Querida Luz,
"La filosofía arquitectónica se puede convertir con
demasiada facilidad en algo a lo que uno se apega
para asegurar su propia visión, una almohadilla en
la que se puede dormir perfectamente."
(Arne Jacobsen)
Besos,
R
Showing posts with label a: Arne Jacobsen. Show all posts
Showing posts with label a: Arne Jacobsen. Show all posts
2271. Kobenhavn. Vesterbrogade.
Dear Sven,
"The primary factor is proportions."
(Arne Jacobsen)
Regards,
R
2004. Landskrona, Idrottsplats. The Landskrona Sport Hall.
Dear Gunnar,
"A dematerialized architecture, an architecture without
gravity. The dream of a hovering plane" (Carsten Thau
& Kjeld Vindum)
Best regards,
R
1816. Bathing beach, Klampenborg, Copenhagen
Dear Jan,
"I don't think any building should be excluded from
the term architecture, as long as they are done properly"
(Arne Jacobsen)
Sincerely,
R
1744. Copenhagen. Bellevue Bathing Beach
Dear Kjeld,
This is a vintage postcard featuring one of the two
curved kiosks sided with sheet metal decorated with colorful advertisings Arne Jacobsen designed at
Bellevue bathing beach.
Sincerely,
R
Sincerely,
R
1618. St. Catherine's College, Oxford
Dear Berta,
(...)
If you came this way,
Taking any route, starting from anywhere,
At any time or at any season,
It would always be the same: you would have to put off
Sense and notion. You are not here to verify,
Instruct yourself, or inform curiosity
Or carry report. You are here to kneel
(...)
(T.S. Eliot, Little Gidding)
Best,
Rafael
1491. Klampenborg. Bellevue Teatret og Gamle Bellevue
Querido José,
(...)
Esta casa estuvo primero
varada en una playa. Luego,
puso proa a azules más hondos.
(...)
(José Hierro, La Casa)
Con afecto,
R
1471. Copenhagen. Vesterbro Passage at night
Dear Finn,
"There is always a point when one senses one's lack
of skill, the doubt" (Arne Jacobsen)
Best,
R
1458. Bellavista Tegnet af Arne Jacobsen.
Querido Félix,
"Cuando has estado viajando por el extranjero nada es más
entrañable que regresar a casa" (Arne Jacobsen)
Saludos cordiales,
R
1416. Bellevue Beach, Copenhagen
Querido Félix,
He aquí una postal antigua de la playa Bellavista,
en el suburbio de Klampenborg. Al fondo, algo
eclipsado por el falso colorido y la aparente alegría
de los bañistas, se ven los famosos apartamentos
Bellavista aún en construcción como se revela la
presencia de los andamios en el edificio más
cercano. Más allá y a la derecha, se aprecia el
restaurante y el teatro.
Afectuosamente,
R
1054. Badetarn ved Bellevue Strand
Querido Manuel,
Dedicado al maravilloso jardinero que fue Arne Emil Jacobsen.
Erase de un marinero
que hizo un jardín junto al mar,
y se metió a jardinero.
Estaba el jardín en flor,
y el jardinero se fue
por esos mares de Dios.
(Antonio Machado, Parabolas)
Un abrazo,
R
1028. Klampenborg, Bellevue
Dear Félix,
"As thin as possible, and never in the middle"
(Arne Jacobsen)
Regards,
R
799. Toms New Chocolate factory Ballerup, Copenhagen, Denmark
Dear Felix,
The Toms chocolate factory complex is formed by
three buildings shown in this great picture postcard.
To the left the 3-story heights office building, to the
right the heating plant with the three gigantic chimneys
painted in different colors, and finally in the middle the
extensive production plant. This last building is so
widespread that the achieved effect is closer to a
massive slab rather than a volume.
Best regards,
R
602. Rodovre Radhus
Querido Félix,
El ayuntamiento de Rodovre está compuesto por dos
edificios. Un pabellón de una única altura para la Sala
del Consejo y un edificio largo de tres plantas para las
oficinas. Este último posee una sección donde los pilares
se situan lindando el corredor central para soportar unos
forjados prefabricados de sección decreciente hacia las
fachadas. Estas son por tanto solamente cerramiento
tipo muro cortina sin ningún elemento mayor estructural.
Jacobsen fue un maestro proyectando secciones y este
edificio es buena prueba de ello. Mucho se ha hablado
también de la influencia que tuvo sobre este edificio el
proyecto para la General Motors en Detroit que Saarinen
construyó en la misma época.
Saludos.
R
409. St. Catherine's College, Oxford
Dear Joao,
The St. Catherine's College on the outskirts of Oxford was
designed entirely in 1960-63 by the great danish architect
Arne Jacobsen. He draw all from its setting down to the
furniture or even the cutlery.
Best regards.
R
394. St. Catherine's College, Oxford, UK
Dear Stefano,
"Any perfection we might strive to express would
(in that case) be the rule or nothingness. Close to these
lies beauty"
(P. O. Runge)
"I feel like throwing up over all this aestheticism"
(Arne Jacobsen)
Thanks for the book.
Cheers.
R
319. Kobenhavn. Gammel Torv med Domkirken
Dear Elias,
"If architecture had nothing to do with art, it would be
astonishingly easy to build houses, but the architect's
task - his most difficult task - is always that of
selecting." (Arne Jacobsen)
Regards
R
230.Copenhagen, Denmark, Hotel Royal
Dear Claude,
The Alberto K gourmet restaurant, on
the 20th floor of the Hotel Royal has besides
a marvelous menu a breathtaking view.
All Jacobsen details are preciousness too.
See you soon in Buenos Aires.
Take care
R
140. Copenhagen. Gammeltorv and our Lady's Church
Dear Pier,
Designed by Arne Jacobsen in 1938,
the "Stelling Hus" is located in the
northern side of the old Gammeltorv
square. The building situated in an
old part of the town was, at the time,
criticized for its irreverent modernism.
Today, however, it is possible to
appreciate how well the building
measures up to the scale of the old
built neighbors, and how much even
its building material is in keeping with
the congenial atmosphere of the
district.
Regards.
R
82. Copenhagen. Royal Hotel and The Liberty Column
Dear Louna,
Couldn't avoid remembering the SOM's Lever House of
New York. Nonetheless the traditional danish workmanship
is patent here compare with the American standardization.
Everything within the building was designed by Jacobsen
himself: furniture, light fixtures, carpets, curtains...
Somebody called the building the glass cigarbox, yeah but
designed by Jacobsen
Cheers
R
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