Luis Barragan
dal 5/11/2001 al 20/1/2002
Segnalato da
5/11/2001
Luis Barragan
IVAM Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno, Valencia
Luis Barraga'n is considered the most important Mexican architect of the twentieth century and also one of the great figures in the field of architecture on the international scene.His buildings and landscape designs, although not very numerous and concentrated in Mexico, display a talent that succeeded in marrying the traditional building methods of his country with the language of modernity, obtaining results that were at the same time Mexican and intrinsically universal.
Curator: Federica Zanco. Directora Fundación Barragán de Birsfeld,
Switzerland
Co-produced by: IVAM - Vitra Design Museum, Weil am Rhein, Germany
Luis Barragán (1902 - 1988) is considered the most important Mexican
architect of the
twentieth century and also one of the great figures in the field of
architecture on the
international scene.
Barragán, who received the prestigious architectural
award of the
Pritzker prize in 1980, won attention and international recognition for the
poetic quality of
his work.
His buildings and landscape designs, although not very numerous and
concentrated in Mexico, display a talent that succeeded in
marrying the traditional building methods of his country with the language of
modernity, obtaining results that were at the same time
Mexican and intrinsically universal. He was one of the first architects to
use landscape in architecture, both in his country houses
and in the private homes that he constructed in the district of El Pedregal.
Light and colour, the search for a domestic quality that was at once modern
and traditional, the relationship between architecture
and landscape and between architecture and the city were the main themes on
which this architect?s work was based. His trust in
the power of simplicity, his tireless quest for material and aesthetic
quality, his subtle sensitivity to colour, and finally his particular
way of "seeing" leave their mark on all his work and make any attempt at
imitation quite impossible.
He was admired by the Minimal movement, for example by Donald Judd, and also
by his colleagues, such as Louis Kahn, who
invited Barragán to work with him.
Opening hours:
Tuesday to saturday 10 am to 2.15 pm; 4.00 to 7.00 pm
Sunday 10 am to 7.30 pm
Monday: closed
Admission: free
IVAM Centre del Carme - Ambassador Vich Room
Centre del Carmen Museu, 4 46003 Valencia