Texture

The use of texture by Oscar Niemeyer is quite sutil, we can see it for example in this picture of the Iberapuera auditorium in Sao Paulo, Brazil. He uses texture to difference the planes of the space, for instance here we have a soft texture for the sealing plane, then another one for the background wall, witch is made of soft wood, and the chairs and floor have a really soft textile material to make it confortable and nice for the people to sit and enjoy the show.

  This other picture it's from the Niemeyer Centre and it has a very cohesive texture, Niemeyer was one of the first architect to use reinforced concrete in his work, that's why this material it's all over his designs so the texture doesn't change much, at least not in the facade.

  This picture is also from the Niemeyer Centre and I love this angle of it. The first plane that we see is made completly out of glass and it's amazing how it reflects the sun and the clouds it gives it a really sutil texture even. Underneath is made out of reinforced concrete and it reflects the lake that's under the construction giving it a really nice soft texture even though is concrete. The column that supports all the construction it's decorated with yellow tiles and it's used to diference this from the rest of the building. 

 In this picture we can see a little closer the texture of the ramp, is kind of rusty but that's because people use it to run and walk thru so it needs to be a hard texture, unlike the one in the rest of the building that it has a smooth polished texture.