márton mogyorósy casts a lens on ricardo bofill’s iconic la muralla roja in spain

capturing ricardo bofill’s iconic postmodern complex

Hungarian photographer Márton Mogyorósy casts his lens to the vibrant walls of La Muralla Roja (The Red Wall). The postmodern residential complex designed by late architect Ricardo Bofill in Calpe, Spain, becomes the muse for this new photo series. The design, fortress-like housing clusters of courtyards within, bears reference to the architecture of Arab Mediterranean, notably the adobe towers of North Africa, and reinterpreting the tradition of the Kasbah. Its striking silhouette enveloped with an array of colors both contrast and complement the engulfing natural context. The series spans drone photography to capture aerial views of the site’s geometric plan, profiles of the vast walls and labyrinthine interiors, and detail shots abstracting dynamic interplays of light and shade.

márton Mogyorósy contrasts light and shade

‘My approach to creating architectural surfaces is through a visual language that resembles painterly abstraction,’ notes Márton Mogyorósy. The photographer achieves this by utilizing depth of field, contrast, and shadows. Drawing in inspiration from not only the site, but also the clean and vivid clarity of modernist paintings. In doing so, he seeks to transform photographs into compositions that are striking in their use of color, texture, and line. Here, the angles and modular forms of Ricardo Bofill’s structure built in 1973 are captured under the glow of the sun, bringing about vivid hues and layers of minimalist forms.

project info:

name: La Muralla Roja
architect: Ricardo Bofill
photographer: Márton Mogyorósy

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