Mi ultimo articulo del 2012 para La Ciudad Viva," Silicon Roundabout: Nueva ciudad tecnologica en el este de Londres" presenta y discute el nuevo proyecto del gobierno del Reino unido junto al ayuntamiento de Londres para crear un centro tecnologico en la ciudad. Situado en la rotonda de Old Street, que marca el inicio del barrio de East London, el centro sera uno de los mayores de toda Europa, pero amenaza la espontaneidad del crecimiento de empresas tecnologicas en al zona. Este articulo se encuentra en el siguiente enlace: http://www.laciudadviva.org/blogs/?p=15645
My last article in 2012 for La Ciudad Viva magazine, "Silicon Roundabout: New Technological City in East London" presents and discusses a new project of the UK government and the City of London to create a technology center in the city. Located in the Old Street roundabout, which marks the beginning of East London district, the center will be one of the largest in Europe. However it threatens the spontaneous growth of technology companies in the area. This article is in the following link: http://www.laciudadviva.org/blogs/?p=15645
20.12.12
18.11.12
Politics of Fabrication en Buenos Aires
En nuestra viaje con los alumnos de la AA (Inter Unit 8) a Buenos Aires hemos visitado la Universidad Torcuato di Tella.Coemnzamos la visita con una conferencia desde la que presento el trabajo que hacemos desde "Politics of Fabrication" en la Architectural Association. Más tarde los alumnos presentaron en una sesión critica sus trabajos dentro del Taller de Roberto Lombardi y con la participacion de la arquitecta Victoria Goldstein. Entre varios temas se discutieron los problemas de las villas miseria relacionadas con los bordes infraestructurales, el tango y el futbol como actividades culturales que puedan activar el sentido comunitario y la memoria en los distintos barrios de la ciudad, la recuperacion del sentido tradicional de domesticidad a traves de la reintroduccion de los mataderos en la ciudad, y posibles nuevas soluciones de vivienda temporal colectiva relacionadas con los nuevos residentes emigrados. Para finalizar tuvimos la visita del director Ciro Nadjle.
In our unit trip with AA students (Inter Unit 8) we visited the Universidad Torcuato di tella, where students presented their work in the Roberto Lobamrdi workshop with the participation as critic of the architect Victoria Goldstein. Several issues were discussed , such as the slum problem in relation to infrastructural edges, tango and football as cultural activities that may trigger a sense of community and memory in different districts of the city, the recovery of the traditional sense of domesticity through the reintroduction of slaughterhouses in the city, and possible new collective temporary housing solutions related to new residents emigrated. Finally we had the brief visit of the director Ciro Nadjle.
Image by Asaad Bazraa
In our unit trip with AA students (Inter Unit 8) we visited the Universidad Torcuato di tella, where students presented their work in the Roberto Lobamrdi workshop with the participation as critic of the architect Victoria Goldstein. Several issues were discussed , such as the slum problem in relation to infrastructural edges, tango and football as cultural activities that may trigger a sense of community and memory in different districts of the city, the recovery of the traditional sense of domesticity through the reintroduction of slaughterhouses in the city, and possible new collective temporary housing solutions related to new residents emigrated. Finally we had the brief visit of the director Ciro Nadjle.
Image by Asaad Bazraa
20.9.12
Politics of Tranformative Block
New academic year in the AA and new brief
Image: Fragkiskos Konstantatos Intermediate Unit 8 (2011-12): A new transportation hub in Tlatelolco site that combines spontaneous peseros’ network with regulated transportation system as a response to the acceleration of Mexico City socio-spatial fragmentation.
POLITICS OF TRANSFORMATIVE BLOCK
Understanding scale through Buenos Aires city grid
This year Intermediate Unit 8 will be working on the design of a mix-used city block to be shared by a private corporation and a public institution in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In Latin-American cities, rapid socio-economic changes are giving birth to unprecedented city block configurations with radical programmatic assemblages, reversibility between inside and outside and interchange between public and private domains. However the possibility of these transformations, that change our understanding of cities as politically controlled entities through policy making, lies in its attachment to a generic urban grid. Being Buenos Aires 100x100m grid one of the densest in Latin-America makes it a perfect scenario to showcase the potential value of the block to generate city today. This implies a complex form finding process reassessing the tension between block and grid, a gradation between permanence and change in buildings, and a constant fight between the stability aimed by the governmental and the inevitable change derived from economic processes.
Students will work on a 100x100m urban block using an empty or built plot within the Buenos Aires grid. The structure of the course will be divided in three interrelated parts detecting fundamental aspects for the block design.
