ARCHITECT RICARDO BOFILL

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DR. Farooq Mofti

Raad Mansour Abdulmajeed

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• The post-modern Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill

(born 1939 - Barcelona, Spain ) fused the Classical syntax of architecture with modern building technology .

• 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’, an international team with over 40 years experience in urban design, architecture, parks and gardens designs, and interior design.

• About Bofill

Bofill first gained international attention in the 1960s with two designs executed in the Catalan region of Spain, where the expressive works of Antonio Gaudi have played a major role.

• The Barrio Gaudi (1964-1968).

• XANADÚ. APARTMENTS IN CALPE, Alicante (1969-1983).

Both the barrio and Xanadu display Bofill's continuing interest in creating "garden cities in space."

I. The Barrio Gaudi The Barrio Gaudi (1964-1968), a public housing project located in Rues, Tarragona (the hometown of Antonio Gaudi).

includes an interlocking grid of apartments in a variety of sizes, each with individual balconies, pantile roofs (made of s-curved tiles), and a multilevel system of walkways and plazas The communal roof garden (a consistent motif in Bofill's work) is a direct tribute to Gaudi.

II. XANADÚ. APARTMENTS IN CALPE

design for the Catalan resort of Xanadu in Calpe, Alicante (1969-1983), consists of a seven-story block with cubical living spaces arranged around a central utility core.

• Taller de Arquitectura

• 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.

• planning and design. Its main office in Barcelona was founded in 1963 by Spanish architect Ricardo Bofill.

• http://www.ricardobofill.com/

1. Urban design Major urban design projects by Ricardo Bofill - Taller de Arquitectura include:

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.

2 . Large public buildings

In the field of large transport infrastructures, Taller de Arquitectura designed the 1991 extension and remodelling of Barcelona Airport

Barcelona Airport

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3 . 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.

• Les Echelles du Baroque in Paris

4 . Hotels and retail

• Five-stars hotels designed by the Taller include Colombo’s Resort in Porto Santo, Portugal.

• The Taller has also completed successful retail projects including Atrium Saldanha in Lisbon,

• Urban impact

Many of Bofill 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.

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