ArchitectureWeek Notes No. 362

Fri Jan 4 12:00:19 PST 2008

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CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM OF CASTILLA AND LEON
    by Rachel Grossman
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	The Contemporary Art Museum of Castilla and Leon (MUSAC)
	by Spanish architects Mansilla + Tunon, located in Leon,
	Spain, reflects van der Rohe's philosophy in its
	minimalist architectural language - and the museum won
	the 2007 Mies van der Rohe Award, the European Union
	Prize for Contemporary Architecture. At the same time,
	its design works to redefine both the role of a museum
	with respect to its cultural context and the way people
	experience museums.

	Van der Rohe saw his designs as a reflection of the
	culture in which they existed. In this project, Luis
	Mansilla and Emilio Tunon took their own approach to
	past, present, and future. For them the project became
	an exercise in relativity, where the past shapes the
	present, the present the past, and the present the
	future, and the development of culture is about ripples
	in time, backwards and forwards. 

	Perhaps the most striking example of their philosophy is
	the pattern of multicolored glass panels framing the
	public plaza and entry. Although the overall effect
	might bring to mind a painting by Mondrian, the
	beautiful facade composition was actually derived
	through the enlargement and pixelation of El Halconero
	(The Falconer), a stained-glass panel in Leon's
	13th-century cathedral. The past is interpreted through
	the lens of modernity, and presented as if on an
	enormous computer display.
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The Saltbox and the Chimney
    by Jack Larkin
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	Probably the most classic and memorable of New England
	central-chimney houses had a two-story front and a long
	roofline sloping down to one story in the rear. It went
	by several names. Saltbox is the most familiar term,
	reflecting the look of a once-familiar container.
        ... full story continues online (18 images, four free):
        http://www.ArchWeek.com/2008/0102/culture_1-1.html

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