1. Operational fields: Research on socio-cultural and economic aspects that will inform the programmatic brief of block proposals. This research will be also accompanied by a reading of the city through a collection of maps, photographs and city fragments that will be used for filling the block with content. 2. Spatial Organizations: Architectural examples of Clorindo Testa in Buenos Aires and urban block proposals by Rem Koolhaas, Hans Kollhoff and Rafael Moneo will be analysed to understand their formal and spatial organizations that will be extrapolated as preliminary systems of spatial relations of block proposals. These diagrams in axonometric will articulate and structure the programmatic content of the block. 3. Active Interfaces: Studies on the transformation, adaptation and responsiveness of the block, reflecting on its relationship with both the grid and the passersby, will be studied through a 1/5 mock-up of the building envelope.Understanding scale through Buenos Aires city grid
Image: Fragkiskos Konstantatos Intermediate Unit 8 (2011-12): A new transportation hub in Tlatelolco site that combines spontaneous peseros’ network with regulated transportation system as a response to the acceleration of Mexico City socio-spatial fragmentation.
18.8.12
Resultado Workshop AA Visiting School Politics of Fabrication laboratory Havana
El pasado 17 de Agosto se clausuró la
Escuela Visitante de la AA Politics of Fabrication Laboratory en la CUJAE, La
Habana, Cuba. Los resultados han sido impresionantes con una estructura
finalista construida para este entorno arquitectónico moderno. "El Tercer
Mundo", inspirado en la obra del pintor Wilfredo Lam del mismo nombre, fue
el diseño elegido para el que se utilizaron métodos de diseño digitales, Rhino
y Grasshopper, traducidos a las técnicas tradicionales de construcción de
estructuras tensada. La interesante mezcla de nacionalidades y experiencias
pasadas del grupo de participantes han hecho posible este precioso resultado
que será sede de los talleres de dibujo arquitectónico.
Muchas gracias a la CUJAE, en especial a Ada Portero, a los eventuales
colaboradoes, Maritzia y Dania, y a todos los participantes del workshop: Marta
Falchi, Claudio Campanile, Stavros Papavassiliou, Ursula Mendo, Segio Gonzalez,
Natasa Christou, Osmany Garcia Fuentes, Jorge Contador Caballero y
Ricardo Machado Jardo.
Last 17th of August finished the AA Visiting School Politics of Fabrication Laboratory at CUJAE, Havana, Cuba. The results have been impressive with a final structure built in this modern architecture environment. "The third world" was the chosen design, inspired in the Wilfredo Lam painting, created by digital tools, Rhino and Grasshopper, and translated into a textile tensile structure. The interesting mix of nationalities and backgrounds of the participants made possible this beautiful result, an installation that will host future architectural drawing workshops of the University.
Thank you very much to CUJAE, especially to Ada Portero, the eventual collaborators Maritzia and Dania, and all the participants of the workshop, Marta Falchi, Claudio Campanile, Stavros Papavassiliou, Ursula Mendo, Segio Gonzalez, Natasa Christou, Osmany Garcia Fuentes, Jorge Contador Caballero y Ricardo Machado Jardo.
17.7.12
Sexto articulo para la revista La Ciudad Viva - Hackney Wick: dos formas de entender la ciudad creativa
Mi ultimo articulo para La Ciudad Viva,"Hackney Wick: dos formas de entender la ciudad creativa" explica mi punto de vista sobre como deberia ser el planeamiento urbano para un entorno creativo a traves del analisis de dos diferentes tacticas de actuacion y apropiacion del territorio urbano en el barrio de Hackney Wick. El trabajo de campo me ha proporcionado un conocimiento mayor sobre este interrogante planteado en nuemrosos libros de urbanismo. Pueden leer el articulpo en el siguiente enlace: http://www.laciudadviva.org/blogs/?p=14814
My last article for La Ciudad Viva, " Hackney Wick: two ways of understanding the creative city" explains my view of how could be an urban design proposal for a creative environment through the analysis of two different tactics of act and appropriation of territory in Hackney Wick urban district. The field work has given me a greater knowledge on this question raised in numerous books of planning. You can read this article in the following link: http://www.laciudadviva.org/blogs/?p=14814
Image by Francisco Gonzalez de Canales
29.6.12
Quinto articulo para la Ciudad Viva - El vecindario como forma de produccion de urbanismo
Mi ultimo articulo para La Ciudad Viva,"El vecindario como forma de produccion de urbanismo" desvela el trabajo presentado por el estudio Teddy Cruz (San Diego, California, EEUU) en la AA el pasado mes de mayo en el que se buscan nuevas estrategias urbanas en las que inversion privada y comunitarismo encuentren un dialogo hacia un urbanismo "sostenible". Pueden leer el articulpo en el siguiente enlace:
http://www.laciudadviva.org/blogs/?p=14509
My last article for La Ciudad Viva, "The neighborhood as a form of urban production" reveals the work presented by the EstudioTeddy Cruz (San Diego, CA, US) at the AA last May. In this office the architect Teddy Cruz and his partners look for new urban strategies in which private investment and communitarian organizations will find a dialogue towards a "sustainable" urban planning. You can read on the following link:
http://www.laciudadviva.org/blogs/?p=14509
Imagen de la conferencia de Teddy Cruz en la
Architectural Association, Mayo 2012
28.6.12
Articulo Revista Palimpsesto 03
La revista Palimpsesto ha publicado en su tercer numero un articulo nuestro sobre la Visiting School que estamos realizando desde la Architectural Association. En dicho articulo, la experiencia de Politics of Fabrication Laboratory en Valparaiso, Chile, es detalladamente descrita junto a la aproximacion teorica sobre las cuestiones de espacio publico, produccion etno-digital y el trabajo en un contexto tan importante como el de la Ciudad Abierta. Gracias especialmente a la direccion de la revista : Carlos Ferrater y Alberto Peñin.
