Mexico City - Luis Barragan

Barragan´s Satellite Towers
Originally uploaded by louise_parmenter

I have been a big fan of Luis Barragan´s work ever since being introduced to it at David Chipperfield Architects, so I took 2 entire days to visit most of his works, including the Casa Luis Barragan (the architect´s home), Casa Gillardi (a private home), the stunning Chapel of the Capuchinas, the Satellite Towers and the water features in Las Arboledas. His use of natural light in the first three projects is truly ingenious, providing ample light (sometimes only through the smallest openings) even on cloudy days. The light falls in varying intensities onto the brightly coloured surfaces, producing a whole spectrum of hues to stunning effect.

Unfortunately one is not permitted to photograph the private buildings, but here are my photos of mainly the public works.