I have always understood architecture primarily as a rational exercise: the art and technique of designing, projecting and constructing environments, buildings and public spaces. My academic background was developed with a perspective on austere architecture, with an always present need for sincerity and constructive coherence. For me, the primary goal of such architecture is a dialogue with the environment through the understanding and respect for nature, the analysis of the context and the interpretation of the social and cultural needs of the moment. And I emphasize the latter because I believe it is fundamental to understand the work of the architect as a social task, whose main duty is to improve the natural and urban environment in order to raise the quality of life of people.
I have a great interest in the value and integral conception of architectural design, the strength of the concept, the fertile importance of geometry and the plastic expressiveness of the materials. I firmly believe in emphasizing light as the protagonist in projects, to give transcendence to the landscape whenever possible and to engage in a dialogue with the existing built environment. I firmly believe in the roaming experience and the observers path through the built space in which light and views, again, together with facts like mass, geometry, proportion and repetition play fundamental roles. At the same time, I've always considered the understanding of the project so that the building or the resulting action is part of its context, and at the same time, a new totality. The foundations of my architectural understanding are based on the aesthetics of simplicity, considering the minimum not as a style but as a way of understanding things. Where architecture speaks of foundations, is of a modest character and with a commitment to the essential philosophy of spaces. Finally, I consider the architect's ability to work in a wide range of design scales of great relevance. I have worked on, and am interested in, all kinds of projects and typologies, from furniture design, to galleries, through to private houses, office buildings, apartment blocks, museums, hotels and urban planning. |
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