Strange Buildings » Brazil http://www.strangebuildings.com Strange Buildings from Around the World for The Lovers of Unusual Architecture. Virtual tour to the best travel destinations. Tue, 27 Dec 2011 20:37:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 Museum of Contemporary Art (Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) http://www.strangebuildings.com/museum-of-contemporary-art-niteroi-rio-de-janeiro-brazil/ http://www.strangebuildings.com/museum-of-contemporary-art-niteroi-rio-de-janeiro-brazil/#comments Sun, 27 Dec 2009 13:01:38 +0000 Strange Architect http://www.strangebuildings.com/?p=39

Location: Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Date: completed in 1996

Architect: Oscar Niemeyer with the assistance of structural engineer Bruno Contarini

Purpose: museum

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More info: A wide access slope leads to a Hall of Expositions, which has a capacity for sixty people. Two doors lead to the viewing gallery, through which can be seen the Guanabara Bay, Rio de Janeiro, and Sugarloaf Mountain. The saucer-shaped modernist structure, which has been likened to a UFO, is set on a cliffside, at the bottom of which is a beach. In the film “Oscar Niemeyer, an architect committed to his century”, Niemeyer is seen flying over Rio de Janeiro in a UFO which then lands on the site, suggesting this to be the origin of the museum.

(Image credits: 1: Rafael Lopes – Dillbert, 2,3: Rodrigo_Soldon, 4: nicolasnova )

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