Link: http://upcommons.upc.edu/revistes/bitstream/2099/13193/1/Palimpsesto%2003%205%20Francisco%20Gonza%CC%81lez%20de%20Canales%20Nuria%20A%CC%81lvarez%20Lombardero.pdf
Palimpsest Magazine has released in its third issue an article on the Visiting School we are organizing from the Architectural Association. In this article, Politics of Fabrication Laboratory experience in Valparaiso, Chile, is detailed described including an explanation of the theoretical approach on questions such as of public space, ethno-digital production and work in a context as important as the Open City. Special thanks to the direction of the magazine: Carlos Ferrater and Alberto Peñin.
Link: http://upcommons.upc.edu/revistes/bitstream/2099/13193/1/Palimpsesto%2003%205%20Francisco%20Gonza%CC%81lez%20de%20Canales%20Nuria%20A%CC%81lvarez%20Lombardero.pdf
Palimpsest Magazine has released in its third issue an article on the Visiting School we are organizing from the Architectural Association. In this article, Politics of Fabrication Laboratory experience in Valparaiso, Chile, is detailed described including an explanation of the theoretical approach on questions such as of public space, ethno-digital production and work in a context as important as the Open City. Special thanks to the direction of the magazine: Carlos Ferrater and Alberto Peñin.
22.6.12
Intermediate Unit 8 Politics of Fabrication III End of the year exhibition
Podeis visitar nuestra aprticipación en la exposición de final de curso en la Architectural Association hasta el 13 de Julio. Se situa en la primera planta en la parte trasera del numero 36 de Bedford Square.
Please visit our end of the year spot in the Projects Review exhibition at the Architectural Association before the 13th of July. We are on the first floor back 36 Bedford Square Building.
Please visit our end of the year spot in the Projects Review exhibition at the Architectural Association before the 13th of July. We are on the first floor back 36 Bedford Square Building.
28.5.12
Launch of Visiting School Politics of Fabrication Laboratory, Cuba
Comienza esta semana la oferta limitada para solicitudes de participacion en la Visiting School de la Architectural Association Politics of Fabrication Laboratory que se realizara en Havana, Cuba, del 6 al 17 de Agosto de 2012. Podeis encontrar mas informacion en la web de la AA (http://www.aaschool.ac.uk/STUDY/VISITING/havana) y en el microsite de la Visiting School (http://havana.aaschool.ac.uk/), o podeis escribirnos a politicsfablab@gmail.com.
This week starts the limited offer of applications to participate in the AA Visiting School Politics of Fabrication Laboratory in havana, Cuba, between the 6th and 17th of August 2012. You can find more information in the AA website (http://www.aaschool.ac.uk/STUDY/VISITING/havana) and the Visiting School microsite (http://havana.aaschool.ac.uk/), or you can write us to politicsfablab@gmail.com.
This week starts the limited offer of applications to participate in the AA Visiting School Politics of Fabrication Laboratory in havana, Cuba, between the 6th and 17th of August 2012. You can find more information in the AA website (http://www.aaschool.ac.uk/STUDY/VISITING/havana) and the Visiting School microsite (http://havana.aaschool.ac.uk/), or you can write us to politicsfablab@gmail.com.
25.5.12
Lecture in UPC/Conferencia UPC
El pasado Viernes presentamos el trabajo que realizamos desde Politics of Fabrication Laboratory con motivo del Forum en investigacion de Arquitectura, Educacion y Sociedad celebrado en la ETSA Barcelona, UPC. La presentacion de 20 minutos comenzo con una breve argumentacion sobre el concepto de Politics of Fabrication, seguido por una muestra de nuestra experiencia el pasado verano en Chile.
