Ricardo Porro

These residences are part of the most important works of the modern architecture movement in Cuba, along with those of other young architects of his generation such as Frank Martínez, Nicolás Quintana, Manuel Gutierrez, Emilio del Junco, among others.

In 1957, Porro published a polemical article, El sentido de la tradición, calling for a Cuban architecture that recognized the specificities of culture and history - “una arquitectura negra”.

Shortly thereafter, Porro’s support for the Cuban Revolution caught up with him, and he was forced into exile when his subversive activities were discovered following the failed General Strike of 1957.

His first work of architecture built in Europe was in 1969, when, at the request of Robert Altman, an important philanthropist and art collector, he conceived the L'Or du Rhin center in Vaduz, Liechtenstein.

He also collaborated on extensive architectural works in France from the 1986s through the first decade of the 21st century associated with the French architect Renaud de la Noue, particularly educational institutions in Île-De-France.

[2][3] His architectural models, made between 1961 and 1980, can be visited at the Museum Les Turbulences FRAC Centre (Fonds Régionaux d'Art Contemporain) of the city of Orleans, France.