<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Pathos — Lisandro Aloi]]></title><description><![CDATA[Architecture, cities, art, and thoughts. Critical notes from the Río de la Plata by multidisciplinary architect Lisandro Aloi.]]></description><link>https://www.pathospractice.com</link><image><url>https://www.pathospractice.com/img/substack.png</url><title>Pathos — Lisandro Aloi</title><link>https://www.pathospractice.com</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 11 Nov 2026 13:24:33 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.pathospractice.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[Lisandro Aloi]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[pathospractice@substack.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[pathospractice@substack.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[Lisandro Aloi]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[Lisandro Aloi]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[pathospractice@substack.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[pathospractice@substack.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[Lisandro Aloi]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[Pathos 04 · Una escuela sin sede: AIA International]]></title><description><![CDATA[En el AIA International, una nueva arquitectura que se niega a ser internacional]]></description><link>https://www.pathospractice.com/p/una-escuela-sin-sede</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.pathospractice.com/p/una-escuela-sin-sede</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisandro Aloi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 14:55:43 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/a8206772-e96d-47df-9eaa-fb6a94bf3b5a_2400x1600.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>Se me ocurri&#243; llamar escuela sin sede a lo que verifico en estas conferencias: no tiene aula ni edificio propio, se arma cada a&#241;o en otra ciudad y se aprende caminando, de Dub&#225;i a Londres, Ciudad de M&#233;xico, Hong Kong y, en unos d&#237;as, El Cairo. La arquitectura &#171;moderna&#187; que todos estudiamos y de la que nos enamoramos tom&#243; el mundo con verdades universales, despu&#233;s se ramific&#243; en caminos tan variados como las ciudades del mundo y, a fuerza de repetirse a s&#237; misma, empez&#243; a achatar las culturas y a perder autenticidad. Hoy, en todos los pa&#237;ses y lugares a los que voy, veo un movimiento que pone en valor la cultura local (hay quienes nunca dejaron de hacerlo). Ah&#237; hay una nueva escuela internacional: una nueva arquitectura internacional que lo que menos quiere es ser internacional, que busca que cada lugar ponga en valor su cultura, sus materiales y su propia historia. Para m&#237;, las conferencias del AIA International son un excelente lugar para verla aflorar y escuchar a grandes maestros de esa b&#250;squeda. Si en Pathos 01 me pregunt&#233; si hay una escuela argentina, ac&#225; la pregunta se da vuelta, o se reformula: &#191;hay una nueva escuela internacional que precisamente se opone a serlo?</em></p><p>A pocos d&#237;as de viajar a la conferencia del AIA en El Cairo, pens&#233; que era un buen momento para compartir un poco mi recorrido por esa instituci&#243;n. Ya puedo anticipar que uno de mis pr&#243;ximos Pathos va a ser nada m&#225;s y nada menos que sobre Egipto&#8230; &#191;y su nueva ciudad moderna? Qu&#233; raro suena eso&#8230; Seguramente sea el Pathos 05, salvo que antes se me cruce otro tema, porque siempre ando con varios dando vueltas en la cabeza; si no, ser&#225; el 06. Ac&#225; es AIA. American International Airlines&#8230; Dicho el chiste tonto y simple, me corrijo: American Institute of Architects.</p><p><em>Divulgaci&#243;n: soy Country Representative for Argentina, AIA International (el AIA es el American Institute of Architects). Escribo a t&#237;tulo personal: lo que sigue es mi opini&#243;n y no habla en nombre del AIA.</em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ov5p!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51b070ad-9143-4d20-ab9f-1f3fb1aee75f_2400x1600.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ov5p!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51b070ad-9143-4d20-ab9f-1f3fb1aee75f_2400x1600.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ov5p!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51b070ad-9143-4d20-ab9f-1f3fb1aee75f_2400x1600.jpeg 848w, 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><em>Como siempre, mi hija: es una tradici&#243;n familiar convertir estas conferencias en un viaje en familia cuando podemos. Una ni&#241;a alegre tira avioncitos en un piso tan alto que ni s&#233; la altura. Una ciudad m&#225;gica de fondo. Bah&#237;a de Hong Kong, octubre de 2024. Se ven el edificio del argentino C&#233;sar Pelli, tucumano como mi mujer (Two IFC, Pelli Clarke &amp; Partners, completado en 2003) y, del otro lado de la bah&#237;a, el ICC (International Commerce Centre, de KPF). Foto: Lisandro Aloi.</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>No hay mejor manera de aprender arquitectura que recorriendo los espacios. Todos los que estudiamos arquitectura o la practicamos tenemos una especie de disfrute extra en cada viaje, en cada recorrido por una ciudad nueva, o por la nuestra. Desarrollamos una especie de sexto sentido, el de sentir el recorrido, el desplazamiento de nuestro cuerpo por un espacio. Ojo, todos lo tenemos: ser&#237;a demasiado obvio y clich&#233; del ego de los arquitectos vernos como superiores&#8230; aunque lo somos. No digo que los arquitectos lo tengan y otros no, solo que nos entrenamos para saber por qu&#233; estamos sintiendo lo que sentimos en un espacio, un edificio o un lugar. La arquitectura es un arte superior y, por ende, somos superiores. Bueno, es una broma&#8230; pero no. Por lo menos la pasi&#243;n por los recorridos la confirmo cada vez que viajo.</p><p>Por eso voy siempre que puedo a las conferencias internacionales del AIA. Las recomiendo a cualquier colega que tenga la posibilidad, y sobre todo las que se hacen fuera de los Estados Unidos. Es la recomendaci&#243;n de alguien que ejerce principalmente fuera de ese pa&#237;s y que volvi&#243; de cada una con algo que no ten&#237;a cuando sali&#243;.</p><p>En 2020 viv&#237; un momento incre&#237;ble en mi carrera. En plena pandemia, y por la recomendaci&#243;n de un gran amigo, excelente profesional y compa&#241;ero de universidad, Marco Praga, tuve una entrevista por zoom con Jos&#233; Luis Salinas Oll&#233;, Country Representative de AIA International por Costa Rica, Honorary Fellow del AIA (Hon. FAIA) desde 2017, miembro del AIA hace m&#225;s de 20 a&#241;os y uno de los impulsores, si no el impulsor, del grupo de Latinoam&#233;rica. Estar&#233; siempre agradecido a los dos.</p><p>Jos&#233; Luis, adem&#225;s de un destacado arquitecto, pionero del desarrollo inmobiliario en su pa&#237;s y miembro en diversas ocasiones de la junta directiva de la C&#225;mara Costarricense de la Construcci&#243;n, es, ante todo, una gran persona y un mentor para m&#237;. Su carrera es incre&#237;ble, pero su persona y su pasi&#243;n por lo que hacemos la superan. Despu&#233;s de la entrevista me ofreci&#243; ser el representante de Argentina del AIA International, y acept&#233;, claro&#8230; pero sin ser muy consciente de lo incre&#237;ble de lo que me hab&#237;a pasado&#8230; hasta Dub&#225;i, en 2021, mi primera conferencia internacional del AIA. Como remate, coincid&#237;a con la Expo 2020 Dub&#225;i, la exposici&#243;n universal que por la pandemia se pospuso un a&#241;o y se realiz&#243; del 1 de octubre de 2021 al 31 de marzo de 2022, en un predio de 438 hect&#225;reas, con la participaci&#243;n de 192 pa&#237;ses.</p><p>La ciudad estaba llena de pabellones &#250;nicos que construyeron para la ocasi&#243;n, y hoy el predio sigue en uso como Expo City Dubai. Ya hab&#237;a ido a Dub&#225;i en otras dos ocasiones, y en otro Pathos voy a hablar de los Emiratos, pero la vi crecer. En mi recuerdo, el tren elevado terminaba en el medio del desierto, y ese a&#241;o llegaba hasta la ciudad de la feria: la extensi&#243;n &#171;Route 2020&#187; del metro, de 15 kil&#243;metros, desde Jebel Ali hasta la estaci&#243;n Expo 2020. Otro claro ejemplo de que al recorrer se aprende de una manera &#250;nica, y no solo una vez, sino volviendo a las ciudades despu&#233;s de un par de a&#241;os y viendo c&#243;mo mutan, c&#243;mo se expanden, c&#243;mo crecen o c&#243;mo se gentrifican. Gracias, Jos&#233; Luis, eternamente agradecido. Es un honor estar en el AIA.</p><h2>Recorrer no es ver</h2><p>Una foto, un plano o un render te muestran un edificio. Recorrerlo es otra cosa, es arquitectura en movimiento, es recorrido, es una experiencia multisensorial, si bien parece algo cursi&#8230; es literalmente eso. Caminar un edificio te cuenta una historia, te transmite c&#243;mo te recibe: qu&#233; sent&#237;s al entrar, si te sent&#237;s apretado o respir&#225;s espacio, si est&#225;s c&#243;modo o inc&#243;modo. Y si algo te incomoda, vale preguntarse si es un error o si el edificio quiere que circules. Donde hay un &#171;living&#187; armado con mobiliario, un lugar de descanso: &#191;es para relajarse o para estar unos minutos y seguir?</p><p>Esa es la carga emocional de un lugar, la que le da nombre a Pathos, en funci&#243;n de la carga de cosas que sent&#237;a y necesitaba decir: lo que una situaci&#243;n le hace al cuerpo. Se lee muy poco de una obra desde afuera, aunque uno se puede entrenar en predecir su recorrido con poca informaci&#243;n. Se entiende caminando, y una conferencia en una ciudad lejos de casa me puso a caminar con muchos autores al lado.</p><h2>Ver las voces del mundo</h2><p>Una conferencia as&#237; tiene una virtud que ninguna revista ni ninguna cuenta de Instagram reemplaza: ten&#233;s a los autores adelante, habl&#225;s con ellos, te cuentan an&#233;cdotas, les pregunt&#225;s cosas sobre sus obras o sus procesos creativos. No ves solo la foto de la obra, escuch&#225;s a quien la pens&#243; explicar qu&#233; buscaba, qu&#233; le sali&#243; mal y a qui&#233;n tuvo que convencer. Y despu&#233;s, en un recorrido o en un caf&#233;, pod&#233;s repreguntar cualquier cosa que te interese.</p><p>Una de las cosas m&#225;s lindas es la variedad de lugares en los que se hacen las conferencias del AIA International. Al hacerse lejos de los espacios que uno m&#225;s conoce, y al variar entre diferentes ciudades nodo del mundo, el mapa se da vuelta&#8230; salimos de nuestros surcos y crecemos exponencialmente. Lo que en casa le&#237;amos y estudi&#225;bamos como periferia de nuestras pr&#225;cticas pasa a ser el anfitri&#243;n. Por otro lado, no hay mejor manera de conocer las ciudades que con una excusa productiva, no tan solo como turistas o visitantes pasajeros.</p><p>Lo que m&#225;s me interesa es c&#243;mo los regionalismos, esas maneras de construir que nacen de una cultura, de un clima, de unos oficios y de una historia, dejan de ser una nota al pie de una obra publicada y toman protagonismo en todas las ciudades del mundo. Veo cada vez m&#225;s estudios que defienden, a trav&#233;s de su trabajo, la puesta en valor de las culturas donde ejercen la profesi&#243;n. No es folklore: una obra que no escucha el lugar donde est&#225; termina pareci&#233;ndose a cualquier otra y achata m&#225;s al mundo, que bastante castigado est&#225; por la era de la masividad y la globalizaci&#243;n. De esto me repito hablando en varios textos, y seguramente me siga repitiendo al respecto. Creo que, de todas maneras, el alma de los lugares siempre predomina.</p><h2>Lugar y no lugar</h2><p>En todas las conferencias a las que fui se va acentuando la tendencia a hablar de los edificios del lugar. Conviene explicar la idea, porque se usa mucho y muchas veces no de la manera correcta.</p><p>El antrop&#243;logo franc&#233;s Marc Aug&#233;, a quien cito una y otra vez, llam&#243; &#171;no lugares&#187; a los espacios de tr&#225;nsito donde pasamos sin quedarnos: aeropuertos, autopistas, grandes cadenas de hoteles, ciertos centros comerciales. Funcionan, pero nadie es de ning&#250;n lado, no hay historia que leer ni relaciones que se tejan. Un lugar, en cambio, es lo contrario: tiene memoria, identidad y gente que lo reconoce como propio. La pregunta que se hace en estas conferencias es qu&#233; hace que un edificio sea del lugar y no un objeto que podr&#237;a estar en cualquier ciudad. Es la misma pregunta que me hice en <a href="https://www.pathospractice.com/p/desaparecer-para-ser-visto">Pathos 02</a>, cuando escrib&#237; sobre museos: hay museos que parecen salidos del lugar donde est&#225;n y otros que aterrizan en &#233;l. Del Lucas Museum, en Los &#193;ngeles, dije que lo leo como un museo que aterriz&#243; en la ciudad, y del Louvre de Abu Dhabi, que entendi&#243; de qu&#233; estaba hecho el sitio.</p><h2>Un recorrido, en orden</h2><p><strong>Dub&#225;i</strong> (del 11 al 14 de noviembre de 2021) fue la primera conferencia a la que asist&#237;. Coincidi&#243; con la feria mundial, la Expo 2020, y fui solo. La conferencia se hizo en Concrete, dise&#241;ado por OMA, en Alserkal Avenue, un centro de usos m&#250;ltiples muy interesante a pocas estaciones del centro. Desde ah&#237; &#237;bamos todos los d&#237;as a recorrer distintos edificios y la Expo. Entre las obras que vi est&#225; el Pabell&#243;n de Bahr&#233;in, de Christian Kerez, que recorr&#237; con su socio local a cargo de la construcci&#243;n, que me cont&#243; muchos detalles de c&#243;mo montaron su estructura, &#250;nica. Despu&#233;s recorr&#237; por dentro el Pabell&#243;n de los Emiratos &#193;rabes Unidos, de Santiago Calatrava, que me pareci&#243; incre&#237;ble y me dispar&#243; una idea: podr&#237;a estar en cualquier lugar del mundo, una especie de no lugar. Los Country Representatives recorrimos los pabellones con miembros de los equipos de los arquitectos, que nos explicaban ellos mismos los conceptos. La Expo Mundial me sorprendi&#243; de tal manera que me promet&#237; ir a todas las que se hagan de ah&#237; en adelante. Y sin embargo me perd&#237; la de Osaka, en 2025.</p><p>Es verdad que los pabellones de esta feria son un mundo aparte, y si bien algunos son m&#225;s acertados que otros en representar a su pa&#237;s, parecen m&#225;s un parque de diversiones para arquitectos que edificios de un lugar&#8230; pero esa feria es un mundo aparte. Voy a tratar de ir a m&#225;s para profundizar sobre este tema. 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height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><em>Pabell&#243;n de Bahr&#233;in, Expo 2020 Dub&#225;i, 13 de noviembre de 2021. Arquitecto: Christian Kerez. Fotos: Lisandro Aloi.</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Entr&#225;s y las columnas inclinadas te obligan a decidir por d&#243;nde ir. No hay un camino marcado: cada paso cambia lo que ves, y entre el brillo del metal y las luces uno siente que atraviesa un material m&#225;s que una sala.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!I_OT!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcc185b83-9828-4455-8a80-37d6e741fd7c_2305x1600.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!I_OT!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcc185b83-9828-4455-8a80-37d6e741fd7c_2305x1600.jpeg 424w, 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height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><em>Pabell&#243;n de Finlandia (&#171;Lumi&#187;, o &#171;Snow Cape&#187;), exterior e interior, Expo 2020 Dub&#225;i, 17 de noviembre de 2021. Arquitectos: JKMM. Fotos: Lisandro Aloi.</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Un pasaje de madera que se curva hacia arriba y se abre a la luz en un solo punto. 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Arquitecto: Santiago Calatrava. Fotos: Lisandro Aloi.</em></figcaption></figure></div><p><em>Nota: las quise en blanco y negro para darles un aire futurista de la vieja escuela, como una Metr&#243;polis moderna de Fritz Lang. Calatrava, un genio.</em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Whdw!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa1ad6cc7-db2d-46e4-a2b6-e60831ad94a8_2400x1800.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Whdw!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa1ad6cc7-db2d-46e4-a2b6-e60831ad94a8_2400x1800.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Whdw!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa1ad6cc7-db2d-46e4-a2b6-e60831ad94a8_2400x1800.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Whdw!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa1ad6cc7-db2d-46e4-a2b6-e60831ad94a8_2400x1800.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Whdw!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa1ad6cc7-db2d-46e4-a2b6-e60831ad94a8_2400x1800.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Whdw!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa1ad6cc7-db2d-46e4-a2b6-e60831ad94a8_2400x1800.jpeg" width="1456" height="1092" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/a1ad6cc7-db2d-46e4-a2b6-e60831ad94a8_2400x1800.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1092,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1364082,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.pathospractice.com/i/222914257?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa1ad6cc7-db2d-46e4-a2b6-e60831ad94a8_2400x1800.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Whdw!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa1ad6cc7-db2d-46e4-a2b6-e60831ad94a8_2400x1800.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Whdw!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa1ad6cc7-db2d-46e4-a2b6-e60831ad94a8_2400x1800.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Whdw!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa1ad6cc7-db2d-46e4-a2b6-e60831ad94a8_2400x1800.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Whdw!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa1ad6cc7-db2d-46e4-a2b6-e60831ad94a8_2400x1800.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><em>Pabell&#243;n de Arabia Saudita, Expo 2020 Dub&#225;i. Arquitecto: Boris Micka Associates. As&#237; me siento ante el AIA: como un ni&#241;o mirando arquitectura que despega. Foto: Lisandro Aloi.</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>De noche el pabell&#243;n cambia de car&#225;cter: lo que de d&#237;a es una estructura liviana pasa a ser una silueta que flota. Es lo que dec&#237;a al principio, la misma obra recorrida a otra hora es otra experiencia.</p><p><strong>Londres</strong> (del 29 de septiembre al 3 de octubre de 2022) me dej&#243; la obra de Phil Coffey en 22 Handyside Street, que visit&#233; y fotografi&#233;. Me pareci&#243; espectacular. Coffey, que viene de la fotograf&#237;a, present&#243; esa obra en la conferencia, y me identifiqu&#233; enseguida con &#233;l. Charlamos en la fiesta de cierre acerca de la pasi&#243;n por la fotograf&#237;a&#8230; c&#243;mo estudiar fotograf&#237;a da mucha perspectiva a la pr&#225;ctica de la arquitectura.</p><div class="image-gallery-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;gallery&quot;:{&quot;images&quot;:[{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/127e2cb0-abbf-4355-aebe-d523b110a7c1_2400x1800.jpeg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/338a10d7-6807-4edc-99f2-b0b44bc4a452_1600x2400.jpeg&quot;}],&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;22 Handyside Street, Londres, 30 de septiembre de 2022. Arquitecto: Phil Coffey (Coffey Architects). Foto: Lisandro Aloi. 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Coal Drops Yard y Gasholders London, King&#8217;s Cross, Londres, septiembre de 2022. Arquitectos: Heatherwick Studio y WilkinsonEyre. Foto: Lisandro Aloi (ni&#241;o saltando agregado con IA).</figcaption></figure></div><p>Uno de los salones de la conferencia de Londres estaba en Coal Drops Yard, en King&#8217;s Cross: una antigua zona carbonera reciclada, sobre una plaza. Es parte de un master plan muy interesante, el de King&#8217;s Cross, desarrollado por Argent con plan maestro de Allies and Morrison y Porphyrios Associates, donde hay obras de David Chipperfield (One Pancras Square), Heatherwick Studio (el propio Coal Drops Yard), WilkinsonEyre y Bell Phillips, entre muchos otros. Los gas&#243;metros reciclados que se ven en la foto, hoy viviendas, son un claro ejemplo de esta nueva arquitectura que, siendo internacional, se niega a serlo. Pone en valor un lugar, aprovecha su historia y crea ciudad arraigada a la evoluci&#243;n del lugar. Un claro Lugar. Arquitectura internacional que brilla por no serlo.</p><p>Una fachada que se deja leer como una tela: el material trabaja con la luz del d&#237;a y cambia con quien pasa por adelante. Vale m&#225;s por lo que hace en la calle que por lo que se ve en la foto.</p><p>Desde la esquina la fachada se vuelve un patr&#243;n de paneles que cambia con el &#225;ngulo, y la figura que pasa le da escala. La obra se entiende en movimiento, no desde un punto fijo. No tengo fotos del interior, pero me llam&#243; mucho la atenci&#243;n c&#243;mo la inspiraci&#243;n de esta fachada fue el resultado lum&#237;nico en su interior, inspirado en c&#243;mo la luz pasa a trav&#233;s de las hojas de los &#225;rboles, y no el resultado est&#233;tico de la fachada, si bien lo interesante de ella est&#225; a la vista. Comparti&#243; su b&#250;squeda como fot&#243;grafo con esta observaci&#243;n, y de ah&#237; pas&#243; a la investigaci&#243;n de la fachada de este edificio.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Utxz!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9e2ded43-7461-4af7-9416-9df3eb6c0548_2400x1600.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Utxz!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9e2ded43-7461-4af7-9416-9df3eb6c0548_2400x1600.jpeg 424w, 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><em>Una calle de Londres, camino a la sede de la conferencia, 4 de octubre de 2022. Foto: Lisandro Aloi.</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>La eleg&#237; como referencia de las charlas informales que pasan alrededor de la conferencia, en la calle, en un caf&#233;, de camino a la pr&#243;xima charla.</p><p>De esa conferencia me qued&#243; otra cosa, que tiene que ver con recorrer. El 2 de octubre de 2022 escuch&#233; a la arquitecta Deborah Saunt, de DSDHA, hablar de su trabajo de espacio p&#250;blico en Broadgate, en la City de Londres; el t&#237;tulo de la charla era &#171;Exchange Square&#187;. Lo cuento como lo recuerdo, de memoria: usaron im&#225;genes de c&#225;maras de seguridad para estudiar el flujo de gente y el recorrido por una plaza entre edificios, y ubicaron los lugares de descanso a partir de esos flujos. Me pareci&#243; pr&#225;ctico, &#250;til y creativo para dise&#241;ar espacios urbanos en un tejido ya consolidado. Es una arquitectura al servicio del funcionamiento que ya existe, en un tejido complejo y cargado de historia, y no una que invade y cambia con prepotencia el uso chocando con la fluidez natural, sobre todo en un nodo de circulaci&#243;n atravesado en varias direcciones.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Xu9j!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fffcd47d9-37c6-41d2-a696-1f1d6f657564_2400x1800.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Xu9j!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fffcd47d9-37c6-41d2-a696-1f1d6f657564_2400x1800.jpeg 424w, 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><em>Diapositiva de la charla &#171;Exchange Square&#187;, Broadgate, Londres, 2 de octubre de 2022. Autor&#237;a: Deborah Saunt, DSDHA. Foto de la pantalla: Lisandro Aloi. Los derechos de la imagen son de DSDHA; se reproduce con fines informativos.</em></figcaption></figure></div><p><strong>Ciudad de M&#233;xico</strong> (del 2 al 6 de noviembre de 2023): el domingo 5 pas&#233; la ma&#241;ana recorriendo con algunos colegas la Biblioteca Vasconcelos, de Alberto Kalach, y el Centro Hist&#243;rico, sobre todo conversando y compartiendo ideas junto a alguien cuya identidad no conoc&#237;a. A la tarde fuimos a la conferencia, y ah&#237; result&#243; ser Jacob van Rijs, de MVRDV, que era uno de los que hablaban. En el camar&#237;n, antes de la charla, le dije algo as&#237; como &#171;&#191;Ah, vos sos vos? Me encanta tu trabajo&#187;, y nos empezamos a re&#237;r. Despu&#233;s dio una charla genial, muy inspiradora. As&#237; que gracias, Jacob.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MDbG!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3c201af7-f8f9-47c8-a352-353a555ac1cd_2400x1055.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MDbG!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3c201af7-f8f9-47c8-a352-353a555ac1cd_2400x1055.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MDbG!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3c201af7-f8f9-47c8-a352-353a555ac1cd_2400x1055.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MDbG!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3c201af7-f8f9-47c8-a352-353a555ac1cd_2400x1055.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MDbG!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3c201af7-f8f9-47c8-a352-353a555ac1cd_2400x1055.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MDbG!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3c201af7-f8f9-47c8-a352-353a555ac1cd_2400x1055.jpeg" width="1456" height="640" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/3c201af7-f8f9-47c8-a352-353a555ac1cd_2400x1055.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:640,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:769095,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.pathospractice.com/i/222914257?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3c201af7-f8f9-47c8-a352-353a555ac1cd_2400x1055.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MDbG!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3c201af7-f8f9-47c8-a352-353a555ac1cd_2400x1055.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MDbG!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3c201af7-f8f9-47c8-a352-353a555ac1cd_2400x1055.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MDbG!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3c201af7-f8f9-47c8-a352-353a555ac1cd_2400x1055.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!MDbG!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3c201af7-f8f9-47c8-a352-353a555ac1cd_2400x1055.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><em>Biblioteca Vasconcelos, exterior e interior, Ciudad de M&#233;xico, 5 de noviembre de 2023. Arquitecto: Alberto Kalach. Fotos: Lisandro Aloi.</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>El hormig&#243;n en voladizo te recibe antes de que entres, y la escala del volumen manda sobre todo lo dem&#225;s. Es una obra que pide ser recorrida y no solo mirada.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!I0a5!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F42f15a31-c21d-4f1c-91cc-5e6e43aaf9cf_2400x1800.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!I0a5!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F42f15a31-c21d-4f1c-91cc-5e6e43aaf9cf_2400x1800.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!I0a5!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F42f15a31-c21d-4f1c-91cc-5e6e43aaf9cf_2400x1800.jpeg 848w, 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height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><em>Jacob van Rijs (MVRDV) presentando su obra, Ciudad de M&#233;xico, 5 de noviembre de 2023. La imagen proyectada es de su estudio. Foto: Lisandro Aloi.</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Una charla muy inspiradora, con una pantalla llena de color detr&#225;s. Me record&#243; que la arquitectura puede ser alegre y efectiva sin dejar de ser seria&#8230; Suena contradictorio, pero hay mucho de l&#250;dico en la obra de su oficina.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1Q-z!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff10cdf57-054f-415e-bb91-cffbe83f92a4_3596x2697.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1Q-z!