CAMOUFLAGE_IMPRINT ARCHITECTURE IN SPAIN_WORKSHOP_2019

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CAMOUFLAGE

IMPRINT ARCHITECTURE IN SPAIN

Thematic series – 1 st edition workshop

[EN]

Hiding is a significant moment of the stories, the determining moment of the material position, of disappearing implying the transition, the de-materialization. By corporeal analogy, architecture also takes on fantastic forms with the same fascination of introverted, hidden, protected spaces, the man actually entering the body of architecture, whether it is from the triptych of Hieronymus Bosch, The garden of Earthly delights, or the shelter of Santiago Calatrava in City of Arts and Sciences in Valencia. Camouflage – the ultimate mechanism by which contemporary architecture tends to “integrate”, through the borrowing of language, through mimesis – is a phenomenon with famous antecedents in Renaissance, Baroque architecture, culminating in the Art Deco period. The central space of Spain is the in situ scene in which the study of the imprint of the architectural language is proposed, starting from examples of traditional architecture and reaching the contemporary period. The discourse is a complementary one that relates art to traditional and contemporary architectural examples, discussing the formal or sculptural vocabulary of architecture – the phenomenon of camouflage having as reference the theoretical work of Neil Leach. This theoretical manifesto, which disputes the architectural vocabulary as an authentic one, launches the intrigue of the dialogue, introducing it on the territory of the reactive behavior to the environment. A particular architectural path, illustrating specific hypostases and determinations of the architectural object along the route: VALENCIA, CUENCA, MADRID, SEGOVIA, TOLEDO, bringing together study examples brought into discussion for the analysis of imprint, mimesis, respectively body camouflage through chromatics, texture , ornament and shape.

* full workshop description, program, activities and results are available for participants only

[RO]

A te ascunde este un moment semnificativ al poveștilor, momentul determinant al poziției materiale, a disparea implicând tranziția, de-materializarea. Prin analogie corporală, arhitectura îmbracă si ea forme fantastice cu aceeași fascinație a spațiilor introvertite, ascunse, protejate, omul intrând efectiv în corpul arhitecturii, fie ca este cel din tripticul lui Hieronymus Bosch ,The garden of Earthly delights, sau cel adapostit de Santiago Calatrava in Ciudad de las Artes y de las Ciencias in Valencia. Camuflarea – mecanismul ultim prin care arhitectura contemporana tinde sa se „integreze”, prin imprumut de limbaj, prin mimesis – este un fenomen cu antecedente celebre in arhitectura renasterii, barocului, avand apogeul in perioada art deco. Spatiul central al Spaniei este scena in situ in care se propune studiul imprintului limbajului arhitectural, plecand de la exemple ale arhitecturii traditionale si ajungand in perioada contemporana. Discursul este unul complementar care relationeaza arta cu exemple arhitecturale traditionale si contemporane, discutand vocabularul formal sau sculptural al arhitecturii – fenomenul camuflajului avand ca referinta lucrarea teoretica a lui Neil Leach. Acest manifest teoretic care disputa vocabularul arhitectural ca fiind unul autentic, propriu, lanseaza intriga dialogului, introducand-o pe teritoriul comportamentului reactiv la mediu. Un parcurs arhitectural particular, ilustrand ipostaze si determinari specifice ale obiectului arhitectural de-a lungul trasului: VALENCIA, CUENCA, MADRID, SEGOVIA, TOLEDO, reunind exemple de studiu aduse in discutie pentru analiza imprintului, mimesisului, respectiv a camuflarii corpului prin cromatica, textura, ornament si forma.

* descrierea completă a atelierului, programul, activitățile și rezultatele sunt disponibile exclusiv participanților

Program

VALENCIA. TT1 > Unesco tour: Torres de Serranos, Plaza de la Virgen, Reina, City Council, Lonja de la Seda, Mercado Central, OT1 > Santa Catalina Church, Marqueses de Dos Aguas Palace (1740), San Juan del Hospital Church, Santa María Metropolitan Cathedral, the Church of our Lady of the Helpless, Serranos gate, L´Almoina Archaeological Center. TT2 > Caltrava tour > Rio Turia , City of Arts and Sciences: Oceanogràfic, the Hemisfèric 3D cinema, the Príncipe Felipe Science Museum and the Palau, opera house, Alameda bridge, OT2 > Calatrava bridges (puentes), HARBOUR: Veles e vents (David Chipperfield Architects), Luna Rossa (Renzo Piano), OT3 > EXP.D: IVAM – Institut Valencià d’Art Modern, The Valencia Congress Center (N Foster), The García Navarro Hall. CUENCA. TT3 > Unesco tour: Plaza Mayor, Puente de San Pablo, Las Casas Colgadas, Torre Mangana, OT4 > Convento de San Pablo, Los Rascacielos de Cuenca Barrio San Martin, Catedral De Cuenca, Museo de Arte Abstracto Espanol. SEGOVIA, AVILA, TOLEDO. TT4 > Roman aqueduct, Auditorium, Mosque of Cristo de la Luz, historical center. MADRID. TT5 > Puerta del Sol, Plaza Mayor, Plaza de la Villa, La Almudena, Royal Palace, Sabatini Gardens, Prado Museum, Thyssen-Bornemisza National Museum, Reina Sofía Museum (MNCARS), OT5 > parks, pathways: Templo de Debod, Manzanares Linear Park Madrid Río, El Retiro Park, Mercado de San Miguel. TT6 > Contemporary Architecture tour: CaixaForum Madrid, Cuatro Torres Business Area, BBVA City/ Herzog & de Meuron, OT6 > contemporary architecture: Giner de los Ríos Foundation / Amid.cero9, Puerta de Europa / Philip Johnson & John Burgee, Torres Blancas (white towers) / Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza. TT7 > EXP.D: Aeropuerto-Feria: Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas, Madrid-Barajas Airport, Terminal T4 / Estudio Lamela + Richard Rogers Partnership, OT7 > contemporary architecture: BBVA Tower/ Francisco Javier Sáenz de Oiza, San Chinarro Lookout/ MVRDV, 8 B Nave / Arturo Franco, Bamboo House.

photography by Ana Maria Crisan © 2019 for Culture Reserve