"Arquitecturas vacías / Empty architectures" is the most recent work by Lluís Bort, architect and architectural photographer, who for five years moved his residence from Castellón to Palma de Mallorca. The series is exhibited at the College of Architects of the Balearic Islands.

"Arquitecturas vacías" is an interesting photographic work on some abandoned buildings and constructions throughout the island of Mallorca, and the necessary recycling process that they should undergo to stop being urban detritus.
 
"These constructions, on many occasions, were built to fulfill a very specific function and over the years they became obsolete and forgotten. However, this does not mean that they no longer serve, but that they should have the opportunity to be rehabilitated to enjoy a second life, endowing them with a new use for their neighbors and their environment." comments Lluís Bort.
This personal work by Lluís Bort, collects a journey through different types of buildings. From a hospital that was abandoned when a new one was built on the outskirts of the city, passing through a Mallorcan textile factory that was one of the economic engines of the island during the Civil War when Franco's troops bombed the industrial nucleus of Barcelona, until arriving to the largest wine cellar on the island, which closed in the 1990s after four expansions.

"With this work I want to convey my concern for the forgotten heritage in the Mallorcan landscape and make society aware of the possibility of being rehabilitated and living a second life."

Bort carefully controls the light of the entire series and each building is presented with an intense and degraded blue sky, which allows him to reflect the beauty of each one of them, showing them as if they were “architectural jewels”.

The work consists of a series of 15 photographs of 40x50 cm. mounted on 50x70 cm white frames.
 
"The administration could undertake this work thanks to economic aid such as the ERDF Funds, which provide financial support for the structural development of European economies. And by drafting a Master Plan, the strategies and phases of intervention of the spaces in each building could be structured."

"Arquitecturas vacías  / Empty architectures" seeks to value abandoned infrastructures with great patrimonial, historical, strategic and vital value for the history of Mallorca, located on many occasions in privileged locations in the Mallorcan territory, where they would have many guarantees of success if they were converted into new facilities such as museums, exhibition halls, neighborhood houses, among others. Actions that would allow to revive urban life, improve equipment and consolidate its local populations.

The photographic project began in 2019 and, as Bort comments, it should be noted that "since then some of the photographed constructions have begun adaptation work, which we hope will allow the building to be recovered and enrich the city with new cultural offerings."

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COAIB Mallorca. Carrer de la Portella, 14. 07001 Palma, Illes Balears, Spain.
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Until August 31, 2021.
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Lluís Bort es arquitecto y fotógrafo de arquitectura y su vida siempre ha estado ligada al mundo de la fotografía. Un interés y afición generada porque en su casa había una gran afición. Bort pasaba las tardes encerrado en el laboratorio de revelado de blanco y negro, bajo la luz roja y el olor a reactivos, ayudando con todo lo que le dejaban. A medida que fue creciendo, empezó a formar parte de la agrupación de fotografía L’art de la llum de Onda (Castellón). En ella realizó sus primeros concursos fotográficos, exposiciones y obtuvo varios premios a lo largo de los años.

Cuando empezó a estudiar arquitectura, descubrió una disciplina de la fotografía que aún no estaba entre sus registros. Así que empezó a formarse y a desarrollarla paralelamente con la arquitectura. La colaboración con diferentes estudios de arquitectura le permitió fotografiar algunos de sus proyectos y con los años conseguir captar la esencia de los proyectos de arquitectura como, el fabricante de espheras, Grupo Aranea, Tabuenca & Leache y José María Sánchez García entre otros. Desde que se trasladó a vivir a Mallorca ha realizado otros proyectos personales como el trabajo "Visión de un foraster", que actualmente tiene programadas varias exposiciones itinerantes a lo largo del territorio mallorquín. Con él y con "Arquitecturas vacías", Lluís busca concienciar a la sociedad de la importancia y el potencial que tiene el patrimonio balear abandonado en la isla de Mallorca.

Por último, hay que comentar que Lluís también está vinculado a la docencia impartiendo Cursos de Fotografía de Arquitectura y Paisaje en el Colegio de Arquitectos de las Islas Baleares.
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Published on: August 8, 2021
Cite: "The golden light of time and its necessary recycling. Empty architectures by Lluís Bort Cerezo " METALOCUS. Accessed
<http://www.metalocus.es/en/news/golden-light-time-and-its-necessary-recycling-empty-architectures-lluis-bort-cerezo> ISSN 1139-6415
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