in memoriam
Architect Raúl Darío Suárez (1968–2021)
Raúl Darío Suárez (1968–2021) was an Architect and Professor at the Faculty of Architecture, Urbanism and Design (FAUD) of the National University of Córdoba (UNC), Argentina.
He was an Adjunct Professor of Morphology III, Urban Morphology and Assistant Professor of Morphology I, both at the Faculty of Architecture, FAUD UNC.
He was a research member of the Institute of Color, FAUD UNC, and Director of the research project SECYT UNC.
He also taught Interior Design at the National University of Córdoba, Argentina.
He was a member of the Argentine Color Group (Grupo Argentino del Color, GAC) Argentina, and since 2013 he was a member of the Study Group on Environmental Color Design (ECD) of the International Color Association (AIC).
Arq. Darío Suárez 1968–2021
Docente de la Facultad de Arquitectura Urbanismo y Diseño de la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina
Profesor Adjunto de la cátedra Morfología III, morfología urbana y Profesor Asistente de la cátedra Morfología I, ambas de la carrera de Arquitectura FAUD UNC
Investigador miembro integrante del Instituto del color, FAUD UNC. Director de proyecto de investigación SECYT UNC
Docente de la Tecnicatura en Diseño de Interiores de la Univerisidad Nacional de Córdoba Argentina
Integrante del Grupo Argentino del Color (GAC) Argentina, y del Study Group on Environmental Colour Design de la Asociación Internacional del Color (AIC).
María Marta Mariconde
Instituto del Color, Facultad de Arquitectura, Urbanismo y Diseño, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina
Con profundo dolor compartimos la triste noticia del fallecimiento de nuestro querido compañero del Grupo Argentino del Color (GAC) Darío Suárez, no solo gran persona sino también un gran docente y profesional. Esto sucedió en el pasado sábado 5 de junio en la ciudad de Córdoba. Desde el GAC abrazamos y acompañamos en este difícil momento a sus compañeros del Instituto del Color (FAUD-UNC), colegas, amigos y su familia. Darío, ya te estamos extrañando!!
Grupo Argentino del Color
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We are deeply saddened by the news of the sudden loss of Raúl Darío Suárez. He was an active member of the AIC Study Group on Environmental Colour Design (SG ECD). Darío participated in national conferences and also in AIC congresses and meetings. We first met at AIC 2004 in Porto Alegre in Brazil and then at ArgenColor2004 in Buenos Aires in Argentina. We met again in 2006 when I was invited to give a lecture on the occasion of the celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Institute of Colour in Córdoba, and also at AIC2010 in Mar del Plata. At AIC 2013 in Newcastle upon Tyne in the United Kingdom I organized a meeting of the SG ECD including many spotlight presentations and invited Darío to participate by presenting his work. Subsequently we shared our experience of colour in urban design and urban planning. Darío was passionate about colour in the urban environment and had many projects in his mind he wanted to realize. He was a much loved and admired friend and colleague. We miss him greatly. Our sincere condolences to his family, friends, and colleagues.
Verena M. Schindler Chair, AIC Study Group on Environmental Colour Design
selected bibliography
María Mercedes ÁVILA, Marta Raquel POLO, María Marta MARICONDE, Darío SUÁREZ. 2002. El color de la revitalización de los espacions urbanos. In: Actas ArgenColor 2000, Buenos Aires: Grupo Argentino del Color, 267–272.
María Mercedes ÁVILA, Marta POLO, Adriana INCATASCIATO, Inés GIRELLI, María Marta MARICONDE, Darío SUÁREZ, and Guillermo OLGUIN. 2004. Colour and the Design of Urban Image. In: Proceedings of the International Colour Association (AIC) Conference 2004, Porto Alegre, 253–256.
María Mercedes ÁVILA, Marta POLO, Adriana INCATASCIATO, Inés GIRELLI, María Marta MARICONDE, Adelina DEMO, Guillermo OLGUIN, Darío SUÁREZ. 2004. El uso del color como recurso de diseño de la imagen en una gestión urbana participativa. In: Actas ArgenColor 2002, Buenos Aires: Grupo Argentino del Color, 253–256.
María Mercedes ÁVILA, María Inés GIRELLI, Adriana INCARASCIATO, María Marta MARICONDE, Guillermo J. OLGUIN, Marta Raquel POLO, Darío SUÁREZ. 2006. Luz y modificaciones cromáticas en la imagen urbana. In: Actas ArgenColor 2004, Buenos Aires: Grupo Argentino del Color, 293–299.
María Mercedes AVILA, Darío SUÁREZ, Marcelo BALIAN, José Luis CAIVANO. 2008. Chromatic Interventions in Urban Areas: Sustainable Technical Aspects. In: Proceedings of the International Colour Association (AIC) Conference 2008, Stockholm, Paper no. 163 (4 pages).
