1897. Irwin Union Bank and Trust Company, Columbus IN

 

Dear Astrid,

"I don't think it would be just the way it is unless you 

and I had been to Cordoba and seen the mosque. 

It is a wonderful opportunity to do something really 

good and different because the client is simply out of 

this world. It is going to be a bank without any 

pompousness, absolutely no intention to impress."

(Eero Saarinen)

Respectfully,

R

1896. Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan

 

Dear Udo,

"The biggest problem, with respect to the interior 

space, was guaranteeing that it not take on inhuman 

proportions when empty or filled with just a few 

people.We wanted to create and maintain a unified 

environment where athletes and spectators share 

growing mutual emotion.

A single space—not closed and oppressive but free 

and open—a space in which the fifteen thousand 

spectators can also move and flow ‘gently’ in 

functional and psychological terms." (Kenzo Tange)

Best regards,

R

1895. Columbus City Hall, Indiana

 

Dear Ed,

"Mr. Bassett was a leader in the efforts of younger 

modern architects to seek alternatives to the arid 

formulas of the International Style" 

(Allan Temko)

Regards,
R

1894. Casa de Gobierno, Santa Rosa, La Pampa, Argentina

 

Querido Julio,

"Cuando vos pensás una obra de arquitectura, pensás

en todo, o sea, vos haces una fachada y sabés cómo

es adentro, aunque no lo dibujes" (Clorindo Testa)

Recuerdos,

R

1893. Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Zacatenco, México

 

Querido Armando,

"La arquitectura no es decorativa porque no puede 

sustraerse a la comunicación de un mensaje ético 

o político" (Reinaldo Pérez Rayón)

Con afecto,

R

1892. Lincoln Elementary School, Columbus, IN

 

Dear Amy,

“I use the process of organic synthesis to bring 
together all the factors to be considered in the 
conceptualization of an appropriate solution 
expressive of our times.” (Gunnar Birkerts)

Sincerely,
R

1891. Plaça Las Glorias i Diagonal. Barcelona

 

Querido Berto,

"Recuerdas cuánto solías cruzar el río, cerca de

las casas, el pequeño puente del bosque"

(Yves Duteuil)

Saludos,

R

1890. Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research. Chandigarh

 

Dear Jan,

"The purpose of construction is to make things hold

together; of architecture to move us" (Le Corbusier)

Cheers,

R

1889. Estação Rodoviária de Londrina

 

Querida Cristina,

Esta es una postal de época que muestra una imagen

magnífica de la fascinante Estación de Autobuses de 

Londrina proyectada por el gran arquitecto

brasileño Vilanova Artigas. Destaca su expresiva y

valiente estructura que recuerda a otras proyectos

contemporáneos de Afonso Eduardo Reidy y de 

Oscar Niemeyer.  La estación dejó de funcionar con

ese uso hace tiempo, restaurada en 1993 pasó a 

albergar el Museo de Arte de Londrina hasta la 

actualidad.

Muchos besos,

R