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STORY: UN / NIEMEYER
TRT: 2.15
SOURCE: UNTV
RESTRICTIONS: NONE
LANGUAGE: PORTUGUESE / NATS
DATELINE: FILE
ARCHIVAL FOOTAGE – 1940s, NEW YORK CITY
1. Various shots, Niemeyer team of architects working on UN Headquarters project
2. Various still photos, Niemeyer and team of architects
3. Med shot, Niemeyer team of architects working on UN Headquarters project
4. Med shot, Niemeyer and Le Corbusier working on project
5. Zoom in, still photo of Oscar Niemeyer
FILE – 2005, NEW YORK CITY [EXCERPTS FROM THE DOCUMENTARY ‘A WORKSHOP FOR PEACE’]
6. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Oscar Niemeyer, Architect:
“When I arrived in New York, Corbusier came looking for me. On the first day we met on Fifth Avenue and we went to the house of a friend of his to talk. He wanted to convince and ask me to help him with his project, which was being criticised. His project proposed that there would be a building located right at the centre of the lot, with a high ground to the side. I did not like his project.”
7. Zoom in, still photo of Oscar Niemeyer
8. SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Oscar Niemeyer, Architect:
“A week later Wallace Harrington came looking for me, and he said, You didn't come here to help Corbusier, you came to work on the project with us. He said, come and work with us in this project. I spoke to him and he said. you are going to cause trouble.”
9. Zoom in, still photo of Oscar Niemeyer
10. Still photo, Niemeyer draft for UN Headquarters
11. Zoom in, still photo of Oscar Niemeyer
12. Pan right, architect’s studio
13. Zoom in, still photo of Oscar Niemeyer
14. Tilt up, still photo of Oscar Niemeyer
15. Still photo, Niemeyer draft for UN Headquarters
16. Still photo, hand drawing of UN Headquarters design
17. Still photo, Niemeyer draft for UN Headquarters
United Nations officials today (6 December) mourned the death of Oscar Niemeyer, a world-renowned Brazilian architect who was also a key figure in the design and building of the world body’s headquarters in New York.
Niemeyer died on Wednesday at the age of 104. He was responsible for many iconic structures throughout the world, and was the last surviving member of the team of architects that designed the UN Headquarters complex 65 years ago.
In an interview for the documentary film ‘Workshop for Peace’ in 2005, Niemeyer discussed how he came to join the project.
SOUNDBITE (Portuguese) Oscar Niemeyer, Architect:
"When I arrived in New York, Corbusier came looking for me. On the first day we met on Fifth Avenue and we went to the house of a friend of his to talk. He wanted to convince and ask me to help him with his project, which was being criticised. His project proposed that there would be a building located right at the centre of the lot, with a high ground to the side. I did not like his project. A week later Wallace Harrington came looking for me, and he said, you didn't come here to help Corbusier, you came to work on the project with us. He said, come and work with us in this project. I spoke to him and he said, you are going to cause trouble.”
Secretary-General, in a message lauded Niemeyer’s career while noting that it was more than just his stamina and talent that made him an outstanding architect, but the fact that he "imbued his work with a powerful sense of humanism and global engagement".
Ban offered his condolences to the Niemeyer’s family and to the Government and people of Brazil.
