Oscar Niemeyer : The last modern architect

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  • Опубліковано 16 гру 2024

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  • @Prabhu149
    @Prabhu149 Рік тому +131

    Man, Netflix should officially hire you for a docuseries like this. Brilliant work, the visuals, the music choice, Everything is so articulate 👌

    • @blessedarch
      @blessedarch  Рік тому +2

      Thank you so much

    • @smb123211
      @smb123211 Рік тому

      Get serious - Netflix likes things like the Goop Lab, Supersize Me and sensational crimes.

    • @doudeau1988
      @doudeau1988 Рік тому +1

      Bro I stopped paying for Netflix and switched to UA-cam premium. I have all the content I want here and all the music I want.

    • @smb123211
      @smb123211 Рік тому

      @@doudeau1988 I quit Netflix months ago when I saw what they were charging and how I watched virtually nothing. I have Roku, get Hulu from my granddaughter and will get Apple when the shows complete the season. Yet I know folks who have Disney, HBO, Hulu, Netflix, Prime, Acorn, etc. A small fortune..

  • @rinaldodelucca8073
    @rinaldodelucca8073 11 місяців тому +39

    I interviewed Oscar Niemeyer in his office in November 1989. He talked to me and my friends for two hours and allowed us to visit Das Canoas House. He was a very humble man and we also talked about politics and football (soccer).
    I will cherish this memory forever.

    • @blessedarch
      @blessedarch  11 місяців тому +2

      Thats incredible ❤️

  • @arte2arquiteto
    @arte2arquiteto Місяць тому +4

    I had the privilege of knowing and working with Oscar in the early to mid-2000s. During that time, I witnessed some of the most remarkable creations of his career in the Atlantic Avenue office. I consider him both a friend and a mentor, as he taught me invaluable lessons that I still hold onto today. I miss him greatly and cherish the moments I spent with him and his family.

  • @mikeheap7978
    @mikeheap7978 Рік тому +26

    Whether you like modern architecture of not this mans designs never offend the eye. The forms are imaginative yet simplistic, a true genius.

  • @igordantax
    @igordantax Рік тому +16

    Such a beatiful tribute to one of the greatest of all time! As a brazilian architect, Oscar was, and still is for me, an endless source of inspiration, in architecture and in life! You did justice to his legacy! Congrats!

  • @truebras
    @truebras Рік тому +7

    Beautifully told history of Oscar Niemeyer. I visited Brasilia first time in 1974. Back then the city was in its teens of existence. All the buildings designed by Niemeyer still gleaming and in Brazil, the modern architecture was on its height. The city itself wasn’t teaming with life. Most people that lived in the “Super Quadras”, the planned super blocks, didn’t necessarily enjoyed to live in them. Like many large urban planned projects, the designing of buildings and infrastructure didn’t take in consideration how actually humans interact de facto with it. “Brasilia urban master plan looks beautiful from the air but it wasn’t built for human scale”. That was a popular saying from that time. The “cidades satélites” or satelite cities around Brasilia where the majority of workforce that built Brasilia were housed and later became permanent settlement of those that decided to stay after the capital was done. These were basically non planned cities and had severe lack of infrastructure. They were basically “favelas”.
    It took some time for Brasilia become a place where the majority of its inhabitants enjoy living there. Ironically, when city planners started dropping what was planned from original urban master plan and let it grow in an organic manner, people started enjoy there.
    Brasilia wasn’t the first planned city in Brazil. Belo Horizonte, the biggest city in the state of Minas Gerais where once president Juscelino Kubitscheck was the governor and Curitiba in the South Eastern region were also planned cities. But perhaps because their implementation was more about of organizing the streets and roads than determining separation of zoning for government administration, commercial and residential, these cities grew in more organic way and they residents didn’t face the same problems of first residents of Brasilia.
    Many of built projects of Niemeyer may face preservation challenges since the oldest ones are more than 70 years now. I remember that the Niemeyer’s complex o Pampulha as one of them. So, it is buildings at Ibiraquera Park.
    I do agree that much of his work in the 1980’s at least in Brazil didn’t live to standards of work that he did previous decades.
    I do like a lot of his work of later years. The museum in Niterói is one of my favorite projects.
    Just prior to his death a Brazilian TV channel made a long interview with Niemeyer. I hope you had chance to see it.
    Thanks for posting this video.

