Having seen photos of Niemeyer's beautiful building for the modern art museum I knew I couldn't leave without a visit. So we hopped on a ferry to cross the river from Rio center to Niteroi. Half an hour's walk after landing we turned a corner to be hit with the view below.
It's the kind of building I would have drawn as a ten year old when designing my fantasy town of the future. The comparisons to a flying saucer are obvious though the architect himself compared his design to a flower, emerging upon a stem from a reflecting pool of water, atop a green outcrop of land.
Sugarloaf Mountain in the distance mirroring the line of the museum wall.
Inside the museum was a collection of Brazilian Concretist art- all very geometric and interesting- and some more random works on an above floor including some good pieces on censorship during the dictatorship and some interactive fun as modelled by Rach. The star of the show though was most definitely the building itself.
Looking across the bay back towards Rio, from within the museum.
Having seen photos of Niemeyer's beautiful building for the modern art museum I knew I couldn't leave without a visit. So we hopped on a ferry to cross the river from Rio center to Niteroi. Half an hour's walk after landing we turned a corner to be hit with the view below.
It's the kind of building I would have drawn as a ten year old when designing my fantasy town of the future. The comparisons to a flying saucer are obvious though the architect himself compared his design to a flower, emerging upon a stem from a reflecting pool of water, atop a green outcrop of land.
Sugarloaf Mountain in the distance mirroring the line of the museum wall.
Inside the museum was a collection of Brazilian Concretist art- all very geometric and interesting- and some more random works on an above floor including some good pieces on censorship during the dictatorship and some interactive fun as modelled by Rach. The star of the show though was most definitely the building itself.
Looking across the bay back towards Rio, from within the museum.
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