DESIGN PHILOSOPHY AND DESIGN ELEMENTS

1. SUBMITTED BY-
RIMA WARKADE

2. Oscar Niemeyer (1907-2012)
Oscar niemeyer was born on december 12 1907 in Rio De janeiro ,Brazil.
Brazilian architect ,considerd to be one of the key figures in the development of
modern architecture.
Niemeyer was the best known for his design civic building for brasila,a planned
city that became brazil’s capital in 1960.
His exploration of the aesthetic possibilities of reinforced concrete was highly
influential in the late 20th and early 12th centuries
Niemeyer was most famous for his use of abstract forms and curves.

3. DESIGN
AND IDEOLOGY
Abstract forms and curves.
Free flowing sensual curves.
His design were mainly of curved architecture and is famous for revolutionary use
of concrete
His buildings are charaterised by being spacious and exposed , mixing volumes and
empty space to create unconventional patterns.
Simple structure without much ornamentation.

4. PHILOSOPHY
“ I am not attracted to straightangles or to the straight line, hard and
and inflexible ,created by man.I am attracted to free-flowing ,sensual curves.
The curves that I find in the mountains of my country , in the sinuousness
of its rivers , in the waves of the ocean , and on the body of the beloved
women. Curves make up the entire universe , the curved Universe of
Einstein”
“My work is not about ‘forms follows function ‘ but ‘ form follows beauty’
or even better ,’form follows feminine’’’

5. MAJOR WORKS
Un Headquarters , New York city.
Oscar neimeyer international cultural centre , spain.
Ibirapuera audtorium , sao paulo.
 The pampulha project
Civic buildings for brasilia:
o National congress building, brazil.
oMinistry of external relations, brazil.
oCathedral of brazil.
Oscar niemeyer museum

7. ARCHITECT : OSCAR NIEMEYER
YEAR OF CONSTRUCTURE :1959-1970
LOCATION : BRASILIA,BRAZIL

8. A concrete- framed hyperboloid
structure appears with its glass roof
to be reaching up, open , to heaven.
Most of the cathedral is below ground
with only the 70 meter( 230ft)
diameter 42 meter(138ft) roof of
cathedral and the bell tower visible
above ground .
The sixteen concrete columns with a
very peculiar shape appear to be
reaching up towards the sky to
represent two hands.

9. Figuratively guarding the
exterior of the church stand
four bronze sculptures, each 3m
high.
These represent the evangelist
and were made with the help of
dante croce in 1968.More
sculpture can be seen inside the
nave ,where three angels are
suspended by steel cables
Ranging in the size from 2.22 to
4.25m long and weighing 100kg-
300kg each , these were
completed by alfredo
ceschiatti and dante croce in 1970.
Hand –painted ceramic teils cover
the walls of the oval shaped baptistery
done by Athos Bulcao in 1977.

10. At the entrance of the cathedral is a pillar with passages from the life of mary ,
mother of jesus , painted by Athos.
A 12-meter (39ft) wide 40 centimeter (16 in ) deep reflecting pool surrounds
the cathedral roof ,helping to cool the catheral . visitors pass under this pool
when entering the cathedral.
Details of the interoir include stained glass window ,with different shades of
blue ,white and brown .These were pieced together to fit between the steel
columns , into 30m high triangles that run 10m across.

11. Visitor enter into the cathedral
through a dark tunnel and
emerge into a bright space with
a glass roof.
The outer roof of the cathedral
is composed of sixteen pieces of
fiberglass , each 10 meter (33ft)
wide at the base and 30 meters
(98ft)long inserted between the
concrete pillars .
Under this is suspended a
2,000- square –meter
(2,000 sq ft) stained glass work
originally created in 1990 by
marianne peretti , in shades of
blue, green ,white,and brown.