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neys came to mind. Old memories that, the Madrid school of architecture.

He
in turn, fused with more recent memories has been guest professor at numerous
about the Mosque and the courtyards universities and institutions all over the
of Córdoba, in the awning clad streets world, including the School of Architec-
of Andalusia, with their space, with their ture in Pamplona, Nancy, Caracas, Lis-
light and their flowers, with the sound of bon and Weimar. Awarded the Spanish
water in the courtyards of the Alhambra, National Architecture Award in 1999 for
in the gardens of the Generalife and in this Bus Station, César Portela has been
the Alcazar...” awarded honours by numerous national
Views of the surrounding and international institutions. He also has
mountain ranges of Córdoba can be a busy teaching career, and now holds
seen from the station, creating a relation- the professorship of Architectural Design
ship with them. A thick nine metre high at E.T.S. in La Coruña.
granite wall encloses the life of the Bus
Estación Central The Córdoba Bus Station is a work of
Station from its surroundings. Inside, is Far Left The bus shelter

de Autobuses
great urban importance to the new part of Above The exterior granite wall
a courtyard with a semicircular bus shel-
the city. It is a large work measuring 105 Above Right Main Entrance
ter which is supported by numerous col-
Córdoba metres wide and it functions as a public
umns. They appear almost playful due to
Right Aerial View
space of the city. This building reconciles
the amount of them, all exactly the same,
the new part of the city with the histori-
but somehow different as light hits them
cal centre and Córdoba’s older, more
César Portela at different angles.
emblemtaic buildings. Portela talks about
1999 César Portela studied ar-
this and his memories of Córdoba:
chitecture at Escola Tècnica Superior
“When I was given the com-
d’Arquitectura de Barcelona. He moved
mission of the Córdoba Bus Station, a
to Madrid after his graduation in 1966,
multitude of memories of my first jour-
and in 1968 he earned his doctorate at

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