Distanciamientos temporales. El Jardín de los Ángeles de John Hejduk en Riga

Carlos Barberá Pastor

doi:10.4995/vlc.2023.17164

Authors

Carlos Barberá Pastor Universidad de Alicante https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3401-3670

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4995/vlc.2023.17164

Keywords:

Riga, Building of Time, John Hejduk, Michel Foucault, Marcel Proust

Abstract

In the main square of the Riga project by John Hejduk are located The Building of Time, The Cultural Center and The Garden of the Angels. The Time Building maintains links with the adjoining buildings according to the use and program of each of them. Based on the written description for the project, this work hypothesizes that John Hejduk expresses a bitter sensation when alluding to the aroma left by angels when they perch on the branches of trees. Through this manuscript I try to find out if the actions that take place between the surrounding buildings influence such desolation. The research explores the neighboring buildings to find the meaning that is in-between them. This essay aims to discover where to find that feeling of irritation that the Riga project somehow expresses through the lines, colors and tones of the drawings as well as the links with Marcel Proust, Michel Foucault and Walter Benjamin. As a conclusion, the affliction created is caused by the lack of architecture so necessary for life in the city when the architect sets aside his own condition.

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Carlos Barberá Pastor, Universidad de Alicante

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