27.10.16


F-002
Scandiano (from Kodachrome) . © Luigi Ghirri . 1971


'Kodachrome is not a complete vision of our existence, nor does it attempt to be. Instead it is a collection that brings greater attention and transparency to our complex world and the choices made to create it. The photographs employ distortions such as, mirrors, murals and reflections in addition to, central verticals, spatial flattening, varied scale and competing geometries. Ghirri referred to the diverse aspects of reality as hieroglyphs, which he intended to become more comprehensible through the “fragmentary” restrictions of photographs.'

http://www.americansuburbx.com/2013/03/luigi-ghirri-kodachrome-2013.html

23.10.16


E-004
Museum for North Rhine Westphalia Art Collection, Düsseldorf . James Stirling . 1975

19.10.16


P-001
French Quarter, New Orleans . © unknown

8.10.16


E-003
Sea Ranch Condominium, Califormia . Charles Moore . 1963-65

'Los apartamentos responden a la idea de espacio único con ambientes diferentes construida mediante la inserción de un "edículo" que contiene, en un altillo, el dormitorio y el aseo y, debajo de él, un lugar caracterizado de la casa. Este edículo se reconoce como un volumen propio dentro del amplio espacio interior que forma el apartamento, con claras referencias a edificios agrícolas. Cada interior se asoma al paisaje mediante una galería o un balcón, que se proyecta hacía el exterior del volumen; el resto de la iluminación se produce cenitalmente desde la cubierta'

http://josejove.blogspot.com.es/2013/04/sea-ranch-charles-moore-1963-65.html


6.10.16


A-001
House, London . Rachel Whiteread . 1993

'Whiteread and her team faced the daunting challenge of actually creating 'House'. The meticulous process involved pumping 193 Grove Road full of liquid concrete and stripping off the exterior – that is, the house itself – so that only the impression of its innards remained [...]
It was an extraordinary work of art by any standard, an impenetrable inversion of domesticity – a machine for not living'

http://www.apollo-magazine.com/house/

2.10.16


E-002
Sonsbeek Paviljoen, Arnhem . Aldo van Eyck . 1966

'Six parallel walls almost 4m high are placed with a distance of 2.5m from each other. The way the walls bend forming semicircular spaces and the sudden cuts transform this simple pattern in a complex spatial device'