描述
Internationally recognized Mexican architect and designer Oscar Hagerman has been referred to as the architect of the people. Working with Mexico s indigenous peoples for over 50 years, his vision and design is an ingenious combination of traditional aesthetics and contemporary technology. This long-awaited survey presents Hagerman s life work in three thematic blocks: his early residential designs in Mexico City and Valle de Bravo, which incorporate rural architectural elements; projects built throughout rural communities and the Mexican states of Oaxaca, Chiapas and Puebla, including his excellent furniture designs made by noted manufacturers and artisanal furniture-production cooperatives; and lastly, Hagerman s long teaching career and recent research on rural housing, community-based involvement, do-it-yourself construction, and the use of regional materials. A unique look at a visionary architect who understands people, culture, community and the land they live on.
La arquitectura y los muebles de Oscar Hagerman (1936) remiten a lo esencial, parten de una austera sencillez. Durante más de cincuenta años ha trabajado en comunidades rurales en México diseñando y construyendo escuelas, viviendas, clínicas y otros proyectos. Su arquitectura, hecha con los “materiales directos de la tierra”, y su diseño de mobiliario, “la más pequeña de las arquitecturas”, coinciden en ser aproximaciones sutiles que crean un diálogo permanente con el lugar y la cultura.
