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The Domesticity We Inhabit pt. 2 - Experimental Housing of the 1960s and 70s
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Last year, Laura wrote an essay for @arquitecturacatalanain which she explored the evolution of housing architecture in Barcelona, placing side by side the exemplary buildings contained in the site with a series of 216 ‘ordinary’ plans of collective housing dwellings built between 1850 and 2019.
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The stark contrast between extraordinary and ordinary architecture is most poignant during the 1960s and 70s, a moment of construction effervescence that produced some of the best and some of the worst examples of housing still present today.
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“In 1959, Francoist government declared that Spain must become “a country of property owners, not proletarians.” ... Over the next two decades, entire neighborhoods were built both in Barcelona and its surrounding towns, filling in the gaps between formerly separate urban centers and turning the metropolitan area into one of the most densely populated regions in Europe.
...
In the face of this new housing normality, a counter-movement emerged with strength—led by young architects determined to rethink housing typology, both in plan and in section. These were often buildings commissioned by communities of neighbors made up of liberal professionals who joined forces in search of homes they could not find on the market. Sometimes, the architects themselves were among the future residents, in a way reclaiming the role of the old bourgeois patrons who used to build for themselves.”
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Images:
1. Can Bruixa by Mora-Piñón-Viaplana, 1975
2. Dwellings on Johann Sebastian Bach Street by Ricardo Bofill, 1965
3. Apartments on Muntaner Street by Manuel de Solà-Morales, 1967
4. Frégoli I by Esteve Bonell , 1973
5. Casa Fullàby Clotet i Tusquets, 1970
6. Caponata Apartment Buildings by MBM, 1977
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None of these projects could be built today under current regulations. Does that make them any less fit to be lived in?
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You can read the full text, in Catalan, in https://editorial.arquitecturacatalana.cat/apunts/la-domesticitat-que-habitem/ (you can dm us if you would like to read it in English)
.
Gràcies per la invitació @amoo.studio @omarstudio
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#bonelldoriga

The Domesticity We Inhabit pt. 2 - Experimental Housing of the 1960s and 70s
.
Last year, Laura wrote an essay for @arquitecturacatalanain which she explored the evolution of housing architecture in Barcelona, placing side by side the exemplary buildings contained in the site with a series of 216 ‘ordinary’ plans of collective housing dwellings built between 1850 and 2019.
.
The stark contrast between extraordinary and ordinary architecture is most poignant during the 1960s and 70s, a moment of construction effervescence that produced some of the best and some of the worst examples of housing still present today.
.
“In 1959, Francoist government declared that Spain must become “a country of property owners, not proletarians.” ... Over the next two decades, entire neighborhoods were built both in Barcelona and its surrounding towns, filling in the gaps between formerly separate urban centers and turning the metropolitan area into one of the most densely populated regions in Europe.
...
In the face of this new housing normality, a counter-movement emerged with strength—led by young architects determined to rethink housing typology, both in plan and in section. These were often buildings commissioned by communities of neighbors made up of liberal professionals who joined forces in search of homes they could not find on the market. Sometimes, the architects themselves were among the future residents, in a way reclaiming the role of the old bourgeois patrons who used to build for themselves.”
.
Images:
1. Can Bruixa by Mora-Piñón-Viaplana, 1975
2. Dwellings on Johann Sebastian Bach Street by Ricardo Bofill, 1965
3. Apartments on Muntaner Street by Manuel de Solà-Morales, 1967
4. Frégoli I by Esteve Bonell , 1973
5. Casa Fullàby Clotet i Tusquets, 1970
6. Caponata Apartment Buildings by MBM, 1977
.
None of these projects could be built today under current regulations. Does that make them any less fit to be lived in?
.
You can read the full text, in Catalan, in https://editorial.arquitecturacatalana.cat/apunts/la-domesticitat-que-habitem/ (you can dm us if you would like to read it in English)
.
Gràcies per la invitació @amoo.studio @omarstudio
.
#bonelldoriga

The Domesticity We Inhabit pt. 2 - Experimental Housing of the 1960s and 70s
.
Last year, Laura wrote an essay for @arquitecturacatalanain which she explored the evolution of housing architecture in Barcelona, placing side by side the exemplary buildings contained in the site with a series of 216 ‘ordinary’ plans of collective housing dwellings built between 1850 and 2019.
.
The stark contrast between extraordinary and ordinary architecture is most poignant during the 1960s and 70s, a moment of construction effervescence that produced some of the best and some of the worst examples of housing still present today.
.
“In 1959, Francoist government declared that Spain must become “a country of property owners, not proletarians.” ... Over the next two decades, entire neighborhoods were built both in Barcelona and its surrounding towns, filling in the gaps between formerly separate urban centers and turning the metropolitan area into one of the most densely populated regions in Europe.
...
In the face of this new housing normality, a counter-movement emerged with strength—led by young architects determined to rethink housing typology, both in plan and in section. These were often buildings commissioned by communities of neighbors made up of liberal professionals who joined forces in search of homes they could not find on the market. Sometimes, the architects themselves were among the future residents, in a way reclaiming the role of the old bourgeois patrons who used to build for themselves.”
.
Images:
1. Can Bruixa by Mora-Piñón-Viaplana, 1975
2. Dwellings on Johann Sebastian Bach Street by Ricardo Bofill, 1965
3. Apartments on Muntaner Street by Manuel de Solà-Morales, 1967
4. Frégoli I by Esteve Bonell , 1973
5. Casa Fullàby Clotet i Tusquets, 1970
6. Caponata Apartment Buildings by MBM, 1977
.
None of these projects could be built today under current regulations. Does that make them any less fit to be lived in?
.
You can read the full text, in Catalan, in https://editorial.arquitecturacatalana.cat/apunts/la-domesticitat-que-habitem/ (you can dm us if you would like to read it in English)
.
Gràcies per la invitació @amoo.studio @omarstudio
.
#bonelldoriga