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff10cdf57-054f-415e-bb91-cffbe83f92a4_3596x2697.jpeg 424w, 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" 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Museo Jumex, Ciudad de M&#233;xico, noviembre de 2023. Arquitecto: David Chipperfield. Foto: Lisandro Aloi. (Man in Red agregado con IA)</figcaption></figure></div><p>Recomiendo recorrer Nuevo Polanco, que tiene varios edificios interesantes, pero quiero destacar especialmente este museo de Chipperfield. Todo el desarrollo se hizo reciclando una antigua zona industrial, y Chipperfield le dio forma a su volumen para honrar la historia del lugar.</p><div class="image-gallery-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;gallery&quot;:{&quot;images&quot;:[{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/dbd16703-c00a-4365-8ec0-c4ee0b5c4eb3_2699x3599.jpeg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/e224795d-fe38-45cc-a59b-355a7d4e92d5_2858x3811.jpeg&quot;}],&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Museo Jumex visto desde distintas direcciones, en contraste con la forma org&#225;nica del Museo Soumaya. Arquitectos: David Chipperfield y Fernando Romero. Foto: Lisandro Aloi.&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;staticGalleryImage&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/1d69f28b-0eb3-49b4-9b3a-8b952d33b01c_1456x720.png&quot;}},&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}"></div><p>El Soumaya tiene una forma muy interesante desde el exterior, pero el recorrido interior deja mucho que desear: est&#225; demasiado condicionado por la forma, y las obras se exponen sin buena luz, en salas mal resueltas.</p><p>Conoc&#237; a Marcio Kogan en el backstage antes de su charla, y fue otro de los momentos destacados de la conferencia. Como Country Representative de AIA International estaba en el sal&#243;n de atr&#225;s (era una conferencia con much&#237;simo p&#250;blico), as&#237; que pudimos compartir tiempo directamente con los oradores. Hablamos poco, y de cine, no de arquitectura, pero cada intercambio fue muy rico: es uno de esos artistas universales centrados en compartir una visi&#243;n. Adem&#225;s de su obra, mostr&#243; sus cortometrajes, que no hab&#237;a visto ni conoc&#237;a, y pens&#233;: OK, ahora entiendo otra raz&#243;n de su &#233;xito. Me hizo pensar en cu&#225;nto enriquecen a la arquitectura las b&#250;squedas paralelas, como el cine, la fotograf&#237;a o el dibujo. Y el protagonismo de la escena latinoamericana qued&#243; claro.</p><p><strong>Hong Kong</strong> (del 23 al 27 de octubre de 2024) fue incre&#237;ble. Habl&#233; con Oren Tatcher, principal de OTC, una consultora de planificaci&#243;n y dise&#241;o de aeropuertos y terminales, que el 24 de octubre dio la charla &#171;Hong Kong International Airport Terminal Design: Always Planning Ahead&#187;. Recuerdo que habl&#243; de otros proyectos incre&#237;bles en los que hab&#237;a participado su consultora, y sobre todo de c&#243;mo planificaban para el cambio.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hVJf!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F59c5012b-864f-4354-966b-030aef32723b_2400x1800.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hVJf!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F59c5012b-864f-4354-966b-030aef32723b_2400x1800.jpeg 424w, 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height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><em>Cloud 39, el sal&#243;n vidriado del piso 39 de The Henderson, sede de la conferencia del AIA International, Hong Kong, 24 de octubre de 2024. Arquitectos: Zaha Hadid Architects. Foto: Lisandro Aloi.</em></figcaption></figure></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cXAT!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffdb0e581-1e37-474c-96ee-58f643199678_1645x2193.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cXAT!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffdb0e581-1e37-474c-96ee-58f643199678_1645x2193.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cXAT!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffdb0e581-1e37-474c-96ee-58f643199678_1645x2193.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cXAT!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffdb0e581-1e37-474c-96ee-58f643199678_1645x2193.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cXAT!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffdb0e581-1e37-474c-96ee-58f643199678_1645x2193.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cXAT!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffdb0e581-1e37-474c-96ee-58f643199678_1645x2193.jpeg" width="1456" height="1941" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/fdb0e581-1e37-474c-96ee-58f643199678_1645x2193.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1941,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1075773,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.pathospractice.com/i/222914257?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffdb0e581-1e37-474c-96ee-58f643199678_1645x2193.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cXAT!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffdb0e581-1e37-474c-96ee-58f643199678_1645x2193.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cXAT!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffdb0e581-1e37-474c-96ee-58f643199678_1645x2193.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cXAT!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffdb0e581-1e37-474c-96ee-58f643199678_1645x2193.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cXAT!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffdb0e581-1e37-474c-96ee-58f643199678_1645x2193.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><em>Hong Kong desde el sal&#243;n de la conferencia, octubre de 2024. Dibujo amarillo: Lisandro Aloi. El cartel &#171;AIA&#187; de la torre es de la aseguradora AIA Group, no del American Institute of Architects. Foto: Lisandro Aloi.</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Torres de vidrio apretadas contra el agua. Dibuj&#233; encima porque a veces la forma de entender un lugar es dibujarlo, aunque sea paveando. El cartel de AIA del edificio nada tiene que ver con el AIA, pero era muy curioso que estuviera en primer plano desde el &#250;ltimo piso del edificio donde era la conferencia: un sal&#243;n incre&#237;ble, totalmente vidriado, con vistas a Hong Kong: Cloud 39, en el piso 39 de The Henderson, en Central, de Zaha Hadid Architects.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Zmwm!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F05dc8930-2cd9-466d-877d-f93929e6bb33_2400x1600.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Zmwm!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F05dc8930-2cd9-466d-877d-f93929e6bb33_2400x1600.jpeg 424w, 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Arquitectos: Zaha Hadid Architects. En el centro, Balloon Swan (Red), de Jeff Koons. Foto: Lisandro Aloi. La conferencia se hizo en Cloud 39, el sal&#243;n vidriado del piso 39 de este edificio.</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>A <strong>Sri Lanka</strong> no pude ir, y entiendo que fue muy buena. A <strong>El Cairo</strong>, en cambio, voy: ya tengo los pasajes para la conferencia del AIA International de este a&#241;o, &#171;Layers of Civilization&#187;, del 11 al 14 de noviembre de 2026, y voy a escribir un Pathos sobre ella. Se la recomiendo a quien pueda, aunque le quede lejos; la inscripci&#243;n cierra el 4 de noviembre, y el programa est&#225; en el <a href="https://www.aiainternational.org/2026-cairo-conference-overview">sitio oficial de la conferencia</a>.</p><p>Adem&#225;s de la conferencia, quiero conocer la Nueva Capital Administrativa de Egipto, en las afueras de El Cairo, una ciudad moderna creada de cero en el desierto. No figura entre los recorridos del programa publicado de la conferencia, as&#237; que la visita la quiero hacer por mi cuenta. Hay un monorriel que la conecta con el Gran Cairo, en servicio comercial desde mayo de 2026 con 16 de sus 22 estaciones.</p><p>Una aclaraci&#243;n para entenderla: no tiene un &#250;nico autor. El concepto inicial lo present&#243; SOM el 13 de marzo de 2015, para el Ministerio de Vivienda y un grupo inversor. Despu&#233;s el plan lo reelabor&#243; un consorcio de cinco estudios egipcios, conocido como UDC+5, y desde 2017 lo revisa y valida Dar Al-Handasah. El desarrollador es ACUD, una sociedad creada en 2016 que no es la que dise&#241;a. Seg&#250;n Dar Al-Handasah, abarca unos 715 kil&#243;metros cuadrados y prev&#233; 6,5 millones de habitantes hacia 2050. El Gobierno se mud&#243; en 2023 y la inauguraci&#243;n oficial como sede fue el 2 de abril de 2024. Entre sus obras est&#225; la Iconic Tower, de Dar Al-Handasah con Perkins&amp;Will, de unos 385 metros seg&#250;n sus dise&#241;adores.</p><p>Me fascina por una idea que tengo hace tiempo. En 1960 Kenzo Tange y su equipo proyectaron &#171;A Plan for Tokyo, 1960&#187;, publicado en The Japan Architect en abril de 1961 (seg&#250;n el resumen traducido en la revista Ekistics). Propon&#237;a reemplazar la estructura radial de Tokio por un eje c&#237;vico lineal sobre la bah&#237;a, con unos 5 millones de personas viviendo sobre el agua, en tierra ganada al mar o en plataformas sobre pilotes, para una ciudad que calculaba en 15 millones de habitantes dentro de 20 a&#241;os. No se construy&#243;. Lo que sigue es mi lectura y no la de ninguna fuente: a m&#237; me recuerda ese sue&#241;o de Tange, esta vez haci&#233;ndose realidad en el desierto. Voy con el entusiasmo de un viajero que quiere ver con el cuerpo lo que hasta ahora solo conoce por planos e im&#225;genes, y despu&#233;s contarlo ac&#225;.</p><h2>Quienes est&#225;n detr&#225;s de los arquitectos</h2><p>Estas conferencias son tambi&#233;n una oportunidad &#250;nica para aprender de los clientes, de las empresas, de la financiaci&#243;n y de la ingenier&#237;a de los procesos de ejecuci&#243;n, de todo lo que pasa detr&#225;s de cada obra grande. Hay veces en que los arquitectos, motivados por hacer obra, caen en manos de inversores y mecenas muy buenos, y otras veces en manos de inversores y empresarios oscuros o directamente inmorales. Ver estos grandes proyectos presentados por sus creadores deja mucho para leer en este aspecto. Ya hablaremos de la pol&#237;tica y la moralidad detr&#225;s de quienes financian las obras.</p><p>Hay algo m&#225;s que se aprende en esos d&#237;as y que casi nunca sale en las revistas: los inversores, o quienes est&#225;n detr&#225;s de los arquitectos, importan tanto como los arquitectos. A veces frenan proyectos geniales. Los buenos ayudan a que aflore lo mejor de un proyecto. Una obra grande es un trabajo de muchos, y mirar solo al autor es leer la mitad. Lo digo tambi&#233;n desde el otro lado: soy parte de un estudio de arquitectura y urbanismo que participa mucho en desarrollos inmobiliarios.</p><h2>Lo que me llevo del AIA</h2><h3>Estar informado y crecer en colectivo</h3><p>A t&#237;tulo personal, me parece excelente c&#243;mo organizan estas conferencias, y tambi&#233;n se aprende mucho en su estructura online, aunque mi participaci&#243;n es principalmente en las conferencias.</p><p>Mi opini&#243;n es simple. En un tiempo en el que toda la informaci&#243;n est&#225; a un clic, lo que no se consigue en pantalla es la exposici&#243;n: ponerse en un sal&#243;n, o&#237;r a gente que piensa distinto, recorrer una ciudad con quienes la construyen, dudar de lo que uno cre&#237;a. Crecemos mucho m&#225;s en colectivo que solos, y estas conferencias son una de las formas m&#225;s ricas que conozco de hacerlo.</p><p>Si pod&#233;s, and&#225;, ya sea a las de Estados Unidos o a las internacionales. Y contanos despu&#233;s qu&#233; viste, &#191;o a qui&#233;n te gustar&#237;a haber escuchado? Tambi&#233;n los invito a participar de los concursos que constantemente se anuncian y que dan pie a que muchos estudios j&#243;venes compartan sus b&#250;squedas.</p><p>Ac&#225; van algunas de las fuentes que consult&#233; al escribir esta nota, por si alguien quiere mirar m&#225;s de cerca:</p><p><strong>Fuentes</strong></p><p>Marc Aug&#233;, Non-lieux. Introduction &#224; une anthropologie de la surmodernit&#233; (Seuil, 1992); en castellano, Los &#171;no lugares&#187;. Espacios del anonimato. Una antropolog&#237;a de la sobremodernidad (Gedisa, 1993); en ingl&#233;s, Non-Places (Verso, 1995). <a href="https://www.seuil.com/ouvrage/non-lieux-marc-auge/9782020125260">https://www.seuil.com/ouvrage/non-lieux-marc-auge/9782020125260</a></p><p>Pathos 02, &#171;Desaparecer para ser visto&#187; (Lucas Museum, Louvre de Abu Dhabi): <a href="https://www.pathospractice.com/p/desaparecer-para-ser-visto">https://www.pathospractice.com/p/desaparecer-para-ser-visto</a></p><p>Programas oficiales del AIA International: Dub&#225;i 2021 <a href="https://www.aiainternational.org/2021-annual-conference-program">https://www.aiainternational.org/2021-annual-conference-program</a> (recorrido del pabell&#243;n de Emiratos con Calatrava International, 13/11) &#183; Londres 2022 <a href="https://www.aiainternational.org/london-2022-program">https://www.aiainternational.org/london-2022-program</a> (Phil Coffey, &#171;Captured Light&#187; (22 Handyside), 30/9; Deborah Saunt, &#171;Exchange Square&#187;, 2/10) &#183; Ciudad de M&#233;xico 2023 <a href="https://www.aiainternational.org/2023-mexico-program">https://www.aiainternational.org/2023-mexico-program</a> (Marcio Kogan, 3/11; Jacob van Rijs, 5/11; Biblioteca Vasconcelos, 5/11) &#183; Hong Kong 2024 <a href="https://www.aiainternational.org/calendar-upload/2024/10/24/aia-international-conference-2024-hong-kong-architectural-intelligence">https://www.aiainternational.org/calendar-upload/2024/10/24/aia-international-conference-2024-hong-kong-architectural-intelligence</a></p><p>Programa oficial de El Cairo 2026: <a href="https://www.aiainternational.org/2026-cairo-conference-overview">https://www.aiainternational.org/2026-cairo-conference-overview</a></p><p>Pabell&#243;n de Bahr&#233;in, Christian Kerez, Expo 2020 Dub&#225;i: <a href="https://www.archdaily.com/981501/pavilion-for-the-kingdom-of-bahrain-expo-2020-dubai-christian-kerez">https://www.archdaily.com/981501/pavilion-for-the-kingdom-of-bahrain-expo-2020-dubai-christian-kerez</a></p><p>Biblioteca Vasconcelos, Alberto Kalach: <a href="https://www.archdaily.com/98584/vasconcelos-library-alberto-kalach">https://www.archdaily.com/98584/vasconcelos-library-alberto-kalach</a></p><p>Lo de las c&#225;maras de seguridad lo cuento como lo recuerdo; el resumen oficial de AIA UK menciona &#171;CCTV footage, movement studies&#187;: <a href="https://www.aiauk.org/news/2022/a22-international-london-7-day-3">https://www.aiauk.org/news/2022/a22-international-london-7-day-3</a></p><p>Nueva Capital Administrativa de Egipto: SOM, &#171;Skidmore, Owings &amp; Merrill Leading City Planning for New Egyptian Capital City&#187; (13/3/2015), <a href="https://www.som.com/news/skidmore-owings-merrill-leading-city-planning-for-new-egyptian-capital-city/">https://www.som.com/news/skidmore-owings-merrill-leading-city-planning-for-new-egyptian-capital-city/</a> &#183; DG Tr&#233;sor (Francia), &#171;La Nouvelle Capitale Administrative&#187; (28/2/2018), <a href="https://www.tresor.economie.gouv.fr/Articles/2018/02/28/la-nouvelle-capitale-administrative">https://www.tresor.economie.gouv.fr/Articles/2018/02/28/la-nouvelle-capitale-administrative</a> &#183; Dar Al-Handasah, Iconic Tower (17/6/2021), <a href="https://www.dar.com/news/details/iconic-tower-tops-out-as-africa%E2%80%99s-tallest-skyscraper-">https://www.dar.com/news/details/iconic-tower-tops-out-as-africa%E2%80%99s-tallest-skyscraper-</a> &#183; Dar Al-Handasah, New Administrative Capital, <a href="https://www.dar.com/work/project/new-administrative-capital">https://www.dar.com/work/project/new-administrative-capital</a> &#183; Perkins&amp;Will, <a href="https://perkinswill.com/project/the-iconic-tower-and-central-business-district-new-administrative-capital-egypt/">https://perkinswill.com/project/the-iconic-tower-and-central-business-district-new-administrative-capital-egypt/</a> &#183; Wikipedia, &#171;The New Capital&#187;, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Capital">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Capital</a> &#183; Alstom, monorriel del Este del Nilo, <a href="https://www.alstom.com/press-releases-news/2026/5/new-era-smart-and-sustainable-mobility-egypt-commercial-service-begins-east-nile-monorail-transforming-urban-connectivity-across-greater-cairo">https://www.alstom.com/press-releases-news/2026/5/new-era-smart-and-sustainable-mobility-egypt-commercial-service-begins-east-nile-monorail-transforming-urban-connectivity-across-greater-cairo</a>.</p><p>Kenzo Tange Team, &#171;A Plan for Tokyo, 1960&#187;, The Japan Architect, abril de 1961, p&#225;gs. 8 a 38; le&#237;do en el resumen traducido por Charles S. Terry en Ekistics.</p><p>Expo 2020 Dub&#225;i y Route 2020: RTA (Dub&#225;i), comunicado del 22/5/2021, <a href="https://www.rta.ae/wps/portal/rta/ae/home/news-and-media/all-news/NewsDetails/al-tayer-dubai-investment-park-expo-stations-on-route-2020-to-open-on-june-1st">https://www.rta.ae/wps/portal/rta/ae/home/news-and-media/all-news/NewsDetails/al-tayer-dubai-investment-park-expo-stations-on-route-2020-to-open-on-june-1st</a> &#183; The National, 2/1/2021, <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/transport/dubai-metro-serves-four-new-stations-on-route-2020-1.1138877">https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/transport/dubai-metro-serves-four-new-stations-on-route-2020-1.1138877</a> &#183; Expo City Dubai, p&#225;gina de legado (192 pa&#237;ses) &#183; Wikipedia, &#171;Expo 2020&#187;, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expo_2020">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expo_2020</a></p><p>Pabell&#243;n de Finlandia (&#171;Lumi&#187;), JKMM, Expo 2020 (p&#225;gina oficial archivada): <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210905191850/https://www.expo2020dubai.com/en/understanding-expo/participants/country-pavilions/finland">https://web.archive.org/web/20210905191850/https://www.expo2020dubai.com/en/understanding-expo/participants/country-pavilions/finland</a> &#183; Entry Portals de Expo 2020, Asif Khan (Google Arts &amp; Culture); Two IFC (Pelli Clarke &amp; Partners, <a href="https://pcparch.com/work/ifc-hong-kong">https://pcparch.com/work/ifc-hong-kong</a>; CTBUH, <a href="https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/hong-kong/two-international-finance-centre/205/">https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/hong-kong/two-international-finance-centre/205/</a>); ICC (KPF, <a href="https://www.kpf.com/projects/international-commerce-centre">https://www.kpf.com/projects/international-commerce-centre</a>); Cloud 39, The Henderson (Zaha Hadid Architects), sede de la conferencia de Hong Kong, en el programa oficial de 2024.</p><p>Jos&#233; Luis Salinas Oll&#233; y listas de representantes: <a href="https://www.aiainternational.org/jose-salinas">https://www.aiainternational.org/jose-salinas</a> &#183; <a href="https://www.aiainternational.org/news-feed/2020/8/5/aia-ir-unassigned-members">https://www.aiainternational.org/news-feed/2020/8/5/aia-ir-unassigned-members</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pathos 04 · A School Without a Campus: AIA International]]></title><description><![CDATA[At AIA International, a new architecture that refuses to be international]]></description><link>https://www.pathospractice.com/p/pathos-04-a-school-without-a-campus</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.pathospractice.com/p/pathos-04-a-school-without-a-campus</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisandro Aloi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2026 14:54:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/da705e53-39d1-49a7-90e1-d89b467a454f_2400x1600.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>It occurred to me to call what I keep finding at these conferences a school without a campus: it has no classroom and no building of its own, it is assembled every year in a different city, and you learn it by walking, from Dubai to London, Mexico City, Hong Kong and, in a few days, Cairo. The &#8220;modern&#8221; architecture we all studied and fell in love with took over the world with universal truths, then branched into paths as varied as the cities of the world and, by dint of repeating itself, began to flatten cultures and lose authenticity. Today, in every country and place I travel to, I see a movement that values local culture (some people never stopped doing it). There is a new international school there: a new international architecture that wants nothing less than to be international, one that seeks for each place to value its own culture, its materials and its own history. For me, the AIA International conferences are an excellent place to watch it emerge and to listen to great masters of that search. If in Pathos 01 I asked whether there is an Argentine school, here the question turns around, or is reframed: is there a new international school that is precisely opposed to being one?</em></p><p>A few days before travelling to the AIA conference in Cairo, I thought it was a good moment to share a little of my path through that institution. I can already tell you that one of my next Pathos will be about nothing more and nothing less than Egypt&#8230; and its new modern city? How strange that sounds&#8230; It will probably be Pathos 05, unless another topic gets there first, since I always have several on my mind; if not, it will be Pathos 06. Here it is AIA. American International Airlines&#8230; Having made the silly, simple joke, let me correct myself: the American Institute of Architects.</p><p><em>Disclosure: I am Country Representative for Argentina, AIA International (the AIA is the American Institute of Architects). I write in a personal capacity: what follows is my opinion and does not speak for the AIA.</em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-dw1!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa6f18c58-b342-4fc4-84c7-10303a8db5e5_2400x1600.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-dw1!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa6f18c58-b342-4fc4-84c7-10303a8db5e5_2400x1600.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-dw1!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa6f18c58-b342-4fc4-84c7-10303a8db5e5_2400x1600.jpeg 848w, 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">As always, my daughter: it is a family tradition to turn these conferences into a family trip whenever we can. A happy girl throws paper planes from a floor so high I don&#8217;t even know how high it is. A magical city in the background. Hong Kong harbor, October 2024. You can see the building by the Argentine C&#233;sar Pelli, from Tucum&#225;n like my wife (Two IFC, Pelli Clarke &amp; Partners, completed in 2003) and, across the harbor, the ICC (International Commerce Centre, by KPF). Photo: Lisandro Aloi.</figcaption></figure></div><p>There is no better way to learn architecture than by walking through spaces. All of us who studied or practice architecture get a kind of extra pleasure out of every trip, every walk through a new city, or through our own. We develop a sort of sixth sense: feeling the route, the movement of our body through a space. Mind you, everyone has it: it would be too obvious, too much of a clich&#233; of the architect&#8217;s ego, to see ourselves as superior&#8230; even though we are. I am not saying architects have it and others don&#8217;t, only that we train ourselves to know why we feel what we feel in a space, a building or a place. Architecture is a superior art and, therefore, we are superior. Well, it&#8217;s a joke&#8230; but not really. At least I confirm my passion for walking routes every time I travel.</p><p>That is why I go to the AIA&#8217;s international conferences whenever I can. I recommend them to any colleague who has the chance, and above all the ones held outside the United States. It is the recommendation of someone who practices mainly outside that country and who came back from each one with something he did not have when he left.</p><p>In 2020 I lived an incredible moment in my career. In the middle of the pandemic, on the recommendation of a great friend, excellent professional and university classmate, Marco Praga, I had a Zoom interview with Jos&#233; Luis Salinas Oll&#233;, Country Representative of AIA International for Costa Rica, Honorary Fellow of the AIA (Hon. FAIA) since 2017, an AIA member for more than 20 years and one of the driving forces, if not the driving force, behind the Latin America group. I will always be grateful to them both.</p><p>Besides being an outstanding architect, a pioneer of real-estate development in his country and a member, on several occasions, of the board of directors of the Costa Rican Chamber of Construction (C&#225;mara Costarricense de la Construcci&#243;n), Jos&#233; Luis is, above all, a great person and a mentor to me. His career is incredible, but his person and his passion for what we do surpass it. After the interview he offered me the role of Argentina&#8217;s representative to AIA International, and of course I accepted&#8230; without being very aware of how incredible what had happened to me was&#8230; until Dubai, in 2021, my first AIA international conference. To top it off, it coincided with Expo 2020 Dubai, the world&#8217;s fair that the pandemic pushed back a year and that ran from October 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022, on a 438-hectare site, with 192 participating countries.</p><p>The city was full of unique pavilions built for the occasion, and today the site is still in use as Expo City Dubai. I had been to Dubai twice before, and I will talk about the Emirates in another Pathos, but I watched it grow. In my memory, the elevated train ended in the middle of the desert, and that year it reached the fair city: the &#8220;Route 2020&#8221; metro extension, 15 kilometers long, from Jebel Ali to the Expo 2020 station. Another clear example of how walking a place teaches you in a unique way, and not just once, but by returning to cities after a couple of years and seeing how they mutate, expand, grow or gentrify. Thank you, Jos&#233; Luis, I am eternally grateful. It is an honor to be part of the AIA.</p><h2>Walking is not looking</h2><p>A photo, a plan or a render shows you a building. Walking through it is something else: it is architecture in motion, it is a route, it is a multisensory experience; it may sound a bit corny&#8230; but that is literally what it is. Walking a building tells you a story, it tells you how it receives you: what you feel when you enter, whether you feel squeezed or breathe space, whether you are comfortable or uncomfortable. And if something makes you uncomfortable, it is worth asking whether it is a mistake or whether the building wants you to keep moving. Where there is a &#8220;living room&#8221; set up with furniture, a place to rest: is it for relaxing, or for staying a few minutes and moving on?</p><p>That is the emotional charge of a place, the one that gives Pathos its name, born of the load of things I felt and needed to say: what a situation does to the body. You read very little of a work from the outside, although you can train yourself to predict its route from little information. You understand it by walking, and a conference in a city far from home set me walking with many authors at my side.</p><h2>Seeing the voices of the world</h2><p>A conference like this has a virtue that no magazine and no Instagram account can replace: the authors are right in front of you, you talk with them, they tell you anecdotes, you ask them about their works or their creative processes. You don&#8217;t just see the photo of the work; you hear the person who conceived it explain what they were after, what went wrong and whom they had to convince. And afterwards, on a tour or over coffee, you can follow up on anything that interests you.</p><p>One of the loveliest things is the variety of places where the AIA International conferences are held. Because they happen far from the spaces we know best, and move between different hub cities of the world, the map turns upside down&#8230; we step out of our furrows and grow exponentially. What at home we read and studied as the periphery of our practices becomes the host. Besides, there is no better way to get to know cities than with a productive excuse, not only as tourists or passing visitors.