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I lived in Rio for 3 years and every time I saw a building or design that didn't seem to fit, invariably it was a Niemeyer work or inspired by Niemeyer. You can
by seeingfurther 12y ago
I lived in Rio for 3 years and every time I saw a building or design that didn't seem to fit, invariably it was a Niemeyer work or inspired by Niemeyer. You can still find the old Portuguese architecture in spots but you really have to look for it <sigh> maybe I'm just not modern enough.
- sanoli 12y agoLived in Rio for long time and always go there to visit. Agree with you, Niemeyer stuff is just out of place, and some just look like badly aged sci-fi. Here in Sao Paulo there's this little mall on the first floor of one of his buildings, and none of the stores have bathrooms. I was told by an architect that Niemeyer, being a communist, wanted bathrooms to be collective. So you have to go up a flight of stairs and pee in this dark, dungeon-like cave that nobody uses anyway.