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I remembered I had this pictures from Barcelona. They were shooted last boreal winter with a Olimpus Camedia 1.3 megapixel digital camera. Don´t remember the model. This one was stolen to me past month.
1929. The Barcelona Pavilion
was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe as the German National Pavilion for the 1929 Barcelona International Exhibition, held on Montjuïc.
The Barcelona Pavilion, a work emblematic of the Modern Movement, has been exhaustively studied and interpreted as well as having inspired the oeuvre of several generations of architects. It was designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe (1886-1969) as the German national pavilion for the 1929 Barcelona International Exhibition. Built from glass, travertine and different kinds of marble, the Pavilion was conceived to accommodate the official reception presided over by King Alphonso XIII of Spain along with the German authorities.
After the closure of the Exhibition, the Pavilion was disassembled in 1930. As time went by, it became a key point of reference not only in Mies van der Rohe's own career but also in twentieth-century architecture as a whole. Given the significance and reputation of the Pavilion, thoughts turned towards its possible reconstruction.
In 1980 Oriol Bohigas, as head of the Urban Planning Department at the Barcelona City Council, set the project in motion, designating architects Ignasi de Solà-Morales, Cristian Cirici and Fernando Ramos to research, design and supervise the reconstruction of the Pavilion.
Work began in 1983 and the new building was opened on its original site in 1986.
7th. pic. What a marble!...
unless you provide valuable TRAVEL information, this thread will live in the photography section
sigue2000 08-08-2005, 19:46 Very nice pictures.
For those of you who want to take it home, here's the Skippy (http://www.pushpullbar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=101).
Hey Cruizy
Is that marble or Onyx, the floors and much of the walls look like travetine.
Anyone know.....?
cobberman 08-08-2005, 20:04 Wow, I've seen pictures of this before but I love the close up of the reflecting pool. Very neat indeed. I like the riverrock in the bottom, it gives it a real earthy feeling I think. Thanks jcruiz!
jparchitectus 10-08-2005, 00:47 Do not forget all this is really a model, or a replica of the original. The original wasn't built for a perminant installation. :clap:
Hey Cruizy
Is that marble or Onyx, the floors and much of the walls look like travetine.
Anyone know.....?
the travetine bits are in fact travetine, the greeen walls are marble and the orangey red wall is onyx.
Thanks Kevin, I could have placed money that this answer would come from you. Is there anything you don't know??? :not worth
jparchitectus 10-08-2005, 03:25 The materials
Glass, steel and four different kinds of marble (Roman travertine, green Alpine marble, ancient green marble from Greece and golden onyx from the Atlas Mountains) were used for the reconstruction, all of the same characteristics and provenance as the ones originally employed by Mies in 1929.
Mies van der Rohe's originality in the use of materials lay not so much in novelty as in the ideal of modernity they expressed through the rigour of their geometry, the precision of the pieces and the clarity of their assembly.
Thanks Kevin, I could have placed money that this answer would come from you. Is there anything you don't know??? :not worth
TOO MUCH mate! That's why [pushpullbar]2 is here, to keep learning and sharing.
The materials
Glass, steel and four different kinds of marble (Roman travertine, green Alpine marble, ancient green marble from Greece and golden onyx from the Atlas Mountains) were used for the reconstruction, all of the same characteristics and provenance as the ones originally employed by Mies in 1929.
Mies van der Rohe's originality in the use of materials lay not so much in novelty as in the ideal of modernity they expressed through the rigour of their geometry, the precision of the pieces and the clarity of their assembly.
speaking of which... does anyone know WHY Mies decided to use chrome-cladded cruciform columns?
jparchitectus 10-08-2005, 03:31 Av. Marquès de Comilles, s/n, Montjuïc
Opening hours
10 h to 20 h every day (including holidays)*.
Guided visits
Wednesdays & Fridays from 17:00 h to 19:00 h guided visits in english, catalan and spanish.
