Ricardo Bofill

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Ricardo Bofill Levi
Born 5 December 1939 (1939-12-05) (age 72)
Barcelona, Spain
Nationality Spanish
Awards Vittorio de Sica Architecture Prize, Life Time Achievement Award. The Israelí Building Center, Chicago Architecture Award, Illinois Council/American Institute of Architects/Architectural Record, Awarded Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres Degree, Ministry of Culture France
Work
Projects Terminal 1 at Barcelona Airport, Sunshine Upper East (Beijing, China), Paribas Marché Saint Honoré (Paris), Antigone Quarter(Montpellier), Swift Headquarters. La Hulpe (Belgium), United Airlines Tower (Chicago), Ginza Shiseido Building (Tokio), La Paix Residentiel (Dakar, Senegal), Port of Savona (Italy), Walden 7 (Sant Just Desvern, Barcelona)

Ricardo Bofill, also Ricard Bofill Leví (Catalan pronunciation: [riˈkard buˈfiʎ ɫəˈβi]) (born in Barcelona, Spain, December 5, 1939) is a Spanish[1] postmodernist[2] architect.

He studied at the School of Architecture in Geneva, Switzerland. In 1963, he founded a group formed by architects, engineers, sociologists and philosophers, creating the basis for what today is the ‘Taller de Arquitectura’, international team with over 40 years experience in urban design, architecture, parks and gardens designs, and interior design.

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[edit] Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura

Ricardo Bofill - Taller de Arquitectura is a prominent international studio for architecture, planning and design. Its main office in Barcelona was founded in 1963 by Spanish-Catalan architect Ricardo Bofill.[3]

[edit] Organization

The office is led by Ricardo Bofill and two partners, Peter Hodgkinson and Jean-Pierre Carniaux. As of 2011, it employs a staff of around 60 of 12 nationalities, including urban planners, architects, researchers, designers, model makers, interior and industrial designers and graphic designers working in close collaboration.

[edit] Urban Design

Barcelona Airport T1
Interior of the Arsenal, Metz, France
The headquarters of United Airlines and United Continental Holdings

Major urban design projects by Ricardo Bofill - Taller de Arquitectura include Place de l’Europe (Luxembourg), Nova Karlin (Prague), Port Praski (Warsaw), New Castellana (Madrid), Tarragona’s new seafront, Nova Bocana (Barcelona), Puerto Triana (Seville), Central Artery (Boston) and the remodelling of Kobe in Japan. Antigone in Montpellier, France (4 million square feet built) is an entire neighbourhood that has been designed and constructed by Taller de Arquitectura during twenty years.

These projects are typically predicated on the assertion that the city should be formed by streets and squares, in opposition to the model adopted in the construction of isolated blocks separated by extensive open spaces. The underlying model is that of a sustainable Mediterranean city with well-defined public spaces, and in which inhabitants have all the basic services within reasonable walking distance of their homes.

[edit] Large Public Buildings

In the field of large transport infrastructures, Taller de Arquitectura designed the 1991 extension and remodelling of Barcelona Airport (now known as Terminal 2) as well as its more recent extension, Terminal 1, completed in 2010 and awarded 2011 Best Airport Southern Europe. Other prominent public projects include the National Theatre of Catalonia in Barcelona, Madrid Congress Centre, the Arsenal Auditorium in Metz (France), the Shepherd School of Music for Rice University in Houston, the Villa Cultural del Prado in Valladolid, and the Convention and Exhibition Centre in A Coruña.

[edit] Hotels and Retail

Five-stars hotels designed by the Taller include Beijing’s Shangri-la Hotel, the Costes K in Paris, Colombo’s Resort in Porto Santo, Portugal, and more recently the W Barcelona. The Taller has also completed successful retail projects including Atrium Saldanha in Lisbon, the mall Lazona Kawasaki Plaza in Tokyo and Funchalcentrum (Portugal).

[edit] Housing Projects

Taller de Arquitectura is unusual among prominent global architecture firms for its longstanding focus on large housing projects, including some for lower-income families. It has designed more than 2,000 housing units in France, 1,500 in Spain, 400 in Sweden, 350 in the Netherlands, including in the Parisian Villes Nouvelles as Les Espaces d’Abraxas in Marne-la-Vallée, Les Arcades du Lac in Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, Le Belvedere St. Christophe in Cergy-Pontoise, Les Echelles du Baroque in Paris, Monchyplein in The Hague, the project Pa Soder Crescent, also known as Bofill's bage, in Stockholm, and more recently mixed-use projects in Savona (Italy).

The design studies for precast concrete units or for the moulds for in situ shuttering, prompted by the need to obtain a large number of different forms from the combination of a very limited number of units contributed, in the 1980s, to the Taller’s affirmation of the validity of classical forms and geometry in contemporary architecture.

