In this short video interview from the Louisiana Channel, Marc-Christoph Wagner interviews architect David Chipperfield in Galicia in April 2024, exploring his connection to the sea. The 2023 Pritzker Prize laureate speaks of his experience living for 30 years in a fishing village in Spain, delving into his connection to the place and the people’s attitude towards the strength of the natural elements surrounding them.
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“Unforgiving and Tough:” David Chipperfield on Living by the Sea in Louisiana Channel Interview
https://www.archdaily.com/1019904/unforgiving-and-tough-david-chipperfield-on-living-by-the-sea-in-louisiana-channel-interviewMaria-Cristina Florian
Galicia Publishes a Guide to Colors and Materials Of Its Traditional Architecture
Last October 23, in the small Galician city of Ares (Spain), the "Guide of colors and materials" was publicly presented, with which the administration of the Galician community - in collaboration with the Galicia College of Architects (COAG) - aims to establish aesthetic criteria and recommendations in the search for a better image and urban quality of Galician populations.
This document is composed of fourteen volumes and its publication was made possible by a laborious process in which, for a year, architects, historians, and graduates of Fine Arts, had analyzed more than 3,800 buildings in rural, urban and peri-urban areas, as well as in industrial properties in the four Galician provinces.
https://www.archdaily.com/885343/galicia-publishes-a-guide-to-colors-and-materials-of-its-traditional-architectureJavier García Librero
AGi Wins Competition to Transform Galician Roman Ruins into Sensory Museum
AGi Architects has won a competition to transform 18 ancient Roman sites into a natural museum in Pontevedra, Galicia, Spain. The winning proposal, entitled In Natura Veritas, was selected from 26 submissions in a competition organized by the Spanish Ministry of Public Works. The AGi scheme, due to be realized in the coming months, aims to preserve the memory of the natural environment chosen as a living place by the Roman settlers hundreds of years ago and to treat the visitor to a multi-sensory journey through the 18 sites across the Pontevedra landscape.
https://www.archdaily.com/804116/agi-wins-competition-to-transform-galician-roman-ruins-into-sensual-museumNiall Patrick Walsh
Confederación Hidrográfica del Miño-Sil Office Building Proposal / VAUMM + Taperstudio
Located where two rivers come together, the Confederación Hidrográfica Miño and Sil office building will be protected by the official use the building serves. Designed by VAUMM + Taperstudio, their compact and geometrically absolute design aims to turn the new equipment into a reference able to articulate that piece of city. Its pyramidal shape is due to programmatic, functional and corporation itself requirements. More images and architects’ description after the break.
https://www.archdaily.com/295055/confederacion-hidrografica-del-mino-sil-office-building-proposal-vaumm-taperstudioAlison Furuto
A Barrela Health Center / Manuel Vázquez Muíño
Architects: Manuel Vázquez Muíño Location: Carballedo, Galicia, Spain Architect: Manuel Vázquez Muíño Technical Architect: Visitación Mouzo Souto Project Year: 2010 Photographs: Santos-Díez
https://www.archdaily.com/279687/a-barrela-health-center-vazquez-muino-arquitectosJonathan Alarcon
Cultural Centre / Díaz y Díaz Architects
Carefully studying the circulation of the Cros Old factory buildings and in knowing, that when considered together, the three existent buildings have a great value for its urban and architectural system, volumetric plastic qualities and spatial configuration, Díaz y Díaz Architects sought an integration of architectural space. In doing so, their design is perceived as a unified whole. More images and architects’ description after the break.
https://www.archdaily.com/162905/cultural-centre-diaz-y-diaz-architectsAlison Furuto