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

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

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