  • @eugeniob.1151
    @eugeniob.1151 Рік тому +8

    Un architetto ed uomo straordinario, che ha attraversato con stile ed eleganza il XX secolo e tutte le sue brutture. Ottimo video!!!

  • @paulocembranelli5514
    @paulocembranelli5514 9 місяців тому +2

    As a Brazilian I would like to thank you for the best documentary ever
    on Oscar Neimeyer, due to politics, religion, the military and all the conservative forces, Neimeyer has not gotten the recognition he deserves...

  • @demha5775
    @demha5775 Рік тому +5

    I've long known of Niemeyer and familiar with his work, but I never really knew much of his life story. Thanks for creating such an enjoyable and informative video on him. You made me more interested about him than before.

  • @oliverlondon5246
    @oliverlondon5246 Рік тому +31

    Very good documentary and great presentation. Many thanks for that. What a talent. I love Oskar Niemeyer’s work

  • @MokotediToday
    @MokotediToday Рік тому +6

    A wonderful tribute to one of the 20th century's greatest visionaries. Growing up in South Africa in the 70s and 80s, I was always awestruck by some of the buildings I saw. I later realised that they were part of a global movement that was arguably spearheaded by none other than Oscar Niemeyer. The missed utopian social ideals of modernist architecture are in my opion a result of political misalignment as opposed to what detractors might term as flawed philosophy.

  • @slavomt5832
    @slavomt5832 Рік тому +5

    A brilliantly made documentary, with beautiful narration, wonderful photos and undisguised admiration for Niemeyer's talent and personality. I watched it with great pleasure 🧡 I saw some of his works live, e.g. Museum in Niteroi... Greetings from Warsaw, Poland.

  • @zuzanna9089
    @zuzanna9089 Рік тому +5

    I watch your videos in a train whenever I travel back home after whole week of studying architecture. Tired, sometimes flustrated with too many thoughts in my head. I always end up being so inspired by your work and the great architects you present. The music, the quotes, the fotos and story telling ... Perfect. Just perfect content. Congratulations and greetings from Poland!

    • @blessedarch
      @blessedarch  Рік тому

      Thank you so much. This means a lot ❤️

  • @arturgodoy99
    @arturgodoy99 Рік тому +4

    Very nice! I was born and live in Brasília. With the short time you separated to talk about it you were able to expose clearly not only the good sides of the city but also the things that went wrong. Awesome video! Greetings from Brasil.

    • @blessedarch
      @blessedarch  Рік тому

      I am glad I was able to do it justice, thank you so much

  • @aleph71
    @aleph71 6 місяців тому +2

    Lindo! Wonderful video. Very aesthetical. Oscar would have liked. Thank you!

  • @Archdaystudio
    @Archdaystudio Рік тому +1

    Thanks, Father of modern architect. and thanks blessedArch
    My mind burned thinking: "what is he doing at the age of 22?, what achievements has he achieved at this age?, how is he so consistently studying hard in this industry?, how does he divide his time between personal matters and architecture?". From these questions I want to correlate my life at the age of 22 with his life for 22 years. So, I know that it will take decades to achieve the achievements mentioned by native speakers. so I can find out my current abilities and his habits at that time. So I can conclude that I need to study, work hard and allocate time to reach this point. 😊😊

  • @MrGuto
    @MrGuto Рік тому +4

    This is really excellent! Very good documentary, well produced and edited.

  • @Mr67Stanger
    @Mr67Stanger Рік тому +2

    A great documentary. Very well illustrated and narrated. In my country, Puerto Rico, there are many modernist-style buildings that resemble Neimayer's style and language. Mostly in San Juan and Ponce.

