The Architectural Plan as Map | Eric Miralles

October 11, 2012 by bg-martin

The Architectural Plan as Map by Eric Miralles “In all my recent work, I think I have been utterly focused on being involved with reality, in other words, always in the midst of contradictions, the difficulties, the misunderstandings, there in the thick of it… When I am asked what sort of architecture interests me, I realize I finally have an answer: ‘architecture that is capable of avoiding demagoguery‘. In other words, architecture that is capable of not hiding the complex reality it […]

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Olympic Archery | Carme Pinos and Enric Miralles

September 23, 2012 by bg-martin

Olympic Archery Barcelona by Carme Pinos and Enric Miralles | 1989 “Enric Miralles and Carme Pinos’ Olympic Archery Range, located in Barcelona, Spain, is comprised of two buildings- the competition building and the training building. Both buildings are almost identical in program, and serve the surface areas developed opposite of them. Each building’s placement and form are influenced by its natural surroundings. The training building was designed to follow the movements of the athletes, resulting in a porch looking onto itself. The […]

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