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E-013
Casa Sotavento, Caraballeda, Venezuela . Carlos Raúl Villanueva . 1957-58

'Es necesario arrancarse del ojo y del lápiz la forma dormitorio, la forma cocina, la forma escalera, la forma sala de estar/comedor, la forma ventana; que como rutinarios frutos de memoria y experiencia nos guían y, por lo tanto, nos limitan y condicionan a esos viejos moldes convencionales.'

Carlos Raúl Villanueva

26.12.16


P-004
Plaça vuit de març, Barcelona . © estudi08014 . 2015

20.12.16


E-012
Project E-2 . Hiromi Fujii . 1968-1971

'Project E-2 (1968-1971) by Hiromi Fujii is an example of the Japanese architect’s research on “neutral” architecture, one liberated from any burden of stylistic or historical reference. The works of this period are marked by an intense research on the grid as the most abstract way to organize architectural space.

In this specific project, a house is structured on a sequence of two rows of six adjacent square rooms which are connected one another to form an “enfilade”. Each room is equipped with specific built-in furniture that is concentrated at the center of the square, to leave free circulation on the four sides. An identical row of square rooms is connected to the first one, but this time, the rooms are empty and deprived of a roof to make an exterior counterpoint to the house.

In order to enhance the abstract nature of the project, the projections are all drawn on squared sheets of paper. The projects, which stands at the center of the paper sheet, seems to materialize out of the square pattern as if its structural and formal logics are already intrinsically contained within the grid.'

http://socks-studio.com/2016/09/10/materializing-abstract-space-project-e-2-a-house-by-hiromi-fujii-1968-71/

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E-011
House on a curved road, Tokyo . Kazuo Shinohara . 1978

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F-004
Kies und Schotterwerke . © Bern & Hilla Becher . 1988-2001

'Bernd Becher, born 1931 in Siegen, Germany, died 2007; Hilla Becher, born 1934 in Potsdam, Germany, lives and works in Düsseldorf. The photography of the Bechers is a documentary one. The buildings, mostly industrial manufacturing plants, regarded by the artists as "anonymous sculptures", appear isolated without the workers. They are monuments in and of themselves, and at the same time symbols of functionality. In typological series, constructions or devices with the same functions and comparable structures are analyzed, always under the same  - objective - shooting circumstances, in absolute abstention from an expressive treatment.'

http://www.schellmannart.com/sa/sa_worklist.php?aid=5

5.12.16


E-010
Stone House, Tavole, Italy . Herzog & de Meuron . 1985-88

Set in an undulating landscape of abandoned olive groves, the three-storey house stands on a promontory, engaging part of a former stone terrace. The design concept of the house is based on the fusion of plan, elevation and section. The building is characterized by a cross, made visible in the construction of the side walls where the in-fill dry stone comes in contact with the reinforced concrete frame. The structure occupies the centre on the “piano nobile“, while on the top floor spaces are more interconnected. Here, the house rises above the trees, giving a panoramic view through the vertically articulated strip windows. This notion of extension has its equivalent in the opposite direction with the raised terrace and its pergola-like enclosure. The external wall infills are of slate-like rubble stones, the window shutters are of steel sheets and the door and window linings are of split slate sheets. On the whole, the detailing is spare.

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