Postales Inventadas/ Making up Postcards
Tarjetas Postales de Arquitectura Moderna/ Modern Architecture Postcards
1940. Looshaus, Wien, Austria
Dear Josef,
"Cultural development involves the elimination of
ornaments from useful objects"
(
Ornament & Crime
, Adolf Loos)
Respectfully,
R
1939. Seattle Art Museum.
Dear Bob,
"They owe me not a Pritzker Prize but a Pritzker
inclusion ceremony" (Denise Scott Brown)
Respectfully,
R
1938. Wanda Metropolitano. Madrid
Dear Manuel,
"Architecture is a very synthetic activity. Many
factors take parts: economic, constructive, social,
visual...the building must be the connecting point
of all of them." (Antonio Ortiz)
Sincerely,
R
1937. Union Carbide Building. New York
Dear Eero,
"Architecture changed all the time, it has always
changed. It's never been boring"
(Natalie de Blois)
Sincerely,
R
1936. Exposition Universelle de 1900. Le pavillon de la Finlande.
Dear David,
"Art was born as a desire, not as a demand"
(Eliel Saarinen)
Sincerely,
R
1935. Frankfurt a.M. Verwaltungs u. Wirtschats-Gebäude der I.G. Farben-Industrie A.G.
Dear Greta,
"Light, God's eldest daughter, is the principal beauty
in a building" (Hans Poelzig)
Regards,
R
1934. Scottish Parliament Building
Dear Arthur,
"From our recollections of Scotland we find these
images (a row of Scottish boats laying on the ground
upside down) that stick in our minds...The boats
offered by the land. We like these boats not only in
their construction, but also in their delicate presence
in a place. Something about their form floating in the
landscape should be part of our project"
(Enric Miralles)
With gratitude,
R
1933. Potsdam. Einstenturm
Querido abuelo Joaquín,
Un día lluvioso de agosto de 1994 mi amiga
Sybille me llevó en su Kawasaki a visitar el
mítico observatorio astronómico dedicado a
Einstein en Potsdam. Recorrimos los 25 kilómetros
desde Berlín hasta la milenaria y hermosa ciudad de
Potsdam y al llegar empezó a llovernos fuerte.
Bajar el pequeño prado rodeado de hermosos árboles
hasta llegar al edificio bajo la lluvia fue un vivencia
personal que jamás olvidaré.
Un beso,
R
1932. Christo. The Gates. Project for Central Park, NYC
Dear Norman,
"Our work is a scream of freedom" (Christo)
Sincerely,
R
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