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Luis Barragán: a ‘Quiet’ Architectural Revolution
By Rada Georgieva
Emotive architecture – this is how the oeuvre of Mexican architect Luis Barragán (1902-1988) is often described.
His works epitomize the syncretic tendency of Latin American modernisms to integrate local and traditional forms with European and North American artistic influences. Barragan’s attitude towards spatial distribution is sometimes discussed as a ‘’quiet revolution’’ due to his intention to create a serene and meditative environment, where architectural forms are fully integrated into the surrounding landscape and even generated by it.
His use of vivid colours, dramatic lighting, as well as the tension between his minimalistic open and closed spaces stimulate the viewer’s sensory experience. Hence, Barragán imbued his buildings with certain emotive qualities, which countered the strict formality of rationalist currents in modernist architecture.
Barragán’s Casa Prieto-Lopez, 1950 whi
