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Alejandro Aravena and Miguel Lawner on social housing in Chile: "How do we balance this equation of quantity and quality?"

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Miguel Lawner, winner of the 2019 National Architecture Prize, was Executive Director of CORMU during the Popular Unity government and has spent his career fighting for the right to adequate housing in Chile. Alejandro Aravena, the 2016 Pritzker Prize laureate, is a partner at ELEMENTAL. His work in social housing has made him a global icon since breaking onto the architectural scene with the Quinta Monroy project in Iquique.

Against this backdrop, it was highly compelling to hear the perspectives of two different generations. They met not only to discuss and analyze the past, present, and future of their lives and careers, but also to address the challenges surrounding access to housing in Chile.

Josep Ferrando designs a zero-waste pavilion with geotextiles and catenaries at BBConstrumat '19

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For the 40th edition of BBConstrumat at Fira de Barcelona, Spanish architect Josep Ferrando shared exclusively with ArchDaily the details and design principles behind the 3,000 m2 of common spaces at Spain's leading construction trade fair.

"For Sale", a documentary series on the tourism and real estate impact on the Costa del Sol (Málaga)

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Peripheria Films has shared the first episode of its documentary series "Se vende" (For Sale), a production that examines the impact of tourism and real estate development on the Costa del Sol (Málaga).

"The world is the house we inhabit": Gerardo Caballero on Argentina's pavilion for the 2021 Venice Biennale

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With the opening of the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale, 60 nations from around the world showcased unique responses to the question "How will we live together?". Neither the pandemic nor its repercussions stood in the way of the curators' creative process. Instead, they used it as an opportunity to explore how the notion of 'living together' has changed over the past year, and how to reimagine better built environments. ArchDaily had the opportunity to meet with architect Gerardo Caballero, head of the Argentine Pavilion, to discuss how the pavilion's innovative material came about and what it means for the future of architecture.

Archive of Received Ideas: Ruth Alvarado / OB+RA

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Archivo de Ideas Recibidas is an interdisciplinary research and dissemination project that aims to document and connect the ideas of those contributing to the contemporary creative ecosystem through art, design, and architecture. It is built around conversations between the team and various creators, exploring themes related to memory, academia, cultural context, key influences, and working methodologies.

Signs of Regret: Fuksas Architetto by Mario Pisani (and How His Works Disappeared)

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"Domingos Libro" is hosted by Carmelo from Enorme Studio. Every two weeks, he delves into forgotten architectural publications, books, and magazines from the 1960s, 70s, and 80s that carry the most fascinating backstories.

In this episode, titled "Signs of Regret," he discusses Mario Pisani's 1988 book "Fuksas. Architetto" and how the featured projects—all collaborations between the Italian architect and Anna Maria Sacconi—have vanished from his monographs, almost as if they had disappeared from the face of the earth.

Camp del Ferro: Barcelona's New Sports Center

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Camp del Ferro is a new sports center located in Barcelona. The project was co-designed by a team consisting of AIA Activitats Arquitectòniques, Barceló-Balanzó Arquitectes, and Gustau Gili Galfetti. This short film by Simón García presents the main ideas behind the conceptual design.

Archive of Received Ideas: Miguel Cruchaga Belaúnde

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Archivo de Ideas Recibidas is an interdisciplinary research and dissemination project that seeks to document and connect the ideas of people contributing to the contemporary creative ecosystem through art, design, and architecture. It is built on conversations between the team and various creators, exploring themes related to memory, academia, cultural context, main influences, and working methodologies.

Photo Essay: Coop Himmelb(l)au's Atelier Baumann in the French Magazine L'Architecture d'aujourd'hui from 1986

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"Domingos Libro" is hosted by Carmelo from Enorme Studio, where every two weeks, he takes a deep dive into forgotten architectural publications, books, and magazines from the '60s, '70s, and '80s that have the most interesting stories behind them.

In this new episode, titled "Foto-reportaje," he discusses a curious way of presenting architecture through a fictional reportage on Coop Himmelb(l)au's Atelier Baumann renovation project, published in issue 245 of the French magazine L'Architecture d'aujourd'hui in 1986.

15 micro-documentaries showcase the most relevant modern architecture in Chile's Central Valley

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'Experiencias del Espacio Moderno en el Valle Central de Chile' is a project by Glenn Deulofeu, a professor at the University of Talca School of Architecture.