</p><p>What interests me most is how regionalisms, those ways of building that are born of a culture, a climate, certain crafts and a history, stop being a footnote to a published work and take center stage in cities all over the world. I see more and more studios that defend, through their work, the value of the cultures where they practice. It is not folklore: a work that does not listen to the place where it stands ends up looking like any other and flattens the world even more, a world already battered enough by the era of mass production and globalization. I keep repeating myself about this in several texts, and I will probably keep repeating myself. I believe, in any case, that the soul of places always prevails.</p><h2>Place and non-place</h2><p>At every conference I have attended, the tendency to talk about buildings of their place has grown stronger. The idea is worth explaining, because it is used a lot and often not correctly.</p><p>The French anthropologist Marc Aug&#233;, whom I cite again and again, called &#8220;non-places&#8221; the spaces of transit we pass through without staying: airports, highways, big hotel chains, certain shopping centers. They work, but nobody is from anywhere, there is no history to read and no relationships being woven. A place, on the other hand, is the opposite: it has memory, identity and people who recognize it as their own. The question these conferences ask is what makes a building belong to its place rather than be an object that could stand in any city. It is the same question I asked in <a href="https://www.pathospractice.com/p/disappearing-to-be-seen">Pathos 02</a>, when I wrote about museums: some museums seem to grow out of the place where they stand, and others land on it. Of the Lucas Museum in Los Angeles, I said I read it as a museum that landed on the city, and of the Louvre Abu Dhabi, that it understood what the site was made of.</p><h2>A journey, in order</h2><p><strong>Dubai</strong> (November 11 to 14, 2021) was the first conference I attended. It coincided with the world&#8217;s fair, Expo 2020, and I went alone. The conference was held at Concrete, designed by OMA, in Alserkal Avenue, a very interesting multi-use center a few stations from downtown. From there we would ride daily to different buildings and to the Expo. Among the works I saw was the Bahrain Pavilion, by Christian Kerez, which I walked through with his local partner in charge of the construction, who shared many details about how they assembled its unique structure. Then I toured the inside of the UAE Pavilion by Santiago Calatrava, which I found incredible, and which triggered a thought: it could be anywhere in the world, a kind of non-place. We country representatives went through the pavilions with members of the architects&#8217; teams, who explained the concepts themselves. The World Expo surprised me so much that I promised myself I would go to every one from then on. And yet I missed Osaka, in 2025.</p><p>It is true that the pavilions at this fair are a world of their own, and while some are more successful than others at representing their country, they feel more like an amusement park for architects than buildings of a place&#8230; but that fair is a world of its own. I will try to go to more of them to dig deeper into this. For me it was a double impact, my first AIA conference and the world&#8217;s fair, which put me in an intellectual &#8220;doble nelson&#8221; (Argentine slang, after the wrestling hold: it knocked me out intellectually, in a good way).</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XCQa!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F35e48bd2-61a0-42b9-a297-04a6c91255f8_2400x833.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XCQa!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F35e48bd2-61a0-42b9-a297-04a6c91255f8_2400x833.jpeg 424w, 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Architect: Christian Kerez. Photos: Lisandro Aloi.</figcaption></figure></div><p>You walk in and the leaning columns force you to decide which way to go. There is no marked path: every step changes what you see, and between the gleam of the metal and the lights you feel you are passing through a material rather than a room.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BxwU!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Feecaf98e-cae0-4535-b6d8-9cb894fb7c93_2305x1600.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!BxwU!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Feecaf98e-cae0-4535-b6d8-9cb894fb7c93_2305x1600.jpeg 424w, 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Architects: JKMM. Photos: Lisandro Aloi.</figcaption></figure></div><p>A wooden passage that curves upward and opens to the light at a single point. It is the kind of space where the body understands where to go without a sign or an arrow.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WSky!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc48753d4-613d-4798-90b5-d27efd1b244d_2172x1600.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WSky!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc48753d4-613d-4798-90b5-d27efd1b244d_2172x1600.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WSky!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc48753d4-613d-4798-90b5-d27efd1b244d_2172x1600.jpeg 848w, 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height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">One of the Expo 2020 Dubai Entry Portals, by Asif Khan, November 17, 2021. Photos: Lisandro Aloi.</figcaption></figure></div><p>A mesh skin that filters the light and a single figure crossing. At that scale the person becomes the measure of the space, and their shadow on the floor, part of the architecture. This is a work that is international and local at once; it shows the vision and ambition of this city&#8230; it seems designed for an eternal sun.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8ktz!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F95615041-068d-46e7-826e-e81de21241dc_2400x1800.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8ktz!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F95615041-068d-46e7-826e-e81de21241dc_2400x1800.jpeg 424w, 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Architect: Santiago Calatrava. Photos: Lisandro Aloi.</figcaption></figure></div><p><em>Note: I wanted them in black and white to give them an old-school futuristic air, like a modern version of Fritz Lang&#8217;s Metropolis. Calatrava, a genius.</em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EoSo!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff8927e26-9675-449a-b452-6664dac87ef4_2400x1800.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EoSo!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff8927e26-9675-449a-b452-6664dac87ef4_2400x1800.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EoSo!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff8927e26-9675-449a-b452-6664dac87ef4_2400x1800.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EoSo!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff8927e26-9675-449a-b452-6664dac87ef4_2400x1800.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EoSo!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff8927e26-9675-449a-b452-6664dac87ef4_2400x1800.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EoSo!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff8927e26-9675-449a-b452-6664dac87ef4_2400x1800.jpeg" width="1456" height="1092" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/f8927e26-9675-449a-b452-6664dac87ef4_2400x1800.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1092,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1364082,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.pathospractice.com/i/222912372?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff8927e26-9675-449a-b452-6664dac87ef4_2400x1800.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EoSo!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff8927e26-9675-449a-b452-6664dac87ef4_2400x1800.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EoSo!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff8927e26-9675-449a-b452-6664dac87ef4_2400x1800.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EoSo!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff8927e26-9675-449a-b452-6664dac87ef4_2400x1800.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!EoSo!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff8927e26-9675-449a-b452-6664dac87ef4_2400x1800.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Saudi Arabia Pavilion, Expo 2020 Dubai. Architect: Boris Micka Associates. This is how I feel about the AIA: like a child watching architecture take off. Photo: Lisandro Aloi.</figcaption></figure></div><p>At night the pavilion changes character: what by day is a light structure becomes a floating silhouette. It is what I said at the start: the same work walked at another hour is another experience.</p><p><strong>London</strong> (September 29 to October 3, 2022) left me Phil Coffey&#8217;s work at 22 Handyside Street, which I visited and photographed. I found it spectacular. Coffey, who comes from photography, presented that work at the conference, and I identified with him right away. At the closing party we talked about our passion for photography&#8230; about how studying photography gives a lot of perspective to the practice of architecture.</p><div class="image-gallery-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;gallery&quot;:{&quot;images&quot;:[{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/2188d76e-9c96-4066-9f83-a9fabc77d49b_2400x1800.jpeg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/ae88c0c7-48ec-4254-869c-e2dbe040907a_1600x2400.jpeg&quot;}],&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;22 Handyside Street, London, September 30, 2022. Architect: Phil Coffey (Coffey Architects). Photo: Lisandro Aloi. 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Architects: Heatherwick Studio and WilkinsonEyre. Photo: Lisandro Aloi (kid jumping added with AI).</figcaption></figure></div><p>One of the London conference venues was Coal Drops Yard, in King&#8217;s Cross: a former coal yard, recycled, on a square. It is part of a very interesting masterplan, King&#8217;s Cross, developed by Argent and masterplanned by Allies and Morrison and Porphyrios Associates, with buildings by David Chipperfield (One Pancras Square), Heatherwick Studio (Coal Drops Yard itself), WilkinsonEyre and Bell Phillips, among many others. The recycled gasholders you see in the photo, now homes, are a clear example of this new architecture that, being international, refuses to be. It values a place, draws on its history and builds a city rooted in the way the place has evolved. A true Place. International architecture that shines by not being international.</p><p>A facade that reads like a fabric: the material works with daylight and changes with whoever walks past. It is worth more for what it does on the street than for what you see in the photo.</p><p>From the corner the facade becomes a pattern of panels that changes with the angle, and the passing figure gives it scale. The work is understood in motion, not from a fixed point. I have no photos of the interior, but I was struck by how the inspiration for this facade was the light it creates inside, inspired by the way light passes through the leaves of trees, and not the aesthetic result of the facade itself, although what is interesting about it is plain to see. He shared his search as a photographer through this observation, and from there moved on to researching the facade of this building.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-gYa!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff0484000-c360-4ea1-99d5-57a714826225_2400x1600.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-gYa!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff0484000-c360-4ea1-99d5-57a714826225_2400x1600.jpeg 424w, 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Photo: Lisandro Aloi.</figcaption></figure></div><p>I chose it as a nod to the informal conversations that happen around the conference: on the street, in a caf&#233;, on the way to the next talk.</p><p>That conference left me with something else, which has to do with walking. On October 2, 2022, I heard the architect Deborah Saunt, of DSDHA, talk about her public-space work at Broadgate, in the City of London; the talk was titled &#8220;Exchange Square&#8221;. I tell it as I remember it, from memory: they used security camera footage to study the flow of people and the routes across a square between buildings, and they placed the resting spots based on those flows. I found it practical, useful and creative for designing urban spaces in an established fabric. It is an architecture at the service of how things already work, in a complex fabric loaded with history, and not one that invades and arrogantly changes the use, clashing with the natural flow, especially in a circulation hub crossed in several directions.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1kJd!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F13294303-e2ba-4448-8d33-c00383192229_2400x1800.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1kJd!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F13294303-e2ba-4448-8d33-c00383192229_2400x1800.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1kJd!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F13294303-e2ba-4448-8d33-c00383192229_2400x1800.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1kJd!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F13294303-e2ba-4448-8d33-c00383192229_2400x1800.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1kJd!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F13294303-e2ba-4448-8d33-c00383192229_2400x1800.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1kJd!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F13294303-e2ba-4448-8d33-c00383192229_2400x1800.jpeg" width="1456" height="1092" 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Slide from the talk &#8220;Exchange Square&#8221;, Broadgate, London, October 2, 2022. Author: Deborah Saunt, DSDHA. Photo of the screen: Lisandro Aloi. Image rights belong to DSDHA; reproduced for informational purposes.</figcaption></figure></div><p><strong>Mexico City</strong> (November 2 to 6, 2023): on Sunday the 5th I spent the morning walking with some colleagues through the Vasconcelos Library, by Alberto Kalach, and the Historic Center, mostly talking and sharing thoughts alongside someone whose identity I did not know. In the afternoon we went to the conference, and there it turned out he was Jacob van Rijs, of MVRDV, one of the speakers. Backstage, before the talk, I said something like &#8220;Oh, so you&#8217;re <em>you</em>? I love your work&#8221;, and we started laughing. Then he gave a great, very inspiring talk. So thank you, Jacob.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bc96!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F10d84e19-3764-41bb-b44f-8935ff79e631_2400x1055.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bc96!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F10d84e19-3764-41bb-b44f-8935ff79e631_2400x1055.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bc96!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F10d84e19-3764-41bb-b44f-8935ff79e631_2400x1055.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bc96!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F10d84e19-3764-41bb-b44f-8935ff79e631_2400x1055.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bc96!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F10d84e19-3764-41bb-b44f-8935ff79e631_2400x1055.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bc96!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F10d84e19-3764-41bb-b44f-8935ff79e631_2400x1055.jpeg" width="1456" height="640" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/10d84e19-3764-41bb-b44f-8935ff79e631_2400x1055.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:640,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:769095,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.pathospractice.com/i/222912372?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F10d84e19-3764-41bb-b44f-8935ff79e631_2400x1055.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bc96!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F10d84e19-3764-41bb-b44f-8935ff79e631_2400x1055.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bc96!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F10d84e19-3764-41bb-b44f-8935ff79e631_2400x1055.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bc96!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F10d84e19-3764-41bb-b44f-8935ff79e631_2400x1055.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bc96!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F10d84e19-3764-41bb-b44f-8935ff79e631_2400x1055.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Vasconcelos Library, exterior and interior, Mexico City, November 5, 2023. Architect: Alberto Kalach. Photos: Lisandro Aloi.</figcaption></figure></div><p>The cantilevered concrete greets you before you enter, and the scale of the volume rules over everything else. It is a work that asks to be walked through, not just looked at.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zIt8!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7fe9ecb4-e30d-458d-bee1-0bdc77fe5a3c_2400x1800.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zIt8!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7fe9ecb4-e30d-458d-bee1-0bdc77fe5a3c_2400x1800.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zIt8!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7fe9ecb4-e30d-458d-bee1-0bdc77fe5a3c_2400x1800.jpeg 848w, 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height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><em>Jacob van Rijs (MVRDV) presenting his work, Mexico City, November 5, 2023. The projected image is from his studio. Photo: Lisandro Aloi.</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>A very inspiring talk, with a screen full of color behind him. It reminded me that architecture can be joyful and effective without ceasing to be serious&#8230; It sounds contradictory, but there is a lot of playfulness in his office&#8217;s work.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!FwZ1!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F68026388-de12-4fdd-b67f-49004d957e88_3596x2697.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!FwZ1!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F68026388-de12-4fdd-b67f-49004d957e88_3596x2697.jpeg 424w, 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Man in Red. Museo Jumex, Mexico City, November 2023. Architect: David Chipperfield. Photo: Lisandro Aloi. (Man in Red added with AI)</figcaption></figure></div><p>I recommend walking around Nuevo Polanco, which has several interesting buildings, but I want to single out this museum by Chipperfield. The whole development recycled an old industrial zone, and Chipperfield shaped his volume to honor the history of the place.</p><div class="image-gallery-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;gallery&quot;:{&quot;images&quot;:[{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/23a3d0b9-a5ed-48e7-aa1e-bc6b8f55aff0_1800x2400.jpeg&quot;},{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/a8b4f56c-22df-47a9-8b0f-8c478d7d211e_1800x2400.jpeg&quot;}],&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Museo Jumex seen from different directions, in contrast with the organic shape of the Museo Soumaya. Architects: David Chipperfield and Fernando Romero. Photo: Lisandro Aloi.&quot;,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;staticGalleryImage&quot;:{&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/819942cf-447a-48db-9b3e-55fba438b3d6_1456x720.png&quot;}},&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}"></div><p>The Soumaya has a very interesting shape from the outside, but the interior route leaves much to be desired: it is too conditioned by the form, and the works are displayed without good light, in poorly resolved rooms.</p><p>I met Marcio Kogan backstage before his talk, and that was another highlight of the conference. As AIA International Country Representative I was in the back room (it was a conference with a huge crowd), so we got to share time directly with the speakers. We spoke little, and about film, not architecture, but every exchange was very rich: he is one of those universal artists who are centered on sharing a vision. Besides his work, he showed his short films, which I had not seen or heard of before, and I thought: OK, now I see another reason for his success. It made me think about how much parallel pursuits, like film, photography or drawing, enrich architecture. And the prominence of the Latin American scene was clear.</p><p><strong>Hong Kong</strong> (October 23 to 27, 2024) was incredible. I talked with Oren Tatcher, principal of OTC, a consultancy for airport and terminal planning and design, who on October 24 gave the talk &#8220;Hong Kong International Airport Terminal Design: Always Planning Ahead&#8221;. I remember him talking about other remarkable projects his consultancy had been part of, and above all about how they planned for change.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!wFMI!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F486284a8-fc46-42c0-a8fd-3bb635a85045_2400x1800.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!wFMI!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F486284a8-fc46-42c0-a8fd-3bb635a85045_2400x1800.jpeg 424w, 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Architects: Zaha Hadid Architects. Photo: Lisandro Aloi.</figcaption></figure></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mOJu!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F55472ad2-0157-4801-87fc-7371982c3f13_1645x2193.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mOJu!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F55472ad2-0157-4801-87fc-7371982c3f13_1645x2193.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mOJu!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F55472ad2-0157-4801-87fc-7371982c3f13_1645x2193.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mOJu!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F55472ad2-0157-4801-87fc-7371982c3f13_1645x2193.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mOJu!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F55472ad2-0157-4801-87fc-7371982c3f13_1645x2193.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mOJu!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F55472ad2-0157-4801-87fc-7371982c3f13_1645x2193.jpeg" width="1456" height="1941" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/55472ad2-0157-4801-87fc-7371982c3f13_1645x2193.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1941,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:1075773,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.pathospractice.com/i/222912372?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F55472ad2-0157-4801-87fc-7371982c3f13_1645x2193.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mOJu!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F55472ad2-0157-4801-87fc-7371982c3f13_1645x2193.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mOJu!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F55472ad2-0157-4801-87fc-7371982c3f13_1645x2193.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mOJu!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F55472ad2-0157-4801-87fc-7371982c3f13_1645x2193.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mOJu!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F55472ad2-0157-4801-87fc-7371982c3f13_1645x2193.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Hong Kong from the conference hall, October 2024. Yellow drawing: Lisandro Aloi. The &#8220;AIA&#8221; sign on the tower belongs to the insurer AIA Group, not the American Institute of Architects. Photo: Lisandro Aloi.</figcaption></figure></div><p>Glass towers pressed against the water. I drew over it because sometimes the way to understand a place is to draw it, even if just doodling around. The AIA sign on that building has nothing to do with the AIA, but it was very curious to have it right in the foreground from the top floor of the building where the conference was held: an incredible, fully glazed hall with views over Hong Kong, Cloud 39, on the 39th floor of The Henderson, in Central, by Zaha Hadid Architects.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!k1gc!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa28460f7-3be0-4885-8880-e0ccb3fc1d49_2400x1600.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!k1gc!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa28460f7-3be0-4885-8880-e0ccb3fc1d49_2400x1600.jpeg 424w, 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" 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Architects: Zaha Hadid Architects. In the center, Balloon Swan (Red), by Jeff Koons. Photo: Lisandro Aloi. The conference was held in Cloud 39, the glass-walled hall on this building&#8217;s 39th floor.</figcaption></figure></div><p>I could not go to <strong>Sri Lanka</strong>, and I understand it was very good. <strong>Cairo</strong>, on the other hand, I am going to: I already have my tickets for this year&#8217;s AIA International conference, &#8220;Layers of Civilization&#8221;, from November 11 to 14, 2026, and I will write a Pathos about it. I recommend it to anyone who can make it, even if it is far away; registration closes on November 4, and the program is on the <a href="https://www.aiainternational.org/2026-cairo-conference-overview">official conference website</a>.</p><p>Beyond the conference, I want to see Egypt&#8217;s New Administrative Capital, on the outskirts of Cairo, a modern city built from scratch in the desert. It is not among the tours in the conference&#8217;s published program, so I plan to visit on my own. A monorail connects it with Greater Cairo, in commercial service since May 2026 with 16 of its 22 stations.</p><p>A clarification to understand it: it has no single author. SOM presented the initial concept on March 13, 2015, for the Ministry of Housing and an investor group. The plan was then reworked by a consortium of five Egyptian firms, known as UDC+5, and since 2017 it has been reviewed and validated by Dar Al-Handasah. The developer is ACUD, a company created in 2016 that is not the one doing the design. According to Dar Al-Handasah, it covers about 715 square kilometers and plans for 6.5 million inhabitants by 2050. The government moved there in 2023, and its official inauguration as the seat of government was on April 2, 2024. Among its works is the Iconic Tower, by Dar Al-Handasah with Perkins&amp;Will, about 385 meters tall according to its designers.</p><p>It fascinates me because of an idea I have had for a long time. In 1960 Kenzo Tange and his team designed &#8220;A Plan for Tokyo, 1960&#8221;, published in The Japan Architect in April 1961 (according to the translated summary in the journal Ekistics). It proposed replacing Tokyo&#8217;s radial structure with a linear civic axis over the bay, with some 5 million people living on the water, on reclaimed land or on platforms on piles, for a city it estimated would reach 15 million inhabitants within 20 years. It was never built. What follows is my reading, not that of any source: to me it recalls Tange&#8217;s dream, this time coming true in the desert. I am going with the enthusiasm of a traveler who wants to see with his body what so far he only knows from plans and images, and then tell you about it here.</p><h2>The people behind the architects</h2><p>These conferences are also a rare chance to learn from the clients, the companies, the financing and the engineering of the construction process, from everything that happens behind every large work. Sometimes architects, driven by the urge to build, fall into the hands of excellent investors and patrons; other times, into the hands of shady or plainly immoral investors and businessmen. Seeing these great projects presented by their creators leaves a lot to read on this front. We will talk another time about the politics and the morality of those who finance the works.