Luis M. Mansilla + Emilio Tuñón: Da regole per Vincolo
From 2008 to 2010, Madrid based architects Luis M. Mansilla and Emilio Tuñón held the Jean Labatut Visiting Professorship at the Princeton School of Architecture. More than a collection of student work, From Rules to Constraints is a wide ranging reflection on teaching, design practice, history and the city. Focusing on three sites at three distinct scales, this book examines the constraints of the architectural project—social, political, historical, and environmental in order to create new rules for working. Examining both their teaching methods and Mansilla + Tuñón’s own design work, the book presents the design process as an ongoing conversation between the building and the environment, between freedom and limits, and between the decided and undecided.
Luis M. Mansilla and Emilio Tuñón are internationally recognized for their intellectual contributions and influential designs and buildings. In 2007, they received the prestigious Mies van der Rohe Prize for their Museum of Contemporary Art in Castilla y León (MUSAC) in León, Spain , and in 2003, the Spanish Architecture Award. Their current work includes The Spanish Royal Collections Museum in Madrid, LalÃn Town Hall, and the International Convention Center for the city of Madrid. In February of this year, as this book was nearing completion, Luis M. Mansilla passed away, making this one of the last records of his work and ideas.
With contributions by Stan Allen, Enrique Walker, Sarah Whiting and Augustin Perez Rubio, photographs by Dean Kaufmann, Luis AsÃn, and Luis Baylón.
Content
006 Introduction / Giancarlo Valle
010 Conversation / Stan Allen, Luis M. Mansilla, Emilio Tuñón and Giancarlo Valle
026 History as Protagonist: Farnsworth House
030 Farnsworth 2011 / Dean Kaufman
074 Scaffoldings / Enrique Walker
080 Expiry & Expansion / Ilana Altman
088 Institution as Infrastructure: Royal Collection
092 Royal Collection 2010 / Luis AsÃn
124 Conversation / Giancarlo Valle and AgustÃn Pérez Rubio
136 Obstinately Optimistic / Sarah Whiting
142 Boulevard as Urban Fragment: La Gran VÃa
146 La Gran VÃa, 1980-2011 / Luis Baylón
184 Diverted Perspectives / Yasmin Vobis, Aaron Forrest
194 Mansilla + Tuñón: Discipline Play / Stan Allen
214 Mansilla + Tuñón: Three Projects
216 Museum of Zamora
224 Madrid Regional Archives and Library
232 Atrio Relais-Châteaux
242 Acknowledgments
243 Credits
244 Contributors
Publisher: Lars Müller Publishers
Edited by: Giancarlo Valle
Format: 6 ½ × 9 ½ inches, 16.5 × 24 cm
Pages: 248 pages, 242 illustrations
Language: English
ISBN: 978-3-03778-281-1
Luis M. Mansilla + Emilio Tuñón: From Rules to Constraint originally appeared on ArchDaily, the most visited architecture website on 21 Sep 2012.
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