Bernard Rudofsky, José Antonio Coderch, Frigiliana, Málaga, Spain, 1968-1972
217. Bernard Rudofsky & José Antonio Coderch /// La Casa (Rudofsky House) /// Frigiliana, Málaga, Spain /// 1968-1972 Of Houses guest curated by The Intertwining (Paula V. Álvarez Benítez,
Nuria Álvarez Lombardero, Álvaro Carrillo Eguilaz, David Arredondo
Garrido, Francisco González de Canales, Vincent Morales Garoffolo and
Juan Antonio Sánchez Muñoz): “Frigiliana is not only a perfect display of the world
Rudosfky captured in “Architecture Without Architects”, it also draws
on certain shortages of his liking, like the hypnotizing decline the
village was in the 1970s. Tuning in his intervention with this unique
vernacular environment, he reclaimed pleasure and knowledge as key
construction materials. This is can be seen in details like the removal
of the backs of the seating areas, converting them into horizontal
surfaces, some of which he would call “Morning sunbath” or “Evening
sunbath”. In addition, Rudosfky developed different eco-centric tactics,
such as using, in his drawings, a similar legend to describe an olive
tree or a room, or by articulating the rooms through radically
orthogonal paths, measured out with clay tiles, recalling the natural
field. A hedonist sense was also accomplished through the use soft
materials and ephemeral situations such as the swimming pool canopies,
the summertime mosquito-net rooms which colonize the pergola, the rugs,
the stools, the shadows… Even the reed blinds constructed by his wife,
Berta, who in some ways activated Bernard Rudofsky’s domestic
imaginary, take part in this performance of details.” (Text: Álvaro Carrillo Eguilaz. Photos: Bernard Rudofsky, Ricardo Devesa. Courtesy of The Bernard Rudofsky Estate, Vienna.)