</p><p>There is something else you learn in those days that almost never makes it into the magazines: the investors, the people behind the architects, matter as much as the architects. Sometimes they stop brilliant projects. The good ones help bring out the best in a project. A large work is the work of many, and looking only at the author is reading half of it. I say this from the other side too: I am part of an architecture and urban planning studio that is very involved in real estate developments.</p><h2>What I take from the AIA</h2><h3>Being informed and growing together</h3><p>Speaking in a personal capacity, I think the way these conferences are organized is excellent, and there is also a lot to learn from their online structure, although my participation is mainly in the conferences.</p><p>My opinion is simple. At a time when all information is a click away, what you cannot get on a screen is exposure: putting yourself in a room, hearing people who think differently, walking a city with those who build it, doubting what you believed. We grow much more together than alone, and these conferences are one of the richest ways I know to do it.</p><p>If you can, go, whether to the ones in the United States or the international ones. And tell us afterwards what you saw, or whom you would have liked to hear. I also invite you to take part in the competitions that are constantly announced, which give many young studios the chance to share their searches.</p><p>Here are some of the sources I consulted while writing this piece, in case anyone wants to look more closely:</p><p><strong>Sources</strong></p><p>Marc Aug&#233;, Non-lieux. Introduction &#224; une anthropologie de la surmodernit&#233; (Seuil, 1992); in English, Non-Places: Introduction to an Anthropology of Supermodernity (Verso, 1995); in Spanish, Los &#171;no lugares&#187;. Espacios del anonimato (Gedisa, 1993): <a href="https://www.seuil.com/ouvrage/non-lieux-marc-auge/9782020125260">https://www.seuil.com/ouvrage/non-lieux-marc-auge/9782020125260</a></p><p>Pathos 02, &#8220;Disappearing to Be Seen&#8221; (Lucas Museum, Louvre Abu Dhabi): <a href="https://www.pathospractice.com/p/disappearing-to-be-seen">https://www.pathospractice.com/p/disappearing-to-be-seen</a></p><p>Official AIA International programs: Dubai 2021 <a href="https://www.aiainternational.org/2021-annual-conference-program">https://www.aiainternational.org/2021-annual-conference-program</a> (UAE Pavilion tour with Calatrava International, 11/13) &#183; London 2022 <a href="https://www.aiainternational.org/london-2022-program">https://www.aiainternational.org/london-2022-program</a> (Phil Coffey, &#8220;Captured Light&#8221; (22 Handyside), 9/30; Deborah Saunt, &#8220;Exchange Square&#8221;, 10/2) &#183; Mexico City 2023 <a href="https://www.aiainternational.org/2023-mexico-program">https://www.aiainternational.org/2023-mexico-program</a> (Marcio Kogan, 11/3; Jacob van Rijs, 11/5; Vasconcelos Library, 11/5) &#183; Hong Kong 2024 <a href="https://www.aiainternational.org/calendar-upload/2024/10/24/aia-international-conference-2024-hong-kong-architectural-intelligence">https://www.aiainternational.org/calendar-upload/2024/10/24/aia-international-conference-2024-hong-kong-architectural-intelligence</a></p><p>Official Cairo 2026 program: <a href="https://www.aiainternational.org/2026-cairo-conference-overview">https://www.aiainternational.org/2026-cairo-conference-overview</a></p><p>Bahrain Pavilion, Christian Kerez, Expo 2020 Dubai: <a href="https://www.archdaily.com/981501/pavilion-for-the-kingdom-of-bahrain-expo-2020-dubai-christian-kerez">https://www.archdaily.com/981501/pavilion-for-the-kingdom-of-bahrain-expo-2020-dubai-christian-kerez</a></p><p>Vasconcelos Library, Alberto Kalach: <a href="https://www.archdaily.com/98584/vasconcelos-library-alberto-kalach">https://www.archdaily.com/98584/vasconcelos-library-alberto-kalach</a></p><p>I tell the security camera detail as I remember it; AIA UK&#8217;s official summary mentions &#8220;CCTV footage, movement studies&#8221;: <a href="https://www.aiauk.org/news/2022/a22-international-london-7-day-3">https://www.aiauk.org/news/2022/a22-international-london-7-day-3</a></p><p>Egypt&#8217;s New Administrative Capital: SOM, &#8220;Skidmore, Owings &amp; Merrill Leading City Planning for New Egyptian Capital City&#8221; (3/13/2015), <a href="https://www.som.com/news/skidmore-owings-merrill-leading-city-planning-for-new-egyptian-capital-city/">https://www.som.com/news/skidmore-owings-merrill-leading-city-planning-for-new-egyptian-capital-city/</a> &#183; DG Tr&#233;sor (France), &#8220;La Nouvelle Capitale Administrative&#8221; (2/28/2018), <a href="https://www.tresor.economie.gouv.fr/Articles/2018/02/28/la-nouvelle-capitale-administrative">https://www.tresor.economie.gouv.fr/Articles/2018/02/28/la-nouvelle-capitale-administrative</a> &#183; Dar Al-Handasah, Iconic Tower (6/17/2021), <a href="https://www.dar.com/news/details/iconic-tower-tops-out-as-africa%E2%80%99s-tallest-skyscraper-">https://www.dar.com/news/details/iconic-tower-tops-out-as-africa%E2%80%99s-tallest-skyscraper-</a> &#183; Dar Al-Handasah, New Administrative Capital, <a href="https://www.dar.com/work/project/new-administrative-capital">https://www.dar.com/work/project/new-administrative-capital</a> &#183; Perkins&amp;Will, <a href="https://perkinswill.com/project/the-iconic-tower-and-central-business-district-new-administrative-capital-egypt/">https://perkinswill.com/project/the-iconic-tower-and-central-business-district-new-administrative-capital-egypt/</a> &#183; Wikipedia, &#8220;The New Capital&#8221;, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Capital">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_New_Capital</a> &#183; Alstom, East Nile Monorail, <a href="https://www.alstom.com/press-releases-news/2026/5/new-era-smart-and-sustainable-mobility-egypt-commercial-service-begins-east-nile-monorail-transforming-urban-connectivity-across-greater-cairo">https://www.alstom.com/press-releases-news/2026/5/new-era-smart-and-sustainable-mobility-egypt-commercial-service-begins-east-nile-monorail-transforming-urban-connectivity-across-greater-cairo</a></p><p>Kenzo Tange Team, &#8220;A Plan for Tokyo, 1960&#8221;, The Japan Architect, April 1961, pp. 8 to 38; read in the summary translated by Charles S. Terry in Ekistics.</p><p>Expo 2020 Dubai and Route 2020: RTA (Dubai), press release of 5/22/2021, <a href="https://www.rta.ae/wps/portal/rta/ae/home/news-and-media/all-news/NewsDetails/al-tayer-dubai-investment-park-expo-stations-on-route-2020-to-open-on-june-1st">https://www.rta.ae/wps/portal/rta/ae/home/news-and-media/all-news/NewsDetails/al-tayer-dubai-investment-park-expo-stations-on-route-2020-to-open-on-june-1st</a> &#183; The National, 1/2/2021, <a href="https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/transport/dubai-metro-serves-four-new-stations-on-route-2020-1.1138877">https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/transport/dubai-metro-serves-four-new-stations-on-route-2020-1.1138877</a> &#183; Expo City Dubai, legacy page (192 countries) &#183; Wikipedia, &#8220;Expo 2020&#8221;, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expo_2020">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Expo_2020</a></p><p>Finland Pavilion (&#8221;Lumi&#8221;), JKMM, Expo 2020 (archived official page): <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210905191850/https://www.expo2020dubai.com/en/understanding-expo/participants/country-pavilions/finland">https://web.archive.org/web/20210905191850/https://www.expo2020dubai.com/en/understanding-expo/participants/country-pavilions/finland</a> &#183; Expo 2020 Entry Portals, Asif Khan (Google Arts &amp; Culture); Two IFC (Pelli Clarke &amp; Partners, <a href="https://pcparch.com/work/ifc-hong-kong">https://pcparch.com/work/ifc-hong-kong</a>; CTBUH, <a href="https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/hong-kong/two-international-finance-centre/205/">https://www.skyscrapercenter.com/hong-kong/two-international-finance-centre/205/</a>); ICC (KPF, <a href="https://www.kpf.com/projects/international-commerce-centre">https://www.kpf.com/projects/international-commerce-centre</a>); Cloud 39, The Henderson (Zaha Hadid Architects), Hong Kong conference venue, in the official 2024 program.</p><p>Jos&#233; Luis Salinas Oll&#233; and lists of representatives: <a href="https://www.aiainternational.org/jose-salinas">https://www.aiainternational.org/jose-salinas</a> &#183; <a href="https://www.aiainternational.org/news-feed/2020/8/5/aia-ir-unassigned-members">https://www.aiainternational.org/news-feed/2020/8/5/aia-ir-unassigned-members</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pathos 03 · Ruido y oficio]]></title><description><![CDATA[Del rollo de 36 tomas al prompt y de la carbonilla a modelos 3D, y de vuelta a la necesidad de decir algo propio]]></description><link>https://www.pathospractice.com/p/ruido-y-oficio</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.pathospractice.com/p/ruido-y-oficio</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisandro Aloi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 12:14:59 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c5eca230-9dd8-4097-aa78-3d14deda3a5e_3158x2169.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a 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height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Monumento al Libertador General San Mart&#237;n, detr&#225;s de la lluvia. Como los libertadores del pasado, opacados por el ruido, los fot&#243;grafos que dominaban c&#225;maras, lentes y qu&#237;micos a la perfecci&#243;n hoy quedan borrosos detr&#225;s de la lluvia de im&#225;genes. Buenos Aires, 2019. iPhone X. Foto: Lisandro Aloi</figcaption></figure></div><p><em>Por Lisandro Aloi</em></p><p>Siento una contradicci&#243;n al escribir esto en plena &#8220;revoluci&#243;n artificial&#8221;, un t&#233;rmino que nunca se me hab&#237;a ocurrido&#8230; aunque seguro alguien ya lo us&#243; en esta sobreproducci&#243;n de todo. Aun as&#237;, o justamente por eso, quiero escribir y repensar este tema que tantas veces medit&#233;. Uso estas herramientas cotidianamente.</p><p>Sobre el rollo de fotos de 36 estrat&#233;gicas y preciadas tomas que tantos a&#241;os us&#233; en tantas c&#225;maras distintas (colecciono, tengo m&#225;s de 100), reemplazado por tarjetas que tienen miles de fotos digitales, o la cantidad de recursos que gast&#233; en copias de fotos, las horas que pas&#233; repitiendo escalas, ejercicios y repasos mil veces antes de entrar a un estudio de grabaci&#243;n. No desde la nostalgia, o no solo, sino esta vez con una sospecha optimista: creo que estamos corrigiendo el rumbo.</p><p>Esta es mi tercera nota en Pathos. Es m&#225;s personal, y recorre la fotograf&#237;a, el dibujo, la pintura, la m&#250;sica y la arquitectura, porque en todas vi pasar lo mismo: un camino hacia la masividad, a la repetici&#243;n, a la sobreproducci&#243;n, con much&#237;simo ruido, y veo una vuelta, de a poco, hacia el oficio.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GXzJ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0ed963f3-d12b-402e-ab84-308828208ad5_988x1400.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GXzJ!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0ed963f3-d12b-402e-ab84-308828208ad5_988x1400.jpeg 424w, 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stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><em>Una ni&#241;a asomada detr&#225;s de la puerta de vidrio, en blanco y negro.</em> La Habana, Cuba, 1998. C&#225;mara Nikkormat, lente Nikon 50 mm f 1:1.2, pel&#237;cula Ilford ByN FP4 125. Foto: Lisandro Aloi</figcaption></figure></div><h2>Treinta y seis tomas</h2><p>Empec&#233; a sacar fotos de muy chico, y en 1997, el mismo a&#241;o en que empezaba arquitectura, entr&#233; a la Escuela Argentina de Fotograf&#237;a, en Buenos Aires. Ah&#237; empec&#233; a estudiar a los grandes maestros y, claro, a copiarlos una y otra vez.</p><p>Buscaba el instante preciso de Henri Cartier-Bresson, ese que termin&#243; d&#225;ndole nombre a su libro de 1952, <em>Images &#224; la sauvette</em>, que en ingl&#233;s se public&#243; como <em>The Decisive Moment</em>: la escena que se ordena sola durante una fracci&#243;n de segundo, y que hay que estar ah&#237; para atrapar. Buscaba el coraje de Robert Capa, que no esperaba el momento, sino que se met&#237;a adentro, y a quien se le atribuye esa frase que todo estudiante de fotograf&#237;a repite: <em>si tus fotos no son lo suficientemente buenas, es porque no estuviste lo suficientemente cerca</em>. El humor de Elliott Erwitt, que encontraba un chiste en un perro, un charco o un cartel. La osad&#237;a de Robert Mapplethorpe, que mostraba lo que no se mostraba con una composici&#243;n casi cl&#225;sica. Y las secuencias finas, repetidas, casi obsesivas, de Bernd y Hilla Becher: tanques de agua, hornos, torres de extracci&#243;n, fotografiados de frente, bajo el mismo cielo gris, y ordenados en grillas como si fueran especies de un mismo herbario industrial. Por citar algunos&#8230; <strong>de fotograf&#237;a puedo escribir horas.</strong></p><p><em>Nota: &#8220;puedo escribir horas&#8221; mezcla el tiempo con la escritura, como si el texto fuera una charla.</em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!l9Rr!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F637cc4d7-1d88-44cd-a801-99d4ab07755d_1400x974.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!l9Rr!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F637cc4d7-1d88-44cd-a801-99d4ab07755d_1400x974.jpeg 424w, 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height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><em>Una calle de Londres en blanco y negro, de la &#233;poca del rollo y la luz medida a ojo. Londres, 2004. C&#225;mara Nikkormat, lente Nikon 50 mm f 1:1.2, pel&#237;cula Ilford FP4 125. Foto: Lisandro Aloi</em></figcaption></figure></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_2Di!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd1a3c8b-ea86-4ae0-a46d-b8613ab92851_1748x1163.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_2Di!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd1a3c8b-ea86-4ae0-a46d-b8613ab92851_1748x1163.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_2Di!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd1a3c8b-ea86-4ae0-a46d-b8613ab92851_1748x1163.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_2Di!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd1a3c8b-ea86-4ae0-a46d-b8613ab92851_1748x1163.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_2Di!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd1a3c8b-ea86-4ae0-a46d-b8613ab92851_1748x1163.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_2Di!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd1a3c8b-ea86-4ae0-a46d-b8613ab92851_1748x1163.jpeg" width="1456" height="969" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/cd1a3c8b-ea86-4ae0-a46d-b8613ab92851_1748x1163.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:969,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:368816,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.pathospractice.com/i/221833354?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd1a3c8b-ea86-4ae0-a46d-b8613ab92851_1748x1163.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_2Di!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd1a3c8b-ea86-4ae0-a46d-b8613ab92851_1748x1163.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_2Di!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd1a3c8b-ea86-4ae0-a46d-b8613ab92851_1748x1163.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_2Di!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd1a3c8b-ea86-4ae0-a46d-b8613ab92851_1748x1163.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_2Di!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcd1a3c8b-ea86-4ae0-a46d-b8613ab92851_1748x1163.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><em>Una mujer cantando en Hong Kong. Canta con un micr&#243;fono rojo en un paso bajo nivel de azulejos, junto a los carteles de Nathan Road.</em> Hong Kong, a&#241;o 2006. C&#225;mara Leica CL, lente 40 mm, pel&#237;cula Kodak Color. Foto: Lisandro Aloi</figcaption></figure></div><p>Para todo eso hac&#237;a falta un rollo. Y un rollo ten&#237;a 24 o 36 tomas. Una vez elegida la escena, se reflexionaba, se pensaba, se buscaba, se reencuadraba. Claro que hab&#237;a capturas de un momento que atrap&#225;bamos justo ah&#237;, <em>&#224; la sauvette</em>, al vuelo; pero inclusive para eso hab&#237;a que estar preparado: la c&#225;mara cargada, la luz medida (que, como todos los que estuvimos tanto tiempo con c&#225;maras en mano, ya puedo medir a ojo, sin usar el fot&#243;metro), la distancia del foco pensada antes de levantar el visor por si hab&#237;a que apurar la toma, y siempre primero y de fondo, algo que se transmit&#237;a en esa escena o alg&#250;n personaje que hab&#237;a llamado mi atenci&#243;n. Y despu&#233;s ven&#237;a lo m&#225;s caro. Revelar, hacer las planchetas de contacto, mirarlas con lupa, marcarlas de alguna manera o hacer listas de los cuadros seleccionados, elegir, copiar, ampliar. Cada paso costaba plata y tiempo. Nos tom&#225;bamos tiempo antes de sacar una foto, no solo por la b&#250;squeda, sino porque era muy caro no hacerlo.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PxfI!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F345d2b19-d2a3-4026-b71c-12079c0d9d88_988x1400.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PxfI!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F345d2b19-d2a3-4026-b71c-12079c0d9d88_988x1400.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!PxfI!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F345d2b19-d2a3-4026-b71c-12079c0d9d88_988x1400.jpeg 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><em>Reparando la pared. Un juego anal&#243;gico con proceso cruzado.</em> Beijing, China, 2006. En estas secuencias, me interesaba acercarme al cine, a una secuencia, a fotogramas seguidos. C&#225;mara Leica CL, lente 40 mm, pel&#237;cula diapositiva Kodak Ektachrome, proceso cruzado. Foto: Lisandro Aloi</figcaption></figure></div><p>Durante a&#241;os, adem&#225;s, hice procesos cruzados: revelar diapositiva en qu&#237;micos de negativo, buscar el corrimiento de color y el grano sin tocar un solo filtro digital. Era un error controlado, o no: cuando no sal&#237;a, se perd&#237;a el rollo. Ese riesgo era parte del m&#233;todo y me obligaba a decidir; por lo menos para m&#237;, era imposible seguir los procesos convencionales de copiado.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qyEu!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7d4e9a57-d22c-410e-b9f8-f33bde07cc26_988x1400.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qyEu!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7d4e9a57-d22c-410e-b9f8-f33bde07cc26_988x1400.jpeg 424w, 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><em>Otra de Beijing con proceso cruzado: lo anal&#243;gico jugando a parecer digital.</em> Beijing, China, 2006. C&#225;mara Leica CL, lente 40 mm, pel&#237;cula diapositiva Kodak Ektachrome, proceso cruzado. Foto: Lisandro Aloi</figcaption></figure></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2SaS!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc3eda660-d7df-4825-84c1-cc2b5825cca8_1800x1252.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2SaS!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc3eda660-d7df-4825-84c1-cc2b5825cca8_1800x1252.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2SaS!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc3eda660-d7df-4825-84c1-cc2b5825cca8_1800x1252.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2SaS!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc3eda660-d7df-4825-84c1-cc2b5825cca8_1800x1252.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2SaS!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc3eda660-d7df-4825-84c1-cc2b5825cca8_1800x1252.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2SaS!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc3eda660-d7df-4825-84c1-cc2b5825cca8_1800x1252.jpeg" width="1456" height="1013" 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><em>Una moto en las calles de Shangh&#225;i, una escena que parece de una novela futurista dist&#243;pica. Tambi&#233;n con proceso cruzado.</em> Shangh&#225;i, China, 1998. C&#225;mara Leica CL, lente 40 mm, pel&#237;cula diapositiva Kodak Ektachrome, proceso cruzado. Foto: Lisandro Aloi</figcaption></figure></div><p>Hoy cada persona tiene una c&#225;mara en el bolsillo, y eso tiene algo de bueno&#8230; y mucho de malo: las fotos ya no se eligen: se acumulan.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GgsB!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9607cd6e-eae9-4a1b-b56c-ba287b2b7cfe_988x1400.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GgsB!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9607cd6e-eae9-4a1b-b56c-ba287b2b7cfe_988x1400.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GgsB!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9607cd6e-eae9-4a1b-b56c-ba287b2b7cfe_988x1400.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GgsB!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9607cd6e-eae9-4a1b-b56c-ba287b2b7cfe_988x1400.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GgsB!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9607cd6e-eae9-4a1b-b56c-ba287b2b7cfe_988x1400.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GgsB!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9607cd6e-eae9-4a1b-b56c-ba287b2b7cfe_988x1400.jpeg" width="988" height="1400" 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srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GgsB!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9607cd6e-eae9-4a1b-b56c-ba287b2b7cfe_988x1400.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GgsB!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9607cd6e-eae9-4a1b-b56c-ba287b2b7cfe_988x1400.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GgsB!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9607cd6e-eae9-4a1b-b56c-ba287b2b7cfe_988x1400.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!GgsB!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9607cd6e-eae9-4a1b-b56c-ba287b2b7cfe_988x1400.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><em>Me voy. Es digital, pero la comparto porque tiene un criterio de fotograf&#237;a old school: la luz muy cuidada y cargada de simbolismo. La mujer se va y la luz le pega al irse; el hombre se queda mirando la pared.</em> Marrakech, Marruecos, 2008. C&#225;mara digital Canon 7D, lente Canon L 17-40 mm f/4. Foto: Lisandro Aloi</figcaption></figure></div><h2>La mano entrenada</h2><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!AsJm!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F076446c8-6cb3-4da9-9897-963c4b6f2e91_3744x2496.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!AsJm!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F076446c8-6cb3-4da9-9897-963c4b6f2e91_3744x2496.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!AsJm!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F076446c8-6cb3-4da9-9897-963c4b6f2e91_3744x2496.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!AsJm!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F076446c8-6cb3-4da9-9897-963c4b6f2e91_3744x2496.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!AsJm!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F076446c8-6cb3-4da9-9897-963c4b6f2e91_3744x2496.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!AsJm!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F076446c8-6cb3-4da9-9897-963c4b6f2e91_3744x2496.jpeg" width="1456" height="971" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/076446c8-6cb3-4da9-9897-963c4b6f2e91_3744x2496.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:971,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:2251971,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.pathospractice.com/i/221833354?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F076446c8-6cb3-4da9-9897-963c4b6f2e91_3744x2496.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!AsJm!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F076446c8-6cb3-4da9-9897-963c4b6f2e91_3744x2496.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!AsJm!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F076446c8-6cb3-4da9-9897-963c4b6f2e91_3744x2496.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!AsJm!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F076446c8-6cb3-4da9-9897-963c4b6f2e91_3744x2496.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!AsJm!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F076446c8-6cb3-4da9-9897-963c4b6f2e91_3744x2496.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><em>Un dibujo que encontr&#233; entre bocetos del estudio: una mano-tanque que agarra lo cl&#225;sico. Una met&#225;fora de esta nota.</em> Tinta sobre papel. Obra: Lisandro Aloi</figcaption></figure></div><p>En arquitectura me pas&#243; lo mismo, pero con el trazo. Desde el comienzo de la carrera buscaba desesperadamente entrenar la mano dibujando todo lo que ve&#237;a, representando espacios&#8230; entrenarme en representaci&#243;n de todo tipo, axonom&#233;tricas, puntos de fuga, croquis, croquis y croquis&#8230; o buscando dibujos de maestros no publicados, croquis, bocetos de &#8220;servilleta&#8221; para ver la voz de los arquitectos en su trazo. Los dibujos de Wladimiro Acosta, nacido en Odesa en 1900, llegado a Buenos Aires a fines de los a&#241;os veinte y pionero de lo que hoy llamar&#237;amos arquitectura bioclim&#225;tica con su sistema Helios, muestran obras que solo se ven ah&#237;, en el papel y sus dibujos (y claro, reproducciones de los mismos). Proyectos que nunca se construyeron y que, sin embargo, existen, porque alguien los dibuj&#243; con una convicci&#243;n que todav&#237;a se lee.</p><p>Tengo que admitir algo poco simp&#225;tico: de estudiante (y en secreto, tambi&#233;n ahora&#8230;) me costaba respetar a los docentes que no dibujaban bien. Claro, hay profesionales cuya ruta habla por s&#237; sola y aunque no dibujen hacen aportes sustanciales a los procesos creativos&#8230; pero... Siempre me sedujo la mano entrenada, una especie de &#8220;los pingos se ven en la cancha&#8221;. Con los a&#241;os, en mi propia b&#250;squeda, fui aprendiendo no solo a dibujar sino a comunicar, y entend&#237; que esto &#250;ltimo, comunicar, era muchas veces m&#225;s importante que el dibujo. De hecho, hay excelentes dibujantes que usan todo ese oficio y ese <em>know-how</em> de manera repetitiva, y sus l&#225;minas o dibujos no dicen mucho. Ves los dibujos de Le Corbusier&#8230; y son bocetos muy desorganizados y toscos, pero brillantes&#8230; con mucha sustancia. Hay manos entrenadas para comunicar que solo con un par de l&#237;neas representan ideas muy profundas.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Deqm!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe454e560-5c0b-4ce5-8080-6ef0db7683f6_1086x1400.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Deqm!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe454e560-5c0b-4ce5-8080-6ef0db7683f6_1086x1400.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Deqm!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe454e560-5c0b-4ce5-8080-6ef0db7683f6_1086x1400.jpeg 848w, 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height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><em>Boceto de una mano, estudio previo para uno de los &#243;leos que pint&#233; en 2024.</em> L&#225;piz sobre papel, 2025. Obra: Lisandro Aloi</figcaption></figure></div><p>Lo corrobor&#233; en un concurso de estudiantes en la UBA, cuando cursaba tercer a&#241;o. Hab&#237;a que proyectar una estaci&#243;n de tren en una plaza de La Boca. Me acuerdo de hacer bocetos sobre bocetos, y nada me convenc&#237;a, ve&#237;a los bocetos de los otros concursantes&#8230; muchos dibujos y la tecnolog&#237;a era casi cien por ciento anal&#243;gica (reci&#233;n empezaba a usarse el AutoCAD, as&#237; de viejo me estoy poniendo): tuve que rastrear a mano los planos del tejido urbano para ver por d&#243;nde segu&#237;a la v&#237;a de ese trencito de La Boca. La soluci&#243;n apareci&#243; mirando una de las fotos que hab&#237;a sacado en la primera visita: una plaza de tierra con un arco de f&#250;tbol torcido, ni siquiera un croquis simple, una foto. Resumiendo, propuse romper las bases del concurso, sacar la estaci&#243;n de la plaza y dejarla vac&#237;a. No hacer arquitectura&#8230; dejarla como estaba, solo un solado. No gan&#243; el dibujo m&#225;s elaborado de la sala; gan&#243; una foto y una escena: una idea. Fue mi primer premio en algo proyectado&#8230; y gan&#243; una idea, la ausencia de dibujos.