Monday, November 9, 2009


R.K.H. Pastoor van Ars Kerk
Den Haag Holland


Dear Peter and Alison,
Aldo van Eyck wanted to combine
in this Catholic Church in the The
Hague the quality of a low crypt-like
space with that of a high gothic
church
. In this picture you can see the
tall space that according to Aldo
became a kind of interior street with
the divers sacred places stringing
along
it.
Regards.
R

Saturday, November 7, 2009



Marseille-La Cite Radieuse

Corey,
A view of the nursery school and reflecting pool at
the Unite d'habitation's roof terrace. To me this
building is like a big ocean liners docked in the
Marseilles' landscape.
Best.
R

Thursday, November 5, 2009


Macau-Ruinas de S. Paulo

Dear Eduardo,
"The face is telling a lie is saying
the truth" (Nietzsche)
Regards.
R

Tuesday, November 3, 2009


Karl-Marx-Stadt

Querido abuelo Joaquin,
En la Karl Marx Stadt o Ciudad de Karl Marx
aun permanece milagrosamente en pie despues
de los bombardeos del 45 el edificio Schocken de
Mendelsohn construido en 1930 y que es
considerado uno de los hitos de la arquitectura
moderna. Aqui te mando una vista sesgada muy
rara de ver. Es el edificio alto hacia la izquierda de
la foto con el remate escalonado. Esta vista es
posible porque cuando se tomo esta foto el edificio
vecino habia sido demolido (o bombardeado?). En
la mente de Mendelsohn este edificio solo podia
ser contemplado frontalmente y a lo largo de sus
elegantes lineas curvas.
Un beso cariñoso
R

Sunday, November 1, 2009



Berlin-Alexanderplatz

Querida Regina,
A veces al mirar los dos edificios especulares
que Behrens construyo para la Alexanderplatz
recuerdo la manera en que el Adam Pollo de
Le Clezio soñaba vivir: pongo dos hamacas
frente a frente, debajo de la ventana, asi, a eso
del mediodia, me tiendo y duermo al sol,
delante del paisaje...
Besos.
R

Thursday, October 29, 2009



Montreal, Quebec, Canada-Victoria Square

Dear Pier,
La Tour de la Bourse is a skyscraper built in
1964 by Luigi Moretti and Pier Luigi Nervi.
It is considered by many to be a masterpiece
of skyscraper design. Its facades feature a
bronze-tinted curtain wall that establish a
strong counterpoint with the whiteness of
the columns at the corners.

Regards
R

Tuesday, October 27, 2009


Macroplaza, Monterrey, N.L., Mexico

Dear Ralph,
Two thin slices painted in bright red form a stele
that it is also a tower; Barragan's one of his obsessions.
He wanted it reaches towards the sky and beyond with
the aid of laser light beams creating a magic effect
of scale that could be consistent with the tremendous
size of the Monterrey's Macroplaza
Regards
R


Sunday, October 25, 2009


Sevilla -Olimpico

Querida Cristina,
Cruz y Ortiz hablan de este edificio de un manera
muy poetica. Hablan de un edificio vestido, con
muchas capas; de un edificio que contiene un
estadio en su interior; de un gran edificio industrial
que contiene unos graderios; de un gran edificio de
fachadas quebradas en la que al sur se abre una
gran ventana...
Besos mil
R

Friday, October 23, 2009



Kobenhavn. Gammel Torv med Domkirken

Dear Elias,
"
If architecture had nothing to do with art, it
would be astonishingly easy to build houses, but
the architect's task - his most difficult task - is
always that of selecting." (Arne Jacobsen)
Regards
R