Some people say that the most beautiful buildings in the world are in Barcelona.
In fact, it is not false, and the mainstream style buildings in the world are all in Barcelona. That is true.
A place of only 101.9 square kilometers, (BTW, the area of Guangzhou is +70 times that of Barcelona)
It happens to be such a place that contains the works of Gaudí’s Utopia, Mies’s Minimalism, Richard Meier’s White School and other masters.
So, the first issue of "Brick Building Journey" takes us into the German Pavilion in Barcelona....
The German Pavilion in Barcelona was designed by Mies van der Rohe in 1929, one of the modern architectural masters F4. It is Mies's most representative work and an extremely important classic in the history of architecture.
But in fact, the German Pavilion we see now is not the original version built that year, but the rebuilt version in 1986.
（1986·Reconstruction·Niu Hulu·German Pavilion)
Unfortunately, the original version only existed for about 6 months and was demolished after the World Expo. Although the German Pavilion appeared for a very short time, the shock it brought to the world left a deep mark on Barcelona. Against the background of the mainstream academic style, the German Pavilion has become a well-deserved "different fireworks".
1929Aerial view of the south side of the German Pavilion
In 1930, after the World Expo ended, the German Pavilion as a temporary building was immediately dismantled and moved back to Germany.
Subsequently, Spain experienced the twists and turns of the civil war. Until 1966, a group of pioneering architects proposed to rebuild the glorious German Pavilion, in order to rekindle the fire of modernism in Barcelona, and invited Mies in Chicago to participate in the reconstruction work.
But unfortunately, Mies van der Rohe died suddenly in 1969, and the reconstruction work was put on hold.
It was not until 1986 that, through the efforts of many architects, the German Pavilion was displayed again in Barcelona.
But it happened to be this reconstruction that perfectly restored a "temporary building" into a classic "temporary buildinglin building".
Because the original version in 1929 had a tight construction schedule and insufficient budget, the "Catalan Arch" infrastructure construction method was adopted until the opening of the Expo. In fact, the venue was not completed. In fact, on the south facade of the exhibition hall, The stone walls in the original design were just painted with similar colors and opened in a hurry.
The subsequent reconstruction of the original site, with the goal of a permanent building, focused on solving the original load-bearing, heat insulation, drainage and other problems, and the German Pavilion 2.0 was truly born.
In addition to the twists and turns of reconstruction, the choice of materials has also become the essence of the design of the German Pavilion. Throughout the venue, natural and man-made materials are staggered, with marble, limestone, steel and glass as the main materials.
Among them, Italian limestone is widely used in the platform base and the exterior wall next to the reflecting pool. Under sunlight, the limestone becomes a secondary light source, throwing diffusely reflected light into the interior, making the interior space more transparent and soft.
The unique reflectivity of limestone and Mies’s seamless treatment on the platform further dissolve the spatial boundaries, making the entire exhibition hall a complete volume rather than two separate entities.
The main and secondary exhibition space partitions are made of Alpine green marble, Tinos green marble and golden onyx from Africa. The paintings show the texture beauty of natural rough stones.
As a balance, various types of glass such as gray, green, white and translucent are also widely used in indoor partitions, thick and clear, visible and closed, and ultimately create a completely flowing open space.
The German Pavilion in Barcelona is regarded as a representative building of the arrival of modernist design in the 20th century. It interprets the courage to break through more than 80 years ago and is still shining brightly today.
That’s it for today, follow DouYin: Brick Building Journey, and I will continue to take you to move bricks around the world in the next issue~
(I feel like Barcelona can talk about it for another ten years)
(This article is provided by the enterprise)
