WEEK 1: RESEARCH ON ARCHITECTS + CONCEPTS 1. OSCAR NIEMEYER 1907 - 2012 Brazilian architect Key developer of modern architecture Lauded + criticised for being "sculptor of monuments" "the architect who eradicated the straight line" Strongly influenced by Le Corbusier Abstract forms + curves - " I am not attracted to straight angles or to the straight line, hard 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 woman. Curves make up the entire Universe, the curved Universe of Einstein" "I consciously ignored the highly praised right angle and the rational architecture of T-squares and triangles," he said, "in order to wholeheartedly enter the world of curves and new shapes made possible by the introduction of concrete into the building process." Un...
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