Pampulha: concrete meeting the lake and the arts

Useful to know

Belo Horizonte’s Pampulha Modern Ensemble was designed around an artificial lake. Oscar Niemeyer’s buildings combine concrete’s possibilities with landscape, sculpture and painting. [1]

Look beyond an exterior curve to the building’s relationship with water. An individual structure and the cultural-leisure system operate at different scales. Spaces between the buildings contribute to the meaning of their forms.