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Das Bazucas e dos Elefantes
É crucial que a bazuca europeia não passe de uma pistolinha de pintura para disfarce de elefantes. Mais que tudo, terá de se tornar numa alavanca.
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Interview with Carola Merello
Where and when was this photograph shot? This photograph was shot at Siemens Pilot Paradigm Shift, in Bicocca area, Milan, Italy, in 2012. What were the conditions on site? The pictures were shot in Autumn, taking advantage of a soft and diffused light which muffled the contrast that is typical of this kind of spaces…
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Interview with Asier Gogortza
Where and when was this photograph taken? This was shot from the “Free Square” also known as the “pediment” at the Gehasto neighborhood, in a town called Itsasu (Lapurdi, Basque Country), in a January afternoon, in 2013. What were the conditions on site? It was a very cloudy day, but there was a lot of…
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Interview with Anna Positano
Where did you take this photograph? I took this photograph in London, within the Olympic site. This is the Copper Box by MAKE Architects and Populous. In front of it is Monica Bonvicini’s sculpture RUN. When was it shot? It was in early May 2012, before the Olympic games. What were the conditions on site?…
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Interview with Leonardo Finotti
Where was this photograph shot? In Icaraí-Grajaú, in the outskirts of the southern area of São Paulo, in Brazil. When? On November 3, 2011, at 10.28am. Is there any technical aspect of the photograph that you want to mention? The fact that the shooting was done in a helicopter brought some technical issues to light.…
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Eva
“So I think it is a reptile, though it may be architecture.” Mark Twain – “The Diaries of Adam and Eve” I’ve been meaning to write about that day for the past two years. The car stopped and I recognized her from afar. “I’ll be back at 3pm, ja?”, said the driver with such a…
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Gestation: “Royal Collections Museum” by Mansilla+Tuñón
Do you recall the first building that made you realize – in a very particular way – that it wasn’t just about the “project in the abstract, in drawings, but something more physical and tangible”? Emilio Tuñón: I recall that in the Zamora Museum, our first building. When we built the roofs of the museum…
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Gestation: “View House” by Johnston Marklee
Do you recall the first building that made you realized – in a very particular way – that architecture wasn’t just about ‘the project in abstract, in drawings, but something physical and tangible’ as Jonathan Sergison once said? The Hill House was perhaps our first project during which we were confronted with the concept of…
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Interview with Alastair Philip Wiper
Where and when did you take this photograph? This photograph was shot in a storage warehouse a CERN, Geneva, Switzerland, on May 15. 2013, at 10:36. How was the atmosphere there? Quiet, a bit dusty, mostly overcast as there was a big warehouse door open to the left of the picture and it was a…
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How many Barcelona Pavilions fit into Camp Nou?
I “You always want a perfect game” Lisbon, November 26th, 2008. The first few minutes of the Champions League game between Sporting CP and FC Barcelona. From the dugout, Pep Guardiola did not like what he saw. Thierry Henry – one of the quickest forwards in football history – had decided not to follow the…
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Entrevista a José Adelino Maltez (parte 3)
Gosta de dar aulas? É uma paixão, é uma paixão… Eu dava um tiro na cabeça se não fosse professor. Eu faço aquilo que quero, aquilo que sonho. É uma vantagem podermos praticar aquilo que é o nosso sonho e atingir o máximo daquilo que se sonha como carreira que é dar aulas. Aliás, eu…
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Entrevista a José Adelino Maltez (parte 2)
Crê que na Política – mais do que em outras áreas – o erro é difícil de assumir? Acredita que a sociedade perde quando não há abertura para assumir os erros? Provavelmente aqueles políticos que se dizem de consciência tranquila são os que erram mais. Sim, normalmente quando estão sujeitos a processos judiciais dizem sempre…
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Entrevista a José Adelino Maltez (parte 1)
O Keneth Robinson fala da “estúpida importância que se dá ao academismo que é considerado como uma marca-de-água do sucesso humano nas mais variadas áreas”. Penso ir de encontro com algo já defendido por si que é a quase obsessão – especialmente em Portugal – pelo doutorismo, particularmente quando se avalia agentes políticos. Eu sou de…
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Álvaro Siza Vieira e Oscar Niemeyer – Encontro na Casa das Canoas (2004)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwONeYJzjn0 Encontro histórico entre dois dos maiores arquitectos contemporâneos
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¡Bravo Oscar, bravo!
(A letter from another architect that I admire) sobre Oscar Niemeyer Danza cuando dibuja, baila cuando piensa y templa cuando construye Se nos ha ido Oscar Niemeyer. Y a su paso, a mí me gustaría decirle: “¡Bravo Oscar, bravo!” con las palabras con que le animaba Le Corbusier, que son las palabras con las que…
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The Euro Is Flat
The Euro Is FlatNo one put the things clearer than Krugman. If you still haven’t understood Europe’s problem, take 3 minutes to read this.
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Entrevista a ExtraStudio – “Caixas Negras”
Hugo Oliveira: Dizia Emilio Tuñon, pegando nas palavras de Richard Rorty sobre o mundo que “a arquitectura é muda. É muda e é inclusivamente como uma caixa negra.” é mais comum haver uma vontade dos arquitectos em se fazer ouvir e explicar as coisas que criam do que a existência de uma sociedade instruída que…
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