María Mercedes AVILA, Darío SUÁREZ. 2008. Diseño cromático urbano: consideraciones para un uso sustentable del color. In: Actas ArgenColor 2006, Buenos Aires: Grupo Argentino del Color, 35–40.
Darío SUÁREZ, María Mercedes AVILA, Vladimir DOMIJAN. 2010. Urban Image and Color in the Food Industry Architecture. In: Proceedings of the International Colour Association (AIC) Conference 2010, Mar del Plata, 81–84.
Darío SUÁREZ. 2013. Color and Place: New Ways of Expression in the Contemporary City. In: Proceedings of the International Colour Association (AIC) Conference 2013, Newcastle upon Tyne, Volume 3, 823–826.
Adriana INCARASCIATO, Inés GIRELLI, Marcelo BALIÁN, María Marta MARICONDE, Darío SUÁREZ. 2014. The Chromatic Project as a Proposal to Reappraise the Urban Image, Co-management Experience Between the Municipal Government and the University. In: Proceedings of the International Colour Association (AIC) Conference 2013, Oaxaca, 738–746.
Darío SUÁREZ. 2014. Color and Place: New Ways of Expression in the Contemporary City. In: Proceedings of the International Colour Association (AIC) Conference 2013, Oaxaca, 766–769.
Darío SUÁREZ. 2016. Urban Environmental Color: Experience, Sense and Identity in the Contemporary City. In: Proceedings of the International Colour Association (AIC) Conference 2016, Santiago de Chile, 100–103.
Darío SUÁREZ, Marcelo BALIÁN, Sara KENNY, Laura SUEZ. 2016. The Chromatic Expression in the City: Urban Places in Córdoba, 1980–2015. In: Proceedings of the International Colour Association (AIC) Conference 2016, Santiago de Chile, 346–349.
Darío SUÁREZ, Marcelo BALIÁN, Sara KENNY, Laura SUEZ. 2018. The Role of Environmental Colour in the Experience and Identity of the City. In: Proceedings of the International Colour Association (AIC) Conference 2018, Lisbon, 209–213.
Carlos ZOPPI, Darío SUÁREZ. 2018. Colour as a Designer of an Urban Place: Patrimony, Identity and Tourism in the City of Córdoba, Argentina. In: Proceedings of the International Colour Association (AIC) Conference 2018, Lisbon, 613–617.
Raúl Darío SUÁREZ, Carlos Augusto ZOPPI. 2019. The Relevance of Light and Colour in Current Architecture: Possibilities and Challenges. In: Proceedings of the International Colour Association (AIC) Conference 2019, Buenos Aires, 384–389.
María Marta MARICONDE, María Inés GIRELLI, Raúl Darío SUÁREZ. 2019. Chromatic design in the natural landscape. University student residence in the Campo Escuela FCA-UNC, Córdoba, Argentina. In: Proceedings of the International Colour Association (AIC) Conference 2019, Buenos Aires, 369–371.
María Marta MARICONDE, María Inés GIRELLI, Raúl Darío SUÁREZ, Marcelo BALIÁN, Sara Leonor KENNY, Laura SUEZ, Marcos BARBOZA, Roberto FERRARIS, Victoria FERRARIS, Beatriz OJEADA. 2019. Color Ideas. Urban Chromatic Actions from Teaching. In: Proceedings of the International Colour Association (AIC) Conference 2019, Buenos Aires, 475–479.
Darío Suárez teaching the workshop "Colour: Theory and Exploration" at the First Congress of Colombian Colour Researchers (Primer Encuentro de Investigadores Colombianos del Color) organized by Círculo Colombiano del Color at the University of Boyacá in Tunja, Colombia, February 2020.
Darío Suárez with participants of the workshop "Colour: Theory and Exploration" in Tunja, Colombia, February 2020.
Darío Suárez with delegates at a meeting of Grupo Argentino del Color (GAC), Argentina.
Darío Suárez was an active member of Grupo Argentino del Color (GAC). Meeting of Argencolor 2016 Organizing Committee at UNC in Córdoba, Argentina (right bottom). AIC 2010 Delegates in Mar del Plata, Argentina (right top).
Darío Suárez (left) with María Paula Giglio (GAC President) and Alfonso De Lucas Tron (Mexico).
Meeting of the Study Group on Environmental Colour Design at AIC 2016 in Santiago, Chile.
Darío Suárez (centre) at Jornadas Nacionales del Color 2017 in Mar del Plata.
Darío Suárez (centre) at AIC Midterm Meeting 2019 in Buenos Aires. He was a member of the AIC 2019 Organizing Committee.
Darío Suárez (centre) with Mabel A. López (left).
