Ricardo Porro
Ricardo Porro (born November 3, 1925 in Camagüey , Cuba ; † December 25, 2014 in Paris , France ) was a Cuban-French architect , painter and sculptor .
Life
After completing his studies, Ricardo Porro built several villas in Havana inspired by the work of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe , then toured Europe and returned to Cuba in 1960. There he built two buildings that are emblematic of his new style: the art school and the school for modern dance in Havana.
In 1966 he went into permanent exile in France, where he taught art and building history in Paris , Lille and Strasbourg . During this time he created numerous designs that were not realized, but whose sketches and models were exhibited in many cases and distributed through publications and photos.
Together with the young French architect Renaud de la Noue, with whom he teamed up professionally in 1986, he realized - mainly in the Île-de-France - numerous buildings, especially for the school authorities , including the university residence and the secondary school in the planned city ( ville nouvelle ) Cergy .
Ricardo Porro's sculpture-like structures, which can be attributed to organic architecture , are often inspired by nature, the human body, animals and trees. They are characterized by expressiveness and imagination. As a rule, they consist of several smaller units that are grouped around one or more squares and resemble a smaller urban project.
Porro lived in Paris. His drawings are exhibited in the Museum of Modern Art in New York , among others .
Selection of works
buildings
- 1960s: several villas in Havana
- 1962–1965: Art school in Havana
- 1963–1965: School for modern dance in Havana
in collaboration with Renaud de la Noue :
- 1969–1975: L'Or du Rhin art center in Vaduz , Liechtenstein
- 1990: School building of the Collège Elsa Triolet in Saint-Denis (Seine-Saint-Denis)
- 1990: Apartment house in Stains
- 1992: School building of the Collège Colonel Fabien in Montreuil
- 1994: Les Châteaux Saint-Sylvère university residence in Cergy
- 1994: Building of the Administrative Court in Paris
- 1996: Apartments in La Courneuve
- 1996/2003: Quarter of the Compagnies Républicaines de Sécurité in Vélizy-Villacoublay
- 1998: School building of the Collège de Cergy-le-Haut in Cergy-le-Haut , district of Cergy
- 2004: The Samira Bellil School building in L'Île-Saint-Denis
- 2004: Expansion and renovation of the Georges Baptiste hotel school in Canteleu
- 2007: Hospital in Les Mureaux
Publications
- Ricardo Porro: œuvres 1950-1993 , 1993
- Ricardo Porro: Ricardo Porro. Architect. Ritter, Klagenfurt 1994, ISBN 3-85415-144-6
Exhibitions
- January 6 to April 18, 2005: Archilab: New Experiments in Architecture, Art and the City, 1950–2005. Mori Art Museum , Tokyo.
- March 29 to July 19, 2015: Latin America in Construction: Architecture 1955–80. Museum of Modern Art , New York .
literature
- François Barré, Isabelle Cazès: Gros Plan 1: Ricardo Porro , catalog for the exhibition at the Institut Français d'Architecture , Pandora éditions, 1991
- Charles Arthur Boyer: Dictionnaire de l'Architecture du XXe siècle , 1996, entry page 718
- Ineke Phaf-Rheinberger: Ricardo Porros Architecture in Vaduz and Havanna, Coleba-Verlag, Triesen 2004, ISBN 3-905324-09-1
Web links
- Literature by and about Ricardo Porro in the catalog of the German National Library
- Catalog of works ( Memento of February 10, 2005 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ^ Fallce en París el arquitecto cubano Ricardo Porro
- ^ Ricardo Porro, Exiled Cuban Architect, Dies at 89
- ↑ Ricardo Porro | MoMA. Retrieved July 31, 2018 .
- ↑ UNESCO proposal list
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Porro, Ricardo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Cuban-French architect and artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 3, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Camaguey , Cuba |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 25, 2014 |
| Place of death | Paris , France |