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CONSTRUIR EN EL ESPACIO NEGATIVO Un Factor Fundamental JUAN ANTONIO CORTÉS Brussels, June 2005 CONSTRUIR EN EL ESPACIO NEGATIVO Un factor fundamental en la obra de Xaveer De Geyter Architecten, y uno de sus principales valores, es la relevancia que sus pro­ yectos otorgan al paisaje natural o construido y al modo en que la arquitectura se inserta en dicho paisaje y contribuye a la defini­ ción del mismo. También lo es el control de los procedimientos formales que ejercen en sus proyectos: ponen en práctica operacio­ nes claras, aunque con tratamientos a distintos niveles que confieren a las formas un alto grado de elaboración. Por otra parte, al abordar críticamente la arquitectura de una firma localizada en Bruselas, una ciudad que es a la vez centro euro­ peo y atlántico -sede de la Comisión, del Consejo de ministros y del Parlamento de la Unión Europea, pero también sede de la OTAN-:-, se constata que los planteamientos por los que se rige su arquitectura están más enraizados en aspectos de la 'joven' cul­ tura estadounidense que en la cultura de la 'vieja Europa'. DE 'LA MÁQUINA EN EL JARDÍN' A 'LA CULTURA DE LA CONGESTIÓN' En 1964 se publicó The Machine in the Garden. Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America. 1 En este libro, Leo Marx habla de cómo ese ideal virgiliano transplantado a América, que soñaba con el comienzo de una nueva vida en un paisaje virgen y que está en el origen de la sociedad norteamericana, empezó a ser contaminado por la irrupción de una presencia inevitable, la de la máquina. La persistencia de una idealizada visión pastoral y el imparable avance de la tecnología son dos fuerzas que coexisten como sím• bolos colectivos en la literatura y en otras manifestaciones de la cultura de esa sociedad. Leo Marx señala que, como una serie de ejemplos literarios muestran, las fábulas pastorales no pueden tener una resolución satisfactoria, ya que "la inesperada entrada de la máquina en el jardín" 2 no puede ser pasada por alto y constituye un conflicto de raíz. Podríamos añadir aquí que la figura de Frank lloyd Wright personificó de forma paradigmática en el campo de la arquitectura este conflicto en el fondo irresoluble. Si es cierto que esa contaminación del ideal norteamericano del paisaje natural por el desarrollo industrial y tecnológico tuvo su reflejo en la arquitectura -y no solamente en la de aquel país-, es también innegable que otra visión de América -procedente en este caso de unos ojos europeos- ha tenido una enorme influencia en el panorama arquitectónico contemporáneo. No se trata en este caso del territorio rural o suburbano de la 'pradera', sino del corazón de la metrópolis por antonomasia, Nueva York. Delirious New York. A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan, publicado en 1978 por Rem Koolhaas, ha supuesto una referencia fundamental no sólo para la producción arquitectónica de su autor, sino también para la de una serie de arquitectos vinculados con él a través de su trabajo en OMA, la oficina fundada en 1975.3 El concepto más importante que Koolhaas quiso proclamar con este libro es el de con­ gestión, vinculado al de hiper-densidad y como base para una deseable cultura moderna: "La arquitectura de Manhattan es un para­ digma para la explotación de la congestión ... Con Manhattan como ejemplo, este libro es un plan para una 'cultura de la congestión'".4 Dos proyectos significativos de XDGA pueden ser etiquetados, respectivamente, con los epígrafes de 'máquina en el jardín' y de 'cul­ tura de la congestión'. Se trata, por un lado, de la Casa a las afueras de Amberes, de 1990/92, una de sus primeras obras como arqui­ tecto independiente, y, por otro, del proyecto de concurso para.el Carrefour de l'Europe I Europakruispunt en Bruselas, de 1997/98. leo Marx. The Machine in the Garden. Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America. Oxford University Press, Londres, Oxford y Nueva York, 1964. 2 Ibídem, p. 365. 3 los fundadores fueron Rem Koolhaas, Madelon Vriesendorp, Elia Zenghelis y Zoe Zenghelis. Xaveer de Geyter trabajó en OMA durante unos diez años, período en el que parti­ cipó en proyectos como la Villa dall'Ava en París, el Diseño urbano de Melun Sénart en París, la Terr.1inal marítima en Zeebrugge, el Centro ZKM para arte y tecnología de los medios en Karlsruhe y las Bibliotecas para la Universidad de Jussieu en París. 4 Rem Koolhaas. Delirio de Nueva York. Un manifiesto retroactivo para Manhattan. Ed. Gustavo Gili, Barcelona, 2004, p. 10. 16 BUILDING NEGATIVE SPACE JUAN ANTONIO CORTÉS CASA A LAS AFUERAS DE AMBEAES HOUSE NEAR ANlWERP Belgium. 