Hoy se conmemora el nacimiento del arquitecto danés Jørn Utzon (Copenhague, 9 de abril de 1918-ibídem, 29 de noviembre de 2008), conocido fundamentalmente por haber realizado el proyecto de la Ópera de Sídney, y por ser el ganador del Premio Pritzker en 2003.

Louisiana Channel ha querido pagar un tributo a una de las figuras más importantes de la arquitectura del siglo XX, como fue Jørn Utzon, pidiendo la opinión de 11 arquitectos que estuvieron vinculados al arquitecto por diferentes razones.

Con estos vídeos Louisiana Channel presenta las visiones de 11 conocidos arquitectos Renzo Piano, Oktay Nayman, Lene Tranberg, Rafael Moneo, Louis Becker, Juhani Pallasmaa, Jan Gehl, Bjarke Ingels, Hans Munk Hansen, Hiroshi Sambuichi, Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter.
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Bjarke Ingels
On Jørn Utzon

"Working toward your own Sydney Opera, I think is what any architect ever dreams of.” The renowned Danish architect Bjarke Ingels here expresses his admiration of what he considers the most recognizable building in the world, designed by his peer Jørn Utzon, who would have turned 100 in 2018: “To me, the Sydney Opera is probably the ultimate building.”

Renzo Piano
On Jørn Utzon

“Jørn Utzon was able to do something with the rational, the force of gravity, structure, construction – and beauty, vision, fantasy.” “Architecture is a funny combination of precision and fantasy. Fantasy is interesting, but it’s not enough.” The lauded Italian architect Renzo Piano admires fellow Pritzker Prize-winner, Jørn Utzon, for his ability to combine the magical and the rational. Watch him talk about the world-renowned Danish architect, who would have turned 100 in 2018.

Oktay Nayman
On Jørn Utzon

"He was such a source of inspiration.” “He was a person that was able to see more than other people.” Meet Turkish architect Oktay Nayman, who talks about what it was like to be Danish architect Jørn Utzon’s senior assistant for seven years, at a time of major projects such as the Sydney Opera house and the Kuwait National Assembly Building.

Lene Tranberg
On Jørn Utzon

“He understands how to work with metaphors so that each building is embedded with fantastic narratives.” The legendary Danish architect Jørn Utzon – most notable for designing the Sydney Opera House – would have turned 100 in 2018. In this video, award-winning architect Lene Tranberg shares her love for “the architect who has made the most impact on me and my generation.”

Rafael Moneo
On Jørn Utzon

“The character of the work has something to do with his personality as well." Pritzker prizewinning architect Rafael Moneo spent a year with Danish architect Jørn Utzon in 1961, when Utzon was working on the Sydney Opera House. The Spanish architect here shares how he experienced Utzon – who would have turned 100 in 2018 – in the face of the outstanding project.

Louis Becker
On Jørn Utzon

“He was sacrosanct but also unapproachable.” “He was outstanding in his time. He would be in trouble the way the world looks now.” In this video, Danish architect Louis Becker, of Henning Larsen Architects, describes the renowned architect Jørn Utzon – who would have turned 100 in 2018 – as “a mystic” within the profession, working in unattainable ways.

Juhani Pallasmaa
On Jørn Utzon

“Utzon’s architecture is radical and traditional in an exceptional manner.” “Invention has to have an echo, and that is what Utzon did beautifully.” Finnish architect Juhani Pallasmaa, a leading figure in contemporary architecture, here praises the esteemed Danish architect Jørn Utzon for the timelessness of his architecture, and his remarkable capability to absorb and combine influences from various cultures.

Jan Gehl
On Jørn Utzon

“I’ve particularly taken pleasure in seeing how now, 60 years later, it’s still so beautiful.” “I thought, it’s incredible that an architect can make something that is so good for humanity.” The influential 81-year-old Danish architect Jan Gehl here describes his first meeting with the Sydney Opera House in 1976, and talks about its incredible symbolic significance: “The Opera House and a kangaroo, then you’re bang on.”

Hans Munk Hansen
On Jørn Utzon

"We architects all stand on the shoulders of others. And I stand on Utzon's shoulders." “He saw everything.” In this video, Danish architect Hans Munk Hansen describes his close relationship with the celebrated architect Jørn Utzon, whom he worked and travelled with.

Hiroshi Sambuichi
On Jørn Utzon

"I feel as if his architecture is a letter for me.” Japanese architect Hiroshi Sambuichi is considered one of the foremost green architects of our time. In this short video, he poetically describes how spending three days at Danish architect Jørn Utzon’s masterly house on Mallorca, Can Lis, made an everlasting impression and “felt almost like getting a letter from him.”

Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter
On Jørn Utzon

“It’s admirable that it’s not just about the location in relation to its surroundings, but also the location in a larger context." Meet the young Danish architect duo, Søren Johansen and Sebastian Skovsted, who together form Johansen Skovsted Arkitekter. They here talk about their extolled colleague Jørn Utzon (b. 1918-d.2008), whose architecture they feel reflects something existential: “It’s admirable that it’s not just about the location in relation to its surroundings, but also the location in a larger context. We’re on Earth underneath the sun, the moon and the stars.”

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Jørn Utzon fue un arquitecto danés, conocido principalmente por haber realizado el proyecto de la Ópera de Sídney, y por ser el ganador del Premio Pritzker en 2003.

Nació en Copenhague como hijo de un ingeniero naval. Realizó sus estudios en la Academia Real de Bellas Artes de Dinamarca. Pasó los años de la Segunda Guerra Mundial estudiando con Erik Gunnar Asplund. Después realizó viajes extensos por Europa, los Estados Unidos y México. A su regreso se estableció como arquitecto en Copenhague.

Como resultado de los intereses de su familia en el Arte, desde 1937 acudió a la Academia Real de Bellas Artes de Dinamarca donde estudió bajo las enseñanzas de Kay Fisker y Steen Eller Rasmussen. A partir de su graduación en 1942, se unió al estudio de Erik Gunnar Asplund en Estocolmo donde trabajó con Arne Jacobsen y Poul Henningsen. Fue entonces cuando se interesó particularmente por el trabajo del arquitecto americano Frank Lloyd Wright. Después del final de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y de la ocupación alemana de Dinamarca, regresó a Copenhague

En 1946, visitó a Alvar Aalto en Helsinki. Entre 1947-1948 viajó por Europa, en 1948 fue a Marruecos donde admiró los altas construcciones de adobe. En 1949, viajó a los Estados Unidos y México, donde las pirámides le sirvieron de inspiración. Fascinados por la manera en la que los Mayas construían hacia el cielo para estar más cerca de su Dios. Comentó que el tiempo que pasó en México fue "una de las mejores experiencias arquitectónicas en mi vida". En EE.UU., visitó la casa de Frank Lloyd Wright, Taliesin West, en el Desierto de Arizona y conoció a Charles y Ray Eames.

En el año 1992 recibió el Premio de la Fundación Wolf de las Artes. En marzo de 2003 Utzon fue investido Doctor Honoris Causa por la Universidad de Sidney en reconocimiento por su proyecto del edificio de la Ópera. Utzon se encontraba enfermo y no pudo viajar a Australia con tal motivo, de manera que lo representó su hijo en el acto de investidura. No podrá estar presente en las celebraciones del 30 aniversario del edificio, para el cual Utzon estuvo rediseñando algunos espacios, como el vestíbulo principal. En 2003 también le fue entregado el prestigioso premio Pritzker de arquitectura.
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Publicado en: 9 de Abril de 2018
Cita: "11 arquitectos hablando sobre Jørn Utzon" METALOCUS. Accedido el
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