eye

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The Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation is a Portuguese private institution of public utility whose statutory aims are in the fields of arts, charity, education and science. A landmark in the Portuguese Architecture of the 60's, the Gulbenkian centre was designed by three Portuguese Architects, Alberto Pessoa, Pedro Cid and Rui Athouguia. The apparently simple, modern building is skillfully combined with the surrounding park with its lake and open-air auditorium to form a harmonious whole. Opened in 1969, these buildings aim to create a pleasant, serene atmosphere, allowing several different views of the surrounding woods and gardens to be seen from the interior.

Calouste Gulbenkian
Nacimiento 23 de marzo de 1869
Üsküdar, Imperio Otomano
Fallecimiento 20 de julio de 1955 (86 años)
Lisboa, Portugal
Nacionalidad Armenio
Ocupación ingeniero, empresario, filántropo

Calouste Sarkis Gulbenkian (Scutari, hoy Üsküdar, Turquía, 23 de marzo de 1869 - Lisboa, 20 de julio de 1955) fue un ingeniero, empresario y filántropo armenio nacionalizado británico, activo en el sector del petróleo y uno de los pioneros en el desarrollo del sector petrolífero en Oriente Medio. Como filántropo, realizó una gran contribución en el desarrollo cultural en Portugal. Su herencia fue el origen de la Fundación Calouste Gulbenkian.

Estudios e inicio de la carrera

Inició su colección de arte a los 14 años cuando compró algunas monedas antiguas en un bazar. Estudió ingeniería en el King's College de Londres. Se hizo ciudadano británico en 1902. Inmediatamente después de terminar los estudios se encaminó por el negocio del petróleo y fue uno de los primeros hombres de negocios en comerciar con el petróleo de Oriente Medio. Estuvo envuelto en la fundación de la compañía petrolífera Royal Dutch Shell.
Tras la caída del Imperio otomano con la Primera Guerra Mundial, el petróleo de Irak se repartió entre los países aliados y se controló por la Iraq Petroleum Company (IPC). Gulbenkian tenía derecho a recibir un 5% de la IPC.
«Señor 5%»
En 1928 poseía el 5 por ciento de cuatro grandes compañías petrolíferas por su papel en la transferencia de los bienes de la Turkish Petroleum Company a esas compañías, por lo que se ganó el apodo de «Señor Cinco por ciento». La riqueza que acumuló le permitió satisfacer su pasión por las obras de arte. Durante la II Guerra Mundial se marchó a Portugal y a su muerte legó sus bienes a Portugal en forma de una fundación, la Fundación Calouste Gulbenkian, localizada en su antigua residencia de Lisboa.

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una obra maestra

'me encanta, uno de mis favoritos'

eye lo descubrió en enero de 2012

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mmmm

'me encanta, uno de mis favoritos'

hay como me gusta todo lo que decis de la cineteca...¿por qué será?

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imprescindible

'me encanta, uno de mis favoritos'

un maravilloso edificio con una colección impactante, tanto la planta baja precolombina como la planta superior de culturas indígenas actuales...una maravilla para perderse

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una joya

'me encanta, uno de mis favoritos'

increible, emocionante, imprescindible en mi opinion para ver como vivia uno de los grandes arquitectos mundiales, una lección de silencio, luz, sabiduría y verdadero refinamiento

Casa Luis Barragán
General Francisco Ramírez 12-14
Colonia Ampliación Daniel Garza
México, D.F. 11840

Visitas previa cita:
Tours by appointment only
Lunes a viernes 10:30, 11:30, 12:30, 15 y 16
Sábado 10:30 a 12:30

Entrada general $150
Estudiantes, maestros y adultos mayores mexicanos, $75

INFORMES: casaluisbarragan@gmail.com
Visita a otras obras de Luis Barragán:

•Jardín Ortega & Casa Gálvez:
informes@casaluisbarragan.org

La Casa Luis Barragán, construida en 1948, representa una de las obras arquitectónicas contemporáneas de mayor trascendencia en el contexto internacional, como lo ha reconocido la UNESCO al incluirla, en el año 2004, en su lista de Patrimonio Mundial. Se trata del único inmueble individual en América Latina que ha logrado tal distinción, debido a que –como afirma la propia UNESCO en su declaratoria– es una obra maestra dentro del desarrollo del movimiento moderno, que integra en una nueva síntesis elementos tradicionales y vernáculos, así como diversas corrientes filosóficas y artísticas de todos los tiempos. La influencia de Luis Barragán en la arquitectura mundial sigue creciendo día con día y su casa, conservada con fidelidad tal como la habitó su autor hasta su muerte en 1988, es uno de los sitios más visitados en la ciudad de México por los arquitectos y los conocedores de arte de todo el mundo. Este museo, que comprende la residencia y el taller arquitectónico de su creador, es propiedad del Gobierno del Estado de Jalisco y de la Fundación de Arquitectura Tapatía Luis Barragán.

eye lo descubrió en diciembre de 2011

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'me encanta, uno de mis favoritos'

eye lo descubrió en octubre de 2011

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alucinante

'me encanta, uno de mis favoritos'

thalis maravillosos en una finca-museo alucinate
manteles de hojas cosidas
platos de hojas prensadas
comida directamente sobre el mantel
menu fijo coma todo lo que pueda
una experiencia obligatoria en ahmedabad
tiene museo anexo de colecciones de bronce y laton muy interesante

leido en la web:
I had read about Vishala in one of the dailies so during my trip to Ahmedabad I went to this fascinating place with a group of friends. The minute you enter the place you are transported to an old-world charm of Gujarati lifestyle, right into the heart of a Gujarati village.

