The Wetzlarer Neue Zeitung
(Wetzlar New Newspaper) reports that not everyone likes the buildings at Leitz
Park. As a matter of fact, some feel
that the gray buildings are too monumental.
They have referred to the raw concrete facades, a distinctive feature of
most of the buildings, as a form of "brutalism", which actually
describes an architectural style and does not come from "brutal", but
from the French "béton brut", which means "raw concrete".
That, of course, is in the
eye of the beholder. I have heard of
accolades that described the buildings as clean and unpretentious. Whatever the opinions might be, the main
building, the Leica Camera AG headquarters definitely stands out. The curved facade of the front certainly
cannot be described as "béton brut".
The rounded shapes to the right and the left of the main entrance are
thought of describing the shape of lenses or that of a pair of binoculars.
According to the Wetzlarer
Neue Zeitung, it does not take any optical trickery, but only some time to put
the monumental forms of concrete in the background. When the sun sets, the gray
concrete disappears in the darkness. Then the moon and stars rise - even with a
heavy overcast. The large globe in the roundabout, which is popularly, but not
officially called Leica roundabout, assumes the role of the full moon and the
lamps all around make great stars. No trace of brutalism, just serene beauty,
enabled by the darkness.
Photo: Reeber/Wetzlarer Neue Zeitung
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