</p><p><strong>Y el papel:</strong> cuando estudiaba arquitectura, los buenos papeles eran dif&#237;ciles de conseguir, y los cuidabas, parecido a los rollos de fotos. Boceteabas a l&#225;piz, cuidadosamente, y despu&#233;s pasabas a tinta. Si te equivocabas en tinta, se pod&#237;a &#8220;gillettear&#8221; (raspar con una hojita de afeitar) o era empezar de nuevo. Hoy un modelo 3D, un BIM o un dise&#241;o generado con inteligencia artificial nos devuelven decenas de opciones en minutos. Es una herramienta extraordinaria. Pero ninguna de esas opciones tiene que pasar por la incomodidad de la tinta y muchas veces ah&#237; perdemos la reflexi&#243;n sobre cada partecita del dibujo, sobre cada arista del plano.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YOmi!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F34410d41-3677-4ed8-bcd1-61e5f8738951_1400x905.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YOmi!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F34410d41-3677-4ed8-bcd1-61e5f8738951_1400x905.jpeg 424w, 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height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><em>&#191;Qu&#233; mir&#225;s? Una intervenci&#243;n anal&#243;gica sobre una copia manual de una fotograf&#237;a de Cuba. Estuvo expuesta en la galer&#237;a Gary Nader durante Art Basel y unos meses m&#225;s hasta que se vendi&#243;.</em> Cuba, 1998. C&#225;mara Yashica T4; lente Carl Zeiss 3,5 35 mm, pel&#237;cula Ilford blanco y negro FP4 125. Tinta sobre copia 35 mm. Expuesta en Gary Nader Gallery, Miami. Obra: Lisandro Aloi</figcaption></figure></div><h2>Antes del &#243;leo</h2><p>En la pintura nunca se empezaba con el &#243;leo. Se pensaba una idea, se boceteaba, se estudiaban las partes del cuerpo, las escenas, la luz. Se hac&#237;an <em>sketches</em>, despu&#233;s el boceto a l&#225;piz en escala 1:1, despu&#233;s pruebas de color (las buenas pinturas eran muy caras, y eso a&#250;n hoy no cambi&#243;), y reci&#233;n despu&#233;s se hac&#237;a la obra. Lo estoy viviendo de nuevo: se pinta demasiado y muchas veces se piensa poco&#8230; lo veo en muestras, en ferias, y me pasa a m&#237; mismo&#8230; Un gran amigo, Juan Srodek, fil&#243;sofo erudito (becado y PhD en Princeton&#8230; para galardonarlo, despu&#233;s se dedic&#243; a las finanzas) me repet&#237;a muchas veces en charlas vaya uno a saber d&#243;nde: &#8220;Se escribe mucho y se lee poco&#8230;&#8221;.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0y-Y!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F315ed1d1-1a4c-4a67-adbb-a216378c0396_1800x1326.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><em>Tanguero en bicicleta, de mi muestra en ESEADE.</em> 2024. Acr&#237;lico y &#243;leo sobre tela, 75 x 105 cm. Obra: Lisandro Aloi</figcaption></figure></div><p>En la m&#250;sica pasaba lo mismo. Horas y horas repasando escalas, muchas horas de vuelo, ensayos, mucho estudio antes de grabar. Grabar un disco era muy caro, y hab&#237;a que llegar incre&#237;blemente ensayado, o con much&#237;sima pr&#225;ctica y claridad en la b&#250;squeda. Hoy se graba todo, de manera muy f&#225;cil&#8230; de vuelta, dio acceso a producci&#243;n a todos&#8230; que es algo incre&#237;ble, pero tambi&#233;n sufrimos con la sobreproducci&#243;n de m&#250;sica, sin meternos a hablar de m&#250;sica con IA&#8230; otro Pathos&#8230;</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!v6oo!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F400de544-f5e5-4cd3-88db-3a4f50a3539c_988x1400.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!v6oo!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F400de544-f5e5-4cd3-88db-3a4f50a3539c_988x1400.jpeg 424w, 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><em>London musician. Un violinista en Londres, otra vez en blanco y negro.</em> Londres, 2004. C&#225;mara Nikkormat, lente Nikon 50 mm, pel&#237;cula Ilford HP5 Plus 400. Foto: Lisandro Aloi</figcaption></figure></div><h2>Ruido</h2><p>&#191;Qu&#233; pas&#243; en este proceso de masividad? De la fotograf&#237;a anal&#243;gica a la digital, y de la digital a la c&#225;mara en el tel&#233;fono de todos. De la pintura al arte digital. De la escritura a mano a la inteligencia artificial. De los dibujos a mano alzada, y de los arquitectos que todav&#237;a dibujamos a mano, al BIM, a los modelos 3D y a los dise&#241;os con IA. Pas&#243; que hay mucho ruido.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cyin!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4819d263-43b0-4161-8757-e4f7cba0f4d5_1400x988.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cyin!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4819d263-43b0-4161-8757-e4f7cba0f4d5_1400x988.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cyin!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4819d263-43b0-4161-8757-e4f7cba0f4d5_1400x988.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cyin!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4819d263-43b0-4161-8757-e4f7cba0f4d5_1400x988.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cyin!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4819d263-43b0-4161-8757-e4f7cba0f4d5_1400x988.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cyin!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4819d263-43b0-4161-8757-e4f7cba0f4d5_1400x988.jpeg" width="1400" height="988" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/4819d263-43b0-4161-8757-e4f7cba0f4d5_1400x988.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:988,&quot;width&quot;:1400,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:320613,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.pathospractice.com/i/221833354?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4819d263-43b0-4161-8757-e4f7cba0f4d5_1400x988.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cyin!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4819d263-43b0-4161-8757-e4f7cba0f4d5_1400x988.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cyin!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4819d263-43b0-4161-8757-e4f7cba0f4d5_1400x988.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cyin!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4819d263-43b0-4161-8757-e4f7cba0f4d5_1400x988.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cyin!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4819d263-43b0-4161-8757-e4f7cba0f4d5_1400x988.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><em>Textures, de mi primera muestra de fotos, Universo Golondrina, curada por Federico Pratt. Macros de texturas de distintas ciudades que componen una misma pieza: sin saberlo, el observador mira el mundo entero a trav&#233;s de texturas de Shangh&#225;i, Par&#237;s, Los &#193;ngeles, Nueva York, el Norte argentino, Rotterdam, Londres y Hong Kong.</em> Varias ciudades, 1999. C&#225;mara Leica CL, lente 40 mm. Foto: Lisandro Aloi</figcaption></figure></div><p>No es ni bueno ni malo, es una realidad. Hay mucha distracci&#243;n, y mucha repetici&#243;n: por programa, por IA, o por <em>workflows</em> que se copian a s&#237; mismos. En la primera nota de esta serie habl&#233; de la arquitectura de cat&#225;logo que se repite a s&#237; misma; lo mismo veo hoy en casi todas las disciplinas. Creo que es dif&#237;cil encontrar sustancia. La IA es una herramienta, como un martillo, lo podemos usar para construir una vivienda, o para rompernos la cabeza a martillazos.</p><p>&#191;Pasa lo mismo en las ferias de arte, en galer&#237;as, en internet? &#191;O me estoy poniendo viejo? Probablemente las dos cosas.</p><p>Me pasa con la filosof&#237;a. En mis ya demasiados intentos de estudiarla, disfruto y puedo seguirla hasta&#8230; &#191;Nietzsche, tal vez? Despu&#233;s algunos escritores de ficci&#243;n con mucho vuelo, alg&#250;n que otro contempor&#225;neo que disfruto pero me cuesta catalogar ante tantas influencias cruzadas. Se ramific&#243; tanto, y apareci&#243; tanto material, que me perd&#237;. Lo mismo con la m&#250;sica: ya no s&#233; d&#243;nde encontrar buena m&#250;sica, a menos que sea en vivo, y siempre que admiro algo es a alg&#250;n desconocido que encontr&#233; por casualidad. Pero est&#225;n.</p><p>En los a&#241;os que viv&#237; en Los &#193;ngeles, todos los mi&#233;rcoles y jueves me iba a ver bandas indie a Silver Lake y Echo Park: el Silverlake Lounge, el Echoplex, el Satellite (que antes hab&#237;a sido Spaceland y que desde 2020 ya no tiene shows), o alg&#250;n <em>open mic</em> que encontraba por ah&#237;. Iba en busca de poes&#237;a bruta, aunque muchas veces eran proyectos poco pulidos, de fotos anal&#243;gicas en acetato, de croquis a mano alzada. 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><em>Una escena muy caracter&#237;stica de la fotograf&#237;a de los a&#241;os 40 y 50; otra de las blanco y negro donde se nota la influencia de los grandes maestros.</em> California, Los &#193;ngeles, 2001. C&#225;mara Rollei 35 Classic, lente Sonnar 2,8 40 mm, pel&#237;cula blanco y negro. Foto: Lisandro Aloi</figcaption></figure></div><h2>Materialidad &#8211; &#191;Matter y realidad?</h2><p>En la arquitectura esto se ve muy a flor de piel, o mejor dicho, a flor de material, se ve y se toca. No voy a entrar en un resumen de la historia de la arquitectura, pero tan solo viendo los puntos generales, los &#8220;estilos&#8221; que estudiamos en los libros de historia son, en el fondo, las realidades constructivas de cada &#233;poca. La piedra y la b&#243;veda. La Ilustraci&#243;n, con su fe en la raz&#243;n y en la regla. La Revoluci&#243;n Industrial despu&#233;s, con el hierro, el vidrio y el hormig&#243;n. Las guerras y las reconstrucciones, que empujaron la estandarizaci&#243;n. Y de ah&#237;, a los edificios con absolutamente todos los materiales prefabricados, elegidos de un cat&#225;logo, donde la obra es m&#225;s un ensamble que una construcci&#243;n.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oIo-!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1891e40d-09f5-4248-b964-4c2c26d2e139_1400x988.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oIo-!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1891e40d-09f5-4248-b964-4c2c26d2e139_1400x988.jpeg 424w, 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><em>Wall. La Gran Muralla, tr&#237;ptico con la foto del medio dada vuelta, emulando una onda digital con un juego de fotograf&#237;as anal&#243;gicas.</em> Gran Muralla, China, 2006. C&#225;mara Leica CL, lente 40 mm, pel&#237;cula diapositiva Kodak Ektachrome, proceso cruzado. Foto: Lisandro Aloi</figcaption></figure></div><p>Y sin embargo, estamos volviendo a poner en valor los materiales <em>in situ</em>. En la nota anterior escrib&#237; sobre el museo de Peter Zumthor en el parque de la Fondation Beyeler, de hormig&#243;n apisonado con &#225;rido de la caliza del Jura: la piedra del lugar dentro del muro. Y sobre la otra cara, la piedra tra&#237;da de Alemania para un museo de arte latinoamericano en Buenos Aires, el Malba. En la vivienda rural, un tema que vengo pensando hace a&#241;os, la idea de fondo es la misma: mirar lo que el lugar ya sabe hacer. &#191;Volver&#225; la fotograf&#237;a anal&#243;gica, tal vez? &#191;O una fotograf&#237;a digital, pero de escenas anal&#243;gicas, que sea un reemplazo v&#225;lido de esa profundidad en la b&#250;squeda, de retratos sinceros?</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!r7vn!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F291ee3b3-f67d-4d0d-a8f8-782124238bb7_1400x954.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><em>De la &#233;poca en que fotografiaba texturas y me gustaba imaginar edificios y situaciones urbanas encima. La idea era observar sobre lo ya observado y evidenciar capas de reflexi&#243;n e intervenci&#243;n hasta llegar a una imagen, todo de manera anal&#243;gica.</em> Uruguay, 2007. C&#225;mara Leica CL, lente 40 mm. Foto intervenida: Lisandro Aloi</figcaption></figure></div><h2>Una campana y un p&#233;ndulo</h2><p>Me parece que esto va a ser como una campana de Gauss. La masividad crece, llega a su pico y despu&#233;s, de a poco, cede lugar a otra cosa. O, mejor, como un p&#233;ndulo: estamos volviendo a una &#233;poca de valoraci&#243;n m&#225;s anal&#243;gica. De inteligencia anal&#243;gica, dir&#237;a, aunque ni siquiera hace falta llamarlo inteligencia. Prefiero decirle proceso anal&#243;gico. Si bien, repito, como al principio, me es muy raro estar escribiendo sobre esto que tantas veces pens&#233;, charl&#233; y tom&#233; notas&#8230; finalmente en esta especie de &#233;poca de oro o &#8220;fiebre del oro&#8221;&#8230; pero hoy fiebre de inteligencia artificial.</p><p>Hay se&#241;ales. En 2025, en Estados Unidos, las ventas de discos de vinilo superaron los mil millones de d&#243;lares por primera vez desde 1983, y ya llevan diecinueve a&#241;os seguidos creciendo, seg&#250;n la RIAA. Hay chicos que nacieron con un tel&#233;fono en la mano comprando c&#225;maras de rollo. No es nostalgia de los que vivimos el acetato: es otra generaci&#243;n buscando algo que el ruido no le da.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fbPa!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F95cf0607-e530-4bc3-b19a-5363af9488d3_1000x1700.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fbPa!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F95cf0607-e530-4bc3-b19a-5363af9488d3_1000x1700.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fbPa!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F95cf0607-e530-4bc3-b19a-5363af9488d3_1000x1700.jpeg 848w, 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Foto: Lisandro Aloi</figcaption></figure></div><p>Es curioso ver que en esta &#8220;revoluci&#243;n artificial&#8221; empez&#243; a ser m&#225;s importante qui&#233;n <em>promptea</em> que la herramienta de turno que arma todo lo que le pidamos. Y quien <em>promptea</em> bien es casi siempre alguien que sabe mirar, que dibuj&#243; mucho, que escuch&#243; mucha m&#250;sica, que ley&#243; mucho... La herramienta amplifica; no reemplaza el criterio. O amplifica porquer&#237;as, o amplifica genialidades&#8230; Y lo creo sinceramente: por m&#225;s nuevas herramientas que aparezcan y que nos separen y alejen de entrenar la mano, nuestro inconsciente colectivo va a luchar contra ellas. O, mejor dicho, va a domarlas como herramientas y a usar sus incre&#237;bles virtudes al servicio de un pensamiento profundo, anal&#243;gico, y de reflexiones filos&#243;ficas y existenciales a mano alzada&#8230; &#191;Ser&#225;? O solo deseo&#8230; pero bueno, tengo fundamentos para lo que deseo y decido verlo y compartirlo, convencido de lo que va a pasar.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZpOQ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc5d0fffb-0c8b-4490-a2cf-5de4a00536fe_3696x1872.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!ZpOQ!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc5d0fffb-0c8b-4490-a2cf-5de4a00536fe_3696x1872.jpeg 424w, 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C&#225;maras de celulares. No tengo nada en contra de los celulares, son instrumentos espectaculares.</em> Composici&#243;n de fotos. C&#225;maras de celulares. Fotos: Lisandro Aloi</figcaption></figure></div><h2>Mi reflexi&#243;n</h2><p>No hay que dejar de estudiar un instrumento, por m&#225;s que despu&#233;s apretemos botones. No hay que dejar de sacar fotos en acetato, o pensar y repensar una toma antes de hacerlas a borbotones, ni de dibujar, aunque sea dibujar para entrenar los m&#250;sculos y la mente a hacerlo, por m&#225;s que despu&#233;s un programa haga el resto. Y s&#237;, no dejar de escribir aunque seguramente mejor si es sustentado en mucha lectura&#8230; No porque lo anal&#243;gico sea mejor, sino porque es ah&#237; donde se entrena el criterio que despu&#233;s decide qu&#233; hacer con todo lo dem&#225;s.</p><p>&#191;Cu&#225;ntas de las miles de fotos que tenemos en el tel&#233;fono recordamos? De un rollo de 36, uno se acordaba de casi todas, porque cada una hab&#237;a costado una decisi&#243;n.</p><p>Treinta y seis tomas. Y alcanzaban.</p><p>Posdata:</p><p>Dej&#233; el art&#237;culo unos d&#237;as sin terminar ya que ayer fui a ver Pinta BAphoto y quer&#237;a cerrar con un comentario acerca de la misma. Es la feria m&#225;s importante de fotograf&#237;a de Buenos Aires (del 22 al 25 de octubre, en La Rural). Particip&#233; en 2008 y 2010, cuando todav&#237;a se llamaba Buenos Aires Photo, con fotos anal&#243;gicas a trav&#233;s de la Galer&#237;a Aldo de Sousa. Me gusta Pinta. El espacio donde la hacen, una estructura antigua de La Rural, es muy interesante y habla de lo bien que se est&#225; manejando &#250;ltimamente: lo viejo y lo nuevo dialogan, tanto en la curadur&#237;a como en el espacio donde se presenta la feria. Disfruto sobre todo cuando se rescatan tesoros de fot&#243;grafos anal&#243;gicos a los que en otras &#233;pocas era m&#225;s dif&#237;cil acceder, o fot&#243;grafos cuyas im&#225;genes solo viv&#237;an en publicaciones impresas. As&#237; se sigue construyendo, o mejor dicho documentando y dando voz a una base de cultura fotogr&#225;fica local, cl&#225;sica y profunda, distinta del ruido de los nuevos fot&#243;grafos, si bien algunos se destacan, por ejemplo, Marcos L&#243;pez, ya casi un cl&#225;sico, con todas las etapas de su obra. Lamentablemente falleci&#243; justo ayer pero fue el primero en vender obra. Es una feria que disfruto, aunque las mismas galer&#237;as muchas veces caen en el ruido de la producci&#243;n fotogr&#225;fica o sobreproducci&#243;n de im&#225;genes de la que venimos hablando. Me interesa ir a recorrerla otra vez con m&#225;s detenimiento.</p><p><em>Nota: la muerte de Marcos L&#243;pez fue una performance en Pinta BAphoto; el artista est&#225; vivo y, seg&#250;n &#233;l mismo, &#8220;las fotos de los artistas muertos cuestan m&#225;s&#8221;.</em></p><p><strong>Fuentes</strong><br>- Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, <em>Images &#224; la sauvette</em> / <em>The Decisive Moment</em> (1952): https://www.henricartierbresson.org/en/publications/henri-cartier-bresson-the-decisive-moment/<br>- Wladimiro Acosta y el sistema Helios, Revista PLOT: https://revistaplot.com/wladimiro-acosta/<br>- RIAA, Year-End Revenue Report 2025: https://www.riaa.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/RIAA-Year-End-Revenue-2025.pdf<br>- The Satellite (ex Spaceland), Los Angeles Times, 2020: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-07-18/the-satellite-club-closing-restaurant-silver-lake<br>- Pinta BAphoto 2026: https://es.pinta.art/BAphoto/Home<br>- <a href="https://www.pathospractice.com/p/pathos-01-hay-escuela-en-la-argentina">Pathos 01</a> y <a href="https://www.pathospractice.com/p/desaparecer-para-ser-visto">Pathos 02</a> (enlaces a la publicaci&#243;n en Substack)<br>- lisandroaloi.com</p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pathos 03 · Noise and Craft]]></title><description><![CDATA[From the 36-exposure roll to the prompt, from charcoal to 3D models, and back to the need to say something of our own]]></description><link>https://www.pathospractice.com/p/noise-and-craft</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.pathospractice.com/p/noise-and-craft</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisandro Aloi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 24 Oct 2026 12:14:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!X25k!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fab743474-b866-4fc5-9e2f-1c1b0a3510c1_3158x2169.jpeg" length="0" 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height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><em>Monument to the Liberator General San Mart&#237;n, behind the rain. Like the liberators of the past, dimmed by the noise, the photographers who mastered cameras, lenses and chemicals to perfection are blurred today behind the rain of images.</em> Buenos Aires, 2019. iPhone X. Photo: Lisandro Aloi.</figcaption></figure></div><p><em>By Lisandro Aloi</em></p><p>I feel a contradiction writing this in the middle of the &#8220;artificial revolution&#8221;, a term that had never occurred to me... although surely someone has already used it in this overproduction of everything. Even so, or precisely because of that, I want to write about and rethink a subject I have turned over so many times. I use these tools every day.</p><p>About the roll of film with 36 strategic, precious exposures that I used for so many years in so many different cameras (I collect them; I have more than 100), replaced by memory cards that hold thousands of digital photos; or the resources I spent on prints, the hours I spent repeating scales, exercises and run-throughs a thousand times before walking into a recording studio. Not from nostalgia, or not only, but this time with an optimistic suspicion: I believe we are correcting course.</p><p>This is my third piece in Pathos. It is more personal, and it moves through photography, drawing, painting, music and architecture, because in all of them I saw the same thing happen: a path toward the massive, toward repetition, toward overproduction, with an enormous amount of noise. And I see a return, little by little, toward craft.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!m9nt!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcaf79be5-106e-4afc-961a-18bc1f24bbe2_988x1400.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!m9nt!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcaf79be5-106e-4afc-961a-18bc1f24bbe2_988x1400.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!m9nt!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcaf79be5-106e-4afc-961a-18bc1f24bbe2_988x1400.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!m9nt!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcaf79be5-106e-4afc-961a-18bc1f24bbe2_988x1400.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!m9nt!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcaf79be5-106e-4afc-961a-18bc1f24bbe2_988x1400.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!m9nt!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcaf79be5-106e-4afc-961a-18bc1f24bbe2_988x1400.jpeg" width="988" height="1400" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/caf79be5-106e-4afc-961a-18bc1f24bbe2_988x1400.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1400,&quot;width&quot;:988,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:192663,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.pathospractice.com/i/221851295?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcaf79be5-106e-4afc-961a-18bc1f24bbe2_988x1400.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!m9nt!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcaf79be5-106e-4afc-961a-18bc1f24bbe2_988x1400.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!m9nt!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcaf79be5-106e-4afc-961a-18bc1f24bbe2_988x1400.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!m9nt!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcaf79be5-106e-4afc-961a-18bc1f24bbe2_988x1400.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!m9nt!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcaf79be5-106e-4afc-961a-18bc1f24bbe2_988x1400.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><em>A girl peeking out from behind a glass door, in black and white.</em> Havana, Cuba, 1998. Nikkormat camera, Nikon 50 mm f 1:1.2 lens, Ilford B&amp;W FP4 125 film. Photo: Lisandro Aloi.</figcaption></figure></div><h2>Thirty-six exposures</h2><p>I started taking pictures as a very young kid, and in 1997, the same year I started architecture school, I enrolled at the Escuela Argentina de Fotograf&#237;a in Buenos Aires. There I began to study the great masters and, of course, to copy them again and again.</p><p>I was looking for Henri Cartier-Bresson&#8217;s precise instant, the one that ended up naming his 1952 book, <em>Images &#224; la sauvette</em>, published in English as <em>The Decisive Moment</em>: the scene that arranges itself for a fraction of a second, and you have to be there to catch it. I was looking for the courage of Robert Capa, who did not wait for the moment but got right inside it, and to whom we attribute the line every photography student repeats: <em>if your pictures aren&#8217;t good enough, you&#8217;re not close enough</em>. The humor of Elliott Erwitt, who found a joke in a dog, a puddle or a sign. The daring of Robert Mapplethorpe, who showed what was not shown, with an almost classical composition. And the fine, repeated, almost obsessive sequences of Bernd and Hilla Becher: water towers, furnaces, winding towers, photographed head-on, under the same gray sky, and arranged in grids as if they were species in a single industrial herbarium. To name a few... <strong>I could write about photography for hours.</strong></p><p><em>Note: &#8220;I could write about photography for hours&#8221; mixes time with writing, as if the text were a conversation.</em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!79bn!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F14c41048-b984-4f00-b2bc-80111ea129d9_1400x974.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!79bn!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F14c41048-b984-4f00-b2bc-80111ea129d9_1400x974.jpeg 424w, 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><em>A London street in black and white, from the days of film and light metered by eye.</em> London, 2004. 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Photo: Lisandro Aloi.</figcaption></figure></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tG7V!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4d8c7e7c-f52b-45d2-8135-c2d8ac58ec40_1748x1163.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tG7V!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4d8c7e7c-f52b-45d2-8135-c2d8ac58ec40_1748x1163.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tG7V!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4d8c7e7c-f52b-45d2-8135-c2d8ac58ec40_1748x1163.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tG7V!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4d8c7e7c-f52b-45d2-8135-c2d8ac58ec40_1748x1163.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tG7V!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4d8c7e7c-f52b-45d2-8135-c2d8ac58ec40_1748x1163.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tG7V!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4d8c7e7c-f52b-45d2-8135-c2d8ac58ec40_1748x1163.jpeg" width="1456" height="969" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/4d8c7e7c-f52b-45d2-8135-c2d8ac58ec40_1748x1163.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:969,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:368816,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.pathospractice.com/i/221851295?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4d8c7e7c-f52b-45d2-8135-c2d8ac58ec40_1748x1163.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tG7V!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4d8c7e7c-f52b-45d2-8135-c2d8ac58ec40_1748x1163.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tG7V!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4d8c7e7c-f52b-45d2-8135-c2d8ac58ec40_1748x1163.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tG7V!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4d8c7e7c-f52b-45d2-8135-c2d8ac58ec40_1748x1163.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tG7V!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4d8c7e7c-f52b-45d2-8135-c2d8ac58ec40_1748x1163.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><em>A woman singing in Hong Kong. She sings into a red microphone in a tiled underpass, next to the signs of Nathan Road.</em> Hong Kong, 2006. Leica CL camera, 40 mm lens, Kodak color film. Photo: Lisandro Aloi.