You are greeted by men in turbans and dhotis with flowers, and the restaurant is a mud hut decorated with typical Gujarati motifs. You’ll be surprised to note that there the restaurant has minimal use of electricity, only for table fans in the peak of summer. There are no tube lights or bulbs and at sunset, lanterns and lamps are lit in every nook and corner. The air smells of smoked charcoal and the atmosphere is charged with the eclectic performances of folk musicians and dancers, magic shows and puppet shows.

You have food sitting on ‘patlas’ with a low table which was very comfortable. The food is served on biodegradable leaf plates and you are given a spoon only on demand as you are required to eat with your fingers in true Gujarati tradition. They serve a whole lot of starters with a number of pickles, handvo, dhokla, sprouts, farsan, and buttermilk (in earthen pots). The main course had vegetables, dal & curry, theplas, makai ka rotla, Bhakri, Bajre ki Roti with White butter & Khichdi. Jalebis were piping hot and crispy and malpua was yummy!! After the meal they also serve an ice cream of your choice outside the dining area.

There is a museum of utensils which has a nice collection of antique vessels of Gujarati households and a shop for Gujarati handicrafts. Everything was simply out of the world. Those people who come to serve the food will make sure that you eat much more than you are capable of by doing the traditional ‘Kathiavadi taan’ . After a meal you can simply relax on the traditional cots or on the swings.
The ambience is excellent and the service out of the world. You get a good taste of the much famed Gujarati hospitality. Definitely a must visit if you are in Ahmedabad.

Vishalla Restaurant

Opposite Vasna Toll Naka, Near APMC Market, Sarkhej Narol Highway, Vasna, Ahmedabad

Phone: +91 79 22761401/ 26602422/ 26446554

eye lo descubrió en septiembre de 2011

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una joya de scarpa y una colección fantastica; ¿quien da más?

'me encanta, uno de mis favoritos'

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'me encanta, uno de mis favoritos'

The present office building of ATMA is a modern monument and a landmark in architectural history. The building is, at once, a symbol of the patronage and modernistic aspirations of the Ahmedabad textile community as well as a refined example of the work of its Swiss-French architect - Charles Eduoard Jeanneret(1887-1965), better known as Le Corbusier.

In 1951, Jawaharlal Nehru invited Corbusier to India to plan and design the city of Chandigarh. During this visit, Corbusier was invited to Ahmedabad by Chinubhai Chimanbhai, the erstwhile mayor of Ahmedabad. Surottam Hutheesing, the then president of AMOA, commissioned Corbusier to build the Association’s new headquarters. Corbusier was commissioned a total of five buildings in Ahmedabad, two institutions and three residences, of which one was not built. The Mill Owners’ Association Building, as it is known, was the first commission to be completed in 1954.

The building is located on Ashram Road, in the western part of the city, overlooking the river Sabarmati. A ceremonial ramp makes for a grand approach into a triple height entrance hall, open to the wind. Arrival is on the first floor, where (as per the original design) the executives’ offices and boardroom are located. The ground floor houses the work-spaces of the clerks and a separate, single-story canteen at the rear. On the third floor is a high, top-lit auditorium with a roof canopy and a curved, enclosing wall, in addition to a generous lobby. The east and west facades are in the form of sun breakers or brise-soleil, one of Corbusier’s many formal inventions, which, while avoiding harsh sun, permit visual connection and air movement. While the brise-soleil act as free facades made of rough shuttered concrete, the north and south sides, built in rough brickwork, are almost unbroken.

Corbusier was one of the main torchbearers of the Modern Movement. His concepts of an international style of architecture responsive to local climate and culture, and the honest expression of materials, were most subtly expressed in his India projects. In these works, Corbusier’s need for the “resolution of opposites” found its expression in “the juxtaposition of diverse and often seemingly contradictory architectural elements”. On the second floor of the Mill Owners’ Building, the lobby is treated as “an open space defined by harsh, angular forms and the auditorium as an enclosed space delineated by soft, curvilinear forms …two contradictory elements that both need the other in order to exist.”

In designing the office, Le Corbusier understood the essence of the Association, very well. Since 1891, AMOA had provided an institutional framework for the close family ties of the city’s largely Jain, textile mill owners. Corbusier expressed the institution’s dual character - the public and the private - through his concept of the house as a palace (Une maison - un palais). Villa Cook, designed by him in 1926 and based on this same concept, is considered to be the closest antecedent of the Mill Owners’ Building. Conversely, many of his later projects, most notably the Carpenter Centre for Visual Arts at Harvard, benefited tremendously from some of the experiments carried out in this particular building.

According to Corbusier, the expression of monumentality was one of modern architecture’s important tasks. The aim of this monumentality was to express the power of humans acting together and to celebrate the essential nobility of Man. In his own words: “A palace is a house endowed with dignity.” It was the textile industry which gave Ahmedabad its economic, and consequently, political importance, and in housing the business activities of the captains of the textile industry, the architecture of the Mill Owners’ Association Building is a tribute to this notion.

Of Ahmedabad and his association with the city, Corbusier had said: “With a full hand I have received, with a full hand I give.” Corbusier acknowledged the vision and aesthetic enlightenment of his clients, the mill owners of the city. It took courage and insight to engage the architect and his radical ideas, but in doing so, the mill owners demonstrated that modern architecture is a means to express a city’s aspirations.

The present administration of ATMA is sparing no effort to maintain Corbusier’s legacy to Ahmedabad. The building receives many visitors from all over the world. Besides showcasing its architectural contribution, ATMA is contemplating ways of opening up this unique building for a number of public activities. In this way, it can ‘give’ something back to the city from which it has received so much.

eye lo descubrió en julio de 2011

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el ashram de gandhi

'me encanta, uno de mis favoritos'

eye lo descubrió en julio de 2011

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