2221. Haus Schminke in Löbau/Sachsen

 

Querido Manolo,

"La arquitectura debe proponernos la creación de nuevas

relaciones entre hombre, espacio y técnica."

(Hans Scharoun)

Un abrazo desde aquí.

R

2084. Lünen (Westf.) Geschwister-Scholl-Schule.

 

Dear Sybille,

"Education is not just the development of intellectual 

capabilities, not just the achievement of particular 

knowledge and abilities: it is a process which allows 

the bringing together and developing of all faculties. 

Therefore learning must be in harmony with the 

child’s growth and development, and the school, 

like the home, must stand as evidence that the earth 

is a good place to dwell." (Hans Scharoun)

Best,

R

1807. Das Wohnheim. WuWa Wohnung und Werkraum. Breslau

Querida Cristina,

Esta pequeña joya es una postal contemporánea de la 

exposición WuWa Vivienda y Espacio de trabajo 

celebrada en Breslavia en 1929. Esta en particular es 

una vista del Hostal para solteros y parejas sin niños 

que Hans Scharoun proyectó para la misma.
Actualmente es el Park Hotel y está en buen estado de
conservación.

Besos,
R

1409. Volksschule Darmstadt (unbuilt)

Dear Martin,

"Humans are intruders and not part of this world. 

Their way of being in the world is not to dwell in it, 

but to seek wellbeing in it"
(José Ortega y Gasset)

Best wishes,
R

1396. Berlin, Potsdamer brucle mit Staatsbibliothek

Querida Cristina,

En ésta hermosa vista aérea de la Kulturfoum de 

Berlín se pueden ver a la izquierda la Neue 

Nationalgalerie (1968) de Mies van der Rohe, 

a la derecha la Staatsbibliothek (1978) de Hans 

Scharoun, y más arriba la Berlin Philharmonic 

(1963) obra también de Scharoun.
El auditorio para música de cámara 

(Kammermusiksaal) que existe hoy junto a la 

Filármonica lo construyó el colaborador de 

Scharoun, Edgar Wisniewski en 1987, después 

de que Scharoun ya hubiese fallecido y 

siguiendo el anteproyecto que éste había 

dibujado años antes.

Muchos besos,
R

1265. Bremerhaven. Schiffahrtsmuseum. German Maritime Museum

Dear Frank,

"An independent architect should be led not by sensations
but by reflection" (Hans Scharoun)

Best regards,
R

1173. Wroclaw. Hotel Turystyczny

Dear Werner,

"One wishes to see something of the boldness of 

modern ship structures transferred to the design of 

houses and thus hopes to overcome the fussiness 

and narrowness of today's housing" (Hans Scharoun)

Best regards,
R

181. Berlin-Siedlung Charlottenburg-Nord

Dear Jorg,

In this housing estate designed by Scharoun in Berlin,
rows of buildings are graduated in length and height
including a large variety of typed of flats. Scharoun
himself moved in to one of the studio flats at
Charlottenburg-Nord.

Regards.
R

118. Berlin, Staatsbibliothek

Dear Jan,

Here's the Staatsbibliothek with its famous stockroom 

also known as "the spine of the book". Jacques Herzog 

said he used to love Scharoun's work. He found it 

ugly, strange, very real and unreal at the same time. 

He loved the aluminum gold clad so they intended 

to clad in gold the skylights of the Photo Studio Frei 

but it was too expensive and problematic.

All the best.
R

8. Berlin. Philharmonie

Dear Jan,

I was very sad when I heard the Berlin Philharmonie
was on fire. Eventually I am glad the firefighters could control the blaze.

Hope everything else is going well.
All the best.
R