In this collection of essays, architect Josep Llinàs experiments with new formats, such as Instagram stories, answering to no one but the heroes featured in his narrative. Ever-present is the work of Josep Maria Jujol—who dents, twists, and blurs everything he touches—a body of work far removed from any Calvinist work ethic, which Llinàs links to folk wisdom and, ultimately, to the behavior of a child. Beyond Jujol, other figures emerge: from Alejandro de la Sota to José Antonio Coderch, from David Lynch to Peter Handke, from his grandson to his parents, and from there to his great-grandparents... Meanwhile, never losing his smile, he draws, cuts paper, builds models and collages, and writes stories for the sheer joy of it—his status as a septuagenarian having liberated him from work as a form of punishment—only to channel them back into his architectural practice.
Josep Llinàs (Castellón de la Plana, 1945) is an architect who graduated from the Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB-UPC). He has taught at the ETSAB and the Universitat Ramon Llull in Barcelona, and has been a guest lecturer for numerous courses and workshops across Spain and Europe. His work has been featured in numerous publications, including a monograph in El Croquis (2005), and his books include the essay collections Saques de esquina (2002), Sospecha de estiércol (2016), and Copiar de lo que se ve (2019).
