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The Amazing Cement Factory Loft by Ricardo Bofill. Ricardo Bofill is a Spanish Architect who was born in Barcelona and studied at the School of Architecture in Geneva, Switzerland.
Son of an architect, Ricardo worked with his father until 1963, when he founded ‘Taller de Arquitectura’, a multi-disciplinary studio, which included other environmental and design professionals as well as architects, engineers, sociologists and philosophers. Bofill's early work falls within the Neo-Expressionism and Neo-Realism of the Barcelona School. The style of his building are something awesome. A mix of textures, forms, materials and impressions. From the sixties until today he has accomplished constructions that stand out and have it's own style. The project we will show here, The Cement Factory, is a place Ricardo Bofill discovered in 1973. This place is really amazing... a loft full of style, great design/architectural elements and the part that I liked most, it has enormous spaces, windows and a stunning light quality.
Classic: Maritxell Sanctuary / Ricardo Bofill. Architects: Ricardo Bofill Location: Canillo , Andorra Year: 1978 Photographs: Courtesy of Ricardo Bofill Andorra, a small principality located in th Pyrenees, has only recently become renown as a commercial tourist attraction after centuries of pastoral sleepiness, facing a population explosion and economic boom few other such countries can hope to equalize both for the good and the bad.
On the evening of a popular holiday in 1972 the ancient Romanesque Sanctuary caught fire and was destriyed. The building complex were left in blackened ruins, survived only by the original apse and vaulting over the altar and laterday belltower. The task of rebuilding the Sancturay could not be reduced to an archeological labor, simply returning the fallen stones to their original position; nor could the strong influence of the local architectural character and landscape be ignored. Kafka Castle / Ricardo Bofill. Known for his innovative and colorful structures Catalan architect, Ricardo Bofill and his multidisciplinary firm, Taller de Arquitectura collaborated on the design of a unique apartment complex outside of Barcelona in the Sant Pere de Ribes area.
Completed in 1968, the Kafka Castle –an homage to Franz Kafka – strays away from the traditional design techniques and aesthetics of typical Spanish apartment buildings. AD Classics: Walden 7 / Ricardo Bofill. Walden 7 is a project implementing some of Ricardo Bofill’s earliest ambitions and addressing most of the problems of modern city life.
It is located on the same lot as Taller de Arquitectura, based in the refurbished ruins of an old cement factory. The housing structure benefits from Bofill’s earlier research and the idea of providing public spaces and gardens for residents to enjoy an enhanced quality of living. The building consists of a fourteen story cluster of apartments grouped around five courtyards, on top of which are two swimming pools. With a few exceptions, each apartment looks onto both the exterior and one of the interior courtyards. At several levels there is a complex system of bridges and balconies for access, producing a fantastic variety of vistas and enclosures.
AD Classics: Xanadú / Ricardo Bofill. One of many large experiments in housing conducted by Taller de Arquitectura, Xanadú is an experimental prototype that reflects on the team’s theory of a garden city in space.
Built as part of the La Manzanera development, which also houses the nearby La Muralla Roja, the project contains 18 apartments intended to be summer homes. The building began from the concept of the castle, evolving so that it arrived at a configuration inspired by the famous Peñon de Ifach crag located nearby. The project is composed of cubes whose rigid geometry is broken on the exterior to create a façade portraying a beautiful play of light and shadow and breathtaking views of the landscape. Vernacular details, curving handrails, and roof elements were added to bring together this irregular façade which combines modern principles with select traditional elements.
Every unit is composed of three cubes, one for living space, another for sleeping space, and the third for services. The Factory / Ricardo Bofill. The Factory / Ricardo Bofill Architects Location Sant Just Desvern, Espanya Photographs From the architect.
In 1973 Ricardo Bofill found a disused cement factory, an industrial complex from the turn of the century consisting of over 30 silos, subterranean galleries and huge machine rooms, and he decided to transform it into the head office of Taller de Arquitectura. Remodelling work lasted two years. The factory, abandoned and partially in ruins, was a compendium of surrealist elements: stairs that climbed up to nowhere, mighty reinforced concrete structures that sustained nothing, pieces of iron hanging in the air, huge empty spaces filled nonetheless with magic.
Ricardo Bofill, Taller de Arquitectura.