LA ARQUITECTURA DE EDUARDO LARRN EN SALTA

Dr. Arq. Olga Paterlini de Koch y Arq. Alberto Nicolini

Con las materias primas, mediante un programa ms o

menos utilitariohabis establecido relaciones que
me han conmovido. Esto es arquitectura. Le Corbusier1, 1923

La arquitectura de Eduardo Larrn permite comprender, al tiempo que

experimentar, el fondo racional y potico que anim esta temprana reflexin de Le
Corbusier. En cada una de las obras diseadas en ms de treinta aos de actividad,
permiti a sus comitentes insertarse en la modernidad funcional y tcnica de su tiempo,
impregnarse visual y fsicamente con las cualidades del medio ambiente, as como
desarrollar una especial experiencia sensorial, sntesis de la creacin de un lugar
particular. Siguiendo a Norberg Schulz, podra afirmarse que su arquitectura moderna
ayud al hombre moderno a sentirse a gusto en un mundo nuevo 2, a disfrutar de esa
sensacin de pertenencia y participacin de lo universal, por encima de la cultura local
impregnada en tradicin idiosincrtica.
Su produccin -unipersonal- revela una especial claridad de conceptos que se traducen
con identidad y jerarqua contundentes en cada una de sus obras, lo que permite
calificarlo como uno de los arquitectos modernos de mayor relevancia, no slo del norte
argentino sino del pas, aseveracin que parecera temeraria si se piensa que entre sus
formadores estuvo el propio Maestro Sacriste.

THE ARCHITECTURE OF EDUARDO LARRAN IN SALTA

Dr. Olga Paterlini de Koch

Alberto Nicolini

By the use of raw materials and starting from conditions

more or less utilitarian, you have established certain
relationship which have aroused my emotions. That is
Architecture3. Le Corbusier 1, 1923

Through Eduardo Larrns architecture, one can fully understand, and at the same time,
experiment, the rationale and poetic essence that inspired Le Corbusiers early thought. In
each of his works, designed over more than thirty years of activity, he made his clients
immerse into the functional and technical modernity of their time, get visually and physically
impregnated with the environments qualities, and experiment an exceptional physiological
sensation, synthesis of the creation of a particular place. Following Norberg Schulz, we could
1
Le Corbusier, Hacia una arquitectura, Poseidn, Buenos Aires, 1964, pg. 123
2
Norberg-Schulz, Christian, Los PRINCIPIOS de la arquitectura MODERNA, sobre la nueva tradicin
del siglo XX. Estudios Universitarios de Arquitectura 7, Editorial Revert, Barcelona, 2005, (Primera
Edicin Londres, 2000), ISBN 84-291-2107-2, Captulo I.
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say that his modern architecture helped modern man to feel at home in a new world 2, to
enjoy a sense of belonging and participation of the universal domain, beyond the local
culture impregnated with idiosyncratic tradition.
His unipersonal production reveals his especially clear concepts, expressed with
identity and prime quality in each one of his works. It is precisely this what makes him
one of the most prestigious modern architects, not only in the North but also in the
whole country, what may seem a daring statement if you think that Master Eduardo
Sacriste was among his teachers.