  • @Nahalmeida29
    @Nahalmeida29 Рік тому +13

    What an incredible video!
    Congratulations on your research. Even though I am a Brazilian architect and had this artist as inspiration, I learned a lot from your video!
    If you want to make a video about the landscaper Roberto Burle Max one day, he complements Oscar's works to become more grandiose. He mastered the technique of the beauty of forest and concrete.

    • @claudiofeldman
      @claudiofeldman Рік тому +1

      Yes,Burle Marx was another Great artist too!

    • @charlottes8127
      @charlottes8127 6 місяців тому +1

      He is a landscape architect

  • @thabontai2714
    @thabontai2714 Рік тому +15

    First of all, I'd like to respect the fact that his passion for architecture was so strong that he decided to chase his dream at the age of 21 and went on to live a beautiful life producing beautiful architecture. This video really inspires me because I too hope to become one of the greats. I am at the age of 22 and this video has shown me that with the desire to chase my dreams, I too will achieve greatness. Not saying I'm going to leave school and start working😂, however, I will continue on my journey with a hunger to even cause as much of an uproar as Oscar caused.

  • @jmanuelgbernal9904
    @jmanuelgbernal9904 8 місяців тому +2

    Gran documental, felicitaciones

  • @Molloy1951
    @Molloy1951 11 місяців тому +2

    If you have ever been to Brasilia, you might understand why B.razil was called “the country of the future”.
    It's a masterpiece emboldening Brazilian aspirations.

  • @Gui_biscoito
    @Gui_biscoito Рік тому +4

    Que memorial estupendo! Parabéns pela excelente produção. Eu nasci em 1999 e minha geração conheceu muito pouco da vida de Niemeyer, que para nós brasileiros continua sendo um ícone, mas um tanto controverso. Hoje suas obras não são tão celebradas, estando em voga o neoecletismo da arquitetura contemporânea e há até mesmo aqueles que defendem o retorno do rigor clássico da academia pré-moderna, alegando falta de "alma" nos palácio projetados por Niemeyer. Confesso que não tenho muito apresso pelo modernismo, mas os palácio pensados por ele são inegavelmente surpreendentes, como monumentos funcionais. Os palácios da Alvorada e Itamaraty, para mim, são o ápice de sua atuação em Brasília. Agora, sobre as residências unifamiliares, elas marcaram muito a época e hoje estão um tanto defasadas (das poucas que sobraram, creio que há apenas quatro no Brasil, das quais apenas uma está no mercado imobiliário e não se tornou um museu). Apesar disso, o legado dele é imenso para nossa arquitetura, através dos cobogós, espelhos d'água e curva e contra curva do concreto armado. Ainda temos bons arquitetos, mas por enquanto não surgiram outras obras com um ar "futurista" e até mesmo de real "atemporalidade" que seus palácios e museus imprimem até os dias de hoje.

  • @guistranoet3942
    @guistranoet3942 Рік тому +1

    My favorite architect, a great socialist and and a national hero! Congratulations from Brazil, great video!

  • @michaellaforte6964
    @michaellaforte6964 Рік тому +3

    Thanks for this! Very well done. His work is majestic, timeless, inspired, hard to find work at this level today

  • @heraldocosta1469
    @heraldocosta1469 3 місяці тому

    Excellent video, well done over view of the life and art of Niemeyer. As a Brazilian he make us very proud of genius e avant-garde thinking.

  • @bydiegoandres
    @bydiegoandres Рік тому +1

    This documentary is marvelous, the best one about him. I love this man's work. The style, the drawings, how he represented my nation and our unique beauty. I am brazilian, and I see his buildings in the city I was born in, Belo Horizonte, and the city I grew up in, Diamantina. Great video!

  • @axl9674
    @axl9674 Рік тому +2

    Fui a Brasilia hace unos años, como arquitecto me parecio un lugar increible, un aplauso p este genio !

