Atelier de l'Architecture et du Patrimoine: junio 2016

George Nelson, nació en Hartford, Connecticut, en 1908 y murió en New York en 1986. Además de arquitecto (Yale, 1931), se tituló en Bellas Artes. Su lema: "hacer mucho más, con mucho menos". Parecido al less is more de Mies, pero no exactamente.

Una noche de 1948 Nelson estaba reunido con el escultor Isamu Noguchi y el arquitecto Bucky Fulle, intentando encontrar un diseño original para un reloj. A la mañana siguiente, entre unos borradores, Nelson encontró la idea para su pieza más célebre, el Ball-Clock (ver fotografía).

Tras graduarse en Yale, George Nelson viajó por Europa y conoció a Mies, Gropius y Le Corbusier. Un lujo, claro. De vuelta en USA, tuvo la suerte de dirigir a un grupo mítico de diseñadores entre los que estaba el matrimonio Eames. Los años 50 dejaban atrás la durísima II Guerra Mundial y Nelson es precursor del posterior pop-Art.

Las casas de colores se deben, en gran medida, a este maestro.

Atelier du Patrimoine

LUIS CERCÓS (Madrid, España, 1965)

I am an specialist conservation architect and engineer specialized in heritage buildings, project management and material analysis. With over 24 years of experience in the field, I am specialized in the alteration and adaptation of heritage buildings using both historic and modern technology.

I am writer and college professor on the theory, history, practice and philosophy of intervention in historic buildings and places.

I have designed, managed, supervised, and/or executed more than three hundred interventions in the architectural heritage or on cultural assets. Among them: Palacio de la Música (2008-2011, Madrid, Spain); Monastery of Yuso, (UNESCO World Heritage Site, 2007-2011, Spain) and the future headquarters of the National Monuments Council of Chilean Government (Pereira Palace, 2012-2015, Santiago, Chile).

Working experience with Latin American countries (Cuba, Argentina, Chile, Brazil, Uruguay). Speak/read/write fluently in French and in Spanish (native from Spain, Europe). Avanced level of Portugues (I have lived in Brazil). Read in Italian, Catalan and Galician. Upper intermediate level of English.

Work and residence documents granted in Spain, European Union, Chile, Argentina and Brazil. Right to work in European Union countries (Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom); Chile and Southern Common Market countries (MERCOSUR full members: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela); MERCOSUR associated countries (Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Suriname); and New Zealand and Mexico (observer countries of MERCOSUR). In accordance with the Chile-United States Free Trade Agreement, I am able to work for American companies.