One of the best masterpieces in Luis Barragán. The outer hacienda of the city of Mexico has become a center for Architecture and Art in August. La cuadra San Cristobal will receive a permanent exhibition about the life of the most popular architect in Mexico, plus gallery spaces, artists studios, library, gift shop and cafeteria.
The project is the brain of Mexican architect that says Barragán (1902-88). “My best education was visiting the work of Barragán,” he said. “Now I hope this project can share extraordinary heritage even more.”
The project aims to marry architecture and art in seven years, as Barragán did his life. “It is an echo of the relationship with artists, including Mathias Goeritz [with whom he designed the urban sculpture Torres de Satélite] And when you call a Dr. ATL, Mexican Van Gogh, “Romero says. La Cuadra includes the artist’s residence program and temporary exhibitions.
Marina Abramovic Spurs Launch
The Opening Cooperation of the February Mexican Art Week was inaugural cooperation of La Cuadra, when Marina Abramović, made a film in two days since 1990s since Mexico. The annual “artist experience” will be a continuous element of La Cuadra, and Abramović’s contributions have been invited to discuss guests and discussion.
Marina is involved in Abramovic in La Cuadra Photo: Fabian Martinez
Barragán, XX. The main Century Mexican architect was combined tradition and modernism to produce buildings and timeless buildings. He was born in Guadalajara, where he traveled to Mexico, where Cuauhtémoc, Roma and Condesa, the most popular, His headquarters in four decades and the World Heritage Heritage. Other masterpieces in Tlalpan, in the late 1960s, and La Cuadra San Cristobal, and the Fernando Romero Foundation bought the property.
Abramović’s new film brings horses, but it is a factor of elements storm, a factor that combines between artist and architect. “Marina focuses on peace and return violence in Barragan, who had silence and humanity at the heart of his work,” Romero says. “We couldn’t think of anyone better than for this project.”
Outdoor patio and barns in La Cuadra Yannik Wegner’s photo.
Kindness of the Fernando Romero Foundation.
For Romoro, Mexico is another important project in the city. He designed the Soumaya Museum, including the largest collection of Rodin outside France, and the objects between the Hispanic European Renaissance objects are made by paintings of Mexican Meuralists. The museum opened in the current location in 2011, tribute to the Soumaya Dome at the end of Romoro, the richest person in Latin America, Latin America.
Romero Studio is behind the projects, including the International Airport in Bitcoin and Pacific in El Salvador.
The first phase of the recreating La Cuadra will open in August, consisting of a permanent exhibition based in the life of Barragan, and including Moquettes and drawings. Romero said that La Cuadra “encourages new opportunities, which promotes new opportunities at the intersection of art and architecture,” and while it is not releasing the cost of the figure project, the ambition is to open within seven and ten years.
- San Cristobal block It is completely open in October
