El Croquis Blog — Entrevista

Protected Public Housing, An Alternative Model. A Conversation with Cris Ballester and Carles Oliver,by Liliana Obal Text published in El Croquis 219 IBAVI 2019 2023    Liliana Obal: In the project you are undertaking at IBAVI, political and social goals seem to come together, and this impulse has made it possible to align architectural reflection with policies and their management. It cannot have been easy to achieve your goals and the change in model you propose. How did this experiment begin? What was its starting point?Cristina Ballester: I arrived at IBAVI as managing director in August 2019, at a time when the...

How Fiction Works.A Conversation with Eduardo Souto de Moura by Inmaculada Maluenda y Enrique Encabo Text published in El Croquis 218 Eduardo Souto de Moura 2015 2023  My family lived behind that grove of trees in the distance, heading towards the centre of town. The Italian School of Porto, where I studied, was nearby, and so was the pavilion where I’d go to watch the field hockey games against Spain. In summer, we’d go down to the beach at the mouth of the Douro; the water is so cold there that it’s like a gin and tonic. We’d have picnics there and my father,...

Tectonics and History:A Conversation with Amin Taha by Cristina Díaz Moreno y Efrén García Grinda Text published in El Croquis 217 [II] Groupwork 2012 2022 Cristina Díaz Moreno & Efrén García Grinda: Often the beginnings of the careers define the aspirations, ambitions and motivations of later work, especially in a place as peculiar and competitive as London, where one most often starts out working for others. In your case, are you able to identify the origins of your story as an architect?Amin Taha: We graduate from architecture school, go from one practice to another, and each office has its own 'style'&mdashthat is to say,...

Phot.: Jesús Granada. The Creative ProcessA Conversation with Héctor Barroso by Hugo Sánchez Text published in El Croquis 213 Taller Héctor Barroso 2015 2022   Hugo Sánchez: I met Héctor Barroso a little over 15 years ago at the Anáhuac University School of Architecture in Mexico City. Some time later, our connection resumed in a professional capacity. Over the years, Héctor has invited us to collaborate with the landscaping for quite a few of his projects, which has allowed me to get involved with the design process of his work, each time further strengthening our friendship, whose roots are thus embedded in his...

Refugio para Artistas en Pittugala. Obra publicada en El Croquis 212 Palinda Kannangara 2005 2022. Fot.: Jesús Granada. The Visceral Qualities of ArchitectureA Conversation with Palinda Kannangara by Richard Murphy Text published in El Croquis 212 Palinda Kannangara 2005 2022   Richard Murphy: I want to inevitably start off with your origins. As you know, some very interesting architects don’t necessarily start off wanting to be architects. I read in Anura Ratnavibhushana’s essay for this issue of El Croquis that you were a maths-inclined boy at school. And I know Geoffrey (Bawa) went to law school. First of all, how relevant has...