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Oscar Niemeyer Curved Lines: Few Words Many Sentences

In: Architecture and Mathematics from Antiquity to the Future

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  • Benamy Turkienicz

    (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Faculdade de Arquitetura)

  • Rosirene Mayer

    (Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Faculdade de Arquitetura)

Abstract

This study is aimed at the description of the curves that identify the architecture of Oscar Niemeyer and it is based on the geometrical structure of the identity of buildings belonging to the so-called style of Niemeyer. Niemeyer is widely known for his inventive attitude and conceptual freedom, both associated with the use of curved surfaces, often called “free forms.” The original steps of Niemeyer’s strategy are based on two types of curves: in the parabola and in the arc of circular circumference added by the line segment. Starting from these two curves, he further develops operations such as rotation, translation, reflection, intersection, scaling (parametric curves) and addition. There exists enough evidence to postulate that Niemeyer used classical rules of proportion as an intrinsic feature of his work even in his very recent projects. The identification of the geometrical structure of Niemeyer’s language is the key factor for the analysis and the syntactical description of his work.

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  • Benamy Turkienicz & Rosirene Mayer, 2015. "Oscar Niemeyer Curved Lines: Few Words Many Sentences," Springer Books, in: Kim Williams & Michael J. Ostwald (ed.), Architecture and Mathematics from Antiquity to the Future, edition 127, chapter 0, pages 389-405, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:sprchp:978-3-319-00143-2_26
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-00143-2_26
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