1072. Kuwait City

Querido Daniel,

"La Geometría es un arte metódico que
expone los resultados de las investigaciones
sobre las plantas y sobre todos los vegetales;
por eso llamamos geometras, es decir
expertos en plantas, a los médicos que
recurren a este arte"
(Raymond Queneau, Orillas)

Con todo mi afecto,
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