2220. Karlshamn. Samrealskolan.

 

Dear Toni,

"The simple can not be really ugly."

(Erik Gunnar Asplund)

Regards,

R

2131. Vara, Lagerhuset

 

Querido Miguel Angel,

Esta es una vista de uno de los 9 silos que Erik

Gunnar Asplund proyectó en 1918. Este, situado

en la localidad sueca de Vara, es el único que se

mantiene en uso como silo.

Un abrazo,

R

1899. Karlshamn. Nya Realskolan.

 

Dear Nils,

"That there should be a correspondence between the
shape and the construction is a saying one must take
with a grain of salt." (Erik Gunnar Asplund)

Sincerely,
R 

1418. Karlshamn Samrealskolan

Dear Colin,

...Words strain,
Crack and sometimes break, under the burden,
Under the tension, slip, slide, perish,
Decay with imprecision, will not stay in place

(T.S. Eliot, Tradition and the Individual Talent)

Regards,
R

912. Eigen Haard

Dear Jo,

Michel de Klerk is one of the most 
important architect in Dutch modern 
history. Michel de Klerk, Piet Kramer,
and Jo van der Mey founded the 
Amsterdam School in 1916. The
architects of this movement explored 
and created new forms that reflected 
their vision of a new society.

Regards.
R

120. Bergen, De Drie Landhizen, Park Meerwijk

Dear Francesco,

This trio of adjacent houses under one roof designed
by J.F. Staal has biblical names: Zophar, Eliphaz and
Bildad

Best regards.
R

119. Bergen, Huize de Beukenhoek, Park Meerwijk

Dear Maristella,

The villa Beukenhoekk designed by M. Kropholler
in 1916/18 has the silhouette of a ship. Furthermore
the visitor to the house crosses a bridge to reach the
entrance. The front yard projected forward as a sea
of a grass. The metaphor of shipping, as appealing in
the Amsterdam School architecture inspired much
later on the house Figueiredo in Gondomar designed
by Alvaro Siza in 1984.

Regards.
R