[edit] Landscape

From “garden cities”, to large urban green areas that become the back-bone of cities, Taller de Arquitectura has created more than 100 designs for parks from Puerto Rico to Beijing. Many landscape projects designed by the Taller involve the presence of the river: the Turia gardens built on Valencia’s riverbed, the landscaping of the Lez river banks in Montpellier, the Manzanares Park in Madrid…

[edit] Urban Impact

Many of the Taller projects have become familiar and symbolic landmarks in their respective locations. However at the time of their creation they sometimes have appeared radical, stirring occasional controversy.

[edit] Partial list of Bofill projects

[edit] Bibliography

  • Ricardo Bofill, col. Maestros de la Arquitectura. Salvat/Hachette, Barcelona, Spain 2011
  • Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura. Architecture in the era of local culture and international experience.
  • Published by Taller de Arquitectura, 2010
  • Ricardo Bofill, Jean-Louis André. "Spazi di una vita". Il Cardo Editori, Venice, Italy 1996.
  • Ricardo Bofill, Nicolas Véron. "L'Architecture des villes". Odile Jacob, Paris, France 1995.
  • Bartomeu Cruells. "Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura". Zanichelli Editore, Bologna, Italy 1994.
  • Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura. "Memory-Future". Published by Taller de Arquitectura, 1993.
  • Bartomeu Cruells. "Ricardo Bofill Obras y Proyectos/Works and Projects". Gustavo Gili, Barcelona, Spain 1992.
  • Jean-Louis André et Patrick Genard. "Swift, Architecture & Technologie". Published by Taller Design, 1991.
  • "Ricardo Bofill. Barcelona Airport". Edizioni Tecno, Milan, Italy 1991.
  • Ricardo Bofill, Jean-Louis André. "Espacio y Vida". Tusquets, Barcelona, Spain 1990.
  • Annabelle D'Huart. "Ricardo Bofill". Editions du Moniteur, Paris, France 1989.
  • Ricardo Bofill, Jean-Louis André. "Espaces d'une vie". Odile Jacob, Paris, France 1989.
  • "Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura: Edificios y proyectos 1960-1984". Gustavo Gili, Barcelona, Spain 1988.
  • Warren A. James. "Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura: Buildings and Projects 1960-1984". Rizzoli International, New York, U.S.A. 1988.
  • "Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura". Global Architecture. Architects nº 4. Rizzoli International, New York, U.S.A. 1985.
  • Annabelle D'Huart. Ricardo Bofill. "El Dibujo de la Ciudad, Industria y Clasicismo". Gustavo Gili, Barcelona, Spain 1984.
  • "Ricardo Bofill. Projets Français 1978-1981. La Cité: Histoire et Téchnologie". Editions L'Equerre, Paris, France 1981.
  • Annabelle D'Huart. "Ricardo Bofill, Los Espacios de Abraxas, El Palacio, El Teatro, El Arco". Editions L'Equerre, Paris, France 1981.
  • Ricardo Bofill. "L'Architecture d'un Homme". Editions Arthaud, Paris, France 1978.
  • José Agustín Goytisolo. "Taller de Arquitectura", poemas. Blume, Barcelona, Spain 1976.
  • Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura. "Hacia una Formalización de la Ciudad en el Espacio". Blume, Barcelona, Spain 1968.