1990/1992 BUILDING IN NEGATIVE SPACE One of the essential factors in the work of Xaveer De Geyter Architecten, and indeed one of their basic values, is the .relevance in their projects of the natural or constructed landscape and the way their architecture fits into the landscape and helps to define it. Another factor is the c;ontrol exer­ cised over the formal procedures in their projects: they put clear operations into practice, albeit using treatments at different levels that give rise to highly elaborate forms. A critica! appraisal of the architecture produced by this firm located in Brussels, a city that is both a European and an Atlantic hub -the head­ quarters of the European Union's Commission, Council of Ministers and Parliament, and NATO as well, shows that the main thrusts of.their archi­ tecture are more deeply rooted in aspects of the 'young' US culture than the culture of 'Old Europe'. FROM 'THE MACHINE IN THE GARDEN' TO 'THE CULTURE OF CONGESTION' Leo Marx published The Machine in the Garden. Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America1 in 1964, where he spoke about how the Virgilian ideal transposed to America, which dreamed of the start of a new life in a virgin landscape -one of roots of US society-, began to be contami­ nated by the upsurge of an inevitable presence- the machine. The persistence of an idealized pastoral vision and the unstoppable spread of tech~ nology are two forces that coexistas collective symbols in the country's literature and other cultural manifestations. Leo Marx points out that, as we can see in a series of literary examples, the pastoral fables cannot be resolved satisfactorily because "the machine's sudden entrance into the gar­ den"2 poses a basic conflict that cannot be ignored. We might add here that Frank Lloyd Wright was a paradigmatic personification in the architec­ ture of this essentially irresolvable conflict. While it is true that this contamination of the North American ideal of the natural landscape by industrial and technological development was reflected in architecture -and not only in the US-, another vision of America -in this case through European eyes--:- has also hao an unques­ tionably enormous influence on the modern architectural panorama. In this case it is not the rural or suburban 'prairie' territory .but the heart of the metropolis par excellence: New York. Oelirious New York. A Retroactive Manifesto far Manhattan, published by Rem Koolhaas in 1978, has been a fundamental reference point, not only for the author's architectural output but also for a series of architects linked to him through his work at OMA, the office he set up in 1975.3 The most important concept that Koolhaas wanted to proclaim through his book was congestion, linked to hyper-den­ sity and the basis for a desirable modern culture: "Manhattan's architecture is a paradigm for the exploitation of congestion ... With Manhattan asan example, this book is a blueprint for a 'Culture of Congestion"'. 4 Two of Xaveer De Geyter's major projects, the House near Antwero (1990-92), one of his first works asan independent architect, and the competi­ tion project for Carrefour de l'Europe /Europakruispunt Brussels (1997-98), could also be entitled 'machine in the garden' and 'culture of congestion'. 1 Leo Marx. The Machine in the Garden. Technology and the Pastoral Ideal in America. Oxford University Press, London, Oxford and New York, 1964. 2 lbid, p. 365. 3 The faunders were Rem Koolhaas, Madelon Vriesendorp, Elia Zenghelis and Zoe Zenghelis. Xaveer de Geyter worked at OMA far ten years, participating in projects such as the Villa dall'Ava in Paris, the Melun Sénart town plan in Paris, the Zeebrugge ferry terminal, the ZKM centre far art and media technology in Karlsruhe and the libraries for the Jussieu University in Paris. 4 Rem Koolhaas. Delirious New York. A Retroactive Manifesto far Manhattan. Oxfard University Press, New York, 1978, p. 7. 17 CARREFOUR DE L'EUROPE I EUROPAKRUISPUNT Brussefs, Belgium, 1997/1998 [Competition. First Prize] PRIVACIDAD Y EXHIBICIÓN La Casa a las afueras de Amberes está construida en un lujoso suburbio situado en un extenso páramo boscoso salpicado de dunas y cubierto de pinos. En la parte delantera de la parcela se eleva una de estas dunas. Se adopta la decisión de colocar la casa justo detrás de ella -en parte enterrada en la misma--::_de modo que queda casi oculta desde la calle. La otra decisión relevante, vin­ culada a la anterior, es la de acceder con el coche por la pequeña ladera de la duna y alcanzar así la cubierta de la casa, de una sola planta. Se pone, pues, el énfasis en la movilidad mecánica como idea característica de la casa: el automóvil asciende por el camino de acceso y, después de franquear una barrera industrial elevable pintada con franjas rojas y blancas, accede a la cubierta, en la que se sitúa el garaje. Para impedir que el coche caiga en una falsa maniobra a uno de los patios que se abren en el volumen de la casa, una protección metálica antichoques se coloca en el borde del mismo.
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