Six on Four: IE University Architecture - Culture and Theory V - 2011: Pt. 2

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For me the main difference between this two façades is that when you look at the basilica façade you need to have a previous knowledge to understand it. So you will know which questions to ask, how to think or observe, and this leads you to a richer dialogue. In the other one everything is done, you do not need to have a previous knowledge to understand it. It gives you the work done. Thinking on this, a question cames to my mind, what could have happened if all the things that make this façade “obvious” were erased? For me, it would not be the same, maybe this building needs to be like this, it requires a façade that is quickly understandable. The use of this building maybe requires this façade.

Blanca Pérez González


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