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Palazzo Della Civiltà Italiana/ Palazzo della Civiltà del Lavoro/ Colosseo Quadrato (Square Colosseum) - Giovanni Guerrini, Ernesto Bruno La Padula and Mario Romano Architects - 1938 - EUR - Rome, Italy.
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À l’Ouest du Temps - La forêt de Fangorn *
« Les aventures fantastiques ont rarement une fin. Il y a toujours quelqu’un pour en comprendre les fondements et continuer le récit » (Un sage)
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Je suis retourné à l’Ouest du Temps, là où tout a commencé, à l’orée de la forêt de Fangorn.
Des arbres sombres portant de magnifiques fleurs blanches étendaient leurs longues branches, comme pour marquer, d’un geste de bienvenue, le passage vers les profondeurs de la forêt. Ils auraient pu être de lointains ancêtres de nos pommiers, mais, selon l’histoire locale, ils appartenaient à la civilisation des Ents, la plus vieille de la Terre du Milieu. Ces arbres étaient dotés, croyait-on, d’une forme de « conscience » et d’une mémoire collective remontant aux origines. On racontait qu’ils étaient capables de communiquer entre-eux et avec d’autres espèces et même d’agir ensemble dans l’intérêt commun…
Soudainement, je fus submergé par une marée d’impressions insistantes: de la curiosité, une extrême vigilance, l’écho lointain de zones d’ombres, de blessures béantes au coeur des arbres. Puis, un bruissement soutenu des feuilles me figea sur place avec appréhension. Et, d’une manière que je ne saurais expliquer, j’en compris le sens: « Prend garde en traversant la forêt. Fait preuve de respect envers nous. Et nous t’aideront à trouver le courage d’affronter les mystères et les dangers auxquels tu devras faire face dans le Monde.» (Patrice le Hobbit)
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À l’Est du Temps, le rationalisme moderne a relégué, les récits, les contes, les légendes anciennes y compris les écrits de Tolkien et de bien d’autres grands auteurs, aux domaines de l’imaginaire, de la spiritualité, de la magie pure, du folklore et du divertissement. Comme si, rien de ces écrits n’avait une quelconque résonance avec des savoirs utiles tirés de l’expérience humaine…
Or, des découvertes récentes en neurobiologie, en biologie végétale et en écologie appliquée aux arbres et aux forêts tendent à donner un fondement scientifique à plusieurs mythes anciens à leur sujet: les arbres sont des entités sociales et conscientes, capables d’apprendre, d’interagir et d’évoluer. **
Ce que les Anciens savaient, mais qu’ils ne pouvaient pas exprimer par des mots, plutôt avec des images métaphoriques et poétiques, comme Tolkien - deviennent maintenant un champ de recherche scientifique moderne, périphérique certes, mais courageux et prometteur.
Patrice photographiste, Chroniques du Monde de Poësia
*Forêt mythique de la Terre du Milieu dans le récit du Seigneurs des Anneaux (J.R. R. Tolkien)
** Voir notamment : Peter Wohlleben, (La vie secrète des arbres); Suzanne Simard, (Finding the Mother Tree - Discovering the Wisdom of Forest)
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West of Time: Fangorn Forest *
“Fantasy adventures rarely have an end. There is always someone to understand their foundations and continue the story” (A wise man)
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I have returned to the West of Time, where it all began, at the edge of Fangorn Forest.
Dark trees bearing magnificent white flowers stretched out their long branches, as if to mark, with a welcoming gesture, the passage to the depths of the forest. They might have been distant ancestors of our apple trees, but according to local history they belonged to the Ent civilization, the oldest in Middle-earth. These trees were believed to be endowed with a form of “consciousness” and a collective memory going back to the origins. They were said to be able to communicate with each other and with other species and even to act together in the common interest...
Suddenly, I was overwhelmed by a tide of persistent impressions: curiosity, extreme vigilance, the distant echo of shadowy areas, gaping wounds in the heart of the trees. Then, a steady rustle of leaves froze me in place with apprehension. And, in a way that I cannot explain, I understood the meaning: “Be careful while crossing the forest. Show us respect. And we will help you find the courage to face the mysteries and dangers you will face in the World. (Patrice the Hobbit)
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In the East of Time, modern Rationalism has relegated stories, tales, ancient legends including the writings of Tolkien and many other great authors, to the domains of the imagination, spirituality, pure magic, folklore and entertainment. As is, none of these writings had any resonance with useful knowledge drawn from human experience...
However, recent discoveries in neurobiology, plant biology and ecology applied to trees and forests tend to give a scientific basis to several old myths about them: trees are social and conscious entities, capable of learning, interacting and advancing. **
What the elders knew, but could not express in words, rather in metaphorical and poetic imagery, like Tolkien - now becomes a field of modern scientific research, peripheral indeed, but courageous and promising.
