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and Torre de Comares, with openings to the outside only on the lower floors, linked to terraces and balconies, as notes Josep Lluís Sert,45 where the brick and roofing tile impose their brown tones evoking the ancient constructions. In short, it is a building inlaid into the slope, in which Paredes interprets Falla austerely and precisely, betraying delicate echoes of the Alhambra: fragmented roofs; bent entryways, through the untouched garden of cypresses and bamboos; a restrained scale of hallways, open to the heavens by means of skylights; a light quartering of its modest pavement; introversion that accentuates the timely views of the fertile valley; and many more, too many to number.46 However, more interminable still is the list of works that ought to be included in this section, whose more recent examples can be illustrated by other notable constructions. First would be Zaida building (1993-2006) by Álvaro Siza,47 located between Acera del Darro and Carrera del Genil, used for residences and offices, made reality after “[…] a long road marked by unforgettable visits to this city, […] by the long dusks that transfigure the Alhambra and Sierra Nevada, glorifying the Mirador de San Nicolás viewpoint”.48 Created as an architectonic and landscaping response to the surroundings, turning its gaze to the citadel and the garden residence of the Fundación Rodríguez-Acosta, something that justifies the northeast roof garden, because as the author notes: “[…] At the end of the day, from the place where the Zaida was constructed, I watched the hill and the cypresses that almost obscured the white bulk of the Fundación, the Sierra Nevada in the background. While I was drawing, I imagined not mine, but the enchantment of Lorca, seated on the terrace of the new building”49 (see Illustration 8). An attraction that, although not recognized in the same way, also had consequences on a formal level, considering that is volumetric fracturing is as striking as the Fuente de las Batallas, which once again evokes the Puerta de los 45
See Josep Lluís Sert (1992). “Auditorio Manuel de Falla, Granada, 1974-1978”, Documentos de Arquitectura, No. 22. Almeria: Colegio de Arquitectos de Almería, pp. 25-34.
46
Ángela García de Paredes (1995). Crónica. Auditorio Manuel de Falla, Granada. 1962-1994, in Ángela García de Paredes (ed.). Auditorio Manuel de Falla, Granada, 1975-1978. Op. Cit., p. 13.
47
For more details, see Álvaro Siza Vieira (2008). “Edificio Zaida y casa patio, Granada, España, 1993-2006”, El Croquis, No. 140, Madrid, pp. 112-125.
48
Álvaro Siza Vieira (2014). Textos. Op. Cit., p. 365.
49
Álvaro Siza Vieira (2014). Discursos pronunciados en el acto de investidura de Doctor Honoris Causa del Excelentísimo Señor D. Álvaro Siza Vieira. Op. Cit.
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