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Biografía de Luis Barragán
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encargó posteriormente el proyecto para diversas casas para renta, así como el de su
casa de descanso en Chapala. En parte gracias a la buena fama que adquirió con
estas obras, Barragán ganó fama en la ciudad y los encargos se multiplicaron.
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Biografía de Luis Barragán
He used to spend his holidays and extended stays at the hacienda de Corrales, located
in the vicinity of La Manzanilla de la Paz, Jalisco. The children’s experience of those
stays in the countryside, in the Mexican countryside, in the mountainous nature where
the family hacienda was located, would leave a deep mark that would be reflected in
their artistic creation resulting in the “definition of a universal Mexican style.”
Between 1919 and 1923, Luis Barragán studied civil engineering at the Escuela Libre
de Ingeniería de Guadalajara, taking the optional courses to simultaneously obtain the
degree of architect under the tutelage of Agustín Basave. He received his degree in
1923.
He travelled to France and Spain from 1925 to 1926, when he arrived in Paris he
attended the Decorative Arts Exhibition of 1925. One of the images that most impressed
him at that time was the photo of a garden designed by Ferdinand Bac, who had
published a book entitled Jardins enchantés that year, and a personal relationship
between the two began.
He then met the Mediterranean cultures, both European and Muslim, that influenced his
architecture (especially with Mediterranean cities, gardening and the expressive use of
water and with the Alhambra of Granada). He met Le Corbusier in 1931, when he
attended his lectures in Paris and had the opportunity to learn about his work.
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Upon his return, the Escuela Libre de Ingeniería did not issue any more architectural
degrees, so that, although he had met the requirements, he was unable to obtain his
official title as an architect. During the rest of his life he worked alternately as an
engineer, architect or landscape architect.
In this remodeling, he highlighted the work of wood on railings and doors, designed by
Barragán himself, as well as the central courtyard, equipped with a fountain. Enchanted
by the result of the work of the young architect, Mr. Robles León subsequently
commissioned him to design several houses for rent, as well as his retirement home in
Chapala. Partly thanks to the good reputation he acquired with these works, Barragán
gained fame in the city and commissions multiplied.
In 1931, he travelled to New York, where he met Frederick Kiesler and published his
work abroad for the first time in Architectural Review and House and Gardens.
In 1936 he moved to Mexico City and carried out several residential constructions, of
a functionalist type and inspired by Le Corbusier and with a commercial interest
because it influenced the deterioration of the family situation. He collaborates with
architects such as Max Cetto and the engineer José Creixell. The building of four
studios for painters in the Plaza Melchor Ocampo stands out, which is a work that
already highlights the use of space and colour. It is probably his period of greatest
production, although not of greater recognition (1 See paper by Aníbal Figueroa
Castrejón).
At the beginning of the 1940s Barragán acquired a series of lands along the then
called Calzada Madereros (now Av. Constituyentes), although then a popular
neighborhood but possibly influenced by a long-term economic interest due to the
proximity to the new presidential residence of Los Pinos. There he would
concentrate his attention on the outdoor space, a large garden divided into irregular
sections and would make several interventions to the building that already existed,
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known as Casa Barragán-Ortega (pp. 80-832) and began a phase in which he
intended to become independent of the clients and to undertake his works himself (2
in several letters with Ignacio Díaz Morales expresses his frustration with the
practice. architecture), the first of which will be the Jardines del Pedregal. Precisely,
the sale of a part of the land on Calzada Madereros served to finance his next
projects2 and to reserve for himself the space that would later house his Studio
House.
Almost simultaneously with the acquisition of the land in Calzada Madereros,
Barragán acquired another land near the historic district of San Ángel, bordering the
area of El Pedregal, in a site known as El Cabrío.3 Here he began to explore the
possibilities offered by the rugged landscape of volcanic lava with the installation of
various structures such as walls and gardening interventions. This would inspire him
to develop the area.
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REFERENCIAS BIBIOGRAFICAS
Luis Barragán - Wikipedia, la enciclopedia libre