National Treasure Artist

Chapter 238 The Horn of Modernism (for Subscription)

The time is April NO.30, and the opening ceremony of the world-renowned Barcelona Expo will be officially held at [-]:[-] tonight.

All pavilions will open on May [-], the next day.

In today's Barcelona, ​​masters of various classical schools and art schools gathered, and leaders from many different countries arrived one after another.

In the afternoon, the venue area of ​​the American Pavilion in Barcelona.

Milo Masson, President of the American Chapter of the International Institute of Architects, Simo Chevas, Jamie Derek, Dieter Rams and other digital modernist masters joined hands and were standing outside the venue.

Adrian Smith is beside several masters.

Bai Gongtong also appeared here, and he looked at the American Pavilion in front of him with a smile, feeling a little emotional in his heart.

In another world, this pavilion was the national pavilion of Germany, but now it has become the pavilion of the United States.

But the role it plays and the history it creates are the same.

All the masters, including President Mi Luo Mason, carefully watched the exhibition hall, repeating in their hearts what Bai Gongtong mentioned repeatedly in the lecture: "Less is more theory."

The American Pavilion is very simple, with only one main hall, two auxiliary rooms, two pools, a statue of a girl and several walls.

But as the saying goes, complexity is as simple as simplicity, but this simplest element made everyone present excited and satisfied.

The pavilion is simple in shape, stripped of all frills, thereby highlighting the inherent colours, textures and textures of the building itself.

It is very elegant, the floor is made of gray marble, the walls are made of green marble, and even an independent partition wall inside the main hall is specially made of gorgeous white agate stone.
while the rest of the glass partitions are available in gray and green
Marbles of different colors, glass with strict proportions, chrome-plated columns, and all the details make this box-like building not only not monotonous and vulgar, but exudes a noble, elegant and bright atmosphere.

It goes far beyond all Europeans' perception of modernist architecture!
It turns out that modernist works of reinforced concrete and square boxes can also be noble and rich in heritage!

"This is the cornerstone of modernism, and it can serve as a model for modernist and non-modernist designers all over the world."

Master Jamie Drake focused, and after a long time, he said in a deep voice.

The American Pavilion in Barcelona was coveted by modernists, even to the point of highlighting it, allowing visitors to focus more on the building than on the exhibits inside.

Milo Masson paid a high price. He persuaded everyone who could make a choice, and finally made the American Pavilion not display many exhibits, but represent the United States with an achievement of architectural art.

It is a pavilion for people to watch, and it is an exhibit in itself!

"Contemporary expositions should no longer have the design idea of ​​grandeur and competitive functions, but should step into the philosophical garden of the cultural field, and the architecture itself is one of the main subjects of the exhibits."

Bai Gongtong said.

His words made several modernist masters and President Mason nod in unison.

Of course they will nod, because this is a speech in support of the modernists, and it is a satire of various classical schools, and the pavilions of those schools are not just magnificent.

"In my opinion, the best way to deal with architecture is to directly cut into the essence of architecture, such as space, structure, modulus and form, with a plain narrative tone."

Bai Gongtong stood with her hands tied, and said again.

The American Pavilion in Barcelona is an ideal fusion of technology and culture, and it is far more meaningful to the world architectural circle than the Chinese Pavilion.

"Let's go in and see."

Bai Gongtong stepped forward and said softly.

The surrounding exhibition halls have long been sealed, and there is no one else here except them and the security guards.

Approaching the American Pavilion, I observed more carefully.

The Pavilion of the United States is built on a plinth, with a main hall on eight metal pillars, topped by a thin sheet of roof.

The wall panels made of marble and glass are simple and clean sheets, which are criss-crossed and arranged flexibly, forming a space sequence that is both divided and connected, simple and complex.

The indoors and the outdoors also intersect with each other without a clear boundary, forming a wonderful circulation space.

Walking through the exhibition hall, even Simo Chevas and other masters who stand at the apex of modernism only feel that they have benefited a lot.

What kind of exhibition hall is this? It's basically a three-dimensional textbook.

It is the best use of steel, glass, and all modernist materials, and it is the most suitable product for this era!
"It will demonstrate to the world a quality of architectural art that has never been seen before in history."

After a long time, everyone walked out of the American Pavilion, only to see Simo Chevas exhaling a long breath, his eyes shining brightly.

"I don't know what kind of impact this small pavilion will have on the field of world architecture from tomorrow."

Master Dieter Rams clenched his fists.

"Maybe tomorrow will be the beginning of a real revolution between modernism and classical genres."

Master Luigi Colani looked into the distance and said.

Modernism has sounded the horn, but unfortunately the mainstream of the classical genre is still immersed in the scene of ease and prosperity.

A group of people walked out of the area of ​​the American Pavilion, and within a few steps, they could see a magnificent classical building like the Grand Palace from a distance.

"Which country's national pavilion is that?"

Everyone stopped and looked at the national pavilion in the distance. President Ma Sen asked with an inexplicable smile on his lips.

"French National Pavilion."

Adrian Smith said.

This national pavilion is also adjacent to the American modernist national pavilion. I don't know whether it is intentional or not, the two national pavilions are facing each other far away.

Compared with the National Pavilion like the Grand Palace, the American Pavilion is really not magnificent.

"It has a breakthrough."

After careful observation, Master Jamie Derek said with a smile: "The classical colonnade, symmetry, proportion and other techniques are applied to Dacheng."

"And the Grand Palais obviously took a cue from our modernists, the whole building is covered and shrouded in an elegant glass and metal dome."

Everyone smiled and nodded.

This classicist grand palace has indeed learned many techniques of modernism.

"Which classical master is this?"

Master Dieter Rams asked.

"It's Master Mario."

"Haha, no wonder, it turned out to be this old thing."

"In the orthodox classical genre, Mario is almost second only to Master Williams, but I didn't expect that this old guy didn't despise us like other masters of the classical genre."

"It seems that Mario has woken up."

"It's a pity that he alone is still unable to recover. More masters are still intoxicated by authority, but they didn't expect that there would be a figure like Designer Bai in our modern school."

Several masters of the modernist school, President Milo Mason looked more cheerful than ever, and his heart was full of expectations.

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