RCR Architects: PAPERS

RCR architects papers

19.05 - 13.09.2015

RCR

, an

arch

itec

ture

firm

hea

dqua

rter

ed in

the

tow

n of

O

lot,

was

foun

ded

in 1

987

by R

afae

l Ara

nda,

Car

me

Pige

m

and

Ram

on V

ilalt

a. T

heir

arc

hite

ctur

e pr

ojec

ts s

tand

out

for

thei

r spe

cial

und

erst

andi

ng o

f how

thei

r wor

k fi

ts in

wit

h th

e en

viro

nmen

t and

land

scap

e.

From

the

star

t, dr

awin

gs a

nd s

ketc

hes

have

pla

yed

a fu

ndam

enta

l rol

e in

the

plan

ning

and

real

isat

ion

of th

eir p

roje

cts.

At

firs

t, th

ey w

ere

done

in p

enci

l and

Indi

an in

k. A

s tim

e w

ent

on, i

nk w

ashe

s be

cam

e a

favo

urite

tool

for d

eter

min

ing

and

capt

urin

g id

eas

and

thou

ghts

.

RCR

arc

hite

cts:

pap

ers

is a

n ex

hibi

tion

that

, thr

ough

dra

win

gs,

sket

ches

, var

ious

pap

ers

and

the

cons

truc

tion

asse

mbl

ies

they

ca

ll ex

folia

tions

, aim

s to

off

er u

niqu

e in

sigh

t int

o R

CR

s w

ork

and

crea

tive

proc

ess

by fe

atur

ing

not t

he fi

nish

ed b

uild

ings

, bu

t rat

her t

he w

ay th

ey w

ork

and

the

crea

tive

proc

esse

s th

at

char

acte

rise

thei

r orig

inal

arc

hite

ctur

al d

esig

ns.

From

thei

r ear

liest

wor

ks, c

ompl

eted

in 1

987,

to th

eir m

ost

embl

emat

ic p

roje

cts,

suc

h as

the

La L

ira th

eatr

e an

d pu

blic

are

a in

Rip

oll (

200

3-20

11),

the

Soul

ages

Mus

eum

in R

odez

(20

08-

2014

) or t

he W

aals

e Kr

ook

Urb

an L

ibra

ry o

f the

Fut

ure

and

Cen

tre

for N

ew M

edia

in G

ent (

2010

- ),

we

can

follo

w th

eir i

nitia

l ide

as

and

crea

tive

proc

ess

thro

ugh

thei

r pre

limin

ary

sket

ches

and

dr

awin

gs.

Of p

artic

ular

inte

rest

are

the

aqua

tints

for p

roje

cts

that

hav

e no

t ye

t bee

n do

ne o

r are

cur

rent

ly u

nder

con

stru

ctio

n, s

uch

as th

e ad

apta

tion

of th

e cl

oist

er o

f Art

s Sa

nta

Mn

ica,

in B

arce

lona

, the

re

nova

tion

of th

e st

udio

and

Mas

Mir

farm

hous

e, in

Mon

t-ro

ig,

the

hous

es in

Dub

ai, o

r Le

Pav

illon

Vid

e in

Par

is.

In a

dditi

on, I

saki

Lac

uest

a ha

s co

ntrib

uted

to th

e ex

hibi

tion

with

an

audi

o-vi

sual

pro

ject

to s

uppl

emen

t RC

Rs

dra

win

gs a

nd

sket

ches

.

RC

R a

rchi

tect

s pa

pers

19.0

5 -

13.0

9.20

15

A tour of our creative papers, including both the initial ones and others, placing special emphasis on the use of ink-wash sketches to express concepts and initial ideas. We have supplemented this with what we call exfoliations: wood and steel creations that focus attention on a particular detail. In addition, there is a small tribute to Jess Vilalta, also on paper. RCR architects

2 3

Proj

ecti

ons

Thro

ugh

the

brai

ns

activ

ity, t

he m

ind

is c

ontin

uous

ly

proj

ectin

g; in

fact

, it i

s do

ing

it al

l the

tim

e. A

ccor

ding

to th

e ex

pert

s, p

roje

ctin

g ou

r im

agin

atio

n on

to a

futu

re g

oal i

s th

e gr

eate

st h

uman

sin

gula

rity.

Pro

ject

ions

, tho

ught

s an

d id

eas

flow

ver

y qu

ickl

y. It

mak

es s

ense

to h

ave

som

ewhe

re to

jot

dow

n th

ese

cont

inuo

us fl

ashe

s of

insp

iratio

n. O

ther

wis

e,

the

thou

ghts

or p

roje

ctio

ns fa

de a

way

with

out a

trac

e an

d,

thus

, can

not b

e tr

ansf

orm

ed in

to s

omet

hing

mor

e ta

ngib

le.

Pro

ject

ions

con

vey

the

min

ds

com

plex

ity a

nd, m

ost o

f the

tim

e, th

eir o

wn

fund

amen

tal c

reat

ivity

.

Flas

hes

of in

spira

tion

com

e to

us.

The

y ar

e m

agic

al.

Som

etim

es th

ey c

an b

e cl

ear,

but t

hey

can

also

be

conf

used

, ev

anes

cent

. We

do n

ot k

now

exa

ctly

wha

t the

y m

ean

and

are

left

to in

terp

ret t

hem

as

we

mig

ht in

terp

ret a

dre

am. T

hey

bear

w

itnes

s to

pro

ject

ions

or t

houg

hts

of s

omet

hing

that

wan

ts to

be

com

e re

al. T

hey

are

the

expr

essi

on o

f the

dep

ths

of o

ur in

ner

selv

es a

nd o

f the

net

wor

k w

e ar

e a

part

of:

the

univ

erse

.

In o

rder

to re

tain

thes

e pr

ojec

tions

or t

houg

hts

we

need

to u

se

all o

f the

tool

s av

aila

ble

to u

s: w

ritin

g, d

raw

ing,

col

our,

etc.

P

uttin

g th

em a

ll to

geth

er m

ay h

elp

mak

e th

e tr

ansc

riptio

n of

the

idea

cle

arer

. One

mig

ht s

ay w

e gi

ve s

hape

to id

eas.

St

ains

, tra

ils, s

crib

bles

, sig

ns, s

ketc

hes,

ess

ence

s....

not

hing

is

off

lim

its w

hen

capt

urin

g, tr

ansc

ribin

g or

tran

sfer

ring

the

imm

ater

ial,

imag

inar

y w

orld

and

tran

sfor

min

g it

into

so

met

hing

con

cret

e.

Proj

ecti

ons

thro

ugh

wat

er

In o

ur o

pini

on, t

here

is n

o be

tter

way

to e

xpre

ss th

e cr

ysta

llisa

tion

of a

n in

itial

idea

than

thro

ugh

ink-

was

h sk

etch

ing.

We

thin

k th

at it

is a

won

derf

ul to

ol, w

ell-

suite

d to

th

e pr

oces

s of

mat

eria

lisat

ion.

For u

s an

d fo

r sha

red

crea

tivity

.

Whe

n yo

u w

ant t

o ex

pres

s th

e fir

st p

ower

ful i

deas

, the

cor

e co

ncep