Patrice photographer, Chronicles of the Lands of Poësia
* Mythical forest of Middle-earth in the story of Lord of the Rings (J.R. R. Tolkien)
** See in particular: Peter Wohlleben, (The Hidden Life of Trees, The Secret Wisdom of Nature); Suzanne Simard, (Finding the Mother Tree - Discovering the Wisdom of Forest)
The timeless vintage charm of Cine Fox in Caorso, province of Piacenza, Italy
The Cine Fox was built in 1949 to a design by the architect. Pietro Berzolla as the first venue in the province specifically designed as a cinema.
The venue ceased all activity in 1980.
Since 2011, after a renovation, it has been used as a multipurpose room for shows, meetings, social, cultural and recreational activities
Stockholm's public library. The library has been described as the physical manifestation of a transitionary period in both the rationale of its designer and the shifting values of European architecture; the ultimate result a deceptively complex synthesis of styles presented in a visually straightforward package: the fading influence of Neoclassicism juxtaposed against the emergence of Rationalism. Brilliant!
In the forest alongside the little Liffey River in Tasmania - so different from its namesake in Dublin - the gentle flow of the water over this tessellated platform, catches the golden glow of sunlight. Birds can be heard singing in the trees. If you want a place to calm the soul, I can't think of many better than right here.
People who grew up in harmony with the land - people indigenous to it - speak of places like this as having spirit. The spirit of place is not just a catchy phrase, I believe it is the truth of our relationship to the world.
Modernity (and its intellectual motor of rationalism) is really a state of Forgetfulness. We forget because we can't forgive ourselves for losing the Garden of Eden (I'm speaking in the language of mythology here because it has a deep psychological truth). Modernity is a flight from everything that reminds us of this horrible detachment between "the world we have made" and Spirit.
So we spend our lives running from things. We run from God, from Spirit, from real emotions, from Nature itself. Occasionally in places like this we catch a glimpse of what life could have been like, but then we quickly remind ourselves that we are really rational beings and there is nothing at all here to see except material "reality".
But that's the fatal flaw in Materialism, because it cuts us off from the River of Life. Science can tell us approximately how old the world is, and even our universe. But it cannot measure Eternity or even tell us why we are here.
But dangle your feet in this cool water. Literally chill out. Turn off and tune in (and you don't need Timothy Leary's drugs for that). Tune in to the "vibrations" of Spirit. Find yourself in Nature again.
The Museu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona building is the work of North American artist Richard Meier. Designed in 1990 and built between 1991 and 1995, it was conceived as an assemblage of several prisms (with a base of 120 x 35 metres at its base, a height of 23 metres) and takes up 14,300 m2 of floor space in total.
The center is a cylindrical volume that cuts through all the floors – from the basement to the roof – and organises the exhibition areas along a longitudinal axis over three floors, starting with the ground floor.
Richard Meier’s architecture is fundamentally a formal reinterpretation of rationalism, with references to the masters of the modern movement, particularly Le Corbusier. The building is shaped by a combination of rectilinear and curved elements, a geometry that is softened by the external light that penetrates into the building through open galleries and large skylights.
source: macba.cat
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Het Rijksmonument in het midden werd in 1914 in een Overgangsstijl met elementen uit het Rationalisme en Neo-Renaissance ontworpen door de Zwolse architect M. Meijerink. Het gebouw staat beeldbepalend aan de Burgemeester van Roijensingel aan de stadsgracht in het beschermde stadsgezicht van Zwolle.
Mezza facciata e mezzo portico. Half facade and half porch. Suburbs.Periferia. S.Donato / Bologna 2021
Time to go for certainty? Go for the strong leader? Take refuge in the Buddha, throw myself into the arms of Christ, surrender my life to Allah, sign any other collective contract with the Divine? I prefer honest uncertainty. I will stick to my two traditions, Christianity and critical rationalism. The tensions and contradictions between the two are part of who I am. May be the tensions can be resolved, one day, when I am no longer.
L'Ex Casa del Fascio : oltre la linea delle Ferrovie Nord Milano è l'opera più nota di Giuseppe Terragni : Il Razionalismo Internazionale - Oggi sede della Guardia di Finanza .
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architect Horia Creanga
1934 - Elisabeta Cantacuzino villa,
15 Aleea Alexandru Street, Bucharest
arhitect Horia Creanga
1934 - Vila Elisabeta Cantacuzino,
Aleea Alexandru 15, București
Edificio Carrión, Gran Vía 41, de Luis Martínez-Feduchi y Vicente Eced y Eced (1933), en Gran Vía, tramo de Callao a Plaza de España.
