1369. Eskilstuna Simhallen, Nya Varmbadhuset

Querida Clara,

para que (...) aquí y allí la música nos lleve
al centro, al fuego, al aire,
al agua antenatal que envuelve
la forma indescifrable
de lo que nunca nadie aún ha hecho
nacer en la mañana del mundo
(José Angel Valente, 2006: 364)

Besos a mi niña,
R

1179. Stockholm. Sodra Kommunala Mellanskolan

Dear Chris,

"Human intelligence includes the capacity for academic activity; this does not mean that academic activity is the whole of intelligence. To educate people for the future, we must see through the academic illusion to their abilities, and to how these different elements of human capacity enhance rather than detract from each other." (Out Of Our Minds, Ken Robinson)

All the best,
R

953. Stockholm, Flatenbadet

Estimado Feliciano,

"Los lagos son los charcos que quedaron del Diluvio"
(Ramon Gomez de la Serna, Greguerias)

Rosas,
R

943. Stockholm. Tranebergsbron och Kristineberg

Dear Santiago,

"If all of us now think, from where we are right here, of the old bridge in Heidelburg, this thinking toward that location is not a mere experience inside the persons present here; rather, it belongs to the essence of our thinking of that bridge that in itself thinking gets through, persists through, the distance to that location. From this spot right here, we are there at the bridge, we are at the bridge- we are by no means at some representational content in our consciousness."
(Martin Heidegger. Building, Dwelling, Thinking)

Best regards,
R

611. Eskilstuna, Nya Varmbadhuset

Dear Eva,

The swimming public bath in Eskilstuna is a beautiful white
plastered, rational and severe building that clearly exhibits
its clean functionality.

Best,
R

521. Utrikeshallen, Bromma flyplats

Dear Silke,

The Bromma Airport in Stockholm was the largest in
Sweden for many years. Designed by Paul Hedqvist,
it was completed in 1936. The postcard picture shows
the main waiting room that includes a beautiful mezzanine
level where the restaurant is located.

Best regards.
R

466. The Dagens Nyheter in Stockholm

Querido Cesar,

El edificio del periodico Dagens Nyheter en Estocolmo
es obra del afamado arquitecto Paul Hedqvist que lo
completo en 1964. Hedqvist fue el arquitecto del
aeropuerto Bromma y de numerosos y magnificos
colegios en esta inolvidable ciudad.

Un abrazo.
R

272. Stockholms Stads Yrkesskolor

Dear Paul,

Erik's gymnasium is a school at Polhemsgatan in the
district of Kungsholmen in Stockholm. The building
was designed in 1939 by architect Paul Hedqvist and
became a fine example of 1930s functionalist
architecture. The most noticeable element is the brilliant
cylindrical glass staircase.

Sincerely
R