Developed in collaboration with the university's Heritage Documentation Center, the project features 15 micro-documentaries on the most relevant and enduring works of modern architecture currently standing in this region of the country.

Watch the videos and discover the history through Deulofeu's words below.

Pablo Casals-Aguirre presents a complete tour of the Kunstmuseum Basel expansion

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Chilean architect and photographer Pablo Casals-Aguirre has documented the Swiss project Kunstmuseum Basel, designed by architects Christ & Gantenbein in Basel. The project was a finalist for the 2018 Simon Architecture Prize in the Collective Places category.

Just and Necessary: Classical Architecture by Thomas Gordon Smith (and Clients Who Removed Columns from Their Homes)

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"Domingos Libro" is hosted by Carmelo from Enorme Studio, where every two weeks he takes a deep dive into forgotten architectural publications—books and magazines from the '60s, '70s, and '80s with the most fascinating stories behind them.

In this episode, titled "Just What Is Necessary," he discusses Thomas Gordon Smith's 1988 book "Classical Architecture: Rule & Invention" and how two columns disappeared from his iconic Tuscan and Laurentian Houses just two years after their completion.

"Demolition Man": Shin Takamatsu at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in 1993

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"Domingos Libro" is hosted by Carmelo of Enorme Studio. Every two weeks, the series takes a deep dive into forgotten architectural publications—books and magazines from the '60s, '70s, and '80s with the most fascinating stories behind them.

In this tenth episode, titled "Demolition Man," Carmelo reviews the catalog of the 1993 exhibition on the work of architect Shin Takamatsu at the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. Published by Rizzoli, the catalog highlights how three of the four buildings around which the exhibition was structured have already disappeared just thirty years later. In fact, 25% of the buildings by this genius of technomorphic architecture have been demolished, making Takamatsu the Demolition Man of architecture.

I'm Going to Be a Rock & Roll Star: Jean Nouvel in an Interview for L'Architecture d'Aujourd'hui Magazine in 1984

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"Domingos Libro" is presented by Carmelo of Enorme Studio. Every two weeks, he delves into forgotten architectural publications, books, and magazines from the '60s, '70s, and '80s that have the most interesting stories behind them.

In this eighth episode, titled "I'm Gonna Be a Rock & Roll Star," he discusses issue 231 (February 1984) of the French magazine L'Architecture d'aujourd'hui, which was dedicated to Jean Nouvel's projects from 1977 to 1983. Among these, an interview with the French architect stands out, where his words are accompanied by staged portraits that fictionalize everything he says in the interview.

Prada Poole and The Sources of Space: The Limitations of Our Sensory Perception and the Barriers of Experimental Science

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"Domingos Libro" is presented by Carmelo of Enorme Studio. Every two weeks, he delves into forgotten architectural publications, books, and architecture magazines from the 1960s, 70s, and 80s that have the most interesting stories behind them.

This new episode focuses on José Miguel de Prada Poole's book "Las Fuentes del Espacio" (The Sources of Space), published by the COAM in 1977, which proposes that objective reality is unattainable, limited as it is by our sensory perception and the barriers of experimental science.

Archive of Received Ideas: Enrique Ciriani

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Archivo de Ideas Recibidas is an interdisciplinary research and dissemination project that seeks to document and connect the ideas of individuals contributing to the contemporary creative ecosystem from the fields of art, design, and architecture. It is built on conversations between the team and various creators, exploring themes related to memory, academia, cultural context, key influences, and working methodologies.

Tribute to Mies: "Casa Palestra," OMA's project that transforms the Barcelona Pavilion in the 1986 AA FILES magazine

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"Domingos Libro" is hosted by Carmelo of Enorme Studio, where every two weeks, he delves deeply into forgotten architectural publications, books, and magazines from the '60s, '70s, and '80s that have the most interesting stories behind them.

Archive of Received Ideas: Marta Morelli / K+M Architecture and Urbanism

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Archivo de Ideas Recibidas is an interdisciplinary research and dissemination project that aims to document and connect the ideas of people contributing to the contemporary creative ecosystem through art, design, and architecture. It is built on conversations between the team and various creators, exploring topics related to memory, academia, cultural context, key influences, and working methodologies. In this edition, they share an interview with Marta Morelli of the firm K+M Arquitectura y Urbanismo.