[edit] Main Exhibitions

  • Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura, Projectos e edifícios. Museu Casa da Luz, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal. Sept. 2001
  • Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura. Three Cities, Three Projects. Pristasvni Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic. July–August 2000
  • Le Architetture dello spazio pubblico, Barcelona Airport, Milano Triennale, Italy. 1997-99
  • Project for Bologna Central Station, Bologna Municipality, Italy. 1995
  • Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura, Guangzhou, China. 1993
  • Architecture & Sacred Space in Modernity, Venice Biennale, Italy. 1992-93
  • Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura: Memory-Future, Recent Project. The Chicago Athaeneum, U.S.A. 1992
  • Barcelona the City and the '92, Venice Biennale, Italy. 1992
  • Barcelona la ciutat i el 92, IMPU, Depósito de la Aguas, Barcelona, Spain. 1990
  • Urban Furniture, Rotterdamse Kunst Stichting, Rotterdam, Holland. 1989
  • Catalonian Art in New York (Design & Arts & Fashion), Armory, New York, U.S.A. 1990
  • R.B.Taller de Arquitectura, Musée d'Ixelles, Brussels, Belgium. 1989
  • R.B. Taller de Arquitectura, Stichting de Beurs Van Berlage, Amsterdam, Holland. 1989
  • La Coruña, El Mar y la Ciudad. Palacio Municipal de Exposiciones, Kiosco Alfonso. La Coruña, Spain. 1986
  • R.B. Taller de Arquitectura, The City, Classicism and Technology, Max Protetch Gallery, New York NY, U.S.A. 1985
  • Ricardo Bofill and Leon Krier, Architecture, Urbanism and History,[6] New York. 1985[7]
  • Architecture Espagnole (Années 30-80) Europalia '85, Brussels, Belgium. 1985
  • Domaine Clos Pegase Winery Competition, San Francisco, U.S.A. 1985
  • Spaanse Kunst 1984, (Spanish Art), Nouvelles Images Gallery, The Hague, Holland. 1984
  • Follies: Architecture for the Late XXth Century Landscape, J. Corcoran Gallery, Los Angeles, New York NY, U.S.A. 1984
  • Follies, Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Urbanismo, Madrid, Spain. 1984
  • Primera Semana de Video y Arquitectura, Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Urbanismo, Madrid, Spain. 1984
  • Arquitectura de Tierra, Palau Lonja Valencia, Spain. 1984
  • Les Places d'Europe-Histoire et Actualité d'un Espace Public, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France. 1984
  • Image et Imaginaire de l'Architecture, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France. 1984
  • Architecture et Industrie. Passé et avenir d'un mariage de raison, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France. 1984
  • Follies: Architecture for the Late XXth Century Landscape, Leo Castelli Gallery, New York, U.S.A. 1983
  • El Jardí del Turia -Metamorfosi della Cittá tra Cultura e Natura- Un esempio Spagnolo, Palazzo Braschi, Rome, Italy. 1983
  • Modern Islamic Architecture, Biennale 1982, Venice, Italy. 1982
  • El Jardí del Turia, Palau Lonja Valencia, Spain. 1982
  • The Presence of the Past, The International Architecture Exhibition from the Venice Biennale, Fort Mason Center, San Francisco, CA,U.S.A. 1982
  • Presence de l'Histoire, Chapelle de la Salpêtrière, Paris, France. 1981
  • Projets Français 1971-1981-La Cité: Histoire et Technologie, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux Arts, Paris, France. 1981
  • Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura,[8][9] Architectural Association, London, U.K. 1981[10]
  • La Strada Novissima, Biennale 1980, Venezia, Italy. 1980
  • Taller de Arquitectura, Centro de Arte y de Cultura, Buenos Aires, Argentina. 1976
  • Mostra di Architettura, Biennale 1976, Venezia, Italy. 1976
  • Les Halles, Hotel de la Ville, Paris, France. 1976
  • La Ciudad en el Espacio, Galeria Mente 4, Madrid, Spain. 1969

[edit] Films

Films directed and produced by Ricardo Bofill[11]

[edit] "Circles", 1968

Technical Information
• Color, 35 mm
• Runtime: 17 minutes
• Director: Ricardo Bofill
• Co-director: Carles Durán
• Actors: Serena Vergano, Salvador Clotas
• Phography: Juan Amorós
Presented at Festival de Tours, France, 1968

[edit] "Schizo", 1970

Technical Information • Color, 35 mm
• Runtime: 60 minutes
• Director: Ricardo Bofill
• Co-director: Carles Durán, Manolo Núñez Yanosvski
• Actors: Serena Vergano, Modesto Bertrán
• Phography: Juan Amorós
• Coreography: Antonio Miralles
Presented at 48 Mostra Cinematografica Internazionale di Venezia, Sala Volpi, 1991.

Presented in a museum space for the first time as part of the exhibition Subversive Practices, this work has remained virtually unknown, with few public screenings, for almost forty years. Its original subtitle - A Fictitious Report on the Architecture of the Brain – does not just refer to the process-based methodology characteristics of conceptual practices and “information art” but also indicates the type of activities carried out by the Taller de Arquitectura. This multidisciplinary platform was created in 1960 by Ricardo Bofill.[12] Its collaborators included poets such as José Agustín Goytisolo, politicians like Salvador Clotas, artists like Daniel Argimon and Joan Ponç, actresses like Serena Vergano, and, lastly, architects such as Anna Bofill, Peter H. Hodgkinson, Ramón Collado, Xavier Bagué, and Manuel Nuñez Yanovsky .The film is a study of the relationship between art and madness and describes the horror of the human condition – a mere instant between nothingness and nothingness. The piece is an experimental documentary on the structure of a brain, reflecting the disquiet of an artist and his distorted vision of the world.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

  1. ^ Spanish Architecture
  2. ^ Manifestations of Postmodernism, postmodernism in architecture
  3. ^ Walker, John. (1992) "Taller de Arquitectura". Glossary of Art, Architecture & Design since 1945, 3rd. ed.
  4. ^ Architecture of Chicago
  5. ^ Fernando Marza and Neus Moyano titled “Walden 7: Taller de Arquitectura” in Quaderns d’Arquitectura i Urbanisme (Dec.2004); BCN, pp. 18-53
  6. ^ Museum of Modern Art. Ricardo Bofill and Leon Krier: Architecture, Urbanism, and History
  7. ^ Ricardo Bofill and Leon Krier Architecture Urbanism and history
  8. ^ Catalogue has been published to coincide with the exhibition of drawings at the Architectural Association, London, from 16 January to 14 February 1981
  9. ^ Catalogue of drawings at Architectural Association
  10. ^ Architectural Association
  11. ^ Barcelona School of Film
  12. ^ Brilliant Future

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