The Domesticity We Inhabit pt. 2 - Experimental Housing of the 1960s and 70s
.
Last year, Laura wrote an essay for @arquitecturacatalanain which she explored the evolution of housing architecture in Barcelona, placing side by side the exemplary buildings contained in the site with a series of 216 ‘ordinary’ plans of collective housing dwellings built between 1850 and 2019.
.
The stark contrast between extraordinary and ordinary architecture is most poignant during the 1960s and 70s, a moment of construction effervescence that produced some of the best and some of the worst examples of housing still present today.
.
“In 1959, Francoist government declared that Spain must become “a country of property owners, not proletarians.” ... Over the next two decades, entire neighborhoods were built both in Barcelona and its surrounding towns, filling in the gaps between formerly separate urban centers and turning the metropolitan area into one of the most densely populated regions in Europe.
...
In the face of this new housing normality, a counter-movement emerged with strength—led by young architects determined to rethink housing typology, both in plan and in section. These were often buildings commissioned by communities of neighbors made up of liberal professionals who joined forces in search of homes they could not find on the market. Sometimes, the architects themselves were among the future residents, in a way reclaiming the role of the old bourgeois patrons who used to build for themselves.”
.
Images:
1. Can Bruixa by Mora-Piñón-Viaplana, 1975
2. Dwellings on Johann Sebastian Bach Street by Ricardo Bofill, 1965
3. Apartments on Muntaner Street by Manuel de Solà-Morales, 1967
4. Frégoli I by Esteve Bonell , 1973
5. Casa Fullàby Clotet i Tusquets, 1970
6. Caponata Apartment Buildings by MBM, 1977
.
None of these projects could be built today under current regulations. Does that make them any less fit to be lived in?
.
You can read the full text, in Catalan, in https://editorial.arquitecturacatalana.cat/apunts/la-domesticitat-que-habitem/ (you can dm us if you would like to read it in English)
.
Gràcies per la invitació @amoo.studio @omarstudio
.
#bonelldoriga

The Domesticity We Inhabit pt. 2 - Experimental Housing of the 1960s and 70s
.
Last year, Laura wrote an essay for @arquitecturacatalanain which she explored the evolution of housing architecture in Barcelona, placing side by side the exemplary buildings contained in the site with a series of 216 ‘ordinary’ plans of collective housing dwellings built between 1850 and 2019.
.
The stark contrast between extraordinary and ordinary architecture is most poignant during the 1960s and 70s, a moment of construction effervescence that produced some of the best and some of the worst examples of housing still present today.
.
“In 1959, Francoist government declared that Spain must become “a country of property owners, not proletarians.” ... Over the next two decades, entire neighborhoods were built both in Barcelona and its surrounding towns, filling in the gaps between formerly separate urban centers and turning the metropolitan area into one of the most densely populated regions in Europe.
...
In the face of this new housing normality, a counter-movement emerged with strength—led by young architects determined to rethink housing typology, both in plan and in section. These were often buildings commissioned by communities of neighbors made up of liberal professionals who joined forces in search of homes they could not find on the market. Sometimes, the architects themselves were among the future residents, in a way reclaiming the role of the old bourgeois patrons who used to build for themselves.”
.
Images:
1. Can Bruixa by Mora-Piñón-Viaplana, 1975
2. Dwellings on Johann Sebastian Bach Street by Ricardo Bofill, 1965
3. Apartments on Muntaner Street by Manuel de Solà-Morales, 1967
4. Frégoli I by Esteve Bonell , 1973
5. Casa Fullàby Clotet i Tusquets, 1970
6. Caponata Apartment Buildings by MBM, 1977
.
None of these projects could be built today under current regulations. Does that make them any less fit to be lived in?
.
You can read the full text, in Catalan, in https://editorial.arquitecturacatalana.cat/apunts/la-domesticitat-que-habitem/ (you can dm us if you would like to read it in English)
.
Gràcies per la invitació @amoo.studio @omarstudio
.
#bonelldoriga

The Domesticity We Inhabit pt. 2 - Experimental Housing of the 1960s and 70s
.
Last year, Laura wrote an essay for @arquitecturacatalanain which she explored the evolution of housing architecture in Barcelona, placing side by side the exemplary buildings contained in the site with a series of 216 ‘ordinary’ plans of collective housing dwellings built between 1850 and 2019.
.
The stark contrast between extraordinary and ordinary architecture is most poignant during the 1960s and 70s, a moment of construction effervescence that produced some of the best and some of the worst examples of housing still present today.
.
“In 1959, Francoist government declared that Spain must become “a country of property owners, not proletarians.” ... Over the next two decades, entire neighborhoods were built both in Barcelona and its surrounding towns, filling in the gaps between formerly separate urban centers and turning the metropolitan area into one of the most densely populated regions in Europe.
...
In the face of this new housing normality, a counter-movement emerged with strength—led by young architects determined to rethink housing typology, both in plan and in section. These were often buildings commissioned by communities of neighbors made up of liberal professionals who joined forces in search of homes they could not find on the market. Sometimes, the architects themselves were among the future residents, in a way reclaiming the role of the old bourgeois patrons who used to build for themselves.”
.
Images:
1. Can Bruixa by Mora-Piñón-Viaplana, 1975
2. Dwellings on Johann Sebastian Bach Street by Ricardo Bofill, 1965
3. Apartments on Muntaner Street by Manuel de Solà-Morales, 1967
4. Frégoli I by Esteve Bonell , 1973
5. Casa Fullàby Clotet i Tusquets, 1970
6. Caponata Apartment Buildings by MBM, 1977
.
None of these projects could be built today under current regulations. Does that make them any less fit to be lived in?
.
You can read the full text, in Catalan, in https://editorial.arquitecturacatalana.cat/apunts/la-domesticitat-que-habitem/ (you can dm us if you would like to read it in English)
.
Gràcies per la invitació @amoo.studio @omarstudio
.
#bonelldoriga

