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From open plan to open design:
architectural principles in Niemeyers Palace of Congress

Danilo Matoso Macedo
Elcio Gomes da Silva
Braslia . Brasil
From open plan to open design: architectural principles in Niemeyers Palace of Congress
Danilo Matoso Macedo and Elcio Gomes . Braslia . Brasil
Open plan: architectural issues
12th International Docomomo Conference : the survival of Modern - from coffee cup to plan - august 7-10, 2012
Science has its axioms; art has its principles.

Julien Guadet
Escola Nacional de Belas-Artes
Adolfo Morales de los Rios, Rio de Janeiro, 1906
Brazilian architects were able to tackle the varied

problems of a complex program and to come forward
with a concise and simple ground plan and with clear
and intelligent sectionsal plastic conception
S. Giedion, Brazil and contemporary architecture, 1956
quest for conciseness and purity, to be attained with

compact solutions, simple and geometric: problems of
hierarchy and of architectonic character; the fitness of
unity and harmony amongst the buildings and, further,
that these no longer [would be] expressed through their
secondary elements, but rather through the structure itself,
duly integrated within the original plastic conception
Oscar Niemeyer, Testimonial, 1958
quest for conciseness and purity, to be attained with

compact solutions, simple and geometric: problems of
hierarchy and of architectonic character; the fitness of
unity and harmony amongst the buildings and, further,
that these no longer [would be] expressed through their
secondary elements, but rather through the structure itself,
duly integrated within the original plastic conception
Oscar Niemeyer, Testimonial, 1958
hierarchy
character
unity
harmony
no longer expressed through their secondary elements
structure integrated within the plastic conception
Competition-winning design for Braslia, 1957

Detailing of the Plaza of the Three Powers
Lucio Costa
Source: Casa de Lucio Costa
Competition-winning design for Braslia,

1957
Detailing of the Plaza of the Three Powers
Lucio Costa
Source: Casa de Lucio Costa
Palace of Congress, 1957

Oscar Niemeyer
Source: Cmara dos Deputados
Preliminary sketch for the Palace of Congress, 1957

Oscar Niemeyer
Source: Mateus Gorovitz
central axis of the Esplanade

Oscar Niemeyer

Oscar Niemeyer

Oscar Niemeyer

Oscar Niemeyer
Source: authors
Pilar - Architectural drawing

Oscar Niemeyer
Platform and towers
Detail - Tower
Pilar - Structural drawing
Joaquim Cardozo
Pilar - Architectural drawing

Oscar Niemeyer
Front colonade
Photo: Nelson Guimares
Pilar - Structural drawing

Joaquim Cardozo
Platform - Cross-section: architectural drawing

Oscar Niemeyer, Nauro Esteves, 1957
Platform formwork plan

Joaquim Cardozo
Inverted dome Section

Oscar Niemeyer
Inverted dome Section

Joaquim Cardozo
Structural Scheme of the inverted dome
Source: Elcio Gomes
Cross-section of the inverted dome

Source: Elcio Gomes
Joaquim Cardozo (1897-1978)
we are concerned no longer with a Cartesian geometry,

dominated or led by algebraic formalism, but with another,
more modern, that has cast off systems borrowed from
other sources and restricting its field of existence. The
use of this geometric reality () brings us nowadays to a
criterion of moldings, of the proportions and outline (). A
molding more intrinsic to the lines, surfaces and volumes
that constitute architectonic space, one that is defined by
the use of fields of tangency, and curvature, or contacts of
a higher order between these geometric entities. ()
Joaquim Cardozo, Some new ideas about architecture, 1963
Towers: cladding
2007
Photos: Elcio Gomes
Platforms : flooring
Oscar Niemeyer
Platforms : flooring
The platform in 2007
Photo: Elcio Gomes
Internal walls : marble cladding

Oscar Niemeyer
Foyer in the 60s
Tower Glass-walls
Details
Oscar Niemeyer
Tower in 2007
Photo: Elcio Gomes
Architectural design
Preliminary studies
Cladding/boarding
Glass-walls
General drawings
376 sheets
208 sheets
101 sheets
52 sheets
15 sheets
Structural Engineering 445 sheets
Close relationship between the architectural and

engineering teams;
Adoption in some cases of standard industrialized
parts;
Architecturallanguagereducedtoveryfew,relatively
simple elements, where framing, cladding, coating
and flooring were made of small components or
with optically diverging compositions that conceal
imperfections.
Photo: Nelson Guimares
From open plan to open design:

architectural principles in Niemeyers Palace of Congress
Danilo Matoso Macedo danilo@mgs.arq.br
Elcio Gomes da Silva
elcio@mgs.arq.br
Braslia . Brasil

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From open plan to open design:

architectural principles in Niemeyers Palace of Congress

Science has its axioms; art has its principles.

Escola Nacional de Belas-Artes

Adolfo Morales de los Rios, Rio de Janeiro, 1906

Brazilian architects were able to tackle the varied

quest for conciseness and purity, to be attained with

quest for conciseness and purity, to be attained with

Competition-winning design for Braslia, 1957

Competition-winning design for Braslia,

Palace of Congress, 1957

Source: Cmara dos Deputados

Preliminary sketch for the Palace of Congress, 1957

Source: Mateus Gorovitz

central axis of the Esplanade

Palace of Congress, 1957

Source: Cmara dos Deputados

central axis of the Esplanade

Palace of Congress, 1957

Source: Cmara dos Deputados

central axis of the Esplanade

Palace of Congress, 1957

Source: Cmara dos Deputados

central axis of the Esplanade

Palace of Congress, 1957

Pilar - Architectural drawing

Source: Cmara dos Deputados

Platform and towers

Source: Cmara dos Deputados

Pilar - Architectural drawing

Source: Cmara dos Deputados

Photo: Nelson Guimares

Pilar - Structural drawing

Source: Cmara dos Deputados

Platform - Cross-section: architectural drawing

Source: Cmara dos Deputados

Platform formwork plan

Source: Cmara dos Deputados

Inverted dome Section

Source: Cmara dos Deputados

Inverted dome Section

Source: Cmara dos Deputados

Structural Scheme of the inverted dome

Source: Elcio Gomes

Cross-section of the inverted dome

Joaquim Cardozo (1897-1978)

we are concerned no longer with a Cartesian geometry,

Photos: Elcio Gomes

Source: Cmara dos Deputados

Photo: Elcio Gomes

Internal walls : marble cladding

Foyer in the 60s

Source: Cmara dos Deputados

Photo: Elcio Gomes

Source: Cmara dos Deputados

Structural Engineering 445 sheets

Close relationship between the architectural and

Photo: Nelson Guimares

From open plan to open design:

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