Ayer dia 28/08/2010 fue la entrega de premios en la ceremonia de inauguración de la Bienalle de Venecia. Aqui un anticipo de lo que en los proximos dias ire completando dada la acumulacion de informacion que me ha creado un cuello de botella.
Leon de Oro a propuesta de la directora Kazuyo Sejima para Rem Koolhas (Holanda, 17 de noviembre de 1944).
Rem Koolhaas, es reconocido en el panorama actual de la arquitectura; a sus 66 años ha dejado tras de sí una estela de obras trascendentales, su legado; no solo en cemento trasciende al papel ya que es autor de destacados textos sobre la teoría de la Arquitectura siendo ganador del premio Pritzker en el año 2000, confirmándolo como un estandarte de la construcción en China; en el año 2008 la revista TIMES lo colocó en la lista de las 100 personas más influyentes de la época.
Rem Koolhaas wins Golden Lion at Venice Biennale from OMA on Vimeo.
Sus manos han trazado proyectos que van desde el Netherlands Dance Theatre de La Haya (Holanda), el Nexus Housing de Fukuoka (Japón), el Kunsthal de Rotterdam (Holanda) o el Grand Palais d´Euralille de Lille (Francia). En conmemoración del Bicentenario en México llevaría el proyecto “torre del bicentenario” pero lamentablemente fue cancelado sin embargo no hay duda que Koolhaas sera un personaje entrañable alrededor del mundo que perdurará al paso de los años influenciando como lo hace ahora a otros virtuosos de la arquitectura.
Su estudio de arquitectura OMA y el ahora segregado de MediaLab AMO han presentado una propuesta de ampliacion del Palazzio y del puente mas emblematico y antiguo de Venecia, el Rialto. Por encargo de la familia Benetton, propietaria de la Fondaco dei Tedeschi que data de 1228 y que sirvio de alojamiento entre otros a Napoleon. (1)
El destino nos hace coincidir en Venecia con Beatriz Colomina como presidenta del jurado que ha otorgado el Leon de Oro de esta edición.(2)
He asistido a muchas conferencia de esta arquitecta profesora de la Princeton University y de Barcelona de nacimiento.
Cuyos premios han recaido en Leone d’Oro per la migliore Partecipazione nazionale al Regno del Bahrain.
(1)Venice, 27 August, 2010 – OMA today unveils its design for the major restoration and redefinition of one of Venice‘s largest and most iconic buildings: the Fondaco dei Tedeschi, a property owned by the Benetton family, adjacent to the Rialto Bridge on the Grand Canal.
First constructed in 1228, the Fondaco dei Tedeschi began as a trading post for German merchants and became a customs house under Napoleon in 1806. Its use as a post office has diminished in recent years, leaving much of the building unused and inaccessible for the first time in centuries. The latest evolution of the Fondaco will create a thriving contemporary trading post in the form of a culturally–programmed department store.
The Fondaco dei Tedeschi, twice rebuilt completely, with its current configuration dating from 1506, has undergone many radical transformations since then. To accommodate new uses, its towers have been removed, courtyard covered with glass, structure rebuilt, façade restored, and new windows added, among many other interventions. For the Fondaco, preservation is a history of change.
Commissioned by the Benetton family’s property group, OMA has designed a range of architectural modifications and developed a cultural program to reactivate the building as a vital public space, from top to bottom. A terrace with rare views of the Grand Canal will be created by removing two sides of the existing roof, leaving the building‘s profile intact while unlocking exciting potential for the Fondaco dei Tedeschi as a major destination and vantage point for tourists and Venetians alike. The rooftop, together with the courtyard below, will become a public venue for events including exhibitions and film screenings. A year–round cultural program will be aimed at locals and tourists – the 20 million who visit the city each year, as well as the 900,000 who come specifically for the Biennales and festivals.
The new Fondaco dei Tedeschi, as both prestige department store and public event space, aims to reestablish the historic Venetian connection between culture and commerce. The Benetton family has always demonstrated this twin spirit, uniting the innovative and international with profoundly local, Venetian roots.
New entrances to the Fondaco will be created from the Campo San Bartolomeo and the Rialto to encourage circulation, escalators will be added to create a new public route through the building, rooms will be consolidated in a way that respects the Fondaco‘s structure, while crucial historic elements like the corner rooms will remain untouched. Historic aspects of the building, lost for centuries, will be resurrected: the walls of the gallerias will once again become a surface for frescoes, reappearing in a contemporary form.
OMA’s renovation scheme – both ambitious and subtle – continues the Fondaco dei Tedeschi‘s tradition of vitality and adaptation. Venice will acquire a landmark department store that will become a shared civic facility and a crucial element in the cultural fabric of the cit