Oscar Niemeyer designed the first building of this complex in 1967, an educational institute in the brutalist modernist style of the time. In 2002, it became part of Niemeyer’s 35,000m2 Novo Museu (later renamed Oscar Niemeyer Museum), creating an interesting dynamic as a new function was introduced. As an emphasis on the visual arts, a monumental symbol of the eye takes a rather post-modern turn in the annex.
Located in Curitiba (Paraná), Brazil, the white, Platonic modernism stands as a cultural icon, also considering its history as education and civic administration facilities.
(Marcelo Pereto– flickr/creative commons license)
(kathia shieh– flickr/creative commons license)
(kathia shieh– flickr/creative commons license)
(kathia shieh– flickr/creative commons license)
(Eduardo Nogueira– flickr/creative commons license)
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(Thomas Locke Hobbs– flickr/creative commons license)
(Thomas Locke Hobbs– flickr/creative commons license)
(Thomas Locke Hobbs– flickr/creative commons license)
