O sistema estrutural na obra de Oscar Niemeyer
AUTOR(ES)
Leonardo da Silveira Pirillo Inojosa
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
2010
RESUMO
Oscar Niemeyer states that architecture and structure should develop together. However, what is normally seen is a distance between these two elements of construction. This work shows a group of important constructions where the structural system had a important role in the final architectural design, as in the work of architects such as Affonso Reidy, Paulo Mendes da Rocha and João Filgueiras Lima, who knew, as only a few could, how to explore the relations between architecture and structure. The relation between form and structure is evident in Oscar Niemeyers work, his architecture being marked by the influence of Lucio Costa and the modernist architecture of Le Corbusier, that had just arrived in Brasil in the beginning of his career and that Niemeyer helped become revolutionary. His career is also affected by the constant presence of great engineers such as Joaquim Cardozo and José Carlos Sussekind, who, participating in the projects since the beginning of the creative process, created works that are known by the revealing structure and great technological challenges. Two of those challenges, from the period of the construction of Brasilia, when Niemeyer says he most valorized the structure, are analyzed in this work. The first one is the Igrejinha Nossa Senhora de Fátima, where the architecture is totally defined by the structure of the chapel. The second is the inverted dome of the Câmara dos Deputados, which with its unusual form causes surprise in the visitors and was one of the great challenges of the engineer Joaquim Cardozo. Through analysis using computer softwares known in the academic fields, we could collect enough data to allow us to understand how the choices for the structural solutions made by the architect or the engineer during the projectual process could result in such innovative monuments.
ASSUNTO(S)
estrutura brasília oscar niemeyer arquitetura e urbanismo structure brasília oscar niemeyer
