the
building runs 360 degrees around allowing
spectacular panoramic
views of rio de janeiro's skyline including of the
pão de açúcar and
of
christ on corcovado.
throughout his long career
niemeyer
designed over 500 buildings and projects in both brazil and
abroad - of all this
work he is reported to have specified that the museu de arte
contemporânea de niterói was one of his favorites.
the gallery collection comprises
almost 1200 works
of the joão sattamini collection as well as a small set of 369
works, coming from various donations.