Expressions of Condolences
La Plata, Argentina:
Con profundo pesar me comunico para darle una triste noticia. Nuestro Darío Suárez falleció anoche. Estamos conmocionados. Y no tenemos palabras de consuelo.
Dr. Anahí López Vice President, Grupo Argentino del Color (GAC)
Córdoba, Argentina:
El dolor es profundo y la ausencia se siente cada día. Los que trabajamos con Darío durante tantos años en el Instituto del Color y en la Cátedra de Morfología III en Facultad, aprendimos a quererlo y valorarlo en su dimensión intelectual y sobre todo humana!!! El disfrutaba mucho sus tareas en el Instituto, se sentía cómodo y súper creativo. Le encantaba viajar y participar en los congresos y todo era en él armónico y discreto. Con esa discreción que lo caracterizaba, se fué de repente, como si no quisiera molestar. Llora mi alma, en estos momentos al recordarle.
Arq. María Mercedes Avila Instituto del Color, Facultad de Arquitectura, Urbanismo y Diseño, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina
Buenos Aires, Argentina:
Lamento la muerte y espero que descanse en paz. Acompaño a su familia con todo respeto.
María del Carmen Puccio Painter-Artist
Tunja, Colombia:
Very sad news, we had the great opportunity of inviting Darío as a keynote speaker to our Colombian congress in February 2020. He was an excellent professional, a color passionate, and also a great human being. Our sincere condolences.
Carlos Mario Rodríguez Rodríguez Círculo Colombiano del Color Facultad de Arquitectura, Diseño y Urbanismo, Universidad de Boyacá, Tunja, Colombia https://www.instagram.com/p/CP3uuWrrGW9/
Puerto Vallarta, México:
Una noticia muy triste! Nos unimos al homenaje y a recordarlo siempre!
Dra. Jimena Odetti Docente Investigador Líder del Cuerpo Académico Diseño e Innovación Instituto Tecnológico Mario Molina, Unidad Académica de Puerto Vallarta
Lisbon, Portugal:
Al recibir la triste noticia del fallecimiento súbito de Darío, me quedé perpleja de conmoción. Dario brindó momentos de alegría, de ánimo sin par al compartir ideas y proyectos de investigación, y una respetuosa y atenta energía en mantener vivo el contacto pese a la distancia geográfica. Me gustaría pensar en que al emprender su último viaje esa tarde contempló el atardecer que para él siempre fue único, mágico y lleno de matices cromáticos y luminosos, y ahora es su hogar. Gracias por todo Darío.
Cita de la participación de Darío Suárez en mi trabajo “Atlas del Color-Emoción”:
“No importa en que parte del mundo me encuentre, ese momento de la puesta del sol, sorpresas de tonalidades y luminosidades que la latitud ofrece, hacen que se guarden en mi memoria como un hecho que sería imposible de concebir sin la magia del color, y solo fuera la luz. Sería como volver al pasado, ver la vida transcurrir como un viejo film en blanco y negro. El regreso a casa en mi infancia, el camino de regreso desde la facultad, el regreso al hogar cada día, acompañado de esta dinámica cromática, de aromas, sonidos y juegos de luces y sombras que graban la memoria, dan un sentido único al acontecer diario de los atardeceres.”
Upon receiving the sad news that Darío suddenly passed away, I was shocked. Darío gave us moments of joy, unparalleled encouragement in sharing ideas and research projects, and a respectful and attentive energy in keeping contact alive despite the geographical distance. I would like to imagine him contemplating the sunset that evening, which in his eyes was always unique, magical, and full of nuances, and now it is his home. Thank you for everything Darío.
Quotation from Darío’s participation in my work “Atlas of Colour-Emotion":
"It does not matter where in the world I am; that moment of sunset with its surprising tonalities and luminosities that a specific latitude offers stays in my memory as a reminder that it is not possible to perceive without the magic of color or solely light. It would be like going back to the past, watching life go by like an old black and white movie. On the way back home during my childhood, on the way back from the faculty, on the daily journey back home accompanied by these chromatic dynamics, scents, sounds, and the play of light and cast shadows remembered for ever, the daily occurrence of sunsets provide a unique sense.”
Verónica Conte Researcher at CIAUD FAUL and CEC FLUL President APCor - Associação Portuguesa da Cor
From Teheran, Iran:
RIP. Sad news. Life is short! I hope you love each other more than before.
Mahdi Safi, Assistant Professor of Color Science, Department of Color Physics, Institute for Color Science and Technology, Tehran, Iran
From Taipei, Taiwan:
It’s such a sad news. Prof. Suárez was still in his professional golden age. It is such a great loss for our society. Hope he Rests In Peace! With deepest condolences!
Monica Kuo, Professor Chinese Cultural University, Taipei, Taiwan