Modern architecture on the Camino

[pepi]

Spain is a very progressive leader in modern architecture, (Calatrava for example) and I personally would be very interested in learning, what highlights in such architecture can be found along the Caminos.

 

[mspath]

Pepi,

To begin your research type the word architecture into the blue search box at the top of the forum page, hit and see what pops up

Physical preservation/legal protection of historic sites/buildings has been the core of my professional life as an architectural historian. Of course every structure/place can not be saved. However when something important or unique is left to decay an irreplaceable part of history disappears.

Historia Nostra a Spanish preservation organization has prepared an interactive map of such endangered patrimony, ListaRojaPatrimonio.
Scan it to see what is currently threatened along your camino route; try to see such sites before they disappear forever.

In Burgos the Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Burgos (CAB) has information on contemporary art and architecture
See >>
www.cabdeburgos.com

One of my favorite mid 20th c. structures 7 km west of Leon in
La Virgen del Camino is an extraordinary mid-20th century church. The town is named for a famous 15th century figure of the Virgin holding the dead body of Christ. Today the figure is in a splendid church designed in the 1960s by a Dominican monk, Francisco Coello, a follower of the Brutalist style of Le Corbusier. Located directly on the Camino Frances at Av Astorga, 87, in the midst of chaotic suburb the church is a superbly maintained architectural gem as well as a haven of peace. Be sure to enter it; the calm interior is splendidly lit with deep chrome yellow glass.

In Santiago don't miss Peter Eisenman's contemporary and controversial hillside City of Culture .
See >>
http://www.eisenmanarchitects.com/
Also visit the offices and exhibits of the Consorico de Santiago to learn more of the city's urban planning both ancient and today. See >>
www.consorciodesantiago.org


Happy planning and looking!

 

[Deleted member 92153]

Sede SGAE
City: Santiago de Compostela
Year: 2008
Architect: Anton Garcia Abril

Sede SGAE by AVR001, on Flickr

Sede SGAE 04 by Darío Vigil Hernandez

 

[mspath]

Sede SGAE
City: Santiago de Compostela
Year: 2008
Architect: Anton Garcia Abril

Sede SGAE by AVR001, on Flickr

Sede SGAE 04 by Darío Vigil Hernandez

Thanks for these striking images! For those of us who are not familar with all of Santiago's riches this link could be informative.

 

[Deleted member 92153]

Episcopal Palace
Antonio Gaudi
1889-93
Astorga

https://flic.kr/p/pdxP5e

 

[VNwalking]

Not on a camino, but close to both the Camino Frances and the Vasco is Frank Gehry's
Hotel Marqués de Riscal:

✅ Marqués de Riscal Winery - Data, Photos & Plans - WikiArquitectura

Introduction Marques de Riscal winery is the oldest and most traditional of the Rioja. Opens for business in 1860 and is notable for its pioneering, innovative, nonconformist, and introduces the techniques of French wine elavoración. Always a step ahead of the rest, opens the way but without...

en.wikiarquitectura.com

Worth a detour if modern architecture is your thing, but worth a stay only if you have money to waste, and the temperament to do that.

A viable detour from the Frances would be Day 1. Logoño-Hotel Marqués de Riscal
Day 2. Hotel Marqués de Riscal - Haro
Day 3. Haro - Santo Domingo de la Calzada
This could be shortened by simply returning to the Frances directly from the hotel, but Haro is a fascinating and historic town on the Vasco - really worth a visit.

 

[VNwalking]

A post by @mspath about Santiago eventually led me to another page on the same site and a mention of the City Hall in Lalin, on the Invierno:

(083) LALÍN CITY HALL | TUÑÓN Y ALBORNOZ ARQUITECTOS

www.emiliotunon.com

 

[SabsP]

Metropol Parasol in Sevilla .Via de la Plata.

One of the largest timber structures ever built

Six large timber parasols with 3000 connection nodes shading the Plaza de la Encarnación and protecting an archaeological site. Read more!

www.arup.com

Metropol Parasol // The World’s Largest Wooden Structure | Yatzer

Designed to offer shade, in a city as sunny and hot as Seville*SPAIN, and so make the square which used to operate as a parking lot more livable and upbeat, offering an array of functions equally for residents and tourists. Do you think Metropol Parasol by J. MAYER H. Architects could establish...

www.yatzer.com

 

[SabsP]

And also on the Via de la Plata in Mérida the national museum of roman art by architect Rafael Moneo.
Old and new combined and all very understated.

AD Classics: National Museum of Roman Art / Rafael Moneo

Completed in 1986 in Mérida, Spain. This article was originally published on May 4, 2015. To read the stories behind other celebrated architecture projects, visit our AD...

www.archdaily.com

EUMiesAward

www.miesarch.com

 

[Former member 91017]

Not on a camino, but close to both the Camino Frances and the Vasco is Frank Gehry's
Hotel Marqués de Riscal:

✅ Marqués de Riscal Winery - Data, Photos & Plans - WikiArquitectura

Introduction Marques de Riscal winery is the oldest and most traditional of the Rioja. Opens for business in 1860 and is notable for its pioneering, innovative, nonconformist, and introduces the techniques of French wine elavoración. Always a step ahead of the rest, opens the way but without...

en.wikiarquitectura.com

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Worth a detour if modern architecture is your thing, but worth a stay only if you have money to waste, and the temperament to do that.

A viable detour from the Frances would be Day 1. Logoño-Hotel Marqués de Riscal
Day 2. Hotel Marqués de Riscal - Haro
Day 3. Haro - Santo Domingo de la Calzada
This could be shortened by simply returning to the Frances directly from the hotel, but Haro is a fascinating and historic town on the Vasco - really worth a visit.

Hmmm. Gehry is sometimes one of my favourites and sometimes not. I love his Guggenheim in Bilbao, and Piex in Barcelona. There is *no* vantage point in Toronto from which to appreciate the exterior of the AGO, but I love the interior gallery that looks like an over-turned ship. This one.... it is structurally gorgeous —- like God-sized ribbons laid down on earth.... but so *out of place*.... and I’ve really become one for “does this piece fit the landscape?”

So I love it on its own and thank you for the image! On the other, I want to shake Mr. Gerry and say, “Can’t you do *anything* else? You’ve become a parody of yourself!”

I may have to give up drinking the Marqués de Riscal wines we can get at home... if this is what they do with the gobs of money....