{"id":85,"date":"2013-11-27T11:57:43","date_gmt":"2013-11-27T11:57:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/bach2017\/?page_id=85"},"modified":"2013-11-28T06:17:16","modified_gmt":"2013-11-28T06:17:16","slug":"das-canoas-house","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/blogs.qu.edu.qa\/bach2017\/modernist\/das-canoas-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Das Canoas house"},"content":{"rendered":"

Das Canoas House<\/span><\/h1>\n

Done by: Abeer Abou Nadi<\/span><\/h3>\n

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-Architect: Oscar Niemeyer<\/span><\/h3>\n

-Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil<\/span><\/h3>\n

-Style: Modernist<\/span><\/h3>\n

This house designed in 1952. Das Canoas House is considered one of the most significant examples of modern architecture in Brazil.<\/span><\/h4>\n

Das Canoas House now is open to the public, offering visitors a permanent exhibition on Oscar Niemeyer.\u00a0It was built to on the slope<\/span><\/h4>\n

of a hill overlooking the bay, and suggests panoramic images of the same. Historians and art critics define the house as one of the<\/span><\/h4>\n

most significant examples of modern architecture.<\/span><\/h4>\n

Site:<\/span><\/h2>\n

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-The architect went to against local custom and selected a high site,<\/span><\/h4>\n

with just a glimpse of the city below through the dense vegetations.<\/span><\/h4>\n

– on a hill near Rio de Janeiro, surrounded by lush forests<\/span><\/h4>\n

– Climate: Tropical<\/span><\/h4>\n

Form :<\/span><\/h2>\n

\u00a0The flat, curved, concrete roof is surrounded and accentuated by the free-form<\/span> space already existing.<\/span><\/h4>\n

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materials<\/span>: steel, cast-in-place concrete, glass<\/span><\/p>\n

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Layout of the Plan<\/span><\/h3>\n

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ground floor plan, with roof overhang<\/span><\/h3>\n

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the lower floor plan of the Casa das Canoas<\/span><\/h3>\n

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Landscape<\/span><\/h2>\n

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His extensive use of glass embraced the natural surroundings,<\/span><\/h3>\n

allowing the garden, the ocean, the forest, the mountains and the home to be as one.<\/span><\/h3>\n

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-He allows the non-uniformities of the surrounding environment to play with the structure,<\/span><\/h3>\n

entering and surrounding it as the center of both interior and exterior bound space.<\/span><\/h3>\n

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References:<\/span><\/h3>\n

-(n.d.). Retrieved from http:\/\/en.wikiarquitectura.com\/index.php\/Das_Canoas_House<\/span><\/p>\n

-Jodidio, P. (2012).\u00a0Oscar niemeyer<\/i>. Los Angeles: TASCHEN<\/span><\/p>\n

-http:\/\/jeffhottinger.com\/niemeyer.php<\/span><\/p>\n

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