Concept

      (The original five concepts for each architect were streamlined into four for each;)

The theme I have chosen is technology

Kazuyo Sejima:

• Geometric guidelines and hierarchy 
• Strong geometric guidelines, utilizing planar surfaces or slick and clean materials such as metal, marble and glass.
• Integration with surroundings
• Always attempts to integrate the work into the surrounding environment, with an emphasized use of glass that reflects and mediates internal and external space. 
• Realistic applications
• Sejima challenges conventional architectural practices, continuously confronting typical archetypes of thinking by approaching a design with realistic applications in mind. 
• Inhabitation and social use was crucial to the final project, with emphasis placed upon the circulation within the space. 
• Focus on continuous, flowing form 

Oscar Niemeyer:

• Emphasized curvature 
• Niemeyer was heavily influenced by curvature, and utilized little to no straight architecture in his buildings. 
• Combines clearly individual, conspicuous elements through synergistic forms and playful curvature. 
• Avoids structural conventions
• Believed in the freedom to break away from oppressive structural conventions 
• Often overturns assumptions of the necessary trajectory of gravitational forces, creating a surprising and perplexing aesthetic
• Micro and Macro influences 
• Designs buildings based upon macro and micro context (Brazilian social context and immediate surroundings)
• Monumental forms 
• Worked in monumental forms that stand out against the surroundings, whilst remaining sympathetic to the local environs