As Oscar Niemeyer once said: “From a sketch architecture is born. And when it is beautiful and creates surprise, it can reach, being well conducted, the upper level of a work of art.” His Spirit lives on through his work and he will always be remembered as one of the founders of the global Architecture Modernist Movement, with his “free-flowing” curved lines. Even when he was 104 years old, it was admirable the Youth in his Spirit “eternally young”, his enormous Joy for Life.
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The main characteristics in Niemeyer’s architecture include free-flowing curves, weightless shapes that challenged the concepts that were usual in the middle of the 20th century and in this way finding new shapes for the reinforced concrete. Niemeyer pointed new pathways and concepts in Architecture, with his work. During his more than 70 years career, Niemeyer designed over 600 Projects revealing his complete dedication to Architecture. Niemeyer was clearly an architect “in love” with his profession.
One of Oscar Niemeyer’s main works include the Brasília Cathedral, which was mentioned once by Sir Norman Foster as “a dancer in absolute balance”, where it feels like there is no gravity holding its structure, where it is totally free.