The Domesticity We Inhabit
.
Last year, Laura wrote an essay for @arquitecturacatalanain which she explored the evolution of housing architecture in Barcelona, placing side by side the exemplary buildings contained in the site with a series of 216 ‘ordinary’ plans of collective housing dwellings built between 1850 and 2019.
.
“What is exemplary is, by definition, in contrast to what is ordinary. It depends on the ordinary to assert its own superiority. What follows is an attempt to review the domestic architecture of the past two centuries—what we might call normal architecture—and how it has evolved over time. Not in order to rescue some overlooked set of hidden virtues that slipped past the official canon, but simply to acknowledge its existence and its massive presence in our cities.
...
Cities evolve at different speeds: periods of intense activity are followed by stretches of relative calm. Construction in Eixample surged in the early 20th century, reaching its peak in the early 1930s, before being inevitably interrupted by the outbreak of civil war and the austerity that followed. Housing activity resumed in the 1950s, boomed throughout the 60s and 70s—nearly half the dwellings in this study were built during those two decades—and slowed down again in the 80s. In the early 90s, the Olympic Games helped transform the city’s waterfront with new residential areas, and metropolitan growth continued at a moderate but steady pace until everything came to a halt in 2010—an economic crisis we’re only now beginning to emerge from. Each of these waves of expansion followed its own particular set of conditions, and in doing so, gave rise to different kinds of housing.”
.
The collection of plans can be seen chronologically, but also typologically, helping us understand the prevalence of certain types in the built environment.
.
You can read the full text, in Catalan, in https://editorial.arquitecturacatalana.cat/apunts/la-domesticitat-que-habitem/ (you can dm us if you would like to read it in English)
.
Gràcies per la invitació @amoo.studio @omarstudio
.
#bonelldoriga

The Domesticity We Inhabit
.
Last year, Laura wrote an essay for @arquitecturacatalanain which she explored the evolution of housing architecture in Barcelona, placing side by side the exemplary buildings contained in the site with a series of 216 ‘ordinary’ plans of collective housing dwellings built between 1850 and 2019.
.
“What is exemplary is, by definition, in contrast to what is ordinary. It depends on the ordinary to assert its own superiority. What follows is an attempt to review the domestic architecture of the past two centuries—what we might call normal architecture—and how it has evolved over time. Not in order to rescue some overlooked set of hidden virtues that slipped past the official canon, but simply to acknowledge its existence and its massive presence in our cities.
...
Cities evolve at different speeds: periods of intense activity are followed by stretches of relative calm. Construction in Eixample surged in the early 20th century, reaching its peak in the early 1930s, before being inevitably interrupted by the outbreak of civil war and the austerity that followed. Housing activity resumed in the 1950s, boomed throughout the 60s and 70s—nearly half the dwellings in this study were built during those two decades—and slowed down again in the 80s. In the early 90s, the Olympic Games helped transform the city’s waterfront with new residential areas, and metropolitan growth continued at a moderate but steady pace until everything came to a halt in 2010—an economic crisis we’re only now beginning to emerge from. Each of these waves of expansion followed its own particular set of conditions, and in doing so, gave rise to different kinds of housing.”
.
The collection of plans can be seen chronologically, but also typologically, helping us understand the prevalence of certain types in the built environment.
.
You can read the full text, in Catalan, in https://editorial.arquitecturacatalana.cat/apunts/la-domesticitat-que-habitem/ (you can dm us if you would like to read it in English)
.
Gràcies per la invitació @amoo.studio @omarstudio
.
#bonelldoriga

The Domesticity We Inhabit
.
Last year, Laura wrote an essay for @arquitecturacatalanain which she explored the evolution of housing architecture in Barcelona, placing side by side the exemplary buildings contained in the site with a series of 216 ‘ordinary’ plans of collective housing dwellings built between 1850 and 2019.
.
“What is exemplary is, by definition, in contrast to what is ordinary. It depends on the ordinary to assert its own superiority. What follows is an attempt to review the domestic architecture of the past two centuries—what we might call normal architecture—and how it has evolved over time. Not in order to rescue some overlooked set of hidden virtues that slipped past the official canon, but simply to acknowledge its existence and its massive presence in our cities.
...
Cities evolve at different speeds: periods of intense activity are followed by stretches of relative calm. Construction in Eixample surged in the early 20th century, reaching its peak in the early 1930s, before being inevitably interrupted by the outbreak of civil war and the austerity that followed. Housing activity resumed in the 1950s, boomed throughout the 60s and 70s—nearly half the dwellings in this study were built during those two decades—and slowed down again in the 80s. In the early 90s, the Olympic Games helped transform the city’s waterfront with new residential areas, and metropolitan growth continued at a moderate but steady pace until everything came to a halt in 2010—an economic crisis we’re only now beginning to emerge from. Each of these waves of expansion followed its own particular set of conditions, and in doing so, gave rise to different kinds of housing.”
.
The collection of plans can be seen chronologically, but also typologically, helping us understand the prevalence of certain types in the built environment.
.
You can read the full text, in Catalan, in https://editorial.arquitecturacatalana.cat/apunts/la-domesticitat-que-habitem/ (you can dm us if you would like to read it in English)
.
Gràcies per la invitació @amoo.studio @omarstudio
.
#bonelldoriga