</figcaption></figure></div><p>All of that required a roll of film. And a roll had 24 or 36 exposures. Once the scene was chosen, you reflected, you thought, you searched, you reframed. Of course there were captures of a moment we caught right there, <em>&#224; la sauvette</em>, on the fly; but even for that you had to be ready: the camera loaded, the light metered (which, like everyone who spent so long with a camera in hand, I can now meter by eye, without a light meter), the focus distance worked out before raising the viewfinder in case the shot had to be rushed, and always, first and underneath it all, something being conveyed in that scene or some character who had caught my attention. And then came the expensive part. Developing, making contact sheets, studying them with a loupe, marking them somehow or listing the selected frames, choosing, printing, enlarging. Every step cost money and time. We took our time before taking a picture, not only because of the search, but because not doing so was very expensive.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6HYj!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe0aa0fc3-2c28-45c6-80dc-1a1b02054cf6_988x1400.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6HYj!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe0aa0fc3-2c28-45c6-80dc-1a1b02054cf6_988x1400.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6HYj!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe0aa0fc3-2c28-45c6-80dc-1a1b02054cf6_988x1400.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6HYj!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe0aa0fc3-2c28-45c6-80dc-1a1b02054cf6_988x1400.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6HYj!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe0aa0fc3-2c28-45c6-80dc-1a1b02054cf6_988x1400.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6HYj!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe0aa0fc3-2c28-45c6-80dc-1a1b02054cf6_988x1400.jpeg" width="988" height="1400" 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><em>Repairing the wall. An analog game with cross processing.</em> Beijing, China, 2006. In these sequences I wanted to get closer to cinema, to a sequence, to consecutive frames. Leica CL camera, 40 mm lens, Kodak Ektachrome slide film, cross processed. Photo: Lisandro Aloi.</figcaption></figure></div><p>For years, I also did cross processing: developing slide film in negative chemicals, chasing the color shift and the grain without touching a single digital filter. It was a controlled error, or not: when it failed, the roll was lost. That risk was part of the method and it forced me to decide; for me, at least, following the conventional printing processes was impossible.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4SxB!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3c949f51-9b32-4b64-9747-1a35fbc08a30_988x1400.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4SxB!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3c949f51-9b32-4b64-9747-1a35fbc08a30_988x1400.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4SxB!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3c949f51-9b32-4b64-9747-1a35fbc08a30_988x1400.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4SxB!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3c949f51-9b32-4b64-9747-1a35fbc08a30_988x1400.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4SxB!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3c949f51-9b32-4b64-9747-1a35fbc08a30_988x1400.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4SxB!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3c949f51-9b32-4b64-9747-1a35fbc08a30_988x1400.jpeg" width="988" height="1400" 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srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4SxB!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3c949f51-9b32-4b64-9747-1a35fbc08a30_988x1400.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4SxB!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3c949f51-9b32-4b64-9747-1a35fbc08a30_988x1400.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4SxB!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3c949f51-9b32-4b64-9747-1a35fbc08a30_988x1400.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4SxB!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3c949f51-9b32-4b64-9747-1a35fbc08a30_988x1400.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><em>Another one from Beijing with cross processing: analog playing at looking digital.</em> Beijing, China, 2006. Leica CL camera, 40 mm lens, Kodak Ektachrome slide film, cross processed. Photo: Lisandro Aloi.</figcaption></figure></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HxWm!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9aafaa93-3c09-48eb-b58a-d35e59afce96_1800x1252.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HxWm!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9aafaa93-3c09-48eb-b58a-d35e59afce96_1800x1252.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HxWm!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9aafaa93-3c09-48eb-b58a-d35e59afce96_1800x1252.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HxWm!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9aafaa93-3c09-48eb-b58a-d35e59afce96_1800x1252.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HxWm!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9aafaa93-3c09-48eb-b58a-d35e59afce96_1800x1252.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HxWm!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9aafaa93-3c09-48eb-b58a-d35e59afce96_1800x1252.jpeg" width="1456" height="1013" 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srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HxWm!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9aafaa93-3c09-48eb-b58a-d35e59afce96_1800x1252.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HxWm!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9aafaa93-3c09-48eb-b58a-d35e59afce96_1800x1252.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HxWm!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9aafaa93-3c09-48eb-b58a-d35e59afce96_1800x1252.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HxWm!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9aafaa93-3c09-48eb-b58a-d35e59afce96_1800x1252.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><em>A motorbike on the streets of Shanghai, a scene that looks like it came out of a dystopian futurist novel. Also cross processed.</em> Shanghai, China, 1998. Leica CL camera, 40 mm lens, Kodak Ektachrome slide film, cross processed. Photo: Lisandro Aloi.</figcaption></figure></div><p>Today everyone has a camera in their pocket, and there is something good in that... and a lot that is bad: photos are no longer chosen; they pile up.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JXBp!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1f0a2572-8a46-4fea-8a21-b92919cb65bb_988x1400.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JXBp!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1f0a2572-8a46-4fea-8a21-b92919cb65bb_988x1400.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JXBp!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1f0a2572-8a46-4fea-8a21-b92919cb65bb_988x1400.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JXBp!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1f0a2572-8a46-4fea-8a21-b92919cb65bb_988x1400.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JXBp!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1f0a2572-8a46-4fea-8a21-b92919cb65bb_988x1400.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JXBp!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1f0a2572-8a46-4fea-8a21-b92919cb65bb_988x1400.jpeg" width="988" height="1400" 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height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><em>I&#8217;m leaving. It is digital, but I share it because it carries an old school photographic sensibility: very careful light, loaded with symbolism. The woman leaves and the light hits her as she goes; the man stays, staring at the wall.</em> Marrakech, Morocco, 2008. Canon 7D digital camera, Canon L 17-40 mm f/4 lens. Photo: Lisandro Aloi.</figcaption></figure></div><h2>The trained hand</h2><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2228!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faa6ca0bb-0317-40e6-b0c5-64c6166c6cc2_3744x2496.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2228!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faa6ca0bb-0317-40e6-b0c5-64c6166c6cc2_3744x2496.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2228!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faa6ca0bb-0317-40e6-b0c5-64c6166c6cc2_3744x2496.jpeg 848w, 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srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2228!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faa6ca0bb-0317-40e6-b0c5-64c6166c6cc2_3744x2496.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2228!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faa6ca0bb-0317-40e6-b0c5-64c6166c6cc2_3744x2496.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2228!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faa6ca0bb-0317-40e6-b0c5-64c6166c6cc2_3744x2496.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!2228!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Faa6ca0bb-0317-40e6-b0c5-64c6166c6cc2_3744x2496.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><em>A drawing I found among sketches in my studio: a tank-hand seizing the classical. A metaphor for this piece.</em> Ink on paper. Artwork: Lisandro Aloi.</figcaption></figure></div><p>In architecture the same thing happened to me, but with the line. From the start of my degree I was desperate to train my hand, drawing everything I saw, representing spaces... training myself in every kind of representation, axonometrics, vanishing points, sketches, sketches and more sketches... or hunting down unpublished drawings by the masters, sketches, &#8220;napkin&#8221; drafts, to see the architects&#8217; voice in their line. The drawings of Wladimiro Acosta, born in Odessa in 1900, who arrived in Buenos Aires in the late 1920s and pioneered what we would now call bioclimatic architecture with his Helios system, show works that exist only there, on paper and in his drawings (and, of course, in reproductions of them). Projects that were never built and yet exist, because someone drew them with a conviction you can still read.</p><p>I have to admit something not very likeable: as a student (and secretly, now too...) I found it hard to respect teachers who did not draw well. Of course, there are professionals whose track record speaks for itself, and even if they do not draw they make substantial contributions to the creative process... but... I was always seduced by the trained hand, a kind of &#8220;los pingos se ven en la cancha&#8221;.</p><p><em>&#8220;Los pingos se ven en la cancha&#8221; is a romantic saying from the Argentine countryside: a good horse proves itself on the field, not in talk.</em></p><p>Over the years, in my own search, I learned not only to draw but to communicate, and I understood that the latter, communicating, was often more important than the drawing. In fact, there are excellent draftsmen who use all that craft and <em>know-how</em> repetitively, and their sheets or drawings do not say much. You look at Le Corbusier&#8217;s drawings... and they are very disorganized, rough sketches, but brilliant... with a lot of substance. There are hands trained to communicate that, with just a couple of lines, represent very deep ideas.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Algl!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F140f9a0e-d3c7-4042-a886-7f51018b0c54_1086x1400.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Algl!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F140f9a0e-d3c7-4042-a886-7f51018b0c54_1086x1400.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Algl!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F140f9a0e-d3c7-4042-a886-7f51018b0c54_1086x1400.jpeg 848w, 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><em>Sketch of a hand, a preliminary study for one of the oil paintings I made in 2024.</em> Pencil on paper, 2025. Work: Lisandro Aloi.</figcaption></figure></div><p>I confirmed it in a student competition at the UBA (the University of Buenos Aires), when I was in my third year. We had to design a train station in a square in La Boca. I remember making sketch after sketch, and nothing convinced me. I looked at the other competitors&#8217; sketches... lots of drawings, and the technology was almost one hundred percent analog (AutoCAD was only just coming into use, that is how old I am getting): I had to trace the plans of the urban fabric by hand to see where the track of that little La Boca train continued. The solution appeared while I was looking at one of the photos I had taken on the first visit: a dirt square with a crooked soccer goal, not even a simple sketch, a photo. In short, I proposed breaking the competition brief, taking the station out of the square and leaving it empty. Not doing architecture... leaving it as it was, just a paved surface. The most elaborate drawing in the room did not win; a photo and a scene won: an idea. It was my first prize for something I designed... and an idea won, the absence of drawings.</p><p><strong>And the paper:</strong> when I studied architecture, good paper was hard to find, and you looked after it, much like rolls of film. You sketched in pencil, carefully, and then went over it in ink. If you made a mistake in ink, you could &#8220;gillettear&#8221; it (scrape it off with a razor blade) or start again. Today a 3D model, a BIM or an AI-generated design gives us dozens of options in minutes. It is an extraordinary tool. But none of those options has to go through the discomfort of ink, and that is often where we lose the reflection on every little part of the drawing, on every edge of the plan.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mivF!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fed114d03-8fc3-45b8-9d96-ebd8a6780862_1400x905.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!mivF!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fed114d03-8fc3-45b8-9d96-ebd8a6780862_1400x905.jpeg 424w, 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><em>What are you looking at? An analog intervention on a hand print of a photograph from Cuba. It was shown at the Gary Nader gallery during Art Basel, and for a few more months until it sold.</em> Cuba, 1998. Yashica T4 camera; Carl Zeiss 3.5 35 mm lens, Ilford black and white FP4 125 film. Ink on 35 mm print. Shown at Gary Nader Gallery, Miami. Work: Lisandro Aloi.</figcaption></figure></div><h2>Before the oil</h2><p>In painting, you never started with the oil. You thought of an idea, sketched it, studied the parts of the body, the scenes, the light. You made <em>sketches</em>, then the full-scale 1:1 pencil drawing, then color tests (good paints were very expensive, and that still has not changed), and only after that did you make the work. I am living it again: there is too much painting and often too little thinking... I see it in shows, at fairs, and it happens to me too... A great friend, Juan Srodek, an erudite philosopher (a scholarship holder with a PhD from Princeton... and, to crown it all, he later went into finance) used to tell me again and again, in conversations who knows where: &#8220;People write a lot and read little...&#8221;.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3fXw!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7126aea3-49cf-48d4-abaa-3964883476ea_1800x1326.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3fXw!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F7126aea3-49cf-48d4-abaa-3964883476ea_1800x1326.jpeg 424w, 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height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><em>Tango dancer on a bicycle, from my show at ESEADE.</em> 2024. Acrylic and oil on canvas, 75 x 105 cm. Work: Lisandro Aloi.</figcaption></figure></div><p>The same happened in music. Hours and hours going over scales, many flight hours, rehearsals, a lot of study before recording. Recording an album was very expensive, and you had to arrive incredibly well rehearsed, or with a great deal of practice and clarity about what you were after. Today everything gets recorded, very easily... again, it gave everyone access to production... which is incredible, but we also suffer from the overproduction of music, without even getting into AI music... another Pathos...</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!QES1!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa1d946df-ad87-4f1f-967a-c5527677af1d_988x1400.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!QES1!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa1d946df-ad87-4f1f-967a-c5527677af1d_988x1400.jpeg 424w, 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height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><em>London musician. A violinist in London, in black and white again.</em> London, 2004. Nikkormat camera, Nikon 50 mm lens, Ilford HP5 Plus 400 film. Photo: Lisandro Aloi.</figcaption></figure></div><h2>Noise</h2><p>What happened in this process of going massive? From analog photography to digital, and from digital to the camera in everyone&#8217;s phone. From painting to digital art. From handwriting to artificial intelligence. From freehand drawings, and from those of us architects who still draw by hand, to BIM, to 3D models and to AI-made designs. What happened is that there is a lot of noise.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6RaV!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F20599594-87aa-4235-9a18-6784a5af3e51_1400x988.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6RaV!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F20599594-87aa-4235-9a18-6784a5af3e51_1400x988.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6RaV!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F20599594-87aa-4235-9a18-6784a5af3e51_1400x988.jpeg 848w, 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><em>Textures, from my first photography show, Universo Golondrina, curated by Federico Pratt. Macros of textures from different cities that make up a single piece: without knowing it, the viewer looks at the whole world through textures from Shanghai, Paris, Los Angeles, New York, the Argentine North, Rotterdam, London and Hong Kong.</em> Various cities, 1999. Leica CL camera, 40 mm lens. Photo: Lisandro Aloi.</figcaption></figure></div><p>It is neither good nor bad; it is a reality. There is a lot of distraction, and a lot of repetition: by software, by AI, or by <em>workflows</em> that copy themselves. In the first piece of this series I wrote about catalogue architecture that repeats itself; I see the same today in almost every discipline. I think it is hard to find substance. AI is a tool, like a hammer: we can use it to build a house, or to smash our own heads in.</p><p>Does the same happen at art fairs, in galleries, on the internet? Or am I getting old? Probably both.</p><p>It happens to me with philosophy. In my by now too many attempts to study it, I enjoy it and can follow it up to... Nietzsche, maybe? Then some fiction writers with great reach, the odd contemporary I enjoy but find hard to classify amid so many crossed influences. It branched out so much, and so much material appeared, that I got lost. The same with music: I no longer know where to find good music, unless it is live, and whenever I admire something it is some unknown artist I found by chance. But they are out there.</p><p>In the years I lived in Los Angeles, every Wednesday and Thursday I went to see indie bands in Silver Lake and Echo Park: the Silverlake Lounge, the Echoplex, the Satellite (which had once been Spaceland and has not hosted shows since 2020), or some <em>open mic</em> I came across. I went looking for raw poetry, even though they were often unpolished projects, like analog photos on film, like freehand sketches. I went looking for what had not yet passed through any filter but came after a lot of practice.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WBKp!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9912ca6d-d87a-4873-8109-3e6f28c86f60_1400x988.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WBKp!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9912ca6d-d87a-4873-8109-3e6f28c86f60_1400x988.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!WBKp!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9912ca6d-d87a-4873-8109-3e6f28c86f60_1400x988.jpeg 848w, 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><em>A scene very typical of 1940s and 1950s photography; another of the black and white shots where the influence of the great masters shows.</em> Los Angeles, California, 2001. Rollei 35 Classic camera, Sonnar 2.8 40 mm lens, black and white film. Photo: Lisandro Aloi.</figcaption></figure></div><h2>Materiality: matter and reality?</h2><p>In architecture you can see this right on the skin, or better, right on the material: you see it and you touch it. I will not go into a summary of the history of architecture, but just looking at the broad strokes, the &#8220;styles&#8221; we studied in history books are, at bottom, the building realities of each era. Stone and the vault. The Enlightenment, with its faith in reason and in the rule. Then the Industrial Revolution, with iron, glass and concrete. The wars and the reconstructions, which pushed standardization. And from there, to buildings made with absolutely every material prefabricated, chosen from a catalogue, where the building is more an assembly than a construction.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YsNa!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F25e6e243-e8fa-4a76-a95e-594e7f2f109e_1400x988.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YsNa!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F25e6e243-e8fa-4a76-a95e-594e7f2f109e_1400x988.jpeg 424w, 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class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><em>Wall. The Great Wall, a triptych with the middle photo turned upside down, emulating a digital wave through a play of analog photographs.</em> Great Wall, China, 2006. Leica CL camera, 40 mm lens, Kodak Ektachrome slide film, cross processed. Photo: Lisandro Aloi.</figcaption></figure></div><p>And yet we are once again valuing materials <em>in situ</em>. In the previous piece I wrote about Peter Zumthor&#8217;s museum in the park of the Fondation Beyeler, in rammed concrete with aggregate from Jura limestone: the stone of the place inside the wall. And about the other side, stone brought from Germany for a museum of Latin American art in Buenos Aires, the Malba. In rural housing, a subject I have been thinking about for years, the underlying idea is the same: look at what the place already knows how to do. Will analog photography come back, perhaps? Or a digital photography, but of analog scenes, that could be a valid replacement for that depth in the search, for honest portraits?</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Nqid!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffda5a832-1f71-44f1-a730-d8cfd9baa8bd_1400x954.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Nqid!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffda5a832-1f71-44f1-a730-d8cfd9baa8bd_1400x954.jpeg 424w, 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height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><em>From the time when I photographed textures and liked to imagine buildings and urban situations on top of them. The idea was to observe over what had already been observed and reveal layers of reflection and intervention until arriving at an image, all done analog.</em> Uruguay, 2007. Leica CL camera, 40 mm lens. Altered photo: Lisandro Aloi.</figcaption></figure></div><h2>A bell and a pendulum</h2><p>I think this will be like a Gaussian bell curve. The massive grows, reaches its peak and then, little by little, gives way to something else. Or, better, like a pendulum: we are returning to a time that values the analog more. Analog intelligence, I would say, though it does not even need to be called intelligence. I prefer to call it analog process. Although, I repeat, as at the beginning, it feels very strange to be writing about something I have thought, talked about and taken notes on so many times... finally, in this kind of golden age, or &#8220;gold rush&#8221;... but today an artificial intelligence rush.</p><p>There are signs. In 2025, in the United States, vinyl record sales passed one billion dollars for the first time since 1983, and they have now grown for nineteen years in a row, according to the RIAA. There are kids who were born with a phone in their hand buying film cameras. It is not nostalgia from those of us who lived through film: it is another generation looking for something the noise does not give them.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!QOPg!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2d260529-02ab-4acf-8339-99b9565c83ab_1000x1700.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!QOPg!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2d260529-02ab-4acf-8339-99b9565c83ab_1000x1700.jpeg 424w, 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height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><em>Film cameras, from the catalogue of my show &#171;Desierto&#187; at the MARQ, and at the end a sketch of mine of a camera, ink on paper.</em> Catalogue &#171;Lisandro Aloi, Desierto&#187;, Museo de Arquitectura de Buenos Aires (MARQ), April 2018, pp. 6-7. Photo: Lisandro Aloi.</figcaption></figure></div><p>It is curious to see that in this &#8220;artificial revolution&#8221; it has become more important who <em>prompts</em> than whichever tool of the moment assembles whatever we ask of it. And whoever <em>prompts</em> well is almost always someone who knows how to look, who has drawn a lot, listened to a lot of music, read a lot... The tool amplifies; it does not replace judgment. It either amplifies garbage or amplifies genius... And I sincerely believe it: however many new tools appear that separate us from training the hand and pull us away from it, our collective unconscious will fight them. Or, rather, it will tame them as tools and put their incredible virtues at the service of deep, analog thinking, and of freehand philosophical and existential reflection... Will it? Or is it just a wish... but then, I have grounds for what I wish, and I choose to see it and share it, convinced of what is going to happen.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eJ2X!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd654f3dc-3b74-418f-a0d2-5e6a31b6cb84_3696x1872.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eJ2X!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd654f3dc-3b74-418f-a0d2-5e6a31b6cb84_3696x1872.jpeg 424w, 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height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><em>Playing with reflections on several occasions. Phone cameras. I have nothing against phones; they are spectacular instruments.</em> Photo composition. Phone cameras. Photos: Lisandro Aloi.</figcaption></figure></div><h2>My reflection</h2><p>We should not stop studying an instrument, even if later we just press buttons. We should not stop shooting on film, or thinking and rethinking a shot before firing them off in torrents, or drawing, even if only to train the muscles and the mind to do it, even if a program does the rest afterwards. And yes, not stop writing, though surely it is better if it rests on a lot of reading... Not because analog is better, but because that is where we train the judgment that later decides what to do with everything else.</p><p>How many of the thousands of photos we have on our phones do we remember? From a roll of 36, you remembered almost all of them, because each one had cost a decision.</p><p>Thirty-six exposures. And they were enough.