Last Friday we presented Politics of Fabrication work in the architecture, Education and Society Forum of Research on Architecture in the ETSA Barcelona, UPC. The 20 min. lecture started with a brief explanation of the argument behind Politics of Fabrication, followed by a show of our experience last summer in Chile.
Last Friday we presented Politics of Fabrication work in the architecture, Education and Society Forum of Research on Architecture in the ETSA Barcelona, UPC. The 20 min. lecture started with a brief explanation of the argument behind Politics of Fabrication, followed by a show of our experience last summer in Chile.
4.5.12
Arquia Proxima
Acabamos de recibir la noticia de que hemos sido seleccionados tanto por la iniciativa academica Politics of Fabrication como por nuestra oficina canales & Lombardero en Arquia Proxima. Es una gran alegria poder figurar entre los seleccionados y unirnos al grupo de jovenes arquitectos emergentes que despuntan en la Arquitectura Espanola actual.
We have just received the news that we have been selected for both our academic initiative Politics of Fabrication Laboratory and our office canales & lombardero in the Arquia Proxima Young Architect 2012 Awards. It is a great joy to be among those selected and join the emerging group of young architects that stand out in the current Spanish architecture.
http://fundacion.arquia.es/proxima/
http://fundacion.arquia.es/proxima/pub_realizacion_detalle.aspx?id=4225&searchid=634720287740992500
http://fundacion.arquia.es/proxima/pub_sociedad_detalle.aspx?id=442
We have just received the news that we have been selected for both our academic initiative Politics of Fabrication Laboratory and our office canales & lombardero in the Arquia Proxima Young Architect 2012 Awards. It is a great joy to be among those selected and join the emerging group of young architects that stand out in the current Spanish architecture.
http://fundacion.arquia.es/proxima/
http://fundacion.arquia.es/proxima/pub_realizacion_detalle.aspx?id=4225&searchid=634720287740992500
http://fundacion.arquia.es/proxima/pub_sociedad_detalle.aspx?id=442
6.3.12
Lecture/Conferencia en Master ETSA Sevilla
La semana pasada , el Jueves 1 de Marzo, presenté mi trabajo de Tesis "Mujeres en la ciudad" en el Máster Oficial en Ciudad y Arquitectura Sostenibles (2011-12)de la Universidad de Sevilla. La conferencia se centro en desvelar cuales on los aspectos de nuestro espacio publico que limitan la experiencia de la mujer en ellos.
26.2.12
Cuarto articulo de la Ciudad Viva - Urbanismo colectivo intercultural
Mi ultimo articulo para La Ciudad Viva,"Urbanismo colectivo intercultural" investiga el proceso de proyecto y construccion, y posterior uso de la Plaza Gillett en el barrio Dalston de Londres donde la participacion colectiva intercultural tiene un papel fundamental en los procesos de planemaiento, diseno y activacion del espacio publico. Podeis leerlo en el siguiente link:
http://www.laciudadviva.org/blogs/?p=13631
My last article for La Ciudad Viva, "Intercultural collective urbanism" investigates the design process and construction, and subsequent use of Gillett Square in Dalston district of London where the intercultural collective participation has a key role in its planning, design process and activation processes of public space. You can read on the following link: http://www.laciudadviva.org/blogs/?p=13631
http://www.laciudadviva.org/blogs/?p=13631
My last article for La Ciudad Viva, "Intercultural collective urbanism" investigates the design process and construction, and subsequent use of Gillett Square in Dalston district of London where the intercultural collective participation has a key role in its planning, design process and activation processes of public space. You can read on the following link: http://www.laciudadviva.org/blogs/?p=13631
13.2.12
Exhibition in FIU Miami
Esta semana se inaugura la exposicion "Politics of Fabrication: Challenging Political Expression in Little Havana" en el Miami Beach Urban studio de la Universidad Internacional de Florida, Miami (420 Licoln Road, suite 440, Miami Beach). En ella se presneta el trabajo que realizamos en la Architectural Association dentro de nuestra unidad de diseno. La exposicion permanecera abierta desde el 2 de Febrero al 3 de Marzo.
This week the exhibition "Politics of Fabrication: Challenging Political Expression in Little Havana" in the Miami Beach Urban Studio (420 Lincoln Rd, Suite 440, Miami Beach) of the School of Architecture of Florida International University, Miami, Florida, will be opened. There we will show the work we are doing in the Unit at the Architectural Association. the exhibition will continue open from the 13 of February to the 3rd of March.