The Domesticity We Inhabit
.
Last year, Laura wrote an essay for @arquitecturacatalanain which she explored the evolution of housing architecture in Barcelona, placing side by side the exemplary buildings contained in the site with a series of 216 ‘ordinary’ plans of collective housing dwellings built between 1850 and 2019.
.
“What is exemplary is, by definition, in contrast to what is ordinary. It depends on the ordinary to assert its own superiority. What follows is an attempt to review the domestic architecture of the past two centuries—what we might call normal architecture—and how it has evolved over time. Not in order to rescue some overlooked set of hidden virtues that slipped past the official canon, but simply to acknowledge its existence and its massive presence in our cities.
...
Cities evolve at different speeds: periods of intense activity are followed by stretches of relative calm. Construction in Eixample surged in the early 20th century, reaching its peak in the early 1930s, before being inevitably interrupted by the outbreak of civil war and the austerity that followed. Housing activity resumed in the 1950s, boomed throughout the 60s and 70s—nearly half the dwellings in this study were built during those two decades—and slowed down again in the 80s. In the early 90s, the Olympic Games helped transform the city’s waterfront with new residential areas, and metropolitan growth continued at a moderate but steady pace until everything came to a halt in 2010—an economic crisis we’re only now beginning to emerge from. Each of these waves of expansion followed its own particular set of conditions, and in doing so, gave rise to different kinds of housing.”
.
The collection of plans can be seen chronologically, but also typologically, helping us understand the prevalence of certain types in the built environment.
.
You can read the full text, in Catalan, in https://editorial.arquitecturacatalana.cat/apunts/la-domesticitat-que-habitem/ (you can dm us if you would like to read it in English)
.
Gràcies per la invitació @amoo.studio @omarstudio
.
#bonelldoriga

The Domesticity We Inhabit
.
Last year, Laura wrote an essay for @arquitecturacatalanain which she explored the evolution of housing architecture in Barcelona, placing side by side the exemplary buildings contained in the site with a series of 216 ‘ordinary’ plans of collective housing dwellings built between 1850 and 2019.
.
“What is exemplary is, by definition, in contrast to what is ordinary. It depends on the ordinary to assert its own superiority. What follows is an attempt to review the domestic architecture of the past two centuries—what we might call normal architecture—and how it has evolved over time. Not in order to rescue some overlooked set of hidden virtues that slipped past the official canon, but simply to acknowledge its existence and its massive presence in our cities.
...
Cities evolve at different speeds: periods of intense activity are followed by stretches of relative calm. Construction in Eixample surged in the early 20th century, reaching its peak in the early 1930s, before being inevitably interrupted by the outbreak of civil war and the austerity that followed. Housing activity resumed in the 1950s, boomed throughout the 60s and 70s—nearly half the dwellings in this study were built during those two decades—and slowed down again in the 80s. In the early 90s, the Olympic Games helped transform the city’s waterfront with new residential areas, and metropolitan growth continued at a moderate but steady pace until everything came to a halt in 2010—an economic crisis we’re only now beginning to emerge from. Each of these waves of expansion followed its own particular set of conditions, and in doing so, gave rise to different kinds of housing.”
.
The collection of plans can be seen chronologically, but also typologically, helping us understand the prevalence of certain types in the built environment.
.
You can read the full text, in Catalan, in https://editorial.arquitecturacatalana.cat/apunts/la-domesticitat-que-habitem/ (you can dm us if you would like to read it in English)
.
Gràcies per la invitació @amoo.studio @omarstudio
.
#bonelldoriga

The Domesticity We Inhabit
.
Last year, Laura wrote an essay for @arquitecturacatalanain which she explored the evolution of housing architecture in Barcelona, placing side by side the exemplary buildings contained in the site with a series of 216 ‘ordinary’ plans of collective housing dwellings built between 1850 and 2019.
.
“What is exemplary is, by definition, in contrast to what is ordinary. It depends on the ordinary to assert its own superiority. What follows is an attempt to review the domestic architecture of the past two centuries—what we might call normal architecture—and how it has evolved over time. Not in order to rescue some overlooked set of hidden virtues that slipped past the official canon, but simply to acknowledge its existence and its massive presence in our cities.
...
Cities evolve at different speeds: periods of intense activity are followed by stretches of relative calm. Construction in Eixample surged in the early 20th century, reaching its peak in the early 1930s, before being inevitably interrupted by the outbreak of civil war and the austerity that followed. Housing activity resumed in the 1950s, boomed throughout the 60s and 70s—nearly half the dwellings in this study were built during those two decades—and slowed down again in the 80s. In the early 90s, the Olympic Games helped transform the city’s waterfront with new residential areas, and metropolitan growth continued at a moderate but steady pace until everything came to a halt in 2010—an economic crisis we’re only now beginning to emerge from. Each of these waves of expansion followed its own particular set of conditions, and in doing so, gave rise to different kinds of housing.”
.
The collection of plans can be seen chronologically, but also typologically, helping us understand the prevalence of certain types in the built environment.
.
You can read the full text, in Catalan, in https://editorial.arquitecturacatalana.cat/apunts/la-domesticitat-que-habitem/ (you can dm us if you would like to read it in English)
.
Gràcies per la invitació @amoo.studio @omarstudio
.
#bonelldoriga

El Prat de Llobregat, 2024-2027
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Transformation of a parking space in the ground floor of a housing building into four new dwellings with a backyard. The interior spaces in the narrow and deep floor plan receive light and ventilation via both ends and an intermediate skylight.
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Soon on site
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In collaboration with Bonell i Gil Arquitectes / Consultants: Manel Fernandez, Joan Gonzalez Gou, @clauda.eu
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#bonelldoriga #architecture #architecturedrawing #floorplan

