Gaspar Bennàssar i Moner
Gaspar Bennàssar i Moner (born August 18, 1869 in Palma de Mallorca , † January 15, 1933 in Barcelona ) was a Spanish architect and builder . He decisively shaped the image of the Mallorcan city of Palma.
Life and works
Gaspar Bennàssar grew up in the old town of Palma with seven brothers. His father Antonio was a sailor in the Spanish merchant navy . After elementary school, he studied for a bachelor's degree at the Institute of the Balearic Islands (Instituto Balear) in the former Jesuit school on Calle Montision in Palma.
In 1899 he obtained the title of architect at the School of Architecture, Escuela Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid . In the same year he was appointed diocesan architect of Menorca.
In 1900 he made the construction plans for the Teatro Lírico theater . In 1901 he was appointed city architect of Palma, which office he held until his death.
From 1902 he headed the Plan de Ensanche and Plan Calvet de Palma project , one of the major construction projects in the expansion of Palma.
1903 marriage to Amèlia Munar. In 1904 he designed the building for the Caixa d'Estalvis savings bank near the Plaza de San Francisco. In 1905 he designed the housing estate on Plaza de España, where the first weather station was housed in 1910. In 1906 he planned the municipal slaughterhouse.
This was followed by other buildings that can be assigned to the Art Nouveau trend , including the El Águila department store from 1909, which he designed together with Jaume Alenyà, with whom he shared his architectural office. The Hotel Príncipe Alfonso on Cala Major followed in 1906, followed by the El Triquet building in 1909 , which, like the hotel above, was built in the neo- Mudéjar style .
In 1910 he submitted a draft to the city administration and transformed the Paseo de Sagrera into an impressive promenade in just two days in a night and fog action with around 200 workers under his direction. In 1912 the Escuela Graduada designed by him was inaugurated. The Bar Cristal building was built in 1916 with modernist elements that fit into the trend of Viennese Secessionism . In 1918 the steps of the mirador (viewpoint) of the La Seu cathedral in Palma followed.
Bennàssar's last creative phase (1920–1933) was under neo-baroque expression, some works in neo-renaissance style . Even neo-Gothic works were among his designs, such as the parish church of Esporles (1923). Likewise, the bell tower of the church belongs Els Dolors of Manacor (1929) to his works. Important works from this period include Can Tous (1922), Can Bibiloni (1928), Cas Nét (1929) and the bullring, the famous Coliseo Balear (1929), and the building of the former Cine Born cinema (1931). The Es Pont d'es Tren railway bridge is one of his last structures .
Gaspar Bennàssar died while attending an architecture congress. His body was transferred to Palma on the ship "City of Barcelona".
Awards
- In 1906 he received an award from the Exposición Nacional de Bellas Artes, Madrid (National Exhibition of Fine Arts) for the Palma City Slaughterhouse project .
- 1996 Appointment as Famous Son of Palma de Mallorca
Trivia
He himself often signed his works only with the signature "Bennàzar", which resulted in the name Gaspar Bennàzar being mentioned in numerous publications. There have been some attempts by historians to get the correct spelling of the birth name at the street named after him (Av. Arquitecte Gaspar Bennàzar).
literature
- L'Altra Mallorca: Modern Route Itinerario2 . Palma 1970.
- Jesus M. González Pérez: Design and construction of medium-sized cities . Page 9.
- "Palma - Contemporary City". Page 198 of the Great Encyclopedia of Mallorca, Volume 12.
- Maribel Bennazar: Gaspar Bennàssar Balear S'Arquitecte . Panorama Palma publishing house 1980.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Maribel Bennazar; Gaspar Bennàssar, Balear S'Arquitecte; Panorama Palma publishing house 1980
- ↑ El Ensanche de Palma. “Planeamiento del tema, problemática, construcción y valoración de un nuevo espacio urbano, 1868-1927”. Maria Dolores Ladaria Bañares.
- ↑ El Águila photo from the department store ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Free translation from: Enciclopedia de Mallorca (Volume 2, Pages 62–64)
- ↑ Article Railway Bridge
- ↑ Patrimonio cultural ( Memento of the original dated December 2, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bennàssar i Moner, Gaspar |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Bennàzar, Gaspar |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish architect and builder |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 18, 1869 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Palma |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 15, 1933 |
| Place of death | Barcelona |