描述
The second volume of “Architecture in White” delves deeper into the exploration of the color white as an essential element in contemporary residential architecture in southern Europe.
From João Álvaro Rocha’s “Casa en a Rua do Arco” to Fran Silvestre’s “Casa Sabater”, the book unfolds a range of projects that, while sharing the predominant use of white, each reveals a unique identity.
As in the first volume, this publication combines a carefully curated selection of projects with in-depth analysis through photographs, plans, and construction details. This allows readers to understand not only the elegance of the design but also the technical challenges and solutions implemented to achieve the desired effects of white.
César Jiménez’s text focuses on the importance of communicating architecture, highlighting how communicators and disseminators can be the public’s first contact with the discipline, expanding its reach and influence.
For his part, Ricardo Meri makes a poetic digression on the multiple nuances and meanings that the color white acquires in architecture, approaching it from historical, symbolic and aesthetic aspects.
Finally, Paolo De Marco traces a path through the modern and Mediterranean influences that have characterized Iberian white architecture throughout the 20th century, highlighting the experiments and “third ways” proposed by figures such as Fernando Távora or Álvaro Siza.
Taken together, these introductory texts provide a key conceptual and contextual framework for a comprehensive understanding of the publication.
In summary, this new selection offers a panoramic and in-depth view of the relevance and richness of the color white in contemporary architectural production.
Contents
Communicating Architecture
César Jiménez González @arquitecturaenblanco
All the Shades of White
Ricardo Meri de la Maza, Polytechnic University of Valencia
Mediterranean Memories and Modern Influences in White Iberian Architecture
Paolo De Marco, Architect, Università degli Studi di Palermo
João Álvaro Rocha – House on Rua do Arco;
Pereda Pérez Arquitectos – House in the Egüés Valley;
Frederico Valsassina – House in Palmares;
05 AM Arquitectura – House in Tamariu;
Marlene Uldschmidt Architects – Villa Petra;
DJArquitectura – Casa Número Cero
; João Tiago Aguiar – Casa Mafra
; Ramón Esteve – Casa Olea
Promontorio & Joao Cravo – Casa da Volta;
Esther Sanchis, Álvaro Olivares – Brick House in La Eliana;
Topos Atelier – House on Rua do Pinheiro; Manso
Logoexisto – House in the Douro Valley
; Fran Silvestre Arquitectos – Casa Sabater;
Jaime Prous Architects – Villa Sesom