El Prat de Llobregat, 2024-2027
.
Transformation of a parking space in the ground floor of a housing building into four new dwellings with a backyard. The interior spaces in the narrow and deep floor plan receive light and ventilation via both ends and an intermediate skylight.
.
Soon on site
.
In collaboration with Bonell i Gil Arquitectes / Consultants: Manel Fernandez, Joan Gonzalez Gou, @clauda.eu
.
#bonelldoriga #architecture #architecturedrawing #floorplan

El Prat de Llobregat, 2024-2027
.
Transformation of a parking space in the ground floor of a housing building into four new dwellings with a backyard. The interior spaces in the narrow and deep floor plan receive light and ventilation via both ends and an intermediate skylight.
.
Soon on site
.
In collaboration with Bonell i Gil Arquitectes / Consultants: Manel Fernandez, Joan Gonzalez Gou, @clauda.eu
.
#bonelldoriga #architecture #architecturedrawing #floorplan

El Prat de Llobregat, 2024-2027
.
Transformation of a parking space in the ground floor of a housing building into four new dwellings with a backyard.
.
Soon on site
.
In collaboration with Bonell i Gil Arquitectes / Consultants: Manel Fernandez, Joan Gonzalez Gou, @clauda.eu
.
#bonelldoriga #architecture #architecturedrawing #section

El Prat de Llobregat, 2024-2027
.
Transformation of a parking space in the ground floor of a housing building into four new dwellings with a backyard.
.
Soon on site
.
In collaboration with Bonell i Gil Arquitectes / Consultants: Manel Fernandez, Joan Gonzalez Gou, @clauda.eu
.
#bonelldoriga #architecture #architecturedrawing #section

El Prat de Llobregat, 2024-2027
.
Transformation of a parking space in the ground floor of a housing building into four new dwellings with a backyard.
.
Soon on site
.
In collaboration with Bonell i Gil Arquitectes / Consultants: Manel Fernandez, Joan Gonzalez Gou, @clauda.eu
.
#bonelldoriga #architecture #architecturedrawing #section

El Prat de Llobregat, 2024-2027
.
Transformation of a parking space in the ground floor of a housing building into four new dwellings with a backyard.
.
Soon on site
.
In collaboration with Bonell i Gil Arquitectes / Consultants: Manel Fernandez, Joan Gonzalez Gou, @clauda.eu
.
#bonelldoriga #architecture #architecturedrawing #section

El Prat de Llobregat, 2024-2027
.
Transformation of a parking space in the ground floor of a housing building into four new dwellings with a backyard.
.
Soon on site
.
In collaboration with Bonell i Gil Arquitectes / Consultants: Manel Fernandez, Joan Gonzalez Gou, @clauda.eu
.
#bonelldoriga #architecture #architecturedrawing #section

El Prat de Llobregat, 2024-2027
.
Transformation of a parking space in the ground floor of a housing building into four new dwellings with a backyard.
.
Soon on site
.
In collaboration with Bonell i Gil Arquitectes / Consultants: Manel Fernandez, Joan Gonzalez Gou, @clauda.eu
.
#bonelldoriga #architecture #architecturedrawing #section

Social Housing in carrer Marroc, Barcelona
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In a relatively high building (6-7 floors) in a small plot between party walls, the project attempts to provide all rooms with an exterior view, and thus avoid having to rely on inner courtyards for natural light and ventilation.
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Competition, 2024 – Almost finalist
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#bonelldoriga #architecture #architecturedrawing #floorplan

Social Housing in carrer Marroc, Barcelona
.
In a relatively high building (6-7 floors) in a small plot between party walls, the project attempts to provide all rooms with an exterior view, and thus avoid having to rely on inner courtyards for natural light and ventilation.
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Competition, 2024 – Almost finalist
.
#bonelldoriga #architecture #architecturedrawing #floorplan

Young, Catalan and resolute: this is @bonelldoriga. See what they’ve been up to since winning the 2019 Début Award.

If you’re under 40, apply before 24 February and share your projects with a worldwide audience!

Young, Catalan and resolute: this is @bonelldoriga. See what they’ve been up to since winning the 2019 Début Award.

If you’re under 40, apply before 24 February and share your projects with a worldwide audience!

Young, Catalan and resolute: this is @bonelldoriga. See what they’ve been up to since winning the 2019 Début Award.

If you’re under 40, apply before 24 February and share your projects with a worldwide audience!

Young, Catalan and resolute: this is @bonelldoriga. See what they’ve been up to since winning the 2019 Début Award.

If you’re under 40, apply before 24 February and share your projects with a worldwide audience!

Young, Catalan and resolute: this is @bonelldoriga. See what they’ve been up to since winning the 2019 Début Award.

If you’re under 40, apply before 24 February and share your projects with a worldwide audience!

Ground Control - Model 1:50
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Competition for the refurbishment of an old car dealer shop and garage in order to turn it into the new headquarters of a media company in Barcelona - 2017
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#bonelldoriga #architecture #architecturemodel #architecturalmodel

Ground Control - Model 1:50
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Competition for the refurbishment of an old car dealer shop and garage in order to turn it into the new headquarters of a media company in Barcelona - 2017
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#bonelldoriga #architecture #architecturemodel #architecturalmodel

Ground Control - Model 1:50
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Competition for the refurbishment of an old car dealer shop and garage in order to turn it into the new headquarters of a media company in Barcelona - 2017
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#bonelldoriga #architecture #architecturemodel #architecturalmodel

