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About Eugene register-guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1930-1983 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 13, 1949)
Outlines Objectives iVocal Students - JT 7 . - dernnrcmiecture and Art Plan Recital alto- Pietro 01 audience tstanding mod- irt. to tut distrust ultr of wno et wto ds, art I find s. One know, with do." execu Counoll deputy of Re 1, ao. council covers :es in coun- 1945, iccepting present asure In Bales execu- has 2 reg is to tin of ve in- a SS field n 2 to dls- ievelop-Clrcus, been Plans Melak- Sum- srinciple way. Rotary Com- nmercial of the elder in Church, mega at and Ore- of member West- ss s pro- Iversity "The Trans rsday in tiucation nlversity of the discuss degraded nur. wor ries of "Our East." to the I Of ..' rr. ish the npt ir id 'It is asked, are we doina bet. ter than the artists in building of the past centuries? We can't an swer that . . . "When I was in the East last year, the architects were much in terested in the Pacific Coast, par ticularly the Northwest. They were impressed with our work out here. They wanted to know, how do you sell the client? We try new things and fail." His preliminary sketch of the courthouse in Salem was printed in the Capitol Journal and raised quite a stir of protest, the archi tect said, and quoted one com ment in particular: "Of course, as a follower of the modernistic new deal in architecture, Belluschi can ignore such things as beauty. . ." Someone else called the design a "packing box." ) Undecided Congregation "Now, about the new church in Cottage Grove. ... I'm surprised. Nobody seems to like it, but on the other hand, nobody seems to dislike it." (Belluschi also de signed the plans for the proposed new Central Lutheran Church in Eugene.) "And so you see," the architect admitted, "I told them in the East that I had no trouble, but I do have trouble." "The architect has to believe in what he's doing, he must work without tricks, he must consider planning and function," Belluschi declared. "It's true that architects sometimes get so wound up in what they're doing that they go too far . . . and people know what they like and what they don't like so although he architect has to be ahead, he can't go too far far ahead. He needs intelligence and honesty." . Revolution In Thought There has been a revolution in the thinking of architects which corresponds with the social revo lution which changed society from an aristrocratic age to the "age of the common man," the architect explained. "Democracy hasn't achieved its form yet, as it slowly converts from a dead society which ex pressed itself in its architectural works castles, cathedrals and palaces," he declared. "These things just are not in our way of life because this is the age ot the common man, not the nobleman ... so we must go through period in which we strive to find forms that are sig nificant in terms of our age, we cannot borrow from the past. Form Undiscovered "This is difficult to do. The architect feels rebellious and ati the same time he feels defeated, Rebellion is a negative feeling, and we are itw in that pnase conse quently the form has not been found," Belluschi stated. "We are on our own. We have no precedent, and we don't want a precedent which puts us in a difficult position. For example, in designing churches we cannot turn to the Gothic because that is a dead form. We don't want to copy, so where can we take the design It must come from . our minds," he continued. The Northwest faces a heavy growth In population and a fresh culture, the architect declared. The area has no great tradition, neither does the East but the East did have traditions, they had evolved some styles, for example Colonial, which are hard to compete against. Scene Uninspiring "The general scene as we at tempt to plan for the common man and to plan for our cities is not very inspiring . . . that's no one's fault in particular, it's the fault of conditions as they grew," Belluschi said. In summarization of the func tion of building design, and art in America, the Portlander declared: "There is a great need for fulfill ment of emotional thirst, which might be called beauty although that is one of those words which can be confused. We cannot give the people Just 'function." Emotion Needed "It ig important that we create again 'emotional building', inose who are still 50 years ago in their tastes, are not wrong, but we do need other spacial relations; color, painting, sculpture, murals, to satisfy this thirst for beauty and make no mistake, we all have it." "We look back to the great ages of fine arts the Greek, the Flor entine ... but there is just as much need, just as much ability tO enlOV heaittv nn... j to cultivate It. W. are still hu-L 'em' " U man beings, and art is not reore Umversl,y of regon ,cn001 of sentation but an emotional thing" music wiU Presented in recital "But It will take a long time Tuesday evenng in the music 100 years or more, and it wili auc,ito"um. take planning. We architects are Mary Margaret Dundore, lyric .. uuv onr, cannot Dlan nnr,. m vi.a ti. a day it takes a longiginia Walker, dramatic soprano. also of Portland, have been active cities in time." USI Insul-Life UTf-WATI PUMICE BLOCKS Lmttlng Buty Rapid Corntruetlon Inaulailon Valuau Durability WUiwprootnaat PUMICE DUCKS tMthhi Details ItH"M INSUL-LITE Block & Supply Co. 182S w. 8k WM in music affairs on the campus during their college years. Both sang In the "Beggar's Opera" last spring and Miss Walker sang one of the solo parts In the school's Christmas offering of "The Mes siah." The singers will present two operatic duets, "The Letter" from "The Marriage of Figaro," and the "Flower" duet from Madam Butterfly" by Puccini. Miss Dun dore will also sing the aria 'Depuis le jour" from "Louise" by Carpentier, and Miss Walker will sing "Wie nathe mir der Schum- mcr from "Der Kreiscnutz by von Weber. The program also will IFetfstpr.C.iiBrn', Eupene. Ore., Sun., Teh: IS, IMt. Pf 1 feature individual numbers and i I some lighter duets. Crc;Sb " 8 p m1 Firemen Answer 3 Nothing's Sure But . . . WASHINGTON P The In ternal Revenue Bureau claimed a record Friday of 98 convictions for each 100 persons tried for criminal evasion of tax laws. The bureau said only IS persons Calls Saturday City firemen answered three fire calls Friday and one Saturday morning. All were extinguished with little or no damage. 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