In an interview with Goma Oficina, David Barragán shares insights into the practice of Al Borde, an architecture firm based in Quito, Ecuador, which he leads alongside Pascual Gangotena, Marialuisa Borja, and Esteban Benavides.
The firm's work directly addresses the divide between manual and intellectual labor in architectural practice. Although this division is the product of historical and social construction, it is still treated today almost as an "indisputable scientific fact," given the prevailing silence surrounding the issue.