Bertran
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Located in a hilly area in the city of Barcelona, this is an apartment defined by its situation below the street level. In spite of its perfectly rectangular shape in floorplan, there is an imbalance between the two windowed façades: one towards a small inner courtyard, which also serves as the access; the other, in direct contact with a private garden and views of the city.
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The project aims to turn all of its rooms towards the well-lit exterior, towards the garden, in an effort to provide them with natural light and attractive views. At the same time, it needs to account for existing structural and installations elements that could not be modified. A series of made-to-measure furniture pieces circumvent those elements and function as flexible perimeters of space. Its winding geometry directs the inhabitant through the apartment. The large window towards the garden is likewise transformed into a hybrid piece between enclosure and furniture, between limit and place of life.
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This ‘never seen’ drawing of ours is currently part of an exhibition curated by @ex.figura in @c_o_n_v_e_y - as part of the Milan Design Week 2024. Thank you for the invitation!
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#bonelldoriga #architecture #architecturedrawing #axonometric

Bertran
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Located in a hilly area in the city of Barcelona, this is an apartment defined by its situation below the street level. In spite of its perfectly rectangular shape in floorplan, there is an imbalance between the two windowed façades: one towards a small inner courtyard, which also serves as the access; the other, in direct contact with a private garden and views of the city.
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The project aims to turn all of its rooms towards the well-lit exterior, towards the garden, in an effort to provide them with natural light and attractive views. At the same time, it needs to account for existing structural and installations elements that could not be modified. A series of made-to-measure furniture pieces circumvent those elements and function as flexible perimeters of space. Its winding geometry directs the inhabitant through the apartment. The large window towards the garden is likewise transformed into a hybrid piece between enclosure and furniture, between limit and place of life.
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This ‘never seen’ drawing of ours is currently part of an exhibition curated by @ex.figura in @c_o_n_v_e_y - as part of the Milan Design Week 2024. Thank you for the invitation!
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#bonelldoriga #architecture #architecturedrawing #axonometric

Bertran
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Located in a hilly area in the city of Barcelona, this is an apartment defined by its situation below the street level. In spite of its perfectly rectangular shape in floorplan, there is an imbalance between the two windowed façades: one towards a small inner courtyard, which also serves as the access; the other, in direct contact with a private garden and views of the city.
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The project aims to turn all of its rooms towards the well-lit exterior, towards the garden, in an effort to provide them with natural light and attractive views. At the same time, it needs to account for existing structural and installations elements that could not be modified. A series of made-to-measure furniture pieces circumvent those elements and function as flexible perimeters of space. Its winding geometry directs the inhabitant through the apartment. The large window towards the garden is likewise transformed into a hybrid piece between enclosure and furniture, between limit and place of life.
.
This ‘never seen’ drawing of ours is currently part of an exhibition curated by @ex.figura in @c_o_n_v_e_y - as part of the Milan Design Week 2024. Thank you for the invitation!
.
#bonelldoriga #architecture #architecturedrawing #axonometric

Bertran
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Located in a hilly area in the city of Barcelona, this is an apartment defined by its situation below the street level. In spite of its perfectly rectangular shape in floorplan, there is an imbalance between the two windowed façades: one towards a small inner courtyard, which also serves as the access; the other, in direct contact with a private garden and views of the city.
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The project aims to turn all of its rooms towards the well-lit exterior, towards the garden, in an effort to provide them with natural light and attractive views. At the same time, it needs to account for existing structural and installations elements that could not be modified. A series of made-to-measure furniture pieces circumvent those elements and function as flexible perimeters of space. Its winding geometry directs the inhabitant through the apartment. The large window towards the garden is likewise transformed into a hybrid piece between enclosure and furniture, between limit and place of life.
.
This ‘never seen’ drawing of ours is currently part of an exhibition curated by @ex.figura in @c_o_n_v_e_y - as part of the Milan Design Week 2024. Thank you for the invitation!
.
#bonelldoriga #architecture #architecturedrawing #axonometric

Bertran
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Located in a hilly area in the city of Barcelona, this is an apartment defined by its situation below the street level. In spite of its perfectly rectangular shape in floorplan, there is an imbalance between the two windowed façades: one towards a small inner courtyard, which also serves as the access; the other, in direct contact with a private garden and views of the city.
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The project aims to turn all of its rooms towards the well-lit exterior, towards the garden, in an effort to provide them with natural light and attractive views. At the same time, it needs to account for existing structural and installations elements that could not be modified. A series of made-to-measure furniture pieces circumvent those elements and function as flexible perimeters of space. Its winding geometry directs the inhabitant through the apartment. The large window towards the garden is likewise transformed into a hybrid piece between enclosure and furniture, between limit and place of life.
.
This ‘never seen’ drawing of ours is currently part of an exhibition curated by @ex.figura in @c_o_n_v_e_y - as part of the Milan Design Week 2024. Thank you for the invitation!
.
#bonelldoriga #architecture #architecturedrawing #axonometric

Bertran
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Located in a hilly area in the city of Barcelona, this is an apartment defined by its situation below the street level. In spite of its perfectly rectangular shape in floorplan, there is an imbalance between the two windowed façades: one towards a small inner courtyard, which also serves as the access; the other, in direct contact with a private garden and views of the city.
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The project aims to turn all of its rooms towards the well-lit exterior, towards the garden, in an effort to provide them with natural light and attractive views. At the same time, it needs to account for existing structural and installations elements that could not be modified. A series of made-to-measure furniture pieces circumvent those elements and function as flexible perimeters of space. Its winding geometry directs the inhabitant through the apartment. The large window towards the garden is likewise transformed into a hybrid piece between enclosure and furniture, between limit and place of life.
.
This ‘never seen’ drawing of ours is currently part of an exhibition curated by @ex.figura in @c_o_n_v_e_y - as part of the Milan Design Week 2024. Thank you for the invitation!
.
#bonelldoriga #architecture #architecturedrawing #axonometric

