Mini Cigarillos: Working with Oscar Niemeyer for Two Months is a rare insider account — twenty-six anecdotes from a Swiss architect who spent two months inside Niemeyer's Copacabana studio, translating proximity to greatness into something candid and lasting.
About This Book
What does it mean to work alongside one of architecture's most mythologised figures? Martino Pedrozzi's account of his time at Oscar Niemeyer's studio in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro, resists hagiography in favour of something more textured: personal memory, humour, and the particular education that comes from watching a legend at work. Written more than two decades after the experience, the book distils that residency into twenty-six short anecdotes — a form that suits its subject, whose own architecture was always about the essential gesture. For anyone drawn to Brazilian modernism or the lived realities of architectural mentorship, this is an unusually intimate document.
Key Features
- 64 pages of personal anecdotes and memoir-style reflection on life inside Niemeyer's studio
- Author: Martino Pedrozzi
- Published by Lars Müller Publishers, 1999
What You'll Discover
- Twenty-six first-hand anecdotes capturing the rhythms and atmosphere of Niemeyer's Copacabana studio
- The formative impact of close proximity to a master architect on a young practitioner's thinking
- Humour and humanity in a portrait that resists the reverence typically afforded to Niemeyer's legacy
- A reflection written over twenty years after the experience, with the perspective that distance allows
About the Author
Martino Pedrozzi is a Swiss architect who spent two months working at Oscar Niemeyer's studio in Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro. He wrote this account more than twenty years after the experience, drawing on personal memory to document his time with the legendary Brazilian architect.
Specifications
- Format: Softcover
- Pages: 64
- Dimensions: 11 x 17 cm
- Language: English
- ISBN: 9783037788080
- Publisher: Lars Müller Publishers
- Publication Date: 1999
Perfect For: Architects and students with an interest in Brazilian modernism, Niemeyer's practice, and the less-documented human side of working with iconic figures in twentieth-century architecture.