Entrance
General public 3,5 euros
Students 2 euros
Groups* 2 euros
Children under 18 free
(*) Preferably having made prior reservation
The Mies van der Rohe Pavilion occasionally hosts presentations and temporary exhibitions that might slightly modify its interior. The Pavilion may occasionally be closed to the public or access may be restricted.
*The Pavilion will be closed on 7,8, 9 & 10 July
jparchitectus 10-08-2005, 03:37 speaking of which... does anyone know WHY Mies decided to use chrome-cladded cruciform columns?
God dwells in the details
The materials
Glass, steel and four different kinds of marble (Roman travertine, green Alpine marble, ancient green marble from Greece and golden onyx from the Atlas Mountains) were used for the reconstruction, all of the same characteristics and provenance as the ones originally employed by Mies in 1929.
Mies van der Rohe's originality in the use of materials lay not so much in novelty as in the ideal of modernity they expressed through the rigour of their geometry, the precision of the pieces and the clarity of their assembly.
Now you're showing off....
jparchitectus 10-08-2005, 03:44 Any moron can post from the Pavillion (http://www.miesbcn.com/en/pavilion.html) website-
Well not the god part.
When I went there I was so thrilled that I forgot to take pictures. The place is of an incredible beauty and perfection. It's so perfect that it looks like rendered by some cheap program. LOL
jparchitectus 10-08-2005, 05:03 rendered by some cheap program. LOL
Artlantis or Maxwell?
primocordara 10-08-2005, 06:05 When I went there I was so thrilled that I forgot to take pictures. The place is of an incredible beauty and perfection. It's so perfect that it looks like rendered by some cheap program. LOL
I was there just after it was rebuilt, before a close building was thrown down to improve the views.
The critic this reconstruction had was that with the use of modern technologies it was SO perfect, much better built than the original.
I am not sure if this is actually wrong, older architects said this one looked like a fake even though they actually used better finishes and materials as the original!
This was an actual discussion by some Italian experts in "restoration". They would often engage in discussions on whether a "restored" building had been "intervened" by the restaurateurs, that is, if they had "added" or been "faithful" to the original.
Some favored the "intervention" in order to openly differentiate the restaurateurs work from the original, while others considered that "restoration" should be completely unnoticed.
There was a whole argument going on ("restauro vs. intervento" in Italian) We often joked about these exalted discussions with airy Italian gestures.
Here the kmz for you to fly there...
jedisalf 24-08-2005, 21:14 the perfect proof that good architecture is ageless, no matter in what century you see that building, it will always remains as cutting edge.
Murpheus 28-12-2005, 04:44 I thought that the original idea was that steel columns supported the roof, and that the interior walls
were freestanding (ie a readable gap between wall and ceiling plane) elements in the pavillion???
When I was there last year thats what disappointed me the most...those ugly seams where wall meets ceiling.
They look terrible.
I love the building itself though, it just feels spatially "right" somehow :)
Since everyone's got shots of this building... I thought I would add something different... half in water shot
and here is my render
Tss tss tss... Kevin, follow the forum guidelines and share your settings. This is not a place to show off your work. Well done anyway with the rendering :D
primocordara 08-07-2007, 20:29 you should soften it a bit, looks too sureal. And the floor tiles horribly!;)
joHanneum Z 08-07-2007, 23:15 Of course it`s a rendering. :) But put the rendercamera parallel to the camera frame> the pic frame> so the column and the tiles are in a nice right angle...>move the cam inside your render programme:D
Of course it`s a rendering. :) But put the rendercamera parallel to the camera frame> the pic frame> so the column and the tiles are in a nice right angle...>move the cam inside your render programme:D
how about this one... i couldn't get the setting right... the light is bleeding all over the place
el-capitano 09-07-2007, 01:37 how about this one... i couldn't get the setting right... the light is bleeding all over the place
I'm not liking the people you've used in the reflections, maybe use some more realistic people next time- they look too artifical! :)
joHanneum Z 09-07-2007, 02:16 the last rendering is good. good composition. I also like the "right sense" for the dark edges at the columns ending and the roof sides. very realistic.VRAY?:D
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