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Modern Brazilian Architecture

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Introduction
Architecture has always emerged through the subjective imaginations, cultural up bringing's, native countries (Location) and even political stance of certain individuals this has influenced architects all over the world to build the way they do. There is no strict discipline to modern architecture like the classical designs and rule of the past and no boundary to what and architect can conjure up. In this essay I will discuss how man-made structures and nature can work together in the modernization of Brazil and take on board the thoughts of other Architects toward Oscar Niemayar primarily his Personal House "Das Canoas House" Das Canoas "Niemeyer House" was designed 1951 as his family home bringing a start to modernism to …show more content…

Fig 1 Outside Area and Pool of Casa das Canoas, Rio de Janeiro
The large boulder fuses together the outside and the inside without looking out of place

I. Features
An interesting feature of his building is the combination of minimalist architect and organic architecture merges effortlessly with its surroundings.
Ciro Pirondi say "Its integration with the trees and with the mountain makes it look like that construction has always been there". ( Oscar Niemeyer / Classic and Unseen pg148)
As Das Canoas does not support the idea of geometric regularity, it does however show a clear tribute to Farnworth House, although its formal purity was not altered. The evolution of reinforced concrete into modern building can be seen clearly from Mies designs to Niemeyer's, architects began to make full use off it manipulating it as they pleased into structures many years after its resistance to bending was established. Niemeyer's residence was designed because of his intention to be free from any restrictions and limitations, smoothly shape the environment and adjust to any irregularities in the area. He saw it as the only way to achieve the feeling wherein the vegetation had fully penetrated his …show more content…

Niemeyer had a particular interest in Surrealist Sculptures of Yves Tanguy and Jean Carzou which may have had an impact in the objects in his architecture such as the boulder serving as a surreal stumbling block the is positioned between the pool and house . 'Oscar Niemeyer and Brazil Free-form Modernism. Canoas is also proof of Le Corbusier's observation that "passion can create drama out of inert stone" (D.Underwood pg62). The presence of the rock gives a dominating impression at first glance, Niemeyer's view and design has given it a harmonious effect, leading a person back to the nature, without making itself as an inconvenience in the

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