Description
Cristina Gamboa is a co-founder of the Barcalona-based architecture cooperative Lacol.
"We are constantly fighting with budgets, and are often left with what is absolutely necessary – a “pure” architecture. […] When the manzanas [Cerda’s urban grid for Barcelona] were built without architects this lead to a homogeneity, or even genericness, that we are comfortable with, maybe because of its lack of a specific aesthetic narrative."
Episode References:
John Habraken – frameworks of mass support
Lucien Kroll
Frei Otto
Francesc Rius – Coll De Portell Housing
Alfons Soldevila – Casa Mas Ram
Scaffold is an Architecture Foundation production, hosted by Matthew Blunderfield.
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Phineas Harper develops cultural programmes that engage broad audiences with architecture and design. A regular contributor to The Guardian and former Chief Executive of Open City, their career spans criticism, curation, education, youth engagement, journalism and sculpture.
"I see my work as...
Published 04/18/24
This episode originally aired in April 2022; Scaffold will be back with a new episode next week.
Asif Khan is a designer of buildings, landscapes, exhibitions and installations.
“It’s helpful sometimes to think that architecture is made up. All of this cannon, all of this writing, all of this...
Published 04/03/24