Bertran
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Located in a hilly area in the city of Barcelona, this is an apartment defined by its situation below the street level. In spite of its perfectly rectangular shape in floorplan, there is an imbalance between the two windowed façades: one towards a small inner courtyard, which also serves as the access; the other, in direct contact with a private garden and views of the city.
.
The project aims to turn all of its rooms towards the well-lit exterior, towards the garden, in an effort to provide them with natural light and attractive views. At the same time, it needs to account for existing structural and installations elements that could not be modified. A series of made-to-measure furniture pieces circumvent those elements and function as flexible perimeters of space. Its winding geometry directs the inhabitant through the apartment. The large window towards the garden is likewise transformed into a hybrid piece between enclosure and furniture, between limit and place of life.
.
This ‘never seen’ drawing of ours is currently part of an exhibition curated by @ex.figura in @c_o_n_v_e_y - as part of the Milan Design Week 2024. Thank you for the invitation!
.
#bonelldoriga #architecture #architecturedrawing #axonometric

Bertran
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Located in a hilly area in the city of Barcelona, this is an apartment defined by its situation below the street level. In spite of its perfectly rectangular shape in floorplan, there is an imbalance between the two windowed façades: one towards a small inner courtyard, which also serves as the access; the other, in direct contact with a private garden and views of the city.
.
The project aims to turn all of its rooms towards the well-lit exterior, towards the garden, in an effort to provide them with natural light and attractive views. At the same time, it needs to account for existing structural and installations elements that could not be modified. A series of made-to-measure furniture pieces circumvent those elements and function as flexible perimeters of space. Its winding geometry directs the inhabitant through the apartment. The large window towards the garden is likewise transformed into a hybrid piece between enclosure and furniture, between limit and place of life.
.
This ‘never seen’ drawing of ours is currently part of an exhibition curated by @ex.figura in @c_o_n_v_e_y - as part of the Milan Design Week 2024. Thank you for the invitation!
.
#bonelldoriga #architecture #architecturedrawing #axonometric

Benet Moxó - Second Prize (2022)
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The new ensemble interacts with the existing buildings, creating a balance between the constructed volumes and the voids generated between them. Within the plot, the three volumes supported on a base plinth free up space for a large communal garden, which is articulated as a sequence of landscaped areas and social spaces. It serves as a large outdoor foyer, an extension of the access from Benet Moxó Street, a promenade through the alternation of shadowed porches and open spaces.
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In collaboration with Bonell i Gil Arquitectes
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#bonelldoriga #architecture #architecturedrawing

Benet Moxó - Second Prize (2022)
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The new ensemble interacts with the existing buildings, creating a balance between the constructed volumes and the voids generated between them. Within the plot, the three volumes supported on a base plinth free up space for a large communal garden, which is articulated as a sequence of landscaped areas and social spaces. It serves as a large outdoor foyer, an extension of the access from Benet Moxó Street, a promenade through the alternation of shadowed porches and open spaces.
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In collaboration with Bonell i Gil Arquitectes
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#bonelldoriga #architecture #architecturedrawing

Benet Moxó - Second Prize (2022)
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The new ensemble interacts with the existing buildings, creating a balance between the constructed volumes and the voids generated between them. Within the plot, the three volumes supported on a base plinth free up space for a large communal garden, which is articulated as a sequence of landscaped areas and social spaces. It serves as a large outdoor foyer, an extension of the access from Benet Moxó Street, a promenade through the alternation of shadowed porches and open spaces.
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In collaboration with Bonell i Gil Arquitectes
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#bonelldoriga #architecture #architecturedrawing

Benet Moxó - Second Prize (2022)
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The new ensemble interacts with the existing buildings, creating a balance between the constructed volumes and the voids generated between them. Within the plot, the three volumes supported on a base plinth free up space for a large communal garden, which is articulated as a sequence of landscaped areas and social spaces. It serves as a large outdoor foyer, an extension of the access from Benet Moxó Street, a promenade through the alternation of shadowed porches and open spaces.
.
In collaboration with Bonell i Gil Arquitectes
.
#bonelldoriga #architecture #architecturedrawing

Benet Moxó - Second Prize (2022)
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The new ensemble interacts with the existing buildings, creating a balance between the constructed volumes and the voids generated between them. Within the plot, the three volumes supported on a base plinth free up space for a large communal garden, which is articulated as a sequence of landscaped areas and social spaces. It serves as a large outdoor foyer, an extension of the access from Benet Moxó Street, a promenade through the alternation of shadowed porches and open spaces.
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In collaboration with Bonell i Gil Arquitectes
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#bonelldoriga #architecture #architecturedrawing

Bertran - Window, 1:20 (2016, not built)
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Last days to visit the exhibition Name(less) Models in @casadelaarquitectura (Madrid), of which this model is a part of.
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As always, many thanks to the organization @post____________like @self.office @arnau.pascual @marinapovedano
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#bonelldoriga

Bertran - Window, 1:20 (2016, not built)
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Last days to visit the exhibition Name(less) Models in @casadelaarquitectura (Madrid), of which this model is a part of.
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As always, many thanks to the organization @post____________like @self.office @arnau.pascual @marinapovedano
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#bonelldoriga

Bertran - Window, 1:20 (2016, not built)
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Last days to visit the exhibition Name(less) Models in @casadelaarquitectura (Madrid), of which this model is a part of.
.
As always, many thanks to the organization @post____________like @self.office @arnau.pascual @marinapovedano
.
#bonelldoriga

Bertran - Window, 1:20 (2016, not built)
.
Last days to visit the exhibition Name(less) Models in @casadelaarquitectura (Madrid), of which this model is a part of.
.
As always, many thanks to the organization @post____________like @self.office @arnau.pascual @marinapovedano
.
#bonelldoriga

