Architectural Research & Documentation
Here are some sketches I made on our last tour sketching por la isla. This time we decided to draw from the “Tren Urbano” (San Juan’s only metro line).
inside the train car; the curved buildings of el monte housing complex (where I live); tunnel entrance; san juan’s courthouse façade detail; and grab bar detail.
rum testing laboratories’ building at san juan’s botanical gardens; and escalators atrium at centro medicos’ station.
covered platform at cupey station.
Here’s a sketch I made “literally” copying Le Corbusier’s own of the design for his father’s tomb, included in a letter to his mother.
In addition to the simple forms, what I like most of the design (and letter) were his notes on the selection of plant material and its careful thoughts on their placement; specially of the species selected for the joints.
Geraniums were picked since they symbolize the good that exists in everybody. While the other species, (yellow or white poppies, alpine pansy, primula or moss) Le Corbusier mentions they were his father’s favorite.
A few years back, while on my way to Finland, I made this sketch from an aerial photograph I saw on the airplane.
valle aluvial del río grande de arecibo, puerto rico. (view from PR 10 rest stop)
kentuck knob estate, dunbar, pennsylvania. (view from the sculpture garden)
sideling hill, freeway 40 (while at a rest stop between washington dc to pennsylvania)
Estos son algunos bocetos que realicé el pasado sábado mientras acompañaba a Jorge Rigau y su curso de Historia del Caribe.
Here are some sketches I did last Saturday on a trip with Jorge Rigau’s course on History of Caribbean Architecture.
Condición urbana (parque/plaza) en Yauco; diagrama espacial de la residencia Franceschi (tipo sala-pasillo-comedor) y alzado parcial de la Villa Ange del arquitecto Pedro Méndez.
Fachada frontal de la Ermita de Porta Coeli y un diagrama de la condición urbana (parque/plaza) en San Germán.
Diagrama espacial de la Residencia Acosta y Forés (tipo A-B-A), perspectiva del mediopunto en la sala y un detalle de los estarcidos del área del comedor.
Diagrama espacial de la Residencia Ortíz Perichi y una perspectiva de la Residencia Vélez del arquitecto Henry Klumb.
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