Goethe y la arquitectura teatral

[EN] As a playwright and theatre director in Weimar, Goethe became interested in theatre architecture. He proved it in his architectural drawings. He channeled his ideas through theatre type described by Vitruvius and its modern time adaptation by Palladio in his Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza. All this was reflected in several sketches and the project developed together with architect Coudray after the fire in Weimar theatre in 1825

Dibujos de Ximo Sanchis. La construcción del territorio valenciano

Los dibujos del arquitecto Ximo Sanchis (1946) son una parte relevante de su visión de la arquitectura complementaria a sus proyectos y obras. Estas dos vertientes, dibujo y arquitectura, confluyen en una interpretación del territorio del País Valenciano que es significativa de los cambios que ha experimentado durante las últimas décadas. Una reflexión que se despliega en diferentes niveles. Por un lado, la imagen antrópica como síntesis de las construcciones ligadas al cultivo de regadío se complementa con las perspectivas de los terrenos de secano y los huertos de palmeras como rasgos históricos relevantes de este paisaje. Por otro, el panorama de la costa, invadida por los usos vacaciona…

Ocho notas sobre la Casa Farnsworth de Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Mies was in the top of his career when he built the Farnsworth House. The analysis of this work shows some characteristics of his architectural thought: the relationships between architecture and nature, the definition of the pavilion type, his concept of architectural space, the role of structure and limits, the idea free plan and the meaning of construction

Proyectos de escaleras de Goethe

Goethe's scenography drawings

[EN] Goethe’s facet of playwright and theater manager guarantee his architectural knowledge on these issues shown in his drawings. In its stage proposals he left the Vitruvian and Palladian models, followed in the typological definition, eliminating the architectural frons scænæ frons and preferring sets painted. Thus, fictitious architecture fit each representation but it differed from building’s architecture appropriateness.

Afinidades entre la arquitectura y la música. Algunas reflexiones