International academic debate “Oscar Niemeyer, brilliant and social architect”.
Milan (Italy), at Casa della Cultura, on December 19, 2022. The video recording of this debate is available here: www.tapolitika.com
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Tà Politiká organised the
INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC DEBATE
“OSCAR NIEMEYER, BRILLIANT AND SOCIAL ARCHITECT”
Works, thoughts and human qualities of the great Brazilian genius, who died ten years ago
Participants:
Emilio Battisti, Italian architect, urban planner, designer and painter. A former full professor at the Politecnico of Milan (Italy), he was also a visiting professor at Columbia University in New York and elsewhere
* Manuel Blanco Lage, distinguished Spanish academic, director of the Higher Technical School of Architecture in Madrid (Spain)
# Giannis Giannoutsos, Greek architect and visual artist, associate professor of architectural design at the University of Patras (Greece)
* Jacques Gourvénec, French architect, former collaborator and long-time friend of Oscar Niemeyer
(* by videoconference)
(# by a recorded message)
Moderator: Elena Spagnoli (Italian), art dissemination operator
Within this debate, the digital multilingual booklet “Oscar Niemeyer’s legacy in Brazil” (author: Stefano Marchi, publisher: Tà Politiká) was also presented.
The debate was held on Monday 19 December 2022, from 9 p.m., at Casa della Cultura, in Milan (Italy).
THE VIDEO RECORDING OF THIS DEBATE IS AVAILABLE HERE: www.tapolitika.com
© Photo by Maurizio Cadamuro, courtesy of the author
