The Mexican architect It also refers in his first works to «El Modulor», the system of measures and dimensions inspired by the fibonacci sequence that Le Corbusier used in works such as the Marseille room unit, where González de León He participated. A feature that they share González de León's worksin addition to the patio and the volumetric shapes that transform architecture into sculpture, it is the scarcity of color. On the other hand, his work exalts the texture and natural color of the materials, and allows the light to be the protagonist.
“Le Corbusier said the light reveals the space and is true. It is there where the surprise comes when it is built. Seeing the real space, no matter how much one imagines it, is always different. Even with a thing as simple as a bucket, when one is surprised. You always have to design how light enters, its handling is fundamental in architecture. We work with models, which is basically made a space, but the light cannot be handled on a scale. ”
Teodoro González de León He highlighted in the creative process – of plastic and architectural works -, patience and arduous test and error work, the silence of silence of Le Corbusier and the continuous dialogue with the client. The surprise is always the latter, but also of the creator. “It is the problem of imagination with reality. In the plastic work, when making a sculpture it is revealed, but the architecture is very slow, they have to put workers, make plans. To be able to see that light they have to spend many months, sometimes years; For example, the 222 Reform building, where we had problems with the subsoil, took six years. Architecture is very slow; Therefore, when built, one can relax and sigh, there is the light! ”, commented ** Teodoro González de León (qepd) **
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