Reconstruyendo la casa tecnológica de los Foster en Hamsptead
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Solé Bravo, Carlos
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Entre 1978 y 1979, Norman y Wendy Foster
proyectan su propia vivienda en el exclusivo
barrio londinense de Hampstead. El interés de
este pequeño proyecto inconcluso trasciende
sus propios méritos arquitectónicos: a su
valor testimonial para analizar las influencias
y obsesiones recurrentes en la obra de sus
arquitectos, hay que añadir la claridad con
la que refleja los trascendentes cambios
acaecidos en la trayectoria de los Foster, así
como su capacidad para abrir nuevas vías de
exploración que encontrarán aplicación en
proyectos posteriores del estudio. Con un
marcado carácter experimental, constituye
un singular intento por trasladar al ámbito
doméstico la arquitectura de las primeras
naves fabriles de los Foster. Una arquitectura
—denominada por Reyner Banham “la nave
bien servida”— que utiliza la integración
de sistemas como principal herramienta
proyectual. A caballo entre la contención
formal del Sainsbury Centre y el expresionismo
tecnológico del centro de distribución Renault
en Swindon y del Banco de Hong Kong y
Shanghái, la evolución del proyecto en sus
distintas versiones ilustra, además, una
transición desde la pretendida eficiencia de la
arquitectura de la “nave bien servida” hacia el
expresionismo tecnológico del denominado
movimiento High-Tech.
Between 1978 and 1979 Norman and Wendy Foster design their own home in the exclusive neighbourhood of Hampstead. The interest of this small unfinished project transcends its own architectural merits, as it constitutes a valuable testimonial document to analyze the recurrent influences and obsessions of its architects; furthermore, it has the ability to open new lines of exploration which will find application in subsequent works of the practice. This experimental project constitutes a unique attempt to apply the architectural ideas behind the first Foster Associates’ industrial buildings onto the domestic domain. An architecture which Reyner Banham referred to as “the wellserviced shed”. Saddled between the formal contention of the Sainsbury Centre and the technological expressionism of the Renault Distribution Centre in Swindon and the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, the evolution of the project through its different versions reflects a transition from the intended efficiency of the “well-serviced shed” towards the technological expressionism of the so-called High-Tech movement.
Between 1978 and 1979 Norman and Wendy Foster design their own home in the exclusive neighbourhood of Hampstead. The interest of this small unfinished project transcends its own architectural merits, as it constitutes a valuable testimonial document to analyze the recurrent influences and obsessions of its architects; furthermore, it has the ability to open new lines of exploration which will find application in subsequent works of the practice. This experimental project constitutes a unique attempt to apply the architectural ideas behind the first Foster Associates’ industrial buildings onto the domestic domain. An architecture which Reyner Banham referred to as “the wellserviced shed”. Saddled between the formal contention of the Sainsbury Centre and the technological expressionism of the Renault Distribution Centre in Swindon and the Hong Kong and Shanghai Bank, the evolution of the project through its different versions reflects a transition from the intended efficiency of the “well-serviced shed” towards the technological expressionism of the so-called High-Tech movement.
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Solé Bravo, C. (2018). Reconstruyendo la casa tecnológica de los Foster en Hamsptead. Revista Europea de Investigación en Arquitectura: REIA, (10), 169-194. http://reia.es/REIA10_10.pdf



