Niterói City

1. NIEMEYER WAY

2. NIEMEYER WAY
•A SET OF 10 BUILDINGS
•DESIGNED BY THE ARCHITECT OSCAR NIEMEYER
•LOCATED IN NITEROI CITY , ALONGSIDE GUANABARA BAY
•NEXT TO RIO

3. RIO and NITEROI
NITEROI
GUANABARA BAY
RIO

4. THE ACCESS TO NITEROI
GE
NITEROI
BRID
FERRY BOAT
GUANABARA BAY
FROM RIO
•TWENTY MINUTES BY CAR CROSSING THE BRIDGE
•TEN MINUTES BY FERRY BOAT

5. THE NIEMEYER WAY IN NITEROI
FERRY BOAT
STATION
POPULAR
SQUARE

6. THE BUILDINGS

7. THE MAIN BUILDINGS - OVERVIEW
POPULAR THEATER
OSCAR NIEMEYER FOUNDATION CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL
POPULAR SQUARE
BAPTIST CATHEDRAL
JK SQUARE
MOVIE THEATER CENTER
CONTEMPORARY ART
NEW FERRY BOAT STATION
NUMBERS MUSEUM

8. POPULAR SQUARE - OVERVIEW
MEMORIAL
PARKING
LOT
OSCAR NIEMEYER
CATHOLIC
FOUNDATION
POPULAR THEATER CATHEDRAL
BAPTIST
CATHEDRAL
PICTURES
DRAWINGS

9. POPULAR THEATER - OVERVIEW
•TOTAL AREA: 3500M²
•SMALL SHOWS FOR 400 PEOPLE INSIDE THE THEATER
•BIG SHOWS FOR 10.000 PEOPLE IN A HUGE AREA OUTSIDE THE THEATER
PICTURES
DRAWINGS

10. OSCAR NIEMEYER FOUNDATION - OVERVIEW
•TOTAL AREA: 4000m2
PICTURES •ROOMS FOR EXPOSITIONS
DRAWINGS •ROOMS FOR ART, DRAWING, SCULPTURE AND PAINTING CLASSES
•AUDITORIUM FOR 150 PEOPLE
•A 2000M² AREA TO EXHIBIT THE OSCAR NIEMEYER COLLECTION

11. BAPTIST CATHEDRAL - OVERVIEW
•TOTAL AREA: 6400M²
•CAPACITY: 5000 PEOPLE IN THE MAIN HALL
DRAWINGS

12. CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL - OVERVIEW
•TOTAL AREA: 5000M²
•CAPACITY: 5000 PEOPLE
DRAWINGS

13. JK SQUARE - OVERVIEW
•AN UNDERGROUND PARKING LOT FOR 300 CARS

14. MOVIE THEATER CENTER - OVERVIEW
•TOTAL AREA: 8.300M²
•6 EXHIBITION ROOMS
•AUDITORIUM 1000 PEOPLE
•EXPOSITION ROOM
•CINEMA MUSEUM
•MOVIE FESTIVALS
DRAWINGS

15. CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM - OVERVIEW
•TOTAL AREA: 6500m²
•EXPOSITION ROOMS
•AUDITORIUM
PICTURES
CREATION

16. NEW CHARITAS FERRY BOAT STATION - OVERVIEW
PICTURES
DRAWINGS

17. CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM - PICTURE

18. CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM - PICTURE

19. CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM - PICTURE

20. CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM - PICTURE

21. CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM - PICTURE
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22. CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM - CREATION
•Saturday (1991 - 10h)
•Oscar Niemeyer decides about the location
•Beautiful location!

23. CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM - CREATION
•Monday (8h)
•First architetonic sketchdone
•First design almost
•To be completed with details

24. CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM - CREATION
•Architetonic and structural solution

25. CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM - CREATION
Necessary explanation
“Sometimes a project takes time to
be defined. In other projects the
solution comes quickly, as if we had
spent a long time on it.
That is what has happened here”
(Niemeyer)

26. CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM - CREATION

27. CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM - CREATION

28. CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM - CREATION

29. CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM - CREATION

30. CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM - CREATION
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31. POPULAR THEATER - PICTURE

32. POPULAR THEATER - PICTURE

33. POPULAR THEATER - PICTURE

34. POPULAR THEATER - PICTURE

35. POPULAR THEATER - PICTURE

36. POPULAR THEATER - PICTURE

37. POPULAR THEATER - PICTURE

38. POPULAR THEATER - PICTURE
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39. POPULAR THEATER - DRAWING

40. POPULAR THEATER - PICTURE

41. POPULAR THEATER - PICTURE

42. POPULAR THEATER - PICTURE

43. POPULAR THEATER - PICTURE
RETURN

44. OSCAR NIEMEYER FOUNDATION - PICTURE

45. OSCAR NIEMEYER FOUNDATION - PICTURE
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47. RETURN

48. NEW CHARITAS FERRY BOAT STATION - PICTURE

49. NEW CHARITAS FERRY BOAT STATION - PICTURE

50. NEW CHARITAS FERRY BOAT STATION - PICTURE

51. NEW CHARITAS FERRY BOAT STATION - PICTURE

52. NEW CHARITAS FERRY BOAT STATION - PICTURE

53. NEW CHARITAS FERRY BOAT STATION - PICTURE

54. NEW CHARITAS FERRY BOAT STATION - PICTURE

55. NEW CHARITAS FERRY BOAT STATION - PICTURE
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56. POPULAR SQUARE - PICTURE

57. POPULAR SQUARE - PICTURE

58. POPULAR SQUARE - PICTURE

59. POPULAR SQUARE - PICTURE

60. POPULAR SQUARE - PICTURE

61. POPULAR SQUARE - PICTURE
RETURN

62. POPULAR SQUARE - DRAWING
RETURN

63. BAPTIST CATHEDRAL - DRAWING

64. BAPTIST CATHEDRAL - DRAWING
RETURN

65. CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL - DRAWING

66. CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL - DRAWING

67. CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL - DRAWING

68. CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL - DRAWING
RETURN

69. MOVIE THEATER CENTER - DRAWING

70. MOVIE THEATER CENTER - DRAWING
RETURN

71. DIMENTIONS ( METERS)
BUILDINGS AREA (m²)
HEIGHT LENGTH WIDTH
THEATER 15 50 35 3.500
FOUNDATION ON 20 40,00 (diameter) 4.000
CATOLIC CATHEDRAL 60 40,00 (diameter) 5000
BAPTIST CATHEDRAL 15 80 80 6.400
FERRY BOAT STATION 12 20 80 43.000
ROBERTO SILVEIRA MEMORIAL 7 25 12 350
12 100 25
MOVIE THEATER CENTER 9.300
15 36 (diameter)
40 (diameter)
CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM 15 4.500

72. CONTACT
Rodrigo Figueiredo
E-mail: rodrigo@figueiredo.com