Ruy Ohtake
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Ruy Ohtake was a prominent Brazilian architect known for his bold, colorful, and curvilinear modernist designs in buildings and urban projects.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Ruy Ohtake canonical | 5 |
| Ricardo Ohtake | 4 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6226248 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ruy Ohtake Context triple: [Tomie Ohtake, child, Ruy Ohtake]
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A.
Samuel Hadida
Samuel Hadida is a French film producer known for financing and producing genre films, including cult favorites and major franchises such as the Resident Evil series.
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B.
Paulo Mendes da Rocha
Paulo Mendes da Rocha was a renowned Brazilian architect celebrated for his bold modernist designs and influential contributions to contemporary architecture, including winning the Pritzker Architecture Prize.
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C.
Roberto Burle Marx
Roberto Burle Marx was a pioneering Brazilian landscape architect and artist renowned for his modernist garden designs and innovative use of native tropical plants.
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D.
Ernesto Neto
Ernesto Neto is a Brazilian contemporary artist renowned for his large-scale, immersive installations that often use soft, organic forms and tactile materials to engage viewers’ senses.
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E.
Paulo Campos
Paulo Campos is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the film adaptation of the psychological thriller "The Devil All the Time."
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Ruy Ohtake Target entity description: Ruy Ohtake was a prominent Brazilian architect known for his bold, colorful, and curvilinear modernist designs in buildings and urban projects.
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A.
Samuel Hadida
Samuel Hadida is a French film producer known for financing and producing genre films, including cult favorites and major franchises such as the Resident Evil series.
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B.
Paulo Mendes da Rocha
Paulo Mendes da Rocha was a renowned Brazilian architect celebrated for his bold modernist designs and influential contributions to contemporary architecture, including winning the Pritzker Architecture Prize.
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C.
Roberto Burle Marx
Roberto Burle Marx was a pioneering Brazilian landscape architect and artist renowned for his modernist garden designs and innovative use of native tropical plants.
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D.
Ernesto Neto
Ernesto Neto is a Brazilian contemporary artist renowned for his large-scale, immersive installations that often use soft, organic forms and tactile materials to engage viewers’ senses.
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E.
Paulo Campos
Paulo Campos is a screenwriter best known for co-writing the film adaptation of the psychological thriller "The Devil All the Time."
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architect
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human ⓘ |
| architecturalCharacteristic |
integration of art and architecture
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sculptural volumes ⓘ use of curved lines ⓘ use of strong colors ⓘ |
| basedIn | São Paulo ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Brazil ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1938-01-27 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 2021-11-27 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism, University of São Paulo
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University of São Paulo ⓘ |
| ethnicOrigin | Japanese Brazilian ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork | architecture ⓘ |
| hasHeritage | Japanese descent ⓘ |
| hasWork |
Brasília Cultural Complex of the Republic (participation in design of annexes and interventions)
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Embratel headquarters building, Rio de Janeiro ⓘ Heliópolis housing complex ⓘ Hotel Unique ⓘ Hotel Unique, São Paulo ⓘ Instituto Tomie Ohtake building ⓘ
linked to:
Instituto Tomie Ohtake
Renaissance São Paulo Hotel (renovation and interventions) ⓘ São Paulo metro station designs (various projects) ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Brazilian modernism
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Oscar Niemeyer ⓘ |
| movement | modernism ⓘ |
| name | Ruy Ohtake ⓘ |
| nationality | Brazilian ⓘ |
| notableFor |
Brazilian contemporary architecture
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bold designs ⓘ colorful architecture ⓘ curvilinear forms ⓘ urban projects ⓘ |
| notableProjectType |
cultural centers
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hotels ⓘ residential buildings ⓘ social housing ⓘ urban infrastructure ⓘ |
| occupation | architect ⓘ |
| parent | Tomie Ohtake ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth |
São Paulo
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São Paulo, Brazil ⓘ
linked to:
São Paulo
|
| placeOfDeath |
São Paulo
ⓘ
São Paulo, Brazil ⓘ
linked to:
São Paulo
|
| style | modernist architecture ⓘ |
| workedIn |
Brasília
ⓘ
Rio de Janeiro ⓘ São Paulo ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Ruy Ohtake Description of subject: Ruy Ohtake was a prominent Brazilian architect known for his bold, colorful, and curvilinear modernist designs in buildings and urban projects.
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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