  • @ChrisMcVoy
    @ChrisMcVoy 5 місяців тому

    Thanks!

  • @danielaluft5034
    @danielaluft5034 4 місяці тому

    Very nicely compiled! Many thanks for your efforts to bring together information about one of the best and most interesting architects of all time and to honor him with this compilation! Best regards from Zurich, Daniela

  • @tiatialinakhjavani6000
    @tiatialinakhjavani6000 Рік тому +2

    Awe inspiring. Thank you so much for putting this together.

  • @zyabomhango3848
    @zyabomhango3848 Рік тому +4

    This was awesome! Really enjoyed watching it. 🤩 Thanks for putting this together.

  • @DanielleA2023
    @DanielleA2023 Рік тому +2

    Great video and analysis/biography/ assessment/review ❤

  • @M.A.K.666
    @M.A.K.666 Рік тому

    It feels so good coming back to modern contemporary architecture, when you see prof. James steven Curl, hating on „modernism“ in general because of lack of „ornament and human scale“. Architecture happens not on surfaces, but in between of them. Thank you for the documentary.

  • @SchroderPhotography
    @SchroderPhotography 5 місяців тому +2

    Fantastic documentary. Niemeier was amazing, imagine working to 104!

  • @sukhrajssehgal7210
    @sukhrajssehgal7210 Рік тому +4

    Nicely done buddy!
    Thoroughly enjoyed it!
    Though I am now curious about the painting behind Niemeyer in the frame at 35:10.
    Looks brilliant and maybe one of the inspirations of the mound-like elements he built.

    • @blessedarch
      @blessedarch  Рік тому +1

      I am not completely sure but It could be. i mean Oscar did use to say Form follows Feminine.

  • @yvonnenhan6838
    @yvonnenhan6838 Місяць тому

    Beautiful video and content! Great work! Thank you!

  • @pinogenti70
    @pinogenti70 Рік тому

    Thanks

  • @suburbanhomestead
    @suburbanhomestead Рік тому +1

    You sir are the best documentary writer I’ve seen in a long time. And you have a perfect narration voice that is very approachable. I personally don’t even like modernist architecture that much, but some of Oscar buildings are sublime. It may be precisely because he wasn’t afraid of beauty like the others that came before him.

  • @nclamar9311
    @nclamar9311 Рік тому +1

    bro keep these videos coming your good at what you do this is now the only way i can learn arch theory

  • @ibrahimbakr8788
    @ibrahimbakr8788 6 місяців тому +1

    Very very good documentary video.... Cangrulation..bro..

  • @momcc7882
    @momcc7882 Рік тому +2

    Loved this documentary it was very educational and interesting. Thank you

  • @rushabh.1112
    @rushabh.1112 Рік тому

    Thank you for bringing such a wast life of Oscar Sir to us. Being an architecture student i always seek for your videos when i had nothing to do. I would like to meet you in person once. Thank you once again

  • @zakiahassan5564
    @zakiahassan5564 6 місяців тому +1

    Plz keep up the good work

  • @themamo8249
    @themamo8249 Рік тому +4

    What a decumentry to be honest.
    Fair play blessed arch.

  • @abhijeet_singh31
    @abhijeet_singh31 Рік тому +1

    A Story I didn't knew I Much needed.
    Thnx

  • @chevadinesh6068
    @chevadinesh6068 10 місяців тому +2

    Ch-3 intro music 👌

  • @kpawils
    @kpawils 6 місяців тому +1

    nice my boy

  • @gersonsantos9564
    @gersonsantos9564 24 дні тому

    Great documentary! Keep grinding! 💪🏾

  • @claudiofeldman
    @claudiofeldman Рік тому +3

    I thought the video was very well done, very well narrated and created a good atmosphere, to talk about Niemeyer. (I studied his work a lot and visited several of his creations, I also read and bought Modulo Magazine, which one could find in Buenos Aires, SCA library, and some other Books written by the same. A great Man. Greetings, Thank you!

