Las capacidades primitivas del hormigón. Rudolf Steiner, Gottfried Böhm, Rudolf Olgiati: tres aproximaciones.

RESUMEN. El objeto de la tesis es encontrar y profundizar en el estudio de arquitecturas al margen de la historia de la arquitectura moderna. En concreto aquellos edifi cios en los que la experimentación con el hormigón se convierte en el tema central del proyecto. Son obras singulares, en ocasiones herméticas y enigmáticas, cuyo carácter primitivo es debido necesariamente a las propiedades del material escogido Estas arquitecturas primitivas en hormigón tienen un tratamiento elemental, tosco. El estudio parte de la premisa de que estos rasgos primitivos pueden aparecer de manera voluntaria. Este momento germinal, también presente en los inicios de cada época, no se analizará por tanto como una fase torpe y arcaica por desconocimiento de una técnica más refi nada sino, al contrario, por la clara voluntad de sus arquitectos de utilizar este material antiguo y nuevo. ABSTRACT. The purpose of the thesis is to fi nd and study examples of architecture outside the history of modern architecture, specifi cally those buildings in which experimentation with concrete becomes the focus of the project. Works are sometimes enigmatic, the primitive character is necessarily due to material properties chosen primitive concrete. These architectures have a basic treatment, primary. The study starts from the premise that these primitive features can appear voluntarily. This germinal moment, also present at the beginning of each period, thus will not be discussed as a an archaic and ignorant phase of more refi ned technique, but by the clear will of its architects to use this material old and new.

Relacion verdadera de todo lo que ha sucedido, desde que salio el exercito de su Magestad de la Villa de Fraga, desde primero de Octubre de 1646. hasta dos de Nouiembre [sic] [Texto impreso]

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Beautiful victims : childhood and the holocaust in the work of Gottfried Helnwein

"For the past three decades, contemporary artist Gottfried Helnwein has shocked viewers with his Holocaust-related paintings, drawings and installations. Born in Austria in 1948, Helnwein witnessed the immediate aftermath of World War II in Europe from a child’s perspective. Consequently, the horrifying images summoned from Helnwein’s imagination are inspired by the memories and repercussions of this tragedy. His work addresses his parents’ unwillingness to speak of the atrocities as well as the exploitation of the Holocaust in contemporary popular media. His work questions not only how such a tragedy could have taken place, but also how contemporary perception of this event has been affected by total media saturation and the passage of time. To shock viewers, Helnwein portrays strikingly realistic images of distressed, wounded and morally ambiguous children in works that have been regarded as controversial and outspoken"

Bond between John Leverett and Elisha Cooke to John White, Treasurer of Harvard College, 1716 November 20

Two folio-sized leaves containing a one-and-a-half page copy of the bond between John Leverett and Elisha Cooke to John White, Treasurer of Harvard, for £200. The bond was witnessed by William Austin and Mary Gilbert. An October 3, 1726 receipt of payment from Nathaniel Byfield on the bond, signed by Treasurer Edward Hutchinson, is located on the verso of the first leaf.

Petition to the General Court (photostat copy), 1646 May 15

Photostat copy of a petition from ferrymen James Heyden and Francis Hudson requesting compensation for unpaid fares of "magistrates & deputyes" using the ferry.