</p><p>Postscript:</p><p>I left the article unfinished for a few days because yesterday I went to see Pinta BAphoto and wanted to close with a comment about it. It is the most important photography fair in Buenos Aires (October 22 to 25, at La Rural). I took part in 2008 and 2010, when it was still called Buenos Aires Photo, with analog photos through the Galer&#237;a Aldo de Sousa. I like Pinta. The space where it is held, an old structure at La Rural, is very interesting and speaks to how well it has been run lately: old and new are in dialogue, both in the curation and in the space where the fair is presented. I enjoy it most when they rescue treasures by analog photographers who were harder to access in other times, or photographers whose images lived only in print publications. That is how a base of local, classic and deep photographic culture keeps being built, or rather documented and given a voice, distinct from the noise of the new photographers, although some stand out, for example Marcos L&#243;pez, by now almost a classic, with every stage of his work. Sadly he died just yesterday, but he was the first to sell work. It is a fair I enjoy, although the galleries themselves often fall into the noise of photographic production, or the overproduction of images we have been talking about. I want to go back and walk through it again more slowly.</p><p><em>Note: Marcos L&#243;pez&#8217;s death was a performance at Pinta BAphoto; the artist is alive and, in his own words, &#8220;photos by dead artists cost more&#8221;.</em></p><p><strong>Sources</strong></p><ul><li><p>Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, <em>Images &#224; la sauvette</em> / <em>The Decisive Moment</em> (1952): <a href="https://www.henricartierbresson.org/en/publications/henri-cartier-bresson-the-decisive-moment/">https://www.henricartierbresson.org/en/publications/henri-cartier-bresson-the-decisive-moment/</a></p></li><li><p>Wladimiro Acosta and the Helios system, Revista PLOT: <a href="https://revistaplot.com/wladimiro-acosta/">https://revistaplot.com/wladimiro-acosta/</a></p></li><li><p>RIAA, Year-End Revenue Report 2025: <a href="https://www.riaa.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/RIAA-Year-End-Revenue-2025.pdf">https://www.riaa.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/RIAA-Year-End-Revenue-2025.pdf</a></p></li><li><p>The Satellite (formerly Spaceland), Los Angeles Times, 2020: <a href="https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-07-18/the-satellite-club-closing-restaurant-silver-lake">https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/music/story/2020-07-18/the-satellite-club-closing-restaurant-silver-lake</a></p></li><li><p>Pinta BAphoto 2026: <a href="https://es.pinta.art/BAphoto/Home">https://es.pinta.art/BAphoto/Home</a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.pathospractice.com/p/pathos-01-is-there-an-argentine-school">Pathos 01</a> and <a href="https://www.pathospractice.com/p/disappearing-to-be-seen">Pathos 02</a> (links to the Substack posts)</p></li><li><p>lisandroaloi.com</p></li></ul>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pathos 02 · Desaparecer para ser visto]]></title><description><![CDATA[Una reflexi&#243;n sobre museos. &#191;Qu&#233; aporta un museo al lugar?]]></description><link>https://www.pathospractice.com/p/desaparecer-para-ser-visto</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.pathospractice.com/p/desaparecer-para-ser-visto</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisandro Aloi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 15:12:31 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/b479068e-6ba1-44a4-a678-6e2a72b6a9ae_2000x1333.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yH79!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbe1bdc03-a0e8-4294-b44f-2c065cbd000d_2000x1333.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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Una lectura de la geolog&#237;a y de la luz, no un capricho. Foto: Lisandro Aloi.</figcaption></figure></div><p></p><h3>Zumthor en el parque de la Beyeler, MAD en Los &#193;ngeles: una semana de septiembre y una vida de recorridos por museos, los que se imponen y los que desaparecen.</h3><p>Peter Zumthor termin&#243; la ampliaci&#243;n de la Fondation Beyeler (preapertura 2026, apertura plena 2027), en Riehen, junto a Basilea. No hizo un edificio. Hizo tres, dispersos en el parque: el Wyss Museum, de hormig&#243;n apisonado con &#225;rido de la caliza del Jura; el Ammann Pavillon, para actos; el Erlen Torhaus, de log&#237;stica. El parque, antes en parte privado y protegido, se abre y suma casi diez mil metros cuadrados de jard&#237;n, pradera, agua y &#225;rboles. Un ginkgo centenario oblig&#243; a recortar el museo en Y. La preapertura fue el 26 de septiembre, con cupos y d&#237;as reducidos. La apertura plena, el 15 de enero de 2027. El conjunto cost&#243; unos 120 millones de francos suizos, enteramente privados, contando el terreno y los primeros diez a&#241;os de operaci&#243;n. Al lado sigue el museo largo y bajo de Renzo Piano, de 1997, que ya hab&#237;a entendido que ese lugar no ped&#237;a un gesto. Si miramos el &#225;rea desde arriba, vemos c&#243;mo estos vol&#250;menes dialogan con el tejido urbano y le dan continuidad.</p><p>La misma semana, el 22 de septiembre, abri&#243; en Exposition Park, Los &#193;ngeles, el Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. Lo dise&#241;&#243; Ma Yansong, de MAD, con Stantec (2026). Un volumen en voladizo, revestido con 1.271 paneles &#250;nicos de pol&#237;mero reforzado con fibra de vidrio, que la prensa describi&#243; como nube y como nave. Seg&#250;n The Art Newspaper, cost&#243; mil millones de d&#243;lares, puestos por George Lucas y Mellody Hobson. El paisaje es de Studio-MLA. Ma dijo que el edificio es una met&#225;fora del relato y de la imaginaci&#243;n, y que refleja a Los &#193;ngeles: su esp&#237;ritu pionero, sus culturas, la relaci&#243;n entre naturaleza, sociedad y ciudad. En este caso&#8230; si miramos el &#225;rea desde arriba, vemos c&#243;mo una pieza blanda contrasta con el tejido urbano.</p><p>En la misma ciudad est&#225; el contraste: las David Geffen Galleries de LACMA (Peter Zumthor, con SOM, 2026), que abrieron en abril. Si el Lucas tiene una impronta org&#225;nica que &#171;aterriza&#187;, este es un gesto org&#225;nico que rompe la trama pero es muy acertado. Una sola pieza curva de hormig&#243;n y vidrio, elevada unos nueve metros, que cruza Wilshire Boulevard y deja abajo plazas y jardines p&#250;blicos. Dialoga bien con lo preexistente y propone un espacio urbano nuevo y disruptivo, pero que dialoga bien con su entorno a la vez. No solo se disfruta visit&#225;ndolo, sino que transitar al lado y debajo de &#233;l enriquece esta &#171;ciudad del veh&#237;culo&#187;. Hace po&#233;tica la circulaci&#243;n vehicular.</p><p>En cuatro d&#237;as quedaron frente a frente dos maneras de hacer un museo. Una se retira ante el lugar. La otra se ofrece como atracci&#243;n. No recorr&#237; la Beyeler. Al Lucas lo vi solo desde afuera: no entr&#233;, sinceramente, me pareci&#243; impersonal y no me atrajo mucho, aunque tambi&#233;n me echaron para atr&#225;s las largas colas detr&#225;s de la novedad. Tal vez cuando lo visite reformulo mi opini&#243;n y tengo una mejor impresi&#243;n; muchas veces me pas&#243; de romper alg&#250;n prejuicio en la primera impresi&#243;n de una obra, aunque en este caso lo dudo. Y aun as&#237; esa semana me dio una raz&#243;n para escribir algunas reflexiones que patol&#243;gicamente&#8230; medito hace a&#241;os.</p><p>Los museos son, para los arquitectos, un programa contempor&#225;neo culminante, algo as&#237; como un hito a alcanzar. El encargo m&#225;s deseado. Casi no importa, en el deseo, lo que vayan a contener, si bien ser&#237;a ese &#8220;contenido&#8221; uno de los pilares iniciales en un proceso creativo. Importa la chance de hacer una obra que se recuerde, y que sea, valga la redundancia, para recordar. A muy pocos museos se les puede perdonar que no sean, adem&#225;s, referentes del lugar. Un museo acertado logra las dos cosas, o elige con inteligencia cu&#225;l de las dos va a privilegiar: llama la atenci&#243;n sobresaliendo, o llama la atenci&#243;n desapareciendo. Pone en valor una cultura, es un faro y funciona para exponer lo que tiene que exponer. Las tres. Si falta una, el edificio puede ser un &#233;xito de prensa y seguir siendo un error.</p><p>Hay edificios que consiguen las dos primeras sin esfuerzo aparente, y por eso parecen un poema acertado, rom&#225;ntico, preciso y profundo. El Museo Nacional de Qatar, de Jean Nouvel (2019), est&#225; inspirado en una rosa del desierto. Es espectacular. Tambi&#233;n es exacto: la forma no es un capricho puesto sobre el Golfo, es una lectura de la geolog&#237;a, de la luz y de una cultura que ya ten&#237;a esa figura antes de que llegara el arquitecto. Ic&#243;nico, escult&#243;rico y del lugar, al mismo tiempo. M&#225;s acertado todav&#237;a, m&#225;s &#8220;fino&#8221;&#8230; o salvemos la comparaci&#243;n, pero me impact&#243; a&#250;n m&#225;s, el Louvre de Abu Dhabi (Jean Nouvel, 2017), que recorr&#237; m&#225;s de una vez y cada vez lo disfruto m&#225;s. (&#191;Qu&#233; es fino? Es una charla pendiente&#8230; una vara particular en cada contexto).</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LwJp!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff9657fce-f1af-40ee-8242-01ad02af1f1b_1500x2000.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LwJp!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff9657fce-f1af-40ee-8242-01ad02af1f1b_1500x2000.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LwJp!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff9657fce-f1af-40ee-8242-01ad02af1f1b_1500x2000.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LwJp!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff9657fce-f1af-40ee-8242-01ad02af1f1b_1500x2000.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LwJp!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff9657fce-f1af-40ee-8242-01ad02af1f1b_1500x2000.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LwJp!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff9657fce-f1af-40ee-8242-01ad02af1f1b_1500x2000.jpeg" width="1456" height="1941" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/f9657fce-f1af-40ee-8242-01ad02af1f1b_1500x2000.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1941,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:285941,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.pathospractice.com/i/220343378?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff9657fce-f1af-40ee-8242-01ad02af1f1b_1500x2000.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LwJp!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff9657fce-f1af-40ee-8242-01ad02af1f1b_1500x2000.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LwJp!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff9657fce-f1af-40ee-8242-01ad02af1f1b_1500x2000.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LwJp!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff9657fce-f1af-40ee-8242-01ad02af1f1b_1500x2000.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LwJp!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff9657fce-f1af-40ee-8242-01ad02af1f1b_1500x2000.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Rosa del desierto, la piedra que inspir&#243; el Museo Nacional de Qatar (Jean Nouvel, 2019). La cultura ya la ten&#237;a antes de que llegara el arquitecto. Foto: Lisandro Aloi.</figcaption></figure></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!M5Bs!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff9fe2dc0-c0bb-4c32-a095-0fcf17a92814_2000x1333.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!M5Bs!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff9fe2dc0-c0bb-4c32-a095-0fcf17a92814_2000x1333.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!M5Bs!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff9fe2dc0-c0bb-4c32-a095-0fcf17a92814_2000x1333.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!M5Bs!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff9fe2dc0-c0bb-4c32-a095-0fcf17a92814_2000x1333.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!M5Bs!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff9fe2dc0-c0bb-4c32-a095-0fcf17a92814_2000x1333.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!M5Bs!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff9fe2dc0-c0bb-4c32-a095-0fcf17a92814_2000x1333.jpeg" width="1456" height="970" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/f9fe2dc0-c0bb-4c32-a095-0fcf17a92814_2000x1333.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:970,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:214573,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.pathospractice.com/i/220343378?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff9fe2dc0-c0bb-4c32-a095-0fcf17a92814_2000x1333.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!M5Bs!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff9fe2dc0-c0bb-4c32-a095-0fcf17a92814_2000x1333.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!M5Bs!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff9fe2dc0-c0bb-4c32-a095-0fcf17a92814_2000x1333.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!M5Bs!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff9fe2dc0-c0bb-4c32-a095-0fcf17a92814_2000x1333.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!M5Bs!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff9fe2dc0-c0bb-4c32-a095-0fcf17a92814_2000x1333.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Museo Nacional de Qatar, Doha (Jean Nouvel, 2019). Ic&#243;nico, escult&#243;rico y del lugar, al mismo tiempo. Foto: Lisandro Aloi.</figcaption></figure></div><p>Despu&#233;s de haberla visitado en otras ocasiones y verla crecer, en noviembre de 2021 fui a Dub&#225;i, como AIA International Country Representative - Argentina, a la conferencia internacional del instituto, que coincidi&#243; con la Expo, y no solo recorrimos obras de la Expo sino muchas obras de los alrededores, con sus autores o miembros del equipo de dise&#241;o. Ah&#237; nos escapamos un d&#237;a a Abu Dhabi y visitamos, entre otras obras, el Louvre con colegas. A pesar de muchas charlas con colegas locales y de todo el mundo, la b&#243;veda se explic&#243; sola. La versi&#243;n oficial del museo es clara, y alcanza: una c&#250;pula &#225;rabe hecha de estrellas, una medina baja junto al agua, y la sombra de las palmeras del desierto traducida a una lluvia de luz. Un colega, en la conferencia, sum&#243; otra capa, m&#225;s rom&#225;ntica: que la idea era tambi&#233;n recrear el pueblo donde hab&#237;a crecido el jeque, que impuls&#243; el museo. No lo pude verificar, y no me hizo falta&#8230; ya que est&#225; a la vista una intenci&#243;n semejante de recrear esas callecitas tan &#250;nicas del crecimiento org&#225;nico de asentamientos de la zona, si no de todo el mundo &#225;rabe. Con lo que est&#225; documentado ya sobra. La espacialidad es de una maestr&#237;a rara. La luz capitaliza el desierto y los espacios nos ilustran la cultura. Hay algo po&#233;tico, y hay algo que solo puedo llamar m&#225;gico, sin verg&#252;enza. A su vez, el mismo genera una transici&#243;n entre el agua y la tierra que cose ambos mundos, la historia del desierto con aquella de los comerciantes y marinos del golfo. Un edificio as&#237; no necesita elegir entre &#237;cono y lugar. Es las dos cosas porque entendi&#243; de qu&#233; estaba hecho el sitio.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vTP-!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F711fbe2a-841d-4a0e-9c68-b6403cfef271_1500x2000.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vTP-!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F711fbe2a-841d-4a0e-9c68-b6403cfef271_1500x2000.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vTP-!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F711fbe2a-841d-4a0e-9c68-b6403cfef271_1500x2000.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vTP-!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F711fbe2a-841d-4a0e-9c68-b6403cfef271_1500x2000.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vTP-!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F711fbe2a-841d-4a0e-9c68-b6403cfef271_1500x2000.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vTP-!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F711fbe2a-841d-4a0e-9c68-b6403cfef271_1500x2000.jpeg" width="1456" height="1941" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/711fbe2a-841d-4a0e-9c68-b6403cfef271_1500x2000.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1941,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:610651,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.pathospractice.com/i/220343378?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F711fbe2a-841d-4a0e-9c68-b6403cfef271_1500x2000.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vTP-!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F711fbe2a-841d-4a0e-9c68-b6403cfef271_1500x2000.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vTP-!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F711fbe2a-841d-4a0e-9c68-b6403cfef271_1500x2000.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vTP-!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F711fbe2a-841d-4a0e-9c68-b6403cfef271_1500x2000.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vTP-!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F711fbe2a-841d-4a0e-9c68-b6403cfef271_1500x2000.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Louvre de Abu Dhabi (Jean Nouvel, 2017). Mi hija, entre el agua y la lluvia de luz: la b&#243;veda se explica sola. Foto: Lisandro Aloi.</figcaption></figure></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!J7J7!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fed4e6d1f-1d16-40e9-974d-1c15cb017ae9_2000x1500.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!J7J7!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fed4e6d1f-1d16-40e9-974d-1c15cb017ae9_2000x1500.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!J7J7!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fed4e6d1f-1d16-40e9-974d-1c15cb017ae9_2000x1500.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!J7J7!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fed4e6d1f-1d16-40e9-974d-1c15cb017ae9_2000x1500.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!J7J7!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fed4e6d1f-1d16-40e9-974d-1c15cb017ae9_2000x1500.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!J7J7!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fed4e6d1f-1d16-40e9-974d-1c15cb017ae9_2000x1500.jpeg" width="1456" height="1092" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/ed4e6d1f-1d16-40e9-974d-1c15cb017ae9_2000x1500.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1092,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:697118,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.pathospractice.com/i/220343378?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fed4e6d1f-1d16-40e9-974d-1c15cb017ae9_2000x1500.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!J7J7!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fed4e6d1f-1d16-40e9-974d-1c15cb017ae9_2000x1500.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!J7J7!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fed4e6d1f-1d16-40e9-974d-1c15cb017ae9_2000x1500.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!J7J7!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fed4e6d1f-1d16-40e9-974d-1c15cb017ae9_2000x1500.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!J7J7!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fed4e6d1f-1d16-40e9-974d-1c15cb017ae9_2000x1500.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Louvre de Abu Dhabi (Jean Nouvel, 2017). Bajo la c&#250;pula, el mar entra al museo. Foto: Lisandro Aloi.</figcaption></figure></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!uuwl!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F74d839ee-e718-4cce-beb1-ab358926c549_2000x1333.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!uuwl!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F74d839ee-e718-4cce-beb1-ab358926c549_2000x1333.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!uuwl!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F74d839ee-e718-4cce-beb1-ab358926c549_2000x1333.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!uuwl!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F74d839ee-e718-4cce-beb1-ab358926c549_2000x1333.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!uuwl!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F74d839ee-e718-4cce-beb1-ab358926c549_2000x1333.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!uuwl!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F74d839ee-e718-4cce-beb1-ab358926c549_2000x1333.jpeg" width="1456" height="970" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/74d839ee-e718-4cce-beb1-ab358926c549_2000x1333.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:970,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:424984,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.pathospractice.com/i/220343378?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F74d839ee-e718-4cce-beb1-ab358926c549_2000x1333.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!uuwl!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F74d839ee-e718-4cce-beb1-ab358926c549_2000x1333.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!uuwl!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F74d839ee-e718-4cce-beb1-ab358926c549_2000x1333.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!uuwl!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F74d839ee-e718-4cce-beb1-ab358926c549_2000x1333.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!uuwl!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F74d839ee-e718-4cce-beb1-ab358926c549_2000x1333.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Louvre de Abu Dhabi (Jean Nouvel, 2017). La sombra de las palmeras del desierto, traducida a una lluvia de luz. Foto: Lisandro Aloi.</figcaption></figure></div><p>El Lucas no me dice eso. Me dice forma. Una forma contempor&#225;nea m&#225;s, h&#225;bil, cara, fotog&#233;nica, que podr&#237;a estar en otra ciudad sin perder ni ganar demasiado. No lo leo como un museo de Los &#193;ngeles. Lo leo como un museo que aterriz&#243; en Los &#193;ngeles. Me pas&#243; algo parecido con el Museo del Futuro (Killa Design, 2022), en Dub&#225;i: interesant&#237;simo de visitar, pero poco inspirador cuando escuch&#233; a su arquitecto contar la g&#233;nesis en la conferencia del AIA. Son&#243; a una suma de demasiados gestos que se empastan unos con otros. De Dub&#225;i y de Abu Dhabi voy a escribir en otra nota. Tuve la suerte de verlas crecer, de unas pocas torres a lo que ya miro, sin iron&#237;a, como una gran metr&#243;poli. Pero esa es otra conversaci&#243;n.</p><p>No es que el gesto est&#233; prohibido. Traigamos un cl&#225;sico por el mero regocijo intelectual: el Guggenheim de Nueva York (Frank Lloyd Wright, 1959) no tiene nada que ver con la ciudad, y es una obra maestra. La &#233;poca en que se hizo, y lo revolucionario del dise&#241;o, lo convirtieron en landmark adem&#225;s de una obra que impact&#243; en el mundo entero. El Centro Pompidou, de Renzo Piano y Richard Rogers (con Gianfranco Franchini, 1977), igual: si alguien propusiera hoy ese edificio en un barrio como el Marais ser&#237;a una locura, y sin embargo qued&#243; como un &#237;cono irremplazable, y muy lindo por cierto. Creo que mucho de eso es que lleg&#243; en el momento justo. (Y no pretend&#237;a tirar abajo todo el Marais, como el Plan Voisin de Le Corbusier, de 1925, el de las torres en cruz con aviones, que gracias a los dioses no se hizo. En este caso fueron solo unas manzanas: un viejo &#171;islote insalubre&#187; demolido en los a&#241;os treinta, que durante d&#233;cadas fue una playa de estacionamiento). I. M. Pei en el Louvre de Par&#237;s (1989) es el caso inverso, y claro, de una sutileza ejemplar: una pieza clara, casi irrespetuosa en el anuncio pero que termina poniendo en valor el palacio en lugar de competir con &#233;l. El Tate Modern (Herzog &amp; de Meuron, 2000), en Londres, dialoga con el r&#237;o, con el ladrillo, con la central el&#233;ctrica que era y el ladrillo que bloque a bloque construy&#243; la ciudad. El Getty Center de Richard Meier (1997), en Los &#193;ngeles, tiene la marca del autor demasiado presente, es cierto, pero la topograf&#237;a y las visuales lo salvan: es un museo de ah&#237;, no de otro lado.</p><p>Gehry es m&#225;s dif&#237;cil, y no quiero seguir peg&#225;ndole por costumbre, pero&#8230; Muri&#243; el 5 de diciembre de 2025 y, a pesar de mis observaciones duras, me parece un genio; admiro su brillante carrera. Sus museos tienen m&#225;s marca personal que lectura del lugar. Creo que esa direcci&#243;n, la del objeto que viaja igual a Bilbao, a Par&#237;s, Los &#193;ngeles o Abu Dhabi, fue la cara m&#225;s visible del achatamiento cultural que vino en grandes olas despu&#233;s de la arquitectura internacional. No porque el internacionalismo fuera el mal, sino porque reemplaz&#243; un universalismo de reglas por un universalismo de firma. Es injusto, tal vez, juzgarlo solo con los ojos de ahora: Gehry se form&#243; en otra &#233;poca, cuando el gesto todav&#237;a pod&#237;a ser muchas veces una liberaci&#243;n. Pero la calidad de un arquitecto, su nivel intelectual, la decisi&#243;n de sumar valor o de abrir un camino que otros siguieron peor, trasciende la &#233;poca. Zumthor es brillante, por lo contrario: una arquitectura de autor que no distrae, que siempre deja algo m&#225;s que una firma. Su mano est&#225;, pero no pide que lo aplaudan, no se distrae con ser &#233;l y hace foco en sus proyectos.</p><p>El Guggenheim de Bilbao (Frank Gehry, 1997) es el caso que estas semanas me vuelve a poner delante, aunque la discusi&#243;n ya aburra a los de mi generaci&#243;n&#8230; y a m&#237;. Como di&#225;logo con la historia es muy cuestionable, o es la lecci&#243;n de dialogar por contraste, que no es lo mismo que dialogar por admiraci&#243;n o respeto. Como operaci&#243;n fue un &#233;xito comercial que puso a Bilbao en el mapa. Las dos frases pueden ser verdaderas. Cuando visite en alg&#250;n futuro el Guggenheim de Gehry en Abu Dhabi (abre el 11 de diciembre, al lado de la magia del Louvre de Nouvel), voy tambi&#233;n sin expectativas. Como las que tuve al ir al Lucas y al verlo de afuera se me disolvieron. Creo que ese par puede quedar, para quien quiera mirar, como el ejemplo de lo que habr&#237;a que hacer y de lo que no. &#191;Ojal&#225; me equivoque? No s&#233;, pero seguro voy a disfrutarlo a pesar de la controversia que me genera. No dejo de admirar sobremanera a quienes me dan una excusa para reflexionar, y ni hablar de quienes logran realizar obras de esta escala y trascendencia.</p><p>En el otro extremo est&#225;n los que desaparecen sin volverse mudos. El Nezu, de Kengo Kuma (2009), en Tokio, al lado de un jard&#237;n centenario: moderno y tradicional a la vez, quiz&#225; el m&#225;s fino de los que menciono. En el mar de Seto, el museo del agua de Ryue Nishizawa y la artista Rei Naito (2010), en Teshima: una pieza, un &#237;cono, una c&#225;scara de hormig&#243;n que parece una gota, y al mismo tiempo una maestr&#237;a po&#233;tica que no desentona con la isla. Y los de Tadao Ando en las mismas islas, el Chichu Art Museum (2004) y el Benesse House Museum (1992): escult&#243;ricos, ic&#243;nicos, muy personales y misteriosamente del lugar. Enterrados, orientados, hechos de la luz de ese mar. Llaman la atenci&#243;n desapareciendo y son faros a la vez. Eso, para m&#237;, es el museo acertado. Ya que estamos en Jap&#243;n, podemos hablar tambi&#233;n del 21_21 Design Sight de Tadao Ando (2007), en Tokio, que se entierra en una plaza y genera un recorrido espectacular desde un acceso austero que dialoga con la plaza. Y la luz, de una sutileza acertada: baja medida, casi en silencio, y alcanza justo para que el hormig&#243;n y la obra se miren. Mi hija se asom&#243; desde atr&#225;s de un muro, en el borde entre la sombra y esa luz, que es exactamente donde Ando te deja. En otra cultura milenaria, otro ejemplo podr&#237;a ser el Museo de la Acr&#243;polis (Bernard Tschumi, con Michael Photiadis, 2009), en Atenas, que encima dialoga con las ruinas que tiene debajo.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5FEx!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcf977dc9-816d-4ccc-bd9e-99a55fd5fe94_2000x1333.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5FEx!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcf977dc9-816d-4ccc-bd9e-99a55fd5fe94_2000x1333.jpeg 424w, 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Mi hija se asoma en el borde entre la sombra y esa luz, donde Ando te deja. Foto: Lisandro Aloi.