APRENDIENDO DE LA FARNSWORTH. FOTOMONTAJES EXPLORATORIOS Y CRÍTICA VISUAL.

LEARNING FROM THE FARNSWORTH. EXPLORATORY PHOTOMONTAGES AND VISUAL CRITICISM.

FARNSWORTH House (Plano, Ill.); PHOTOMONTAGE; COLLAGE; ARCHITECTURAL design; MODERN architecture; MIES van der Rohe, Ludwig, 1886-1969; CRITICISM; ARCHITECTURAL education in universities & colleges

In the teaching framework of the second year of Architecture at the University of Zaragoza, we propose a transversal exercise between the areas of Graphic Expression (Integrated Workshop 1) and Architectural Design (Projects 1). In order to work on an extension project of Mies van der Rohe's Farnsworth house, graphically developed in Integrated Workshop 1, we began with an exercise of visual exploration -through photomontage and collage- to critically reconsider the mythical nature of this glass urn and its potential operational strategies. Reviewing the extraordinary and suggestive results achieved by the students, this text aims to briefly analyse and revalue even more this graphic technique of architectural representation in a teaching context and to critically and theoretically reassess the circumspect identity of modern architectural icons. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

En el marco docente del segundo curso de Arquitectura de la Universidad de Zaragoza planteamos un ejercicio trasversal entre las áreas de Expresión Gráfica (Taller Integrado 1) y Proyectos (Proyectos 1). Para trabajar en un proyecto de ampliación de la casa Farnsworth de Mies van der Rohe, desarrollado gráficamente en el Taller 1, nos planteamos en primera instancia un ejercicio de exploración visual -a través del fotomontaje y el collage- para reconsiderar críticamente el carácter mítico de esta urna de cristal y sus potenciales estrategias operativas. Revisando los extraordinarios y sugerentes resultados alcanzados por los estudiantes este texto aspira brevemente a analizar y revalorizar más si cabe esta técnica gráfica de representación arquitectónica en el ámbito docente y a poner en cuestión crítica y teóricamente la circunspecta identidad de los iconos modernos. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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