MIT Libraries logoDome

MIT
View Item 
  • Dome Home
  • Visual Collections
  • Architecture, Urban Planning, and Visual Arts
  • View Item
  • Dome Home
  • Visual Collections
  • Architecture, Urban Planning, and Visual Arts
  • View Item
JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

Metropolitan Cathedral

Niemeyer, Oscar
Thumbnail
Download1A1-NO-B-4-A5_cp.jpg (365.3Kb)
Alternate file
1A1-NO-B-4-A5_sv.jpg (1.771Mb)
1A1-NO-B-4-A5_tm.jpg (20.17Kb)
Alternative Titles
Cathedral-Basilica of Our Lady Aparecida
Catedral Metropolitana Nossa Senhora Aparecida
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/121949
Date
1970
Description
Side view of the bell tower; Hyperboloid structures are architectural structures designed with hyperboloid geometry. Often these are tall structures such as towers where the hyperboloid geometry's structural strength is used to support an object high off the ground, however hyperboloid geometry is also often used for decorative effect as well as structural economy. The first hyperboloid structures were built by Russian engineer Vladimir Shukhov (1853-1939). In the Metropolitan Cathedral the hyperboloid structure is a result of 16 identical assembled concrete columns. These columns, having hyperbolic section and weighing 90 tons, represent two hands moving upwards to heaven. The Cathedral was dedicated on 31 May 1970. The four bronze sculptures (3 m high), represent the Evangelists and are by by Alfredo Ceschiatti (1968), as are the angels inside. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 12/2/2007)
Type of Work
cathedral; stained glass (visual work)
Subject
architectural exteriors, Modernist
Rights
© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.
Rights Statement
Licensed for educational and research use by the MIT community only
Metadata
Show full item record

Collections
  • Architecture, Urban Planning, and Visual Arts

Browse

All of DomeCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateCreatorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateCreatorsTitlesSubjects

My Account

Login
MIT Libraries
PrivacyPermissionsAccessibilityContact us
MIT
Content created by the MIT Libraries, CC BY-NC unless otherwise noted. Notify us about copyright concerns.