2165. Leça da Palmeira. Piscina da Praia de Leça.

 

Estimado Eduardo,

"El trabajo del arquitecto es una respuesta a lo

que demanda el espacio, y también una pregunta

acerca de cómo transformarlo." (Alvaro Siza)

Cordialmente,

R

2122. Bremen. Die Neue Vahr

Dear Celine,

"We should concentrate our work not only to a 

separated housing problem but housing involved 

in our daily work and all the other functions of the 

city." (Alvar Aalto)

Gratefully,

R

2104. Torrelavega, Cantabria. Iglesia de la Virgen Grande (Pórtico)

Estimado Antón,

Después de atender a su conferencia sobre
Luis Moya Blanco y la cultura tardoclásica
Europea he seguido su recomendación y he
venido a visitar la admirable Iglesia de la
Virgen Grande en Cantabria con su magnífica
bóveda de arcos cruzados que tanto me ha
recordado a la de la Iglesia de San Lorenzo
de Turín, obra de Guarini que visité hace
muchos años.
Como Edwin Lutyens en Inglaterra, Auguste
Perret en Francia, Giovanni Muzio en Italia
o Heinrich Tessenow y Dominikus Böhm en
Alemania, en España  fue Luis Moya el mayor
representante del movimiento ecléctico
historicista. Como usted bien dijo en su charla
todos estos grandes cosntructores tuvieron en
común mostrar en sus arquitecturas una clara
y muchas veces brillante relación entre forma
y construcción.

Muchas gracias y un saludo muy cordial,
R

2103. Helsinki. The Stora Enzo Head Offices.

 

Dear Mariona,

A rare back side view of the Stora Enso's Headquarter.

This was one of the most controversial Alvar Aalto's

buildings in Helsinki due to its location between the 

neoclassical Market Square and the big and red Uspenski 

Cathedral of the Orthodox Church.

All the best,

R   

2084. Lünen (Westf.) Geschwister-Scholl-Schule.

 

Dear Sybille,

"Education is not just the development of intellectual 

capabilities, not just the achievement of particular 

knowledge and abilities: it is a process which allows 

the bringing together and developing of all faculties. 

Therefore learning must be in harmony with the 

child’s growth and development, and the school, 

like the home, must stand as evidence that the earth 

is a good place to dwell." (Hans Scharoun)

Best,

R

1906. Cathedral of the Holy Cross in Lusaka, Zambia

 

Dear Manuel,

"The first may not necessarily arrive first"
(Zambian proverb)
Have a nice first day of 2021.

Sincerely,
R

1842. Seinäjoen kaupungintalo

Querido Manolo,

ICARO

Sobre la horizontal del laberinto
trazaste el eje de la altura
y la profundidad.
                           Caer fue sólo
la ascensión a lo hondo.

(José Angel Valente)

Agradecido,
R

1746. Bacardi Rum Plant, Cataño, Puerto Rico

Querido Félix,

"Lo que a todo ser humano le gustaría es ser completamente libre para dar salida a lo que 

lleva  dentro, a cada capacidad que se posee, 

a cada talento" (Jørn Utzon)

Siempre agradecido,
R

1634. House of Worship. United Church of Rowayton, CT

Dear Michael,

"The Rowayton Church is a superbly functional unit. Though it is several light years removed from the rigid geometry usually associated with the term "functional", It serves the varied needs of the parish to perfection." (Robert Mutrux, Great New England Churches)

Sincerely,
R

1610. Yale University Morse College.

Dear James,

"The rooms should be as individual as possible, as 

random as those in an old inn rather than as 

standardized as those in modern hotels... 

(Eliel Saarinen)

Regards,
R

1581. Nogales Public Library, Arizona

Dear Marcos,

"Bennie Gonzales’s architecture was often more 

playful and his architectural response to our desert climate and ‘place’ more appropriate than that of 

 many of his contemporaries." (Will Bruder)

Sincerely,
R

1537. Seinäjoki. The Town Hall

Dear Elissa,

"It is easier to build a grand opera or a city center than 

to build a personal house" (Alvar Aalto)

With appreciation,
R

1463. Motel Xenia, Paliouri, Chalkidikis, Greece

Dear Aris,

"Wine and truth" (ancient Greek saying)

Much respect,
R

1425. Dulles International Airport. Everything Hinges on Hager Here.

Dear Sam,

"The Agora should be no larger than the audible space of
a shout" (Aristotle)

Best,
R

1378. Club Meditarranée. Village Cadaqués. Gerona, España

Paquillo,

"Vi los grandes monumentos eternos, gloria del espíritu humano"
(Le Corbusier)

Abrazos,
R

1244. John F. Kennedy International Airport

Querido José

(...)
Al viento, sobre la sierra,
tiene el águila dorada
las anchas alas abiertas.
(...)
(Antonio Machado)

Abrazos,
R

1233. Hotel Okura, Tokyo

Dear Andreas,

The chauffeur got out and bowed. Henderson fired a torrent of instructions at him in fluent Japanese and followed Bond into the back seat, settling himself with a grunt. “Taking you to your hotel first – the Okura, latest of the Western ones. American tourist got murdered at the Royal Oriental the other day and we don't want to lose you all that soon.”
(Ian Fleming-You Only Live Twice)

Best regards,
R

1190. Hilltop Bar at Walker Hill Hotel, Seoul, Korea

Dear Nari,

“My home is the womb. The womb’s
home is the mother, the mother’s home
is the house and the house’s home is
the environment. It’s wrong to think of
a home as just a residence."
(Kim Swoo Geun)

Haenguneul dama!
R

1124. Matosinhos. Piscina da Praia de Leca

Querido Javier,

"Cualquier diseño es un intento de captar con el mayor rigor posible y con todos su matices un momento 

concreto de una imagen fugaz.  Esa cualidad transitoria 

se captará satisfactoriamente en los proyectos en la medida en que sea más o menos precisa; y cuanto más patente más vulnerable será." (Alvaro Siza Vieira)

Un abrazo,
R

1110. Pfarrkirche Linz, St. Theresia

Dear Steven,

"The art of building, as we meant it, is the
creation of living form, and the church as
we meant it, is not merely a walled shelter,
but everything together: building and people,
body and soul, the human beings and Christ,
a whole spiritual universe–a universe, indeed,
which must ever be brought into reality anew"
(Rudolf Schwarz)

Greetings,
R