If you think you can beat online populism, post truth and 'alternative facts' by lofty rationalism, you are thinking too well of yourself.
Piazza John Kennedy, EUR district, Rome. The "Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana", aka "Colosseo quadrato" is visible in background.
The Eur is a district of Rome designed starting from 1935 to host the 1942 Universal Exposition in Rome (never held because of World War II). The design is the result of the work of numerous architects of the time technically coordinated by Marcello Piacentini. The EUR district was inspired by classical Roman urbanism enriched by elements of Italian rationalism, according to the fascist ideology of that time.
L’Eur è un quartiere di Roma progettato a partire dal 1935 per ospitare l’Esposizione Universale a Roma nel 1942 (esposizione che non si tenne mai a causa della II guerra mondiale). Frutto del lavoro di numerosi architetti del tempo coordinati tecnicamente da Marcello Piacentini. Il quartiere fu ispirato all'urbanistica classica romana arricchita da elementi del razionalismo italiano, in accordo all’ideologia fascista dell’epoca.
String Quartet No 8, in C Minor, Op. 110 Dimtri Shostakovich
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"Gold" Building
www.monumenteromania.ro/index.php/monumente/detalii/en/Go...
Category: Blocks
Period: înc. sec. XX, 1934
Importance: B
LMI code: B-II-m-B-18209
Address: Bd. Botev Hristo 34 sector 3
Location: municipiul BUCUREŞTI
District: Bucuresti
Region: Muntenia
Imobilul Solly Gold
Blocul "Gold"
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Categorie: Blocuri/imobile
Perioada: înc. sec. XX, 1934
Importanta: B
Cod LMI: B-II-m-B-18209
Adresa: Bd. Botev Hristo 34 sector 3
Localitate: municipiul BUCUREŞTI
Judet: Bucuresti
Regiune: Muntenia
architect Marcel Janco
arhitect Marcel Iancu
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Marcel Janco
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Janco
Marcel Iancu
ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Iancu
Marcel Hermann Iancu
Born: May 24, 1895; Bucharest, Romania
Died: April 21, 1984; Israel
Nationality: Jewish, Romanian, Israeli
Art Movement: Dada, Constructivism
Marcel Janco’s Contribution to Modern Architecture in Romania
Professor Dr. Ana-Maria Zahariade, Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism (UAUIM), Bucharest
From the early 1950s Friedensreich Hundertwasser increasingly focused on architecture, advocating more just human and environmental friendly buildings. This began with manifestos, essays and demonstrations. For example, he read out his "Mouldiness Manifesto against Rationalism in Architecture" in 1958 on the occasion of an art and architectural event held at the Seckau Monastery. He rejected the straight line and the functional architecture.
Amsterdam - Zaanstraat.
"Saenveste" is a social housing complex, built in 1919 in the style of rationalism architecture. Restoration took place in 2012.
De buitenring van het complex Zaanhof, of tegenwoordig ook Saenveste geheten, is een blok met woningen in de Spaarndammerbuurt, opgeleverd in 1919. Het is ontworpen door de architecten Tjeerd Kuipers en Arnold Ingwersen, in rationalistische trant, voor de protestantse woningbouwvereniging Patrimonium.
De laatste renovatie was in 2012.
Happy Bench Monday :-)
String Quartet No 8, in C Minor, Op. 110 Dimtri Shostakovich
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"Gold" Building
www.monumenteromania.ro/index.php/monumente/detalii/en/Go...
Category: Blocks
Period: înc. sec. XX, 1934
Importance: B
LMI code: B-II-m-B-18209
Address: Bd. Botev Hristo 34 sector 3
Location: municipiul BUCUREŞTI
District: Bucuresti
Region: Muntenia
Imobilul Solly Gold
Blocul "Gold"
www.monumenteromania.ro/index.php/monumente/detalii/ro/Bl...
viabucuresti.ro/pe-urmele-lui-marcel-iancu-prin-cartierul...
Categorie: Blocuri/imobile
Perioada: înc. sec. XX, 1934
Importanta: B
Cod LMI: B-II-m-B-18209
Adresa: Bd. Botev Hristo 34 sector 3
Localitate: municipiul BUCUREŞTI
Judet: Bucuresti
Regiune: Muntenia
architect Marcel Janco
arhitect Marcel Iancu
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Marcel Janco
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Janco
Marcel Iancu
ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Iancu
Marcel Hermann Iancu
Born: May 24, 1895; Bucharest, Romania
Died: April 21, 1984; Israel
Nationality: Jewish, Romanian, Israeli
Art Movement: Dada, Constructivism
Marcel Janco’s Contribution to Modern Architecture in Romania
Professor Dr. Ana-Maria Zahariade, Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism (UAUIM), Bucharest
Former provincial headquarter of the youth movement of the Italian Fascist Party. Later it was a cinema.