    • @blessedarch
      @blessedarch  Рік тому +1

      Thank you, I am glad you liked it

    • @paulchristian7693
      @paulchristian7693 Рік тому +1

      Creative people think differently have ideas we cannot imagine. 🤔

  • @reitsmaassociates
    @reitsmaassociates Рік тому +1

    Excellent presentation of an amazing Designer !!!

  • @IonBruma-l1w
    @IonBruma-l1w Рік тому +1

    Well done, mate! Keep going with your materials.

  • @adlr13470
    @adlr13470 3 місяці тому

    Whats an amazing piece of work.
    Thank you.

  • @liteswitvh
    @liteswitvh Місяць тому

    Excellent documentary!

  • @ceridavies3434
    @ceridavies3434 11 місяців тому +1

    Really interesting and informative. Well presented. Appreciated, thanks.

    • @blessedarch
      @blessedarch  11 місяців тому +1

      Thank you. Glad you liked it 😀

  • @onemansopinion1
    @onemansopinion1 11 місяців тому +1

    I love his Bologna product and Hot Dogs. So cool.

  • @akshaydube6215
    @akshaydube6215 Рік тому +1

    Very well done. Applause for the sheer amount of work.

  • @BirukHailu-us9gf
    @BirukHailu-us9gf 10 місяців тому +1

    Thank you.

  • @mikehenson819
    @mikehenson819 5 місяців тому

    You did an amazing job on this !
    I found it informative and engaging.
    Thank you!

  • @studiocave2378
    @studiocave2378 Рік тому

    I wish these documentaries existed during my college days... my perspective towards the Architect and Architecture would have been completely different.

  • @piotrusmail4
    @piotrusmail4 Рік тому

    Wspaniały film i wspaniały bohater!

  • @zakiahassan5564
    @zakiahassan5564 6 місяців тому +1

    This is so cool

  • @leomelina5468
    @leomelina5468 10 місяців тому +1

    Bravo!!!😊

  • @henriquedecarvalho6245
    @henriquedecarvalho6245 Рік тому

    Very good video.
    Only one correction: Oscar didn’t give up architecture school. He graduated properly. After graduation, he worked drawing for other architects at home (at night) while he worked at Lúcio Costa’s office without salary. That was the time he took part at the 1936 project with Corbusier.

  • @joseraul65
    @joseraul65 Рік тому +1

    Beautifully done!

  • @dt-qh2cj
    @dt-qh2cj Рік тому

    Well made film! Thank you, I enjoyed this very much!

  • @khangle8231
    @khangle8231 11 місяців тому +2

    Gropius’s comment about the mass production is a bit funny lol. Considering the context that Oscar’s work is never the same. He is talking Bauhaus to the wrong guy lol

  • @ralphehlers849
    @ralphehlers849 7 місяців тому

    Wonderful - inspiring

  • @bernardmaree790
    @bernardmaree790 Рік тому +1

    Amazing video with incredible insights to what socialism in architecture can do and how modernism has influenced it. It creates interesting possibilities for the individuals architectural thought process and even more theoretical conversations to be had.

    • @blessedarch
      @blessedarch  Рік тому

      Thank you and yes, a lot of the architecture of the 20th century was linked with various social and political ideologies and it is interesting to see and talk about how these issues trickle down into design thinking.

  • @aidakalefa659
    @aidakalefa659 Рік тому

    Great presentation. Many thanks

    • @blessedarch
      @blessedarch  Рік тому +1

      Thank you so much. Glad you liked it :D

  • @tomlouisstrzebkowski4070
    @tomlouisstrzebkowski4070 Рік тому

    such a great production. Thank you :)

  • @jackc5315
    @jackc5315 Рік тому

    This was so awesome. Thank you.

  • @jessicaT12345
    @jessicaT12345 Рік тому

    this docu is incredible!!!!

  • @eosmin2029
    @eosmin2029 Рік тому

    amazing docu!

