<story><title>Oscar Niemeyer’s French communist party headquarters</title><url>https://interiordesign.net/projects/oscar-niemeyer-s-french-communist-party-headquarters-brings-a-sensual-brazilian-lilt-to-paris/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>diego_moita</author><text>I worked for 3 months in a building projected by Oscar Niemeyer. It was an horrible experience.&lt;p&gt;The building is on this foto [1], the Jetsons-like structure in the front didn&amp;#x27;t exist back then. It was just the long white slab on the back, without windows. Behind there is a preserved rainforest. The place is very humid and, for aesthetic reasons, the building had no windows and horrible ventilation. It was cold and very moldy and respiratory diseases were very common among the staff.&lt;p&gt;As some people say in Brazil, as an architect, Niemeyer was a very good sculptor.&lt;p&gt;However, some brazilian disciples of him (e.g: Ruy Ohtake) are actually careful about the comfort and well being within their projects.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;curitibaspace.com.br&amp;#x2F;wp-content&amp;#x2F;uploads&amp;#x2F;2016&amp;#x2F;08&amp;#x2F;Museu-Oscar-Niemeyer-MON-Curitiba-Space-2.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;curitibaspace.com.br&amp;#x2F;wp-content&amp;#x2F;uploads&amp;#x2F;2016&amp;#x2F;08&amp;#x2F;Muse...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>rbanffy</author><text>Coming from personal experience, his buildings are a mixed bag. In São Paulo, the Copan building is an amazing architectural and social experiment - it has from single bedroom studios to much bigger units, in a building that was intended to bring those different social contexts together.&lt;p&gt;OTOH, other buildings are woefully impractical. Niemeyer was a brilliant sculptor, but living and working in his sculptures is frequently challenging.&lt;p&gt;Still, most of the time it&amp;#x27;s like living in a utopian science-fiction movie. And that&amp;#x27;s insanely cool by itself.</text></comment>
<story><title>Oscar Niemeyer’s French communist party headquarters</title><url>https://interiordesign.net/projects/oscar-niemeyer-s-french-communist-party-headquarters-brings-a-sensual-brazilian-lilt-to-paris/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>diego_moita</author><text>I worked for 3 months in a building projected by Oscar Niemeyer. It was an horrible experience.&lt;p&gt;The building is on this foto [1], the Jetsons-like structure in the front didn&amp;#x27;t exist back then. It was just the long white slab on the back, without windows. Behind there is a preserved rainforest. The place is very humid and, for aesthetic reasons, the building had no windows and horrible ventilation. It was cold and very moldy and respiratory diseases were very common among the staff.&lt;p&gt;As some people say in Brazil, as an architect, Niemeyer was a very good sculptor.&lt;p&gt;However, some brazilian disciples of him (e.g: Ruy Ohtake) are actually careful about the comfort and well being within their projects.&lt;p&gt;[1] &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;curitibaspace.com.br&amp;#x2F;wp-content&amp;#x2F;uploads&amp;#x2F;2016&amp;#x2F;08&amp;#x2F;Museu-Oscar-Niemeyer-MON-Curitiba-Space-2.jpg&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;curitibaspace.com.br&amp;#x2F;wp-content&amp;#x2F;uploads&amp;#x2F;2016&amp;#x2F;08&amp;#x2F;Muse...&lt;/a&gt;</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>Gibbon1</author><text>Theory of mine is that there are things that go into how buildings look, materials and current tradition. But also the actual tools an architect uses.&lt;p&gt;Oscar Niemeyer like others of his ilk were really really fond of drafting machines. Drafting machines encourage long straight lines and right angles.&lt;p&gt;CAD is the same except now with splines.</text></comment>