Dettaglio di un moderno portico in marmo. Modern marble porch detail. S.Lazzaro di Savena (Bologna) 2018
10/27/20...Today, after having seen numerous posts on Instagram, condemning life in America, I gave thought to those posting...all Artists...all with intelligence or at least an education (I think)...and yet they have no concept of reality...the reality for the people they supposedly champion. For like me, they are living a life that others only dream of...all the creature comforts are there for us...and we have too much time to think...way too much time. So, with all my free time, I decided to research the word Intellectual...all the definitions I found were bullshat😉...probably crafted by intellectuals😂. The only things that matter are shelter, fire, water, air, food...and we have senselessly killed each other since the dawn of man.
I believe I have found the enemy 😉.
in·tel·lec·tu·al·ism
/ˌin(t)əˈlek(t)SH(əw)əˌlizəm/
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noun
noun: intellectualism
the exercise of the intellect at the expense of the emotions.
Philosophy
the theory that knowledge is wholly or mainly derived from pure reason; rationalism.
🔶SO YOU KNOW...I'M ONE OF DEM PSEUDOINTELLECTUALS 😬..Don't worry, we are all headed to IDIOCRACY😉🔶
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Il a été conçu par l'architecte Angiolo Mazzoni dans le premier vingtaine d'années la XX siècle. Les travaux ont commencé en 1929 et l'inauguration a eu lieu le 28 Octobre 1934, la présence du ministre des Communications Umberto Puppini.
Le style est typique de la période fasciste et suit le courant rationalisme italien. Elle est prolongée sur une superficie de 5100 mètres carrés, qui est divisé d'une manière symétrique autour de deux cours latérales. Le bâtiment, en béton armé, est recouvert de marbre gris Mont Billiemi. Les piliers avant est formée de 10 colonnes de 30 mètres de haut. Il est à noter le grand escalier elliptique du plus grand diamètre de 9 mètres et la solution de structure très complexe.
It was designed by the architect Angiolo Mazzoni in the first twenty years of the XX century. The works started in 1929 and the inauguration took place on October 28, 1934, the presence of the Minister of Communications Umberto Puppini.
The style is typical of the fascist period and follows the current Italian rationalism. It is extended over an area of 5100 square meters, which is divided symmetrically around two side courtyards. The reinforced concrete building is covered with gray Mont Billiemi marble. The front pillars is made up of 10 columns 30 meters high. Note the large elliptical staircase with the largest diameter of 9 meters and the very complex structural solution.
From the early 1950s Friedensreich Hundertwasser increasingly focused on architecture, advocating more just human and environmental friendly buildings. This began with manifestos, essays and demonstrations. For example, he read out his "Mouldiness Manifesto against Rationalism in Architecture" in 1958 on the occasion of an art and architectural event held at the Seckau Monastery. He rejected the straight line and the functional architecture.
Een gezellig dagje fotograferen met een deel van de Flickrbende hans_verduin ;-)
In de Bazel-Amsterdam.
info: www.amsterdamsights.com/museums/stadsarchief.html
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...literally. rome, foro italico, detail of marble cape on colossal statue from stadio dei marmi. this is part of a series of images of the foro italico, some more of which can be seen here
The Palazzo della Civiltà Italiana, also known as the Palazzo della Civiltà del Lavoro or simply the Colosseo Quadrato (Square Colosseum), is a building in the EUR district in Rome.
The building was designed in 1937 to host the Mostra della Civiltà Romana during the 1942 World Fair by Italian architects Giovanni Guerrini, Ernesto Bruno La Padula and Mario Romano.
It lies in the district of Rome known as the Esposizione Universale Roma (also known as 'E.42' and 'EUR'). It is particularly symbolic of this district, exemplifying its monumentality.
The building is an example of Italian Rationalism
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Complesso Residenziale Monte Amiata
Via Enrico Falck
Gallaratese
Milano
Lombardy
Italy
82 Stacked houses in Rationalist style. Designed by Herman Walenkamp (1916), and ordered by housing cooperation "Het Westen". Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
Een gezellig dagje fotograferen met een deel van de Flickrbende hans_verduin ;-)
In de Bazel-Amsterdam.
info: www.amsterdamsights.com/museums/stadsarchief.html
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Een gezellig dagje fotograferen met een deel van de Flickrbende hans_verduin ;-)
In de Bazel-Amsterdam.
info: www.amsterdamsights.com/museums/stadsarchief.html
copyright All rights reserved - Don't use my images on websites, blogs or other media without my explicit permission