501. La Cite d'affaires de Paris. Plan Voisin
Dear Ken,
The Le Corbusier's Plan Voisin exhibited for the first
time in the Pavillon de L'Esprit Nouveau of 1925 and
showing a radical scheme for the rebuilding of part of
Paris. It was financially supported by Voisin, aircrafts
and automobiles french manufacturer.
"subway; ground level and elevators; raised highways.
Then, sixty floors of building. At the top, the armored
platform against aerial bombardments." (Le Corbusier)
Sincerely,
R
500. Expo 92 Sevilla. Pabellón Finlandia
Querida Cristina,
Esta postal es la número 500 de este blog
y está dedicada al inolvidable y
afortunadamente aún existente Pabellón
de Finlandia de la Expo 92 de Sevilla. El
pabellón está compuesto por dos
volúmenes antagónicos pero también
complementarios: la "máquina" de acero
y la "quilla" de madera. Cada uno
representa lo que Finlandia tiene de
internacional y de regional, siendo al
mismo tiempo una feliz reinterpretación
del famoso desfiladero finés llamado "La
garganta del infierno". Curiosamente el
efecto más poderoso de esta composición
es el sobrecogedor vacio que se crea entre
ambas estructuras y que da acceso al
interior.
Mil besos.
R
499. Sidi Harazen, Piscine Circulaire
498. Baha'i House of Worship, New Delhi, India
497. Design for the Amsterdam City Hall
Dear Ian
An international competition for the design of the new
Amsterdam City Hall was held in 1967. 803 entries
were received. Seven of the final twenty designs were
then selected and their designers asked to further
elaborate their schemes. Rafael Moneo was among
these seven finalists. He stated about his project: "The
filtering of light from the roof is the main theme of the
internal space, thus the reception-rooms have been
conceived as real light-wells"
Holzbauer won the competition, but the project was
first postponed and eventually replaced by the Stopera
Complex.
Regards.
R
496. Agadir. La Reserve
495. Hotel Savoy-Bandung. Indonesia
Mon cher David,
The wonderful Hotel Savoy in Bandung reminds me the
architecture of the first years of Frank Lloyd Wright or
the energetic horizontal lines in Erich Mendelsohn's
projects. The pretty much unknown dutch architect,
Albert Frederik Aalbers, designed this fabulous building
to be built at that time in the Dutch East Indies, today
Indonesia, where he had moved in 1928 to open his
professional office.
Again thank you and congratulations for your wonderful
blog: http://archipostcard.blogspot.com/
Cheers.
R
494. Cimitero Brion a San Vito di Altivole, Treviso
493. Warshaw Residence (unbuilt). Los Angeles
Dear Harold,
"Modern man pays no attention to structural members.
There are no more columns with base, shaft and cap,
no more masses with foundation course and cornice.
He sees the daring of the cantilever, the freedom of the
wide span, the spaceforming surfaces of thin wall
screens" (Rudolph M. Schindler)
Regards.
R
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