CASA COLLAGE

摘要

Collage emerged as an artistic pursuit in the 20th century. Particularly through the work of Georges Braque and Pablo Picasso it became a technique for juxtaposing the incongruous, to imbue a work with unexpected meaning. While in this tradition it was often an act of collision, for Bosch Capdeferro Arquitectures it has become a technique for stitching. At Casa Collage, the practice has used it to create a single residential and office block from a collection of derelict buildings. The existing structures, in the Jewish quarter of Girona's Old Town, were built over many different eras. However they are all traditional Catalan stone constructions; already united by shared culture, material and place, the use of collage here connects elements separated by time rather than conception.