We recalled the famous statement by andré malraux, which captures the universality of niemeyer’s work – ‘the columns of the alvorada palace are the single most important architectonic element since greek columns’—and created a fusion between the niemeyer column and those of the parthenon.
on the panel, we used slanting modules so that the two images would blend when seen from the front, but stand out individually when viewed at an angle. of all the available colors, we used just three tones of grey, creating simplified black-and-white images.
we had no way of knowing if this ‘kinetic’ aspect would work until the panel was complete, but we were very pleased with the result, as it turned out. unfortunately we don’t have any photographs of these side views. Â