Helmut Federle’s painting and its role in recent Swiss architecture

Authors

  • Angélica Fernández-Morales Expresión Gráfica Arquitectónica Universidad de Zaragoza
  • Montserrat Bigas Vidal Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya
  • Luis Bravo Farré Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.4013/arq.2013.91.06

Abstract

This article presents the work of the Swiss painter Helmut Federle, which hides, behind an apparent geometric minimalism, a complexity based on sensorial nuances, symbolic references and wanted contradictions. In addition to his individual artistic work, Federle has done several works in collaboration with some architects, such as Herzog & de Meuron, Roger Diener or Adolf Krischanitz. There are important connections between the artist’s paintings and their architecture, which is demonstrated by analysing comparatively the work of both painter and architects, their theoretical arguments, as well as their mutual contributions, and of course their drawings, understood in both cases as a tool for experimentation and spontaneous ideation.

Key words: Federle, painting, minimalism, Herzog and de Meuron, Zumthor.

Author Biographies

Angélica Fernández-Morales, Expresión Gráfica Arquitectónica Universidad de Zaragoza

Arquitecta en 2003 por la ETSA de Barcelona. En 2006 obtuvo el Master of Arts “Art in Context” por la UdK de Berlín. Actualmente es Profesora Ayudante de Expresión Gráfica Arquitectónica en la Universidad de Zaragoza y realiza su tesis doctoral en el programa "Comunicación visual en arquitectura y diseño" de la Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.

Montserrat Bigas Vidal, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Doctora y miembro del grupo de investigación E.P.A., Departamento E.G.A. I., Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.

Luis Bravo Farré, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya

Profesor Titular en el área de Expresión Gráfica Arquitectónica de la Universitat Politécnica de Catalunya, miembro del grupo de investigación E.P.A. de dicha universidad.

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Published

2013-08-02

How to Cite

Fernández-Morales, A., Bigas Vidal, M., & Bravo Farré, L. (2013). Helmut Federle’s painting and its role in recent Swiss architecture. Arquitetura Revista, 9(1), 62–71. https://doi.org/10.4013/arq.2013.91.06

Issue

Vol. 9 No. 1 (2013): Jan-Jun

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Articles

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