Masters of concrete
In this devided image I managed to capture the work of two of my favorite architects in a single shot. The splitting line was drawn afterwards, to show that I originally wanted to create two separate compositions as a mark of respect for these masters of reinforced concrete, but on second thoughts, the connection between the two of them is more than valuable.
The white "Volcano", with a theatre inside, on the left, was created by the Brasilian architect Oscar Niemeyer and on the right a hallmark is shown, from the French city designer and architect Auguste Perret.
Located on the English Channel in Normandy, the city of Le Havre was severely bombed by the Allies during the Second World War. The destroyed area was rebuilt between 1945 and 1964 according to the plan of a team of architects and town planners headed by Auguste Perret. The site forms the administrative, commercial and cultural centre of Le Havre. Among the many reconstructed cities, Le Havre is exceptional for its unity and integrity, associating a reflection of the earlier pattern of the city and its extant historic structures with the new ideas of town planning and construction technology. It is an outstanding post-war example of urban planning and architecture, based on the unity of methodology and the use of prefabrication, the systematic utilization of a modular grid and the innovative exploitation of the potential of concrete.
Auguste Perret wanted Place Gambetta (shown in the image) to be once more the artistic and cultural centre of the city.
Oscar Niemeyer was the one to fulfill Perret’s ambition, between 1978 and 1982. Therefore the two architects show each other off: the free and fluid lines of Oscar Niemeyer echo the majestic and orthogonal ones of Auguste Perret in admirable fashion.
Part of the album Oscar Niemeyer:
www.flickr.com/photos/fransvanhoogstraten/albums/72177720...
Masters of concrete
In this devided image I managed to capture the work of two of my favorite architects in a single shot. The splitting line was drawn afterwards, to show that I originally wanted to create two separate compositions as a mark of respect for these masters of reinforced concrete, but on second thoughts, the connection between the two of them is more than valuable.
The white "Volcano", with a theatre inside, on the left, was created by the Brasilian architect Oscar Niemeyer and on the right a hallmark is shown, from the French city designer and architect Auguste Perret.
Located on the English Channel in Normandy, the city of Le Havre was severely bombed by the Allies during the Second World War. The destroyed area was rebuilt between 1945 and 1964 according to the plan of a team of architects and town planners headed by Auguste Perret. The site forms the administrative, commercial and cultural centre of Le Havre. Among the many reconstructed cities, Le Havre is exceptional for its unity and integrity, associating a reflection of the earlier pattern of the city and its extant historic structures with the new ideas of town planning and construction technology. It is an outstanding post-war example of urban planning and architecture, based on the unity of methodology and the use of prefabrication, the systematic utilization of a modular grid and the innovative exploitation of the potential of concrete.
Auguste Perret wanted Place Gambetta (shown in the image) to be once more the artistic and cultural centre of the city.
Oscar Niemeyer was the one to fulfill Perret’s ambition, between 1978 and 1982. Therefore the two architects show each other off: the free and fluid lines of Oscar Niemeyer echo the majestic and orthogonal ones of Auguste Perret in admirable fashion.
Part of the album Oscar Niemeyer:
www.flickr.com/photos/fransvanhoogstraten/albums/72177720...