1983. Maggie’s Centre, Dundee

 

Dear Monica,

"I think it´s an inviting building, I think people will

want to come inside and spend time there, and I really 

hope that in some small way it might contribute to a 

sense of rejuvenated vigor for moving forward and

living life" (Frank Gehry) 

Warm regards,

R

1982. Tokyo International Forum

 

Dear Koji,

"Buildings are forms of performances"

(Rafael Viñoly)

Sincerely,

R

1981. Turun Teatteri. Katsomo.

 

Querida Cristina,

Aquí te mando una postal antigua del interior del
teatro de Turku, obra temprana de Aalto. Fijándome

en la inteligencia del diseño y la elegancia de los 

detalles recuerdo la anécdota de cuando alguien le preguntó a Aalto sobre el módulo de construcción 

que utilizaba a lo que el maestro le contestó sin 

pestañear que el milímetro. 

Besos.

R

1980. Sanatorium 'Zonnestraal'

 

Dear Rem,

"Las necesidades del hombre son finitas, solamente

son infinitas las espirituales y estas requerirán cada 

vez más atención" (Jan Duiker)

Respectfully,

R

1979. München. Pinakothek. Trepennhaus

 

Dear Jan H.,

“Hans Döllgast was truly one of the first 

creative preservationists that we had in 

Germany after the war. Today, most people

have forgotten that he belonged to the very 

few by virtue of whose efforts the Leo von 

Klenze’s Alte Pinakothek was not demolished 

and replaced by something ‘contemporary.’ 

With his suggestion, he showed how one could 

close up a hole torn open by bombs without 

replacing everything as if nothing had happened. 

His repair work strove to let the building’s scars 

remain visible ….It is certain that in the future, 

Döllgast’s modesty of built means and his 

reverence for history will again become qualities

to strive for – namely when our ideology of 

perfectionism has run itself into the ground.”

(Paulhans Peters)

Cheers,

R

1978. Bilbao. Isozaki Atea

 

Dear Hans,

"My first experience of architecture was the void of 

architecture, then I began to consider how people 

might rebuild their homes and cities.”

(Arata Isozaki)

Regards,

R

1977. Andorra. Santuari de Meritxell

 

Dear Pablo,

"Monumentality begins with the ritualization of life."

(Ricardo Bofill)

Sincerely,

R

1976. M/S Museet for Søfart. Maritime Museum of Denmark.

 

Dear Sara,

"What a piece of work is a man! 

How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty! 

In form and moving how express and admirable! 

In action how like an angel, in apprehension 

how like a god! 

The beauty of the world. The paragon of 

animals. And yet, to me, what is this quintessence 

of dust? Man delights not me." 

(William Shakespeare, Hamlet) 

Best regards,

R