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Book Reviews Book Reviews La Cité du Lignon 1963–1971, EPFL, proposing a pilot study based on exhaustive Architectures Modernes. Étude Architecturale et documentation, and a correspondingly exhaustive L’Émergence d’un Patrimoine Stratégies d’Intervention technical and energetic diagnosis. The propos- By Maristella Casciato and By Franz Graf and Giulia Marino als that were implemented managed to combine Émilie d’Orgeix Publisher: Patrimoine et Architecture, harmoniously the Modern architecture and green Publisher: Mardaga, Wavre Cahier hors série, Infolio, Genève growth in a difficult building complex, giving the ISBN: 978–2–8047–0100–0 — docomomo ISBN: 978–2–8847–4261–0 city environment and aesthetics. Therefore the im- Language: French Language: French portant thing is not the restored building per se but Year: 2012 (English and French Abstracts) the restoration process as a result of the methodol- Year: 2012 ogy followed by the TSAM laboratory. It is this effort which is detailed in this book, together with histori- cal and theoretical but mainly technical documenta- tion, and has to be an effective tool for all those who are involved in the restoration of buildings of Modern architecture. Panayotis Tournikiotis Chair docomomo Greece Chair ISC Technology Pioneers of Modern Design By Nikolaus Pevsner Publisher: Palazzo Editions, Bath he headquarters of Docomomo International ISBN: 978-0-9564-9426-9 Tmoved from Delft to Paris in 2002 with Maristel- uilding large residential complexes that will Language: English la Casciato as Chair and Émilie d’Orgeix as Secretary Bgrow in height and length, leaving the territory Ye a r : 2011 General. Some years later, Anne–Laure Guillet in green, and allow the housing of a large number joined the team as Director, leading altogether an of residents with low cost and suitable conditions intense and bright period of Docomomo and high- of life, was a Modern vision that saw implementa- lighting its missions. In 2010 the headquarters were 92 tion mainly in the 1950’s and 1960’s. Le Corbusier’s relocated to Barcelona. This book aims, primarily, to “la nature est inscrite dans le bail” was part of the reformulate a feedback on the evolution of speech- programming principle of the new lifestyle. Over the es and dialectics that have profoundly changed the years these Modern complexes have lost much of theories and practices regarding Modern heritage the glamour of the original intent, facing many prob- since the 1980s. It aims to be a retrospective focus- lems, which included energy consuming construc- ing on the views and experiences of practitioners tion, social conditions and poor maintenance. And deeply involved in the recognition, enhancement while many of these were demolished in the late and conservation of the architectural and urban 20th century, their architectural and environmen- heritage of the 20th century. The title Modern Ar- tal values have being widely recognized in recent chitectures, The Emergence of a Heritage, wants to years, with the consequent need to protect some of establish a causal link between the awareness of them as an architectural and cultural heritage. The new edition, fully illustrated in color, of one the multiplicity of Modernisms and, by extension, crucial question in this case was the way in which A of the most widely read books on Modern the ability to establish, in response to the current environmental conditions and architectural quality design. Nikolaus Pevsner’s landmark work was first emergency, a selective and conscious process of could be restored to ensure heritage, energy and published in 1936. Pevsner saw Modernism as a “patrimonialization.” The magnitude of these rela- economy all together. synthesis of three main sources: William Morris tions has profoundly influenced the raison d’être of The case of the Cité du Lignon at Geneva is a and his followers; the work of the 19th century en- Docomomo International during the ten years of the prime example. The Lignon was constructed be- gineers; and Art Nouveau. All these form the essen- authors’ mandate. tween 1963 and 1971 to house 10,000 people tial background to the work of the early Modernists, docomomo members focus on these aims with an ambitious architectural program, improv- with their rejection of ornament, their use of new related to the book’s four chapters: Narrative and ing many technical features and a curtain wall in materials and their commitment to “utility” and the Memory; Place and Identity; Centre and Periphery; the residential units. The complex included a long machine age. This new edition of this classic work and Theory and Practice. zigzag asteroid bar and two towers with extensive is fully illustrated in color, with new feature spreads This publication is definitely a key