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4. PREMISSAS DO ESPAÇO CISTERCIENSE PORTUGUÊS
Fig. 177 Discurso de John Pawson (archivo John Pawson office)
Del mismo modo señala la existencia de una simbólica entre pasado y futuro
como afirma el propio arquitecto en su discurso (Fig. 177):
“When I first received the commission from the monks, I knew what I
wanted to achieve here at Novy Dvur. It involved going back
directly to St Bernard's twelfth century architectural model for the
Cistercian order, with its emphasis on the quality of light and
proportion, on simple, pared down elevations and detailing. From a
rigorous understanding of the essence of this original model, I was
sure, would follow the perfect form for its contemporary expression.
Some of the architectural vocabulary of Novy Dvur may be new, but
there is a strong underlying continuity of aesthetic. The cantilevered
design of the cloister, for instance, has no literal precedent in
Cistercian architectural history, but is true, I believe, to the spirit of its
twelfth century blueprint. (…) The combination of new and old
elements has made the project more complicated, breaking the
architectural unity which is normal in a monastery, but there is a nice
symbolism here in the link between past and future, in the
integration of religious life within a secular context.” 205
La arquitectura de Nuestra Señora de Novy Dvur es un mezcla de lo antiguo y
de lo contemporáneo, del ideal y de la realidad, de lo espiritual y de lo secular,
concede la vida al nuevísimo monasterio así como simboliza los cambios en la
región donde se inserta.
205 PAWSON, John; Speech given at the ceremony of laying the first stone for the church at Novy Dvur; Novy
Dvur Monastery; Czech Republic; March 21, 2002 (policopiado)
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