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Modern movement mediations : Brazilian modernism and the identity of post-war architecture in Pretoria, South Africa.
A arquitetura brasileira de Oscar Niemeyer ins-pirou o desenho de um grande número de cons-truções sulafricanas. Este artigo contextualiza as mediações do movimento moderno e aponta similaridades em aproximação com a identida-de, contexto e uma série de eficiências a partir de uma comparação do prédio do Ministério da Educação do Rio de Janeiro, de Niemeyer, 1945 e o prédio do Meat Board de Pretoria, de Helmut Stauch, 1952.
The brazilian architecture of Oscar Niemeyer inspired the design of a number of South African buildings. This article will contextualise modern movement mediations and will highlight similari-ties in approach to identity, context and a range of efficiencies through a comparison of Oscar Niemeyer's 1945 Ministry of Education and Health Building in Rio de Janeiro and Helmut Stauch's 1952 Meat Board Building in Pretoria.