Bertran - Window, 1:20 (2016, not built)
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Last days to visit the exhibition Name(less) Models in @casadelaarquitectura (Madrid), of which this model is a part of.
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As always, many thanks to the organization @post____________like @self.office @arnau.pascual @marinapovedano
.
#bonelldoriga

La Floresta - First Prize (2023)
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A few months ago we won the competition for a social housing building with 35 units in Sant Cugat del Vallès. Set in the natural park of Collserola, the project is defined by the complex topography of its site and the forest that surrounds it.
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In collaboration with Bonell i Gil Arquitectes
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#bonelldoriga

La Floresta - First Prize (2023)
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A few months ago we won the competition for a social housing building with 35 units in Sant Cugat del Vallès. Set in the natural park of Collserola, the project is defined by the complex topography of its site and the forest that surrounds it.
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In collaboration with Bonell i Gil Arquitectes
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#bonelldoriga

La Floresta - First Prize (2023)
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A few months ago we won the competition for a social housing building with 35 units in Sant Cugat del Vallès. Set in the natural park of Collserola, the project is defined by the complex topography of its site and the forest that surrounds it.
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In collaboration with Bonell i Gil Arquitectes
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#bonelldoriga

La Floresta - First Prize (2023)
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A few months ago we won the competition for a social housing building with 35 units in Sant Cugat del Vallès. Set in the natural park of Collserola, the project is defined by the complex topography of its site and the forest that surrounds it.
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In collaboration with Bonell i Gil Arquitectes
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#bonelldoriga

A Series of Rooms in La Casa de la Arquitectura
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Two of the exhibitions we have participated on in the last few years are reopening today in the newly created @casadelaarquitectura in La Arquería de Nuevos Ministerios (Madrid) - really happy to somehow be part of this x2, along with many friends and colleagues!
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In 2022 we were asked by @ecosistemas.zip to produce a model and a panel of a process in our studio. We chose to focus our attention on our research project @aseriesofrooms, and made an attempt to translate a constellation of mostly digital images and references to a three-dimensional, tactile reality.
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Decontextualized images, taken from different periods or places, and belonging to various disciplines constantly invade our visual field. They are absorbed and become part of our imagination, being later readapted, consciously or unconsciously, in our projects.
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In the oversaturated age of digital reproducibility, building one’s own archive –searching, selecting, organizing– becomes, beyond being an instrument in the design process, a creative act in itself.
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To transfer this virtual imaginary to the physical reality of an exhibition model, we chose to build a landscape of paper objects, all of them cut by hand, which transformed 53 of the images that are part of our archive. The uniform materiality in gold-colored cardboard homogenized the pieces and allowed for unexpected relationships and poetic tensions to be established between apparently disconnected works.
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The panel (sans the model) is now in the exhibition.
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Thank you @sol_____i @mi.galiano @jorgema3 @ptorresgc !!
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#bonelldoriga

A Series of Rooms in La Casa de la Arquitectura
.
Two of the exhibitions we have participated on in the last few years are reopening today in the newly created @casadelaarquitectura in La Arquería de Nuevos Ministerios (Madrid) - really happy to somehow be part of this x2, along with many friends and colleagues!
.
In 2022 we were asked by @ecosistemas.zip to produce a model and a panel of a process in our studio. We chose to focus our attention on our research project @aseriesofrooms, and made an attempt to translate a constellation of mostly digital images and references to a three-dimensional, tactile reality.
.
Decontextualized images, taken from different periods or places, and belonging to various disciplines constantly invade our visual field. They are absorbed and become part of our imagination, being later readapted, consciously or unconsciously, in our projects.
.
In the oversaturated age of digital reproducibility, building one’s own archive –searching, selecting, organizing– becomes, beyond being an instrument in the design process, a creative act in itself.
.
To transfer this virtual imaginary to the physical reality of an exhibition model, we chose to build a landscape of paper objects, all of them cut by hand, which transformed 53 of the images that are part of our archive. The uniform materiality in gold-colored cardboard homogenized the pieces and allowed for unexpected relationships and poetic tensions to be established between apparently disconnected works.
.
The panel (sans the model) is now in the exhibition.
.
Thank you @sol_____i @mi.galiano @jorgema3 @ptorresgc !!
.
#bonelldoriga

A Series of Rooms in La Casa de la Arquitectura
.
Two of the exhibitions we have participated on in the last few years are reopening today in the newly created @casadelaarquitectura in La Arquería de Nuevos Ministerios (Madrid) - really happy to somehow be part of this x2, along with many friends and colleagues!
.
In 2022 we were asked by @ecosistemas.zip to produce a model and a panel of a process in our studio. We chose to focus our attention on our research project @aseriesofrooms, and made an attempt to translate a constellation of mostly digital images and references to a three-dimensional, tactile reality.
.
Decontextualized images, taken from different periods or places, and belonging to various disciplines constantly invade our visual field. They are absorbed and become part of our imagination, being later readapted, consciously or unconsciously, in our projects.
.
In the oversaturated age of digital reproducibility, building one’s own archive –searching, selecting, organizing– becomes, beyond being an instrument in the design process, a creative act in itself.
.
To transfer this virtual imaginary to the physical reality of an exhibition model, we chose to build a landscape of paper objects, all of them cut by hand, which transformed 53 of the images that are part of our archive. The uniform materiality in gold-colored cardboard homogenized the pieces and allowed for unexpected relationships and poetic tensions to be established between apparently disconnected works.
.
The panel (sans the model) is now in the exhibition.
.
Thank you @sol_____i @mi.galiano @jorgema3 @ptorresgc !!
.
#bonelldoriga