NIEMEYER WAY

NIEMEYER WAY

•A SET OF 10 BUILDINGS

•DESIGNED BY THE ARCHITECT OSCAR NIEMEYER

•LOCATED IN NITEROI CITY , ALONGSIDE GUANABARA BAY

•NEXT TO RIO

GUANABARA BAY

RIO

NITEROI

RIO and NITEROI

NITEROI

THE ACCESS TO NITEROI

FROM RIO

•TWENTY MINUTES BY CAR CROSSING THE BRIDGE

•TEN MINUTES BY FERRY BOAT

FERRY BOAT

GUANABARA BAY

BRIDGE

THE NIEMEYER WAY IN NITEROI

POPULAR SQUARE

FERRY BOAT STATION

THE BUILDINGS

OSCAR NIEMEYER FOUNDATION

POPULAR THEATER

CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL

BAPTIST CATHEDRAL

JK SQUARE

MOVIE THEATER CENTER

CONTEMPORARY ART

MUSEUM NEW FERRY BOAT STATION

THE MAIN BUILDINGS - OVERVIEW

POPULAR SQUARE

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BAPTIST

CATHEDRAL

OSCAR NIEMEYER

FOUNDATIONPOPULAR THEATER

CATHOLIC

CATHEDRAL

MEMORIAL

PARKING LOT

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DRAWINGSDRAWINGS

POPULAR THEATER - OVERVIEW

•TOTAL AREA: 3500M²

•SMALL SHOWS FOR 400 PEOPLE INSIDE THE THEATER

•BIG SHOWS FOR 10.000 PEOPLE IN A HUGE AREA OUTSIDE THE THEATER

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OSCAR NIEMEYER FOUNDATION - OVERVIEW

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•TOTAL AREA: 4000m2

•ROOMS FOR EXPOSITIONS

•ROOMS FOR ART, DRAWING, SCULPTURE AND PAINTING CLASSES

•AUDITORIUM FOR 150 PEOPLE

•A 2000M² AREA TO EXHIBIT THE OSCAR NIEMEYER COLLECTION

BAPTIST CATHEDRAL - OVERVIEW

•TOTAL AREA: 6400M²

•CAPACITY: 5000 PEOPLE IN THE MAIN HALL

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CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL - OVERVIEW

•TOTAL AREA: 5000M²

•CAPACITY: 5000 PEOPLE

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JK SQUARE - OVERVIEW

•AN UNDERGROUND PARKING LOT FOR 300 CARS

MOVIE THEATER CENTER - OVERVIEW

•TOTAL AREA: 8.300M²

•6 EXHIBITION ROOMS

•AUDITORIUM 1000 PEOPLE

•EXPOSITION ROOM

•CINEMA MUSEUM

•MOVIE FESTIVALS

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CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM - OVERVIEW

•TOTAL AREA: 6500m²

•EXPOSITION ROOMS

•AUDITORIUM

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NEW CHARITAS FERRY BOAT STATION - OVERVIEW

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DRAWINGSDRAWINGS

CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM - PICTURE

CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM - PICTURE

CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM - PICTURE

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CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM - PICTURE

•Saturday (1991 - 10h)

•Oscar Niemeyer decides about the location

•Beautiful location!

CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM - CREATION

•Monday (8h)

•First design almost done

•To be completed with details

•First architetonic sketch

CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM - CREATION

•Architetonic and structural solution

CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM - CREATION

CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM - CREATION

Necessary explanation

“Sometimes a project takes time to be defined. In other projects the

solution comes quickly, as if we had spent a long time on it.

That is what has happened here”

(Niemeyer)

CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM - CREATION

CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM - CREATION

CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM - CREATION

CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM - CREATION

CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM - CREATION

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POPULAR THEATER - PICTURE

POPULAR THEATER - PICTURE

POPULAR THEATER - PICTURE

POPULAR THEATER - PICTURE

POPULAR THEATER - PICTURE

POPULAR THEATER - PICTURE

POPULAR THEATER - PICTURE

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POPULAR THEATER - PICTURE

POPULAR THEATER - DRAWING

POPULAR THEATER - PICTURE

POPULAR THEATER - PICTURE

POPULAR THEATER - PICTURE

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POPULAR THEATER - PICTURE

OSCAR NIEMEYER FOUNDATION - PICTURE

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OSCAR NIEMEYER FOUNDATION - PICTURE

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NEW CHARITAS FERRY BOAT STATION - PICTURE

NEW CHARITAS FERRY BOAT STATION - PICTURE

NEW CHARITAS FERRY BOAT STATION - PICTURE

NEW CHARITAS FERRY BOAT STATION - PICTURE

NEW CHARITAS FERRY BOAT STATION - PICTURE

NEW CHARITAS FERRY BOAT STATION - PICTURE

NEW CHARITAS FERRY BOAT STATION - PICTURE

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NEW CHARITAS FERRY BOAT STATION - PICTURE

POPULAR SQUARE - PICTURE

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POPULAR SQUARE - PICTURE

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POPULAR SQUARE - DRAWING

BAPTIST CATHEDRAL - DRAWING

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BAPTIST CATHEDRAL - DRAWING

CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL - DRAWING

CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL - DRAWING

CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL - DRAWING

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CATHOLIC CATHEDRAL - DRAWING

MOVIE THEATER CENTER - DRAWING

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MOVIE THEATER CENTER - DRAWING

BUILDINGSDIMENTIONS ( METERS)

AREA (m²)

HEIGHT LENGTH WIDTH

THEATER 15 50 35 3.500

FOUNDATION ON 20 40,00 (diameter) 4.000

CATOLIC CATHEDRAL 60 40,00 (diameter) 5000

BAPTIST CATHEDRAL 15 80 80 6.400

FERRY BOAT STATION 12 20 80 43.000

ROBERTO SILVEIRA MEMORIAL 7 25 12 350

MOVIE THEATER CENTER

12 100 25

9.300

15 36 (diameter)

CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM 1540 (diameter)

 4.500

CONTACT

Rodrigo Figueiredo

E-mail: rodrigo@figueiredo.com