tool to explain gardens and communal facilities. The listing of the on the key protagonists and movements and a new 10 years of Docomomo International’s history. complex in 2009 was a real challenge that was suc- introduction by Professor Richard Weston. cessfully faced by the Laboratoire des Techniques Ivan Blasi de la Sauvegarde de l’Architecture Moderne of the Palazzo Editions, Bath Secretary General docomomo International docomomo 46 — 2012/1 docomomo46.indd 92 25/07/12 11:13 Visions 10. Dret a un Habitatge After the Project together with the peculiarities of each case and Digne i Adequat Updating Mass Housing Estates its problematic. Within this international perspec- By Zaida Muxí Actualització de polígons tive, the case of Barcelona is introduced through Publisher: ETSAB, Barcelona residencials II EcoRehab an interview by Francesc Peremiquel to Pere Serra ISBN: 978–8–4608–1261–6 By Adolf Sotoca (editor) on the experiences of renewal of housing estates of Language: Catalan, Spanish Publisher: Iniciativa Digital Politècnica the last 30 years. Year: 2012 (UPC), Barcelona The three case studies, used as a touchstone, are ISBN: 978–8–4765–3919–4 estates located more than 40 years ago in one of Language: English, Catalan Barcelona’s rear parts which has now become its Year: 2012 eastern façade, subject now to renovation projects and processes. Besides its strategic location, the selection of these case studies has clearly dis- tinct legacies and situation points, and they allow working hypotheses to be set seeking for a more general reflection. The remodeling of the Bon Pas- tor neighborhood, a so–called cheap housing estate erected in 1929, has generated much controversy between social and urban memory preservation and the improvement of living conditions. It offers a line of work and a reflection which are settled on the tension between the need for major renovation isions is the name of the magazine published and sensitivity to existing reality. The case of Ciutat Vby the Barcelona Architecture School. This Meridiana–a private estate built in 1964 in a hardly number was dedicated to the right to a decent and he need to rebuild our cities on themselves reasonable situation due to the climatic conditions, adequate home. Ana Tostões, who had been invited Tseems very questionable today. In this context, rough topography and difficult access, only under- to give a lecture on housing at the “Laboratory of the massive housing projects that met the urban standable because of the low cost of the land–rais- Housing of the 20th century”, the Master directed explosion of the second half of the 20th century are es yet a considerable space for improvement, both by Zaida Muxí and Josep Maria Montaner, wrote an a vital presence that demands answers. Despite internal and especially external due to its connec- article entitled “Between Cancer and Capricorn: an the considerable experience accumulated in inter- tion with the natural environment, the Parc Natural Architecture Laboratory. Housing in Sub–Saharan vention, approaches offering comprehensive and de Collserola, and its accessibility by means of pub- 93 Africa, case studies of Angola and Mozambique.” systematic deep in thought approaches or overall lic transport. To jointly address the neighborhoods After studying the Modern Movement in Portugal, approaches allowing compared visions on the diver- of La Mina, the subject of one of the most elaborate focusing on the postwar period of World War II and sity of processes, problematic and answers, are not and interesting recent projects, and the Sud–Oest the analysis of the influence of Modern Brazilian common. del Besòs neighborhoods brings up the question of architecture, she had an interest in research on As discussed in the introduction, these mass the delimitation of these interventions and their ef- Modern architecture and planning in the former housing areas currently accumulate problems deal- fects on the design responses. Portuguese colonies in Africa. With the new field ing with physical and typological housing obsoles- Each of these case studies counts with the work information gathered from her last visit to cence; social problems arising from the progressive contributions of qualified specialists which enrich both Angola and Mozambique, the text shows the aging of the population and the arrival of new im- the approaches to each of these mass housing es- influence of Modern architecture in these coun- migration waves; and urban integration problems tates: José Luis Oyón on Bon Pastor, Olga Tarrasó tries through specific case studies. These works generated from geographical marginalization. The on Ciutat Meridiana and Sebastià Jornet on La are a small sample of potential output asserted by regeneration of these estates
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