Dear Lis,
"There is a rumor that I can't draw and never could.
This is probably because I work so much with models.
Models are one of the most beautiful design tools,
but I still do the finest drawings you can imagine."
(Jørn Utzon)
Sincerely,
R
Showing posts with label a: Jørn Utzon. Show all posts
Showing posts with label a: Jørn Utzon. Show all posts
2085. Bagsværd Kirke
Dear Louis,
"What remains, however, is founded by the poets."
(Friedrich Hölderlin)
Sincerely,
R
1822. Sydney Opera House N.S.W.
Dear Sybille
"The structure and strict geometry expresses the logic
of the building" (Jørn Utzon)
1568. Sydney Opera House, Early model.
Dear Betty,
This is a large and impressive model of the Sydney
Opera House in the studio of its architect Jørn Utzon,
in Denmark, 1960.
Regards,
R
Regards,
R
1556. Model of Sydney Opera House, 1960
Querido Miguel Angel,
He pensado mucho en ti y en tu maravilloso libro de
Le Corbusier y sus maquetas cuando vi esta foto de una impresionante maqueta de la Opera de Sydney. La foto fue tomada en 1960 en el estudio de Utzon en Dinamarca.
Un abrazo,
R
Un abrazo,
R
523. Bornholm, Svaneke-The mill
Dear Bill,
Went to Yucatan. The ruins are wonderful so why worry?
Sydney Opera House becomes a ruin one day.
Jørn Utzon
374. Sydney and Circular Quay, N.S.W.
Dear Seth,
"...So this illustrated the most important thing of all, which is that you are able to imagine a life lived by people before you begin to design" (Jørn Utzon)
This is a lovely postcard showing Utzon's Sydney
Opera House still under construction.
All the very best.
R
All the very best.
R
209. Kuwait Parliament Building. Kuwait
Dear Ennio,
Jørn Utzon understood the spirit of the place in kuwait
and designed accordingly the new Kuwait Parliament
Building. Because of this, he rejected the idea of create
either a pastiche or a mere copy of western architecture
with some Islamic decoration.
The canvas-like huge structure of the Entrance recalls
nomad camps tents but in an appropriate monumental
scale. Alvaro Siza learned from this building when
designing the Portugal Pavilion for the Expo 1998 of
Lisbon.
Regards.
R
202. Greetings from Sydney
Dear Jan,
This first postcard is called Opera Dishouse. This
is what Marco Berton says about his dream:
"This concept was envisaged at the age of 4.
Seeing a photo of the Opera House, I believed it
to be a rack of drying dishes. I was subsequently
disappointed upon arriving in Sydney several
years ago, finding something other than what
I'd expected. (on the second postcard)
I dedicate this to that dream. The Toaster though
is a recent interpretation"
Cheers.
R
66. Sydney- Aerial View of the Opera House
Dear Auntie Mickey,
As you can see in the picture, The
Sydney Opera House is a whole formed
out of two differentiated parts: the podium
and the shells. Jorn Utzon, who was the
architect, studied aerial photographs
of Greeks sites whilst preparing this project.
Two great "temples" and the small
restaurant pavilion, seen in the foreground,
like Nike Apteros in Athens stands to take
in the procession of visitors. As far as the
podium goes, the creation of an horizontal
plane is essential in any system intended to
organize human activities and has wider
significance than that of purely functional.
Enjoy your trip to Australia!
Love
R
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