Section III — Material Legacy 14 / 24
Concrete outlives the blueprint
More than 300 civic structures from the Brasilia era remain in active service — six decades of weathering, zero structural failures.
100 75 50 25 0 18 1940s 47 1950s 94 1960s 71 1970s 52 1980s
This is the Niemeyer Concrete Grayscale design system, applied by Curio Design — a design-style library for AI agents. Full Niemeyer Concrete Grayscale guide → designbycurio.com/learn/brazilian-niemeyer-grayscale