the National School of Fine Arts,of where lefted formed engineer architect in 1934.In the time spent by financial difficulties, but nevertheless decided to work without pay in the office of Lucio Costa and Carlos Leon He was dissatisfied with the architecture he saw in the streets and believed to find answers to their questions with them.
In 1945, already an architect with a name, affiliated to the PCB. It has always been a strong advocate of his position as Stalinist. During several years of military dictatorship in Brazil self-exilou up in France. A minister of Aeronautics of the time say that "instead of communist architect is in Moscow." He visited the Soviet Union. Fidel Castro would have said about him: "Niemeyer and I are the last communist this planet."
Sentence of Niemeyer:
“Not is the angle straight that attracts me, neither the line straight, inflexible, created by man. What attracts me is the free and sensual curve, the curve that I find in the mountains of my country. In the course sinuous of seus rivers, in the ocean waves, in the body of the woman preferred. From curves is done entire universe, the universe curved Einstein.”
After the marriage, he decided work and resume their studies. It starts, then working at the workshop typographical father, entering at the National School of Fine Arts,of where lefted formed engineer architect in 1934.In the time spent by financial difficulties, but nevertheless decided to work without pay in the office of Lucio Costa and Carlos Leon He was dissatisfied with the architecture he saw in the streets and believed to find answers to their questions with them.
In 1945, already an architect with a name, affiliated to the PCB. It has always been a strong advocate of his position as Stalinist. During several years of military dictatorship in Brazil self-exilou up in France. A minister of Aeronautics of the time say that "instead of communist architect is in Moscow." He visited the Soviet Union. Fidel Castro would have said about him: "Niemeyer and I are the last communist this planet."
Sentence of Niemeyer:
“Not is the angle straight that attracts me, neither the line straight, inflexible, created by man. What attracts me is the free and sensual curve, the curve that I find in the mountains of my country. In the course sinuous of seus rivers, in the ocean waves, in the body of the woman preferred. From curves is done entire universe, the universe curved Einstein.”
Work of Niemeyer in São Paulo
Museum Oscar Niemeyer in Curitiba
Brazilia's Cathedral
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