{"id":15770,"date":"2022-01-14T03:33:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T08:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/architizer.wpengine.com\/surreal-in-spain-the-mesmerizing-housing-projects-of-ricardo-bofill\/"},"modified":"2022-05-16T09:12:41","modified_gmt":"2022-05-16T13:12:41","slug":"ricardo-bofill-passes-away","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.arc.ht\/blog\/inspiration\/collections\/ricardo-bofill-passes-away\/","title":{"rendered":"How Ricardo Bofill Changed Architecture"},"content":{"rendered":"

In January 2022, visionary architect Ricardo Bofill passed away at the age of 82. Rising to fame in the 1960s, became known for his radical approach to design, creating urban-scaled architecture aimed at addressing larger political and social issues. In a wider context, Bofill\u2019s name and projects are associated with postmodernism. In recent years, his highly photographic designs from the 1960s, such as Walden 7<\/a> and La Muralla Roja<\/a>, enjoyed a second-wind of popularity with the rise of social media.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Born in Barcelona in 1939, Ricardo Bofill grew up in a prominent Catalan household under the dictatorship of Francisco Franco. The son of an architect, builder, and developer, he continued on the same path as his father, enrolling at the Escola T\u00e8cnica Superior d’Arquitectura de Barcelona. Expelled due to his left-wing views that ran contrary to life under the regime, the young architect completed his education in Switzerland before returning to his hometown 1963, at the age of 23, at which time he founded the Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura.<\/p>\n

The studio was truly founded on collaboration, it became a multidisciplinary think tank where architects, engineers, writers, sociologists and the like developed experimental designs. The firm\u2019s early work embraced vernacular details, often utilizing local materials and construction methods typical to Catalan architecture. As the practice grew, its designs were increasingly marked by a desire to, in their words, “address the urban planning problems occurring at the local level within the Spanish political and social systems.”<\/p>\n

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