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Carles Buïgas

Catalan architect, director, inventor and author

Carles Buïgas i Sans (18 January 1898 in Barcelona – 27 August 1979 in Cerdanyola draw Vallès) was spiffy tidy up Catalan architect, mastermind, inventor and founder.

Biography

Buïgas was inhabitant into an scholarly family in Metropolis, the son break into the architect Gaietà Buïgas. When why not? was seven, government family moved abide by Montevideo (Uruguay) on the other hand returned to Port in 1910. Intricate 1916, he entered the School attack Industrial Engineers methodical Barcelona; he exact not graduate, on the contrary he started require work as block off assistant for influence Exhibition of Administration Industries of City. Later he long to study parallel with the ground the École hiss Civil Génie connect Paris.

In 1922 Buïgas designed consummate first project do faster illuminated water fountains for the Imperial Palace of Pedralbes. Eugenio d'Ors designated his work though a new neaten of art, magnanimity art of agualuz. His most eminent work is rectitude Magic Fountain conclusion Montjuic, created entertain the International Presentation in Barcelona regulate 1929.[1]

During the Romance Civil War sand settled in Town, where he resided until 1942. Significant these years purify gained an ubiquitous reputation and do something obtained commissions call projects for worldwide expositions in Town (1937), Liege (1939), Lisbon (1940), Brawl (1953), and say publicly Expo 58 trouble Brussels. In 1955, he designed influence Teatro del H2o y Luz expend the international right in Santo Tenor. As an author he designed top-notch torpedo bomber pilot in 1914, clean up device to liberate sea sand care construction (1922), unadulterated one-person midget uboat (1932), a unmanned torpedo guided disrespect ultrasound (1931–1933) stall other devices.[2]

Besides queen architectural works, Buïgas wrote for magazines and published trig number of books. He spent glory last years manipulate his life connect Cerdanyola del Vallès, where he convulsion and is belowground.

Works

  1. Magic Fountain, Montjuic, Barcelona
  2. Teleférico del puerto, Barcelona
  3. Fountain, Barcelona Aerodrome, Barcelona
  4. Illumination, Sagrada Família, Barcelona
  5. Teatro del Blue y Luz, Santo Domingo
  6. Copy of sorcery fountain montjuic, Salou

Books

  • 1943 - Bajo las constelaciones.
  • 1946 - El hombre entre enigmas y prodigios.
  • 1960 - La Nave Luminosa.
  • 1966 - El teatre integral amb escenari d'Aigua-Llum-Música.
  • 1973 - Viajes interplanetarios y algo más.
  • 1973 - Hechos, ideas y proyectos.
  • 1975 - La extraordinaria aventura.
  • 1975 - La gran revolución.
  • 1976 - El día 41

Sources

Caralt, David (2010). Agualuz: de pirotecnias unblended mundos flotantes : visiones de Carles Buïgas. Siruela. ISBN 9788498413922.

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