The word commensality refers to the act of eating together, sharing a meal. Much more than a mere function of essential human need, sitting at the table is a practice of communion and exchange. An article by Cody C. Delistraty compiles some studies on the importance of eating together: students who don't eat regularly with their parents miss school more; children who do not have daily dinner with their family tend to be more obese and young people in families without this tradition can have more problems with drugs and alcohol, in addition to poorer academic performance. Evidently, all these issues raised are complex and should not be reduced to just one factor. But having a suitable place to have meals, free from distractions, is a good starting point for at least one moment a day that is focused on conversation and food. This is where dinner tables come in. In this article, we review some projects to classify the most common ways to deploy these important pieces of furniture.
Dining Rooms: Their Importance and Possibilities in Plans
Modern Andorra: Architecture Between the Pyrenees
Wedged between France and Spain, Andorra is the sixth smallest nation in Europe. Less than 500 square kilometers in area, the landlocked microstate can be found in the eastern Pyrenees on the Iberian Peninsula. Today, new architecture is being built between Andorra’s rugged mountains and three narrow valleys that combine to form its Gran Valira river.
Run Run Run Intervention / Andrés Jaque / Office for Political Innovation
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Architects: Andrés Jaque / Office for Political Innovation
- Area: 239 m²
- Year: 2019
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Manufacturers: Amaya de Toledo, Archipámpanos, Loreta Lion, Otis, Replaninnser 2000, +1
Restoration of Castell de la Tossa / Meritxell Inaraja
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Architects: Meritxell Inaraja
- Area: 316 m²
- Year: 2020
Warehouse Transformation / Thomas Raynaud + Paul Devarrieux
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Architects: Paul Devarrieux, Thomas Raynaud
- Area: 600 m²
- Year: 2020
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Professionals: Crespiera Simo Diagonal Arquitectura, TDI Enginyers
Josep Ferrando: “A System Is Flexible When It Accumulates the Maximum Amount of Algorithms, Generating Complex Spaces but Without Complications”
Josep Ferrando is an architect based in Barcelona. He is the Dean of the La Salle Higher Technical School of Architecture (ETSALS), as well as Director of the Obert d'Arquitectura Center of Barcelona and of the Department of Culture of the College of Architects of Catalonia (COAC). Combining his academic career and his frequent lectures, his office develops projects that explore different scales and materials, experimenting with constructive systems and innovative solutions. We talked with him about the importance of materials in architecture, and about the synergies he finds between practice and teaching.
Estudio Herreros's Long Awaited Award-Winning Munch Museum Finally Open to the Public
After being awarded with the top prize at the Munch Museum Competition in 2009, Spanish architecture firm Estudio Herreros has finally completed the construction of the museum and will open its doors on October 22, 2021. The long-awaited museum will showcase a rich collection of Norwegian heritage and culture and thousands of artworks by artist Edvard Munch, as well as present a contemporary museum concept that highlights architecture's urban role and historical responsibility of Oslo and the nation as a whole.
Parking in the Huertas de Caldes / Ravetllat-Ribas
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Architects: Ravetllat-Ribas
- Area: 7011 m²
- Year: 2019
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Manufacturers: MEYPAR, Nuno Almeida
BM32 / EstudioReciente
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Architects: EstudioReciente
- Area: 699 ft²
- Year: 2020
House 1510 / Nordest Arquitectura
Threshold Stairs House / Comas-Pont arquitectes
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Architects: Comas-Pont arquitectes
- Area: 22 m²
- Year: 2020
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Manufacturers: Allplan
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Professionals: Metàl.liques Olot
Can Sau. Emergency Scenography / unparelld’arquitectes
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Architects: unparelld’arquitectes
- Area: 113 m²
- Year: 2019
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Manufacturers: Modern Masters, Rajoleria Llensa, Rixaab
How to Build with Zero-Kilometer Wood? The Experience of The Voxel in Barcelona
Zero kilometer materials can be purchased locally, do not need to be transformed by large stages of industrial processing or toxic treatments and, at the end of their service life, they can be returned to the environment.
For example, wood from a nearby forest eliminates the need for long transfers, valuing local resources, and allowing architecture to lessen its environmental impact while committed to the landscape and context.
L+C House / Gabriel Montañés Arquitecto
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Architects: Gabriel Montañés Arquitecto
- Area: 1615 ft²
- Year: 2019
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Manufacturers: GRAPHISOFT, Bosch, Entrevigado estar, FERRVM, Fusteria Ruiz SL, +7
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Professionals: Barber Coll, s.l., Miquel Moll Mercadal
House Between Canopies / unparelld’arquitectes
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Architects: unparelld’arquitectes
- Area: 201 m²
- Year: 2020
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Manufacturers: Griesser, TBB
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Professionals: David Construccions i Restauracions, Cercle Gespromat
Refurbishment in El Farró / AMOO
E House / Gabriel Montañés Arquitecto
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Architects: Gabriel Montañés Arquitecto
- Area: 617 m²
- Year: 2017
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Manufacturers: GRAPHISOFT, Dornbracht, DuPont, -, Francisco Gomila, +9