2330. Ostseeheilbad Burg/ Fehmarn Burgtiefe

Dear Julia,

The Baltic Sea Burgtiefe Health Resort is located on

the south beach of the island of Fehmarn and it was

built between 1965 and 1973 based on the plans by 

Arne Jacobsen and his partner Otto Weitling. 

The main project idea was respect for the landscape 

and included apartment buildings, bungalows, 

three high-rise buildings, a comunal space, a Spa 

Center, and a seawater wave pool.

Best regards,

R

2323. Evang. Heilig-Geist-Kirche, Wiesbaden-Biebrich

 

Querido Curro,

Herbert Rimpl, el arquitecto de la magnífica

iglesia del Espiritu Santo en Wiesbaden,

recurría con asiduidad al uso de la forma

cónica y parabólica en su obra. Así se 

puede ver en su iglesia del Espíritu Santo

en Wiesbaden-Biebrich y en su iglesia de

San Pablo en Fulda. Su tendencia a la

parábola parece venir de su admiración

a la obra de Dominikus Böhm, otro gran

arquitecto de iglesias en la alemania

de posguerra.

Un abrazo,

R

2320. Mainz, Rathaus

Dear Tamu,

"With a painter or a sculptor, one cannot begin to

alter his works, but an architect has to put up with

anything, because the makes utility objects, the 

building is there to be used, and times change."

(Arne Jacobsen)

Best regards,

R

2311. Frankfurt am Main. Heilig Kreuz-Kirche

 

Queridos Patricia y Curro,

La interesante iglesia de la Santa Cruz en Frankfurt

am Main fue consagrada en 1929. La nave principal

está alineada norte a sur con el presbiterio en el lado 

norte. El interior se pintó originalmente a cuadros 

rojos y rosas, y las ventanas tenían grandes letras

que se podían leer desde el interior. Durante el día

las letras aparecían oscuras contra la luz que entraba

por las ventanas desde el exterior.

Un fuerte abrazo,

R

2310. Berlin. Kammermusiksaal

Queridos Jose, Paula y Juanlu,

"La arquitectura debe proponernos la creación de 

relaciones nuevas entre el hombre, el espacio y la

técnica." (Hans Scharoun) 

Un abrazo,

R

2304. Bauhaus-Archiv/Museum für Gestaltung

 

Dear Jan,

"Limitations makes the creative mind inventive."

(Walter Gropius)

Best regards,

R

2261. Berlin. Jüdisches Museum.

 

Dear Claudia,

“To provide meaningful architecture is

not to parody history but to articulate it.”

(Daniel Libeskind)

Best,

R

2254. Fire Station. Vitra Campus. Weil am Rhein. Germany.

 

Dear Lauren,

"There was no landscape, so we had to invent one.

It was an un-place we had to make into a place."

(Zaha Hadid)

Best,

R

2239. Factory Building. Vitra Campus. Weil am Rhein. Germany

 

Dear Jan,

"The beauty of architecture lies in its simplicity,

in its ability to create something profound from

something very basic." (Alvaro Siza)

Cheers,

R

2227. München, BMW-Vierzylinder

 

Dear Jan,

"Quality is more important than prestige"

(Karl Schwanzer)

Cheers,

R

2226. Berlin-Tegel, Humboldt-Schloß

 

Dear Sybille,

"Indifference to the fine arts comes close to

barbarism."(Karl Friedrich Schinkel)

Besos,

R

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

2204. Logistics and Production Hall. Vitra Campus, Weil am Rhein, Germany.

 

Dear Jan,

"The ideal situation is to create something that, through

its presence, makes the overall environment look better,

and at the same time makes your own building look

good by virtue of its relationship with the surrounding

buildings."(Kazuyo Sejima)

Cheers,

R

2197. VitraHaus. Vitra Campus. Weil am Rhein, Germany

 

Dear Frank,

"By superimposing one form on top of

another, you add a new element, another

gesture. (...) We wanted a fairly sculptural

and complex result, like a landscape,

intense." (Jacques Herzog)

Sincerely,

R

2182. Office of Walter Gropius. Bauhaus, Weimar

 

Querido Pedro,

“Todo objeto, un recipiente, una silla,

una cosa, está determinado por su razón 

de ser y, para concederle una forma

realmente racional, hay que investigar 

su carácter en profundidad.”

(Walter Gropius)

Saludos,

R

2162. Vitra Design Museum

 

Querida Teresa,

"La arquitectura debe hablar de su tiempo y su lugar

y a la vez anhelar la eternidad" (Frank Gehry)

Afectuosamente,

R

2155. Berlin, Nordische Botschaften am Tiergarten

 

Dear Angela,

The front building named "House of All" and

the general master plan for the Nordic Embassies 

complex in Berlin were designed by Berger and 

Parkkinen. However, each individual 

building was designed by architectural teams 

selected by national architecture competitions

in their countries: 3XN architects were

responsible for Denmark, PK Hönun for Iceland,

Snøhetta for Norway, Wingårdh Arkitektkontor

for Sweden, and Viiva Arkkitehtuuri Oy for

Finland.

Sincerely,

R

2146. Wolfsburg, Rathaus mit Kulturzentrum

 

Dear Sybi,

"Architecture is not merely national but clearly

has local ties in that it is rooted in the earth."

(Alvar Aalto)

Best,

R

2143. Berlin. Neue Nationalgalerie

 

Dear Alex,

"It is surprising how well the building works, once

people surrender to its limitations"

(David Chipperfield, architect behind its latest restoration)

Regards,

R

2136. Berlin. Hochhaus im Hansaviertel

 

Dear Sybille,

"It is the architect's task to give life a gentler

structure." (Alvar Aalto)

Cheers,

R