  • @dhyeypatel8615
    @dhyeypatel8615 Рік тому +1

    A very great documentary keep it up

  • @macpadua
    @macpadua Рік тому

    Congratulation. I was surprised, you know much more about the life of this master of architecture than many Brazilians, unfortunately.

  • @Felipe.Amancio
    @Felipe.Amancio 5 місяців тому +1

    His latest project is being built in the city of Belo Horizonte. It is the Christ the King Cathedral. (Catedral Cristo Rei).

  • @mohammedabdulwahid1434
    @mohammedabdulwahid1434 Рік тому

    great presentation

  • @lemilemi5385
    @lemilemi5385 19 днів тому

    Thank you

  • @toriniti737
    @toriniti737 Рік тому

    Adorei esse video. Parabéns !

  • @kaps.
    @kaps. Рік тому

    I love this. Pls don't stop making these

  • @filmstuff0
    @filmstuff0 Рік тому

    This was amazing

  • @Samuelsongwe
    @Samuelsongwe Рік тому

    Clean production good music selection

  • @rca-in-glasgow6781
    @rca-in-glasgow6781 Рік тому

    Well done. Thanks!

  • @SuprioAongon
    @SuprioAongon Рік тому

    Excellent job done

  • @Chris.Davies
    @Chris.Davies Рік тому +1

    My Brazilian relatives have a house and a set of stables designed by Oscar. :)

  • @claudioluismolina1042
    @claudioluismolina1042 Рік тому

    Gracias, muy interesante y agradecido

  • @carloselv9046
    @carloselv9046 Рік тому

    Congratulationss!!!! AMAZINGGG WORK

  • @randygeyer7673
    @randygeyer7673 Рік тому

    Delightful! :)

  • @zmobarak
    @zmobarak Рік тому

    Great video thanks

  • @KC-lc8dx
    @KC-lc8dx Рік тому

    Awesome!

  • @garvilpatel1369
    @garvilpatel1369 Рік тому

    Very good Documentary on modern architect with best explantion through storytelling that too in parts. Do look on 12:28-12:30 time frame for a glitch of frame otherwise video is truly infomative

    • @blessedarch
      @blessedarch  Рік тому

      Actually because that shot is from google earth, the camera while rotating just entered one of the buildings for a frame, I should have correct the path tho in the final render, will take care of it in the future. And I am glad you liked the video.

  • @derekdurst9984
    @derekdurst9984 Рік тому

    Very well done! I've subscribed...

  • @mellis966
    @mellis966 Рік тому

    Well Done! Great Narrative!

  • @SriChaanthanaKabaaleeshwer
    @SriChaanthanaKabaaleeshwer Рік тому

    When will your architecture graphics and rhino course be made available again ?....its not available on the website

  • @ahnaf_ameer_ashraf
    @ahnaf_ameer_ashraf Рік тому

    Loved 🤩 it

  • @marcosmenescal2962
    @marcosmenescal2962 Рік тому

    I shot a documentary for Discovery Channel about him and I had the privilege to stay by his side for 2 months. One interesting fact that most people don't know, he designed a house for his personal chauffeur (driver) in a Favela in Rio.

    • @blessedarch
      @blessedarch  Рік тому +1

      That is so amazing. Thank you for sharing that. Is that documentary available to watch somewhere?

    • @marcosmenescal2962
      @marcosmenescal2962 Рік тому +1

      @@blessedarch look for "Oscar Niemeyer, an Architect Committed to his Century" directed by Marc-Wajnberg. Unfortunetely, we did not shoot his driver's project in the slum.

  • @estebanfrisch2536
    @estebanfrisch2536 Рік тому

    Magnificent!

  • @amreshsc1024
    @amreshsc1024 Рік тому

    inspiring documentary

  • @cesarcortes3891
    @cesarcortes3891 Рік тому +1

    Lately I’ve got interested in Modernism, specially Le corbusier and Louis Kahn’s work, after watching this documentary I couldn’t ignored Niemeyer’s work. Great work and inspiration for young architects;also I want to thank you for your great work with this documentary