This week the exhibition "Politics of Fabrication: Challenging Political Expression in Little Havana" in the Miami Beach Urban Studio (420 Lincoln Rd, Suite 440, Miami Beach) of the School of Architecture of Florida International University, Miami, Florida, will be opened. There we will show the work we are doing in the Unit at the Architectural Association. the exhibition will continue open from the 13 of February to the 3rd of March.
9.2.12
Ascensor Magazine
La ultima contribucion que he hecho ha sido un trabajo fotografico y una referencia escrita al tema de "Espacio y Afecto" para la revista portuguesa de Arte Ascensor. Este nuemro estaba organizado por la doctora arquitecta Eliana Sousa Santos. podeis encontrar la revista en tiendas especializadas en arte en Portugal o en el siguiente link.
My last contribution has been a photography and a written reflection on the question of "Space and Affect" for the Portuguese Art Magazine Ascensor. The issue was curated by the architect Dr. Eliana Sousa Santos. You can find it in this link or buying the magazine in Portugal.
http://ascensorart.org/galeria2.html
My last contribution has been a photography and a written reflection on the question of "Space and Affect" for the Portuguese Art Magazine Ascensor. The issue was curated by the architect Dr. Eliana Sousa Santos. You can find it in this link or buying the magazine in Portugal.
http://ascensorart.org/galeria2.html
27.1.12
Tercer articulo en la Ciudad Viva - Violencia de Género, Urbanismo y Vivienda
Acabo de terminar mi tercer articulo para La Ciudad Viva,"Violencia de Género, Urbanismo y Vivienda", en el que indago brevemente sobre la posibles relaciones patriarcales en la configuración espacial que vivimos diariamente en nuestras ciudades y su posible relacion con la violencia contra la mujer en el hogar domestico. Podeis leerlo en el siguiente link: http://www.laciudadviva.org/blogs/?p=13187
I have just finished my third article for La Ciudad Viva magazine, "Domestic Violence, Housing and Urbanism".In this article I briefly inquire about possible relationships in the spatial configuration we live everyday in our cities and its posible relationship with violent attacks against women in the domestic space. You can read it in the following link: http://www.laciudadviva.org/blogs/?p=13187
I have just finished my third article for La Ciudad Viva magazine, "Domestic Violence, Housing and Urbanism".In this article I briefly inquire about possible relationships in the spatial configuration we live everyday in our cities and its posible relationship with violent attacks against women in the domestic space. You can read it in the following link: http://www.laciudadviva.org/blogs/?p=13187
23.1.12
Lecture/Conferencia en medios de difusion para la Arquitectura Critica
El pasado Miercoles 18 de Enero hice una exposicion en la Universidad de Sevilla sobre los posibles medios de difusion para la critica de arquitectura tanto en la red como a traves de la publicacion escrita. La conferencia "Arquitectura Critica en el entorno 2.0. Medios de expresion en la red: Herramientas 2.0."expuso brevemente mi trabajo como ensayista, arquitecta y academica que he difundido en la red y diversas publicaciones.
Last Wednesday 18th of January 18 I lectured in the University of Seville on the possible media to diffuse critical work in Architecture both in the network and written publications. The conference "Critical Architecture in the 2.0 environment. Means of expression on Internet: Tools 2.0." briefly described my work as an essayist, architect and academic that I have posted on the net and various publications.
Last Wednesday 18th of January 18 I lectured in the University of Seville on the possible media to diffuse critical work in Architecture both in the network and written publications. The conference "Critical Architecture in the 2.0 environment. Means of expression on Internet: Tools 2.0." briefly described my work as an essayist, architect and academic that I have posted on the net and various publications.
14.1.12
Workshop Immediate Governance in Plymouth University
Esta semana he realizado un workshop con los alumnos de MArch en la Facultad de Aquitectura de la Universidad de Plymouth sobre el trabajo que hacemos desde Politics of Fabrication. Organizado en colaboracion con el tutor Krzysztof Nawratek el workshop proponia
repensar aquellos elementos que usamos a diario a los que no damos importancia y que tiene carga politica en su definicion. Especial gracias a Krzysztof Nawratek y Bob Brown, director de la escuela, por invitarnos.
This week I did a workshop with MArch students at the Faculty of Architecture of the University of Plymouth related to the work we do from Politics of Fabrication. Organized in collaboration with the MArch lecturer Krzysztof Nawratek, the workshop proposed to rethink those elements we use in our everyday live that we take for granted and hold a political charge in their definicion.Many thanks to Krzysztof Nawratek and Bob Brown, director of the School, for inviting us.
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