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Presentation • Building the Kursaal Rafael Moneo • On the figure of Rafael Moneo Antón Capitel, Luis Moreno Mansilla & Emilio Tuñón • Kursaal Cultural Centre and Auditorium in San Sebastian Rafael Moneo Luis Rojo de Castro • Products dossier Carmen Valencia & Graciela Roselló |
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Antón Capitel, Luis Moreno Mansilla y Emilio Tuñón On the figure of Rafael Moneo On one side, three old disciples of Rafael Moneo. Antón Capitel was in his Projects class during the schoolyear 1968-1969, and eventually wrote his thesis on Moneo; he has followed Moneo's work closely ever since and written numerous articles on it. Luis Moreno Mansilla and Emilio Tuñón, students as well of Rafael Moneo, worked in his studio from 1981 to 1992, taking part in a good number of projects. Across the table, Tectónica editors Carlos Quintáns and José María Marzo. The following conversation about the figure of Moneo reveals a commonly held admiration for his professional and personal attitudes. |
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 The Pilar and Joan Miró Foundation, an example of a project in which the solution to specific problems leads to a proposal of great spatial and formal intensity. Photo: Lluís Casals |
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Luis Rojo de Castro Kursaal Cultural Centre and Auditorium in San Sebastian Rafael Moneo The Kursaal is the fruit of an attempt to assimilate concerns characterizing the multi-disciplinary spirit of our time: sculpture, nature, art... through purely architectural mechanisms. The crystalline volumes anchored in the sand are conceived of as a marker in the landscape; however do not renounce a respectful dialogue with the city and with its surroundings. Cubes that are not cubes but figures, a surface of fluted glass, opaque and continuous, but with a clearly ornamental character... manifesting the struggle between expressionism and abstraction underlying this project. The competition description insisted on the intention that the Kursaal should maintain the condition of a topographic incident "...two gigantic rocks stranded at the mouth of the Urumea", linked with the rest of the natural landmarks of this part of the coast. Photo: Duccio Malagamba |
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 Façades/cladding: Dirt repellent Lotusan paint by the Ispo Gmbh company. (download: 80 K) |
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This section presents the most interesting new construction products which have been presented in the trade shows during the past two years. In this issue we propose to introduce a series of products of unquestionable interest which would not fit into the scope of our usual monographs. We have organized this general vision of the new products into ten sections, following a classification which we will try to maintain in successive issues. | |||
Structures -retaining -formwork -floor structures -metal structures -pre-fabricated elements -scaffolding -repairs Façades -glazing -curtain wall -windows and doors -cladding -copings and trim Interior divisions -partitions -doors Roofs -green roofs -metal roofs -substrates |
Finishes -flooring -flooring and wall coverings -wall coverings -raised access floor systems -hung ceilings Mechanical, Electrical and Plumbing -heating and Cooling -control systems -electrical -plumbing -lighting -conveying systems -ventilation Energy control Insulation and waterproofing Urban design Computer systems | ||