</figcaption></figure></div><p>En Tokio est&#225; tambi&#233;n el caso que casi nadie nombra cuando habla de museos: el Mori Art Museum (interiores de Gluckman Mayner, 2003), en los pisos 52 y 53 de la Mori Tower (Kohn Pedersen Fox, 2003). Pasa desapercibido. No tiene fachada propia: es una pieza m&#225;s del gran master plan de Roppongi Hills (Mori Building, 2003). Arriba, en lo m&#225;s alto de la torre, su &#250;nico contexto son las visuales. Un ventanal enmarca la ciudad entera y la obra queda recortada contra Tokio. No desaparece en el lugar: el lugar aparece por la ventana.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!o3Ft!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa368d20b-d1d6-491a-bfe3-5f7dced296a2_2000x1333.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!o3Ft!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa368d20b-d1d6-491a-bfe3-5f7dced296a2_2000x1333.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!o3Ft!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa368d20b-d1d6-491a-bfe3-5f7dced296a2_2000x1333.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!o3Ft!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa368d20b-d1d6-491a-bfe3-5f7dced296a2_2000x1333.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!o3Ft!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa368d20b-d1d6-491a-bfe3-5f7dced296a2_2000x1333.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!o3Ft!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa368d20b-d1d6-491a-bfe3-5f7dced296a2_2000x1333.jpeg" width="1456" height="970" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/a368d20b-d1d6-491a-bfe3-5f7dced296a2_2000x1333.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:970,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:273044,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.pathospractice.com/i/220343378?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa368d20b-d1d6-491a-bfe3-5f7dced296a2_2000x1333.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!o3Ft!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa368d20b-d1d6-491a-bfe3-5f7dced296a2_2000x1333.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!o3Ft!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa368d20b-d1d6-491a-bfe3-5f7dced296a2_2000x1333.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!o3Ft!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa368d20b-d1d6-491a-bfe3-5f7dced296a2_2000x1333.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!o3Ft!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa368d20b-d1d6-491a-bfe3-5f7dced296a2_2000x1333.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Una mujer en el Mori. Mori Art Museum, Tokio (interiores de Gluckman Mayner, 2003). Su &#250;nico contexto son las visuales: el lugar aparece por la ventana. Foto: Lisandro Aloi.</figcaption></figure></div><p>Hay una frase que circula desde hace unos a&#241;os, y que me parece peligrosa por lo f&#225;cil: que cualquier edificio nuevo que no ponga el lugar y la cultura por encima de llamar la atenci&#243;n es de mal gusto. &#191;Hay excepciones? Siempre&#8230; o las habr&#225;&#8230; Por suerte hay cada vez m&#225;s voces en esa direcci&#243;n. El problema es la palabra. &#191;Qu&#233; es el gusto? &#191;Qui&#233;n tiene buen o mal gusto? Es un tema dif&#237;cil de explicar con altura si uno se queda solo en la arquitectura, porque el gusto suele ser el nombre elegante del acuerdo de un grupo. Prefiero hablar de acierto. Un acierto se puede argumentar: material, clima, historia, programa, luz, c&#243;mo se entra, qu&#233; se ve antes de ver la obra. El gusto, no, es casi&#8230; caprichoso, y el &#8220;capricho&#8221;, la mayor&#237;a de las veces una certeza de algo desacertado, m&#237;nimo en su intenci&#243;n.</p><p>Un poco de pol&#233;mica en mi ciudad natal&#8230; que siempre entretiene: Me acuerdo de una tarde en la facultad, en Buenos Aires. Vino uno de los arquitectos ejecutores del Malba (proyecto de Atelman, Fourcade y Tapia, que lo ganaron por concurso en 1997; ya que para asegurar una buena ejecuci&#243;n por la juventud de los autores, la direcci&#243;n de obra qued&#243; en manos de un estudio experimentado externo; de todas maneras, ganar ese concurso fue un gran logro para un estudio tan joven; 2001) a mostrar el proyecto. En un momento&#8230; &#191;Me ahorro el nombre? Alguien que hizo una carrera espectacular de todas maneras, pero no me quiero distraer&#8230; Este arquitecto comparti&#243; con cierto orgullo que la piedra del revestimiento de un museo de arte latinoamericano hab&#237;a sido tra&#237;da de Alemania. Levant&#233; la mano. Era un estudiante, y fui justificadamente un poco irrespetuoso, ya que estaba consternado de verdad. Le pregunt&#233; si le hab&#237;a parecido bien una piedra europea en un museo latinoamericano. El auditorio entero hizo ese sonido, el &#171;uuuh&#187;, el de cuando alguien dice algo que no se dice. Esa reacci&#243;n me marc&#243; m&#225;s que la respuesta. Inclusive vi a dos de mis docentes voltear y mirarme orgullosos de que hab&#237;a dicho algo que seguro ellos pensaban y no quedaba bien que le dijeran a un invitado&#8230; Es por ah&#237;, pens&#233;&#8230; Hay que preguntarse, y hay que decir lo que uno piensa, sea estudiante o ya est&#233; formado. No dejar de cuestionarnos y provocar reflexiones.</p><p>No era un capricho de origen. Era una pregunta de sentido. Un museo de arte latinoamericano que se viste con una piedra de otro continente est&#225; diciendo, antes de colgar la primera obra, que lo de ac&#225; no alcanzaba, &#191;que seguimos copiando lo que vino en tantas olas de barcos? Se puede discutir el detalle t&#233;cnico (durabilidad, cantera, mantenimiento) y seguir&#233; pensando que la decisi&#243;n fue un desacierto rotundo. El material es el primer texto del edificio.</p><p>Otra cr&#237;tica que tengo atragantada hace a&#241;os: &#191;por qu&#233; la circulaci&#243;n principal, las escaleras y la terraza del primer piso dan a una calle m&#225;s de Buenos Aires, de 17,32 m de ancho (&#8776; 20 varas, el ancho est&#225;ndar de las calles de la cuadr&#237;cula porte&#241;a) y no a la plaza? &#191;Y por qu&#233; la fachada hacia la plaza est&#225; totalmente (&#191;un 70 %?) tomada por parte del programa que necesita estar cerrado, el auditorio, que no la aprovecha? Si bien una pieza interesante de vol&#250;menes entrelazados que dialoga con el tejido urbano, el Malba es un mal proyecto, pero es verdad que le hizo muy bien a la ciudad, y las iniciativas y aportes a la cultura de su mecenas son realmente excelentes, para no quedarnos en la cr&#237;tica negativa&#8230;</p><p>Por eso miro con inter&#233;s lo que el Malba anunci&#243; esta misma temporada: duplicar la superficie de exposici&#243;n debajo de Plaza Per&#250;, con un proyecto de Frida Escobedo (en proyecto, apertura prevista para fines de 2029 o principios de 2030), sin achicar la plaza ni cerrarla al p&#250;blico. No es Zumthor, y no hace falta que lo sea. Es la otra estrategia, la que m&#225;s le sirve a una ciudad con pocas plazas y con un tejido que ya existe: no monumentalizar al lado, crecer abajo, &#191;sin sobrecostos? coser el museo con la plaza en lugar de competir con ella. (Si alguien quiere, que investigue que hubo un proyecto enterrado en el concurso original del Malba). En Am&#233;rica Latina la tentaci&#243;n del &#237;cono es fuerte, porque el &#237;cono promete el efecto Bilbao con una sola foto. Casi nunca llega. Lo que s&#237; llega, y se puede pagar, es la pieza que lee el lugar, aunque sea peque&#241;a, aunque desaparezca un poco.</p><p>Fragmentar o monumentalizar no es una moral. Es una estrategia. Zumthor fragmenta porque el parque de Riehen ya era el protagonista, y porque Piano hab&#237;a dejado una vara baja y larga. MAD monumentaliza porque el encargo era una fundaci&#243;n de &#8220;mil millones&#8221; y una colecci&#243;n que quiere existir en el mapa antes de que uno entre. Las dos pueden ser honestas con su cliente. Solo una me parece honesta con la ciudad. Y la ciudad, al final, es la que se queda con el edificio cuando pasa la inauguraci&#243;n.</p><p>Hablar de museos es, para m&#237;, un tema apasionante, un programa moderno muy completo y profundo. Tambi&#233;n es el mejor que conozco para una vida de viajes: recorrerlos, y recorrer sus tiendas, que dicen casi tanto como las salas. Esta es mi segunda nota en Pathos. Ac&#225; una pregunta: si el edificio le debe algo al lugar, o si le basta con ser memorable. Yo creo que el programa &#8220;museo&#8221; tiene una responsabilidad, le debe al sitio una respuesta. Y creo que los que logran las dos cosas (Nouvel en el desierto, Kuma junto al jard&#237;n, Nishizawa y Ando en el mar de Seto, Pei en el patio de un palacio) no son la excepci&#243;n rom&#225;ntica. Son la vara.</p><div><hr></div><p>Ac&#225; van algunos de los sitios y fuentes que consult&#233; al escribir esta nota, por si alguien quiere mirar m&#225;s de cerca:</p><h2>Fuentes</h2><p>Fondation Beyeler, ampliaci&#243;n de Peter Zumthor (sitio oficial): <a href="https://www.fondationbeyeler.ch/en">https://www.fondationbeyeler.ch/en</a> &#183; Designboom, &#8220;Peter Zumthor&#8217;s expanded Fondation Beyeler opens to the public&#8221;: <a href="https://www.designboom.com/architecture/peter-zumthor-fondation-beyeler-gradual-opening-basel-switzerland-wyss-museum/">https://www.designboom.com/architecture/peter-zumthor-fondation-beyeler-gradual-opening-basel-switzerland-wyss-museum/</a> &#183; The Art Newspaper, &#8220;Switzerland&#8217;s Fondation Beyeler opens &#163;109.7m expansion&#8221;: <a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/25/fondation-beyeler-basel-switzerland-peter-zumthor-expansion">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/25/fondation-beyeler-basel-switzerland-peter-zumthor-expansion</a> &#183; ArchDaily, &#8220;Fondation Beyeler to Open Expanded Campus by Peter Zumthor in 2027&#8221;: <a href="https://www.archdaily.com/1042400/fondation-beyeler-to-open-expanded-campus-by-peter-zumthor-in-2027">https://www.archdaily.com/1042400/fondation-beyeler-to-open-expanded-campus-by-peter-zumthor-in-2027</a></p><p><a href="https://lucasmuseum.org/">Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, apertura (sitio oficial): https://lucasmuseum.org/</a> &#183; Comunicado de apertura: <a href="https://lucasmuseum.org/press/grand-opening">https://lucasmuseum.org/press/grand-opening</a> &#183; The Art Newspaper, &#8220;$1bn Lucas Museum of Narrative Art lifts off at long last&#8221;: <a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/07/lucas-museum-narrative-art-opening-preview-los-angeles">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/07/lucas-museum-narrative-art-opening-preview-los-angeles</a> &#183; Designboom, &#8220;MAD&#8217;s Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opens in Los Angeles&#8221;: <a href="https://www.designboom.com/architecture/mad-lucas-museum-narrative-art-early-look-inside/">https://www.designboom.com/architecture/mad-lucas-museum-narrative-art-early-look-inside/</a> &#183; Architectural Record: <a href="https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/18401-the-lucas-museum-set-for-september-22-opening">https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/18401-the-lucas-museum-set-for-september-22-opening</a> &#183; CNN: <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/05/style/lucas-museum-of-narrative-art-opening">https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/05/style/lucas-museum-of-narrative-art-opening</a></p><p>LACMA, David Geffen Galleries, Peter Zumthor (sitio oficial): <a href="https://www.lacma.org/press/lacmas-new-david-geffen-galleries-designed-peter-zumthor-open-april-19">https://www.lacma.org/press/lacmas-new-david-geffen-galleries-designed-peter-zumthor-open-april-19</a> &#183; SOM, &#8220;SOM and Atelier Peter Zumthor Complete David Geffen Galleries at LACMA&#8221;: <a href="https://www.som.com/news/lacma-opens/">https://www.som.com/news/lacma-opens/</a></p><p><a href="https://www.i-mad.com/">MAD Architects: https://www.i-mad.com</a> &#183; <a href="https://www.peterzumthor.com/">Atelier Peter Zumthor: https://www.peterzumthor.com</a></p><p>Louvre Abu Dhabi, la arquitectura de Jean Nouvel (lluvia de luz, medina, c&#250;pula): <a href="https://www.louvreabudhabi.ae/en/about-us/architecture">https://www.louvreabudhabi.ae/en/about-us/architecture</a></p><p><a href="https://nmoq.org.qa/">Museo Nacional de Qatar, Jean Nouvel, rosa del desierto: https://nmoq.org.qa</a></p><p><a href="https://museumofthefuture.ae/">Museo del Futuro, Dub&#225;i: https://museumofthefuture.ae</a></p><p>Guggenheim de Nueva York, Frank Lloyd Wright: <a href="https://www.guggenheim.org/the-frank-lloyd-wright-building">https://www.guggenheim.org/the-frank-lloyd-wright-building</a> &#183; <a href="https://www.guggenheim-bilbao.eus/">Guggenheim Bilbao: https://www.guggenheim-bilbao.eus</a> &#183; <a href="https://www.guggenheimabudhabi.ae/">Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, Frank Gehry: https://www.guggenheimabudhabi.ae</a></p><p>Louvre de Par&#237;s, pir&#225;mide de I. M. Pei: <a href="https://www.louvre.fr/en/explore/the-palace/a-pyramid-for-a-symbol">https://www.louvre.fr/en/explore/the-palace/a-pyramid-for-a-symbol</a> &#183; <a href="https://www.centrepompidou.fr/">Centre Pompidou: https://www.centrepompidou.fr</a> &#183; Plan Voisin, Le Corbusier (Fondation Le Corbusier): <a href="https://www.fondationlecorbusier.fr/en/work-architecture/projects-plan-voisin-france-1925/">https://www.fondationlecorbusier.fr/en/work-architecture/projects-plan-voisin-france-1925/</a></p><p>Tate Modern, Herzog &amp; de Meuron sobre la Bankside Power Station: <a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-modern">https://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-modern</a></p><p>Getty Center, Richard Meier: <a href="https://www.getty.edu/visit/center/">https://www.getty.edu/visit/center/</a> &#183; Museo de la Acr&#243;polis, Bernard Tschumi: <a href="https://www.theacropolismuseum.gr/en/museum-building">https://www.theacropolismuseum.gr/en/museum-building</a></p><p>Nezu Museum, Kengo Kuma: <a href="https://www.nezu-muse.or.jp/en/">https://www.nezu-muse.or.jp/en/</a> &#183; Teshima Art Museum, Ryue Nishizawa y Rei Naito: <a href="https://benesse-artsite.jp/en/art/teshima-artmuseum.html">https://benesse-artsite.jp/en/art/teshima-artmuseum.html</a> &#183; Chichu Art Museum, Tadao Ando, Naoshima: <a href="https://benesse-artsite.jp/en/art/chichu.html">https://benesse-artsite.jp/en/art/chichu.html</a> &#183; Benesse House Museum, Tadao Ando, Naoshima: <a href="https://benesse-artsite.jp/en/art/benessehouse-museum.html">https://benesse-artsite.jp/en/art/benessehouse-museum.html</a> &#183; 21_21 Design Sight, Tadao Ando: <a href="https://www.2121designsight.jp/en/">https://www.2121designsight.jp/en/</a> &#183; Mori Art Museum, Roppongi Hills: <a href="https://www.mori.art.museum/en/">https://www.mori.art.museum/en/</a> &#183; Roppongi Hills, Mori Building: <a href="https://www.mori.co.jp/en/projects/roppongihills/">https://www.mori.co.jp/en/projects/roppongihills/</a></p><p>Malba, ampliaci&#243;n bajo Plaza Per&#250;, Frida Escobedo: The Art Newspaper, &#8220;Malba picks architect for expansion that will double its exhibition space&#8221;: <a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/17/malba-museum-buenos-aires-frida-escobedo-architect-expansion">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/17/malba-museum-buenos-aires-frida-escobedo-architect-expansion</a> &#183; Perfil: <a href="https://www.perfil.com/noticias/cultura/malba-cumple-25-anos-y-anuncia-una-ampliacion-una-megadonacion-y-un-fondo-de-us50-millones.phtml">https://www.perfil.com/noticias/cultura/malba-cumple-25-anos-y-anuncia-una-ampliacion-una-megadonacion-y-un-fondo-de-us50-millones.phtml</a> &#183; <a href="https://www.malba.org.ar/">Malba: https://www.malba.org.ar</a></p><p>Pathos 01, para quien llegue por esta nota: <a href="https://www.pathospractice.com/p/pathos-01-hay-escuela-en-la-argentina">https://www.pathospractice.com/p/pathos-01-hay-escuela-en-la-argentina</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pathos 02 · Disappearing to be seen]]></title><description><![CDATA[A reflection on museums. What does a museum give to its place?]]></description><link>https://www.pathospractice.com/p/disappearing-to-be-seen</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.pathospractice.com/p/disappearing-to-be-seen</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisandro Aloi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Oct 2026 15:10:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/02c734a0-49f1-4517-a476-65823aa2caec_2000x1333.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HAvg!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3bea0588-179e-45d3-8024-35b756397320_2000x1333.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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A reading of geology and light, not a whim. Photo: Lisandro Aloi.</figcaption></figure></div><h3>Zumthor in the Beyeler&#8217;s park, MAD in Los Angeles: one week in September and a lifetime of walking through museums, the ones that impose themselves and the ones that disappear.</h3><p>Peter Zumthor has finished the expansion of the Fondation Beyeler (preview opening 2026, full opening 2027), in Riehen, next to Basel. He did not make one building. He made three, scattered across the park: the Wyss Museum, in rammed concrete with aggregate from Jura limestone; the Ammann Pavillon, for events; the Erlen Torhaus, for logistics. The park, once partly private and protected, opens up and adds almost ten thousand square meters of garden, meadow, water and trees. A century-old ginkgo forced the museum to be cut into a Y. The preview opening was on September 26, with limited capacity and reduced days. The full opening, on January 15, 2027. The whole thing cost some 120 million Swiss francs, entirely private, including the land and the first ten years of operation. Next door stands Renzo Piano&#8217;s long, low museum from 1997, which had already understood that this place did not ask for a gesture. If we look at the area from above, we see how these volumes talk to the urban fabric and give it continuity.</p><p>That same week, on September 22, the Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opened in Exposition Park, Los Angeles. It was designed by Ma Yansong, of MAD, with Stantec (2026). A cantilevered volume, clad in 1,271 unique panels of fiberglass-reinforced polymer, which the press described as a cloud and as a spaceship. According to The Art Newspaper, it cost a billion dollars, put up by George Lucas and Mellody Hobson. The landscape is by Studio-MLA. Ma said the building is a metaphor for storytelling and imagination, and that it reflects Los Angeles: its pioneering spirit, its cultures, the relationship between nature, society and city. In this case&#8230; if we look at the area from above, we see how a soft piece contrasts with the urban fabric.</p><p>In the same city lies the contrast: LACMA's David Geffen Galleries (Peter Zumthor, with SOM, 2026), which opened in April. If the Lucas has an organic imprint that "lands", this is an organic gesture that breaks the grid but gets it very right. A single curving piece of concrete and glass, raised some nine meters, that crosses Wilshire Boulevard and leaves public plazas and gardens beneath it. It talks well with what was already there and proposes a new, disruptive urban space, one that at the same time sits well with its surroundings. It is not only a pleasure to visit: walking beside it and beneath it enriches this "city of the car". It makes car traffic poetic.</p><p>In four days, two ways of making a museum ended up face to face. One steps back before the place. The other offers itself as an attraction. I have not walked through the Beyeler. The Lucas I only saw from outside: I didn&#8217;t go in. Honestly, it struck me as impersonal and didn&#8217;t draw me much, although the long queues chasing the novelty also put me off. Maybe when I visit it I&#8217;ll rethink my opinion and come away with a better impression; many times I have broken a prejudice formed at first sight of a building, though in this case I doubt it. And even so, that week gave me a reason to write down some reflections I have been pondering, pathologically&#8230; for years.</p><p>For architects, museums are a culminating contemporary program, a kind of milestone to reach. The most coveted commission. In the desire, what they will hold barely matters, even though that &#8220;content&#8221; should be one of the first pillars of a creative process. What matters is the chance to make a work that is remembered, and that is, forgive the redundancy, made for remembering. Very few museums are forgiven for not also being landmarks of their place. A successful museum achieves both, or chooses wisely which of the two to favor: it draws attention by standing out, or it draws attention by disappearing. It brings a culture to light, it is a beacon, and it works for showing what it has to show. All three. If one is missing, the building can be a press success and still be a mistake.</p><p>There are buildings that achieve the first two with no apparent effort, and that is why they read like a well-made poem, romantic, precise and deep. The National Museum of Qatar, by Jean Nouvel (2019), is inspired by a desert rose. It is spectacular. It is also exact: the form is not a whim set down on the Gulf, it is a reading of the geology, of the light and of a culture that already had that figure before the architect arrived. Iconic, sculptural and of its place, all at once. Even more successful, more &#8220;refined&#8221;&#8230; or let&#8217;s spare the comparison, but it moved me even more: the Louvre Abu Dhabi (Jean Nouvel, 2017), which I have walked through more than once and enjoy more each time. (What is refined? A conversation for another day&#8230; a different bar in every context.)</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!G1ti!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4ce7bd6b-04fa-4bc1-a9eb-60947fec2f00_1500x2000.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!G1ti!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4ce7bd6b-04fa-4bc1-a9eb-60947fec2f00_1500x2000.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!G1ti!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4ce7bd6b-04fa-4bc1-a9eb-60947fec2f00_1500x2000.jpeg 848w, 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class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Desert rose, the stone that inspired the National Museum of Qatar (Jean Nouvel, 2019). The culture had it before the architect arrived. Photo: Lisandro Aloi.</figcaption></figure></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yk3e!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4eead9ed-faa6-40ce-8f39-a6b1dcf9be51_2000x1333.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yk3e!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4eead9ed-faa6-40ce-8f39-a6b1dcf9be51_2000x1333.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yk3e!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4eead9ed-faa6-40ce-8f39-a6b1dcf9be51_2000x1333.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yk3e!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4eead9ed-faa6-40ce-8f39-a6b1dcf9be51_2000x1333.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yk3e!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4eead9ed-faa6-40ce-8f39-a6b1dcf9be51_2000x1333.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yk3e!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4eead9ed-faa6-40ce-8f39-a6b1dcf9be51_2000x1333.jpeg" width="1456" height="970" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/4eead9ed-faa6-40ce-8f39-a6b1dcf9be51_2000x1333.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:970,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:214573,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.pathospractice.com/i/220340044?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4eead9ed-faa6-40ce-8f39-a6b1dcf9be51_2000x1333.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yk3e!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4eead9ed-faa6-40ce-8f39-a6b1dcf9be51_2000x1333.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yk3e!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4eead9ed-faa6-40ce-8f39-a6b1dcf9be51_2000x1333.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yk3e!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4eead9ed-faa6-40ce-8f39-a6b1dcf9be51_2000x1333.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yk3e!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4eead9ed-faa6-40ce-8f39-a6b1dcf9be51_2000x1333.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">National Museum of Qatar, Doha (Jean Nouvel, 2019). Iconic, sculptural and of its place, all at once. Photo: Lisandro Aloi.</figcaption></figure></div><p>Having visited the city on other occasions and watched it grow, in November 2021 I went to Dubai, as AIA International Country Representative - Argentina, for the institute&#8217;s international conference, which coincided with the Expo, and we toured not only Expo buildings but many works in the surrounding area, with their authors or members of their design teams. From there we slipped away one day to Abu Dhabi and visited, among other works, the Louvre with colleagues. Despite many conversations with colleagues from the region and from all over the world, the dome explained itself. The museum&#8217;s official version is clear, and it is enough: an Arab dome made of stars, a low medina by the water, and the shade of desert palms translated into a rain of light. A colleague at the conference added another, more romantic layer: that the idea was also to recreate the village where the sheikh who championed the museum had grown up. I couldn&#8217;t verify it, and I didn&#8217;t need to&#8230; since a similar intention is plain to see, to recreate those unique little streets that grew organically in the settlements of the region, if not of the whole Arab world. What is documented is more than enough. The spatial quality is of a rare mastery. The light makes the most of the desert, and the spaces illustrate the culture for us. There is something poetic, and there is something I can only call magical, without embarrassment. At the same time, the building creates a transition between water and land that stitches both worlds together, the history of the desert with that of the Gulf&#8217;s merchants and sailors. A building like this does not need to choose between icon and place. It is both because it understood what the site was made of.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bK17!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5c30a025-5463-4c34-ab09-a94408f7855d_1500x2000.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bK17!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5c30a025-5463-4c34-ab09-a94408f7855d_1500x2000.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bK17!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5c30a025-5463-4c34-ab09-a94408f7855d_1500x2000.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bK17!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5c30a025-5463-4c34-ab09-a94408f7855d_1500x2000.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bK17!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5c30a025-5463-4c34-ab09-a94408f7855d_1500x2000.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bK17!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5c30a025-5463-4c34-ab09-a94408f7855d_1500x2000.jpeg" width="1456" height="1941" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/5c30a025-5463-4c34-ab09-a94408f7855d_1500x2000.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1941,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:610651,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.pathospractice.com/i/220340044?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5c30a025-5463-4c34-ab09-a94408f7855d_1500x2000.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bK17!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5c30a025-5463-4c34-ab09-a94408f7855d_1500x2000.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bK17!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5c30a025-5463-4c34-ab09-a94408f7855d_1500x2000.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bK17!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5c30a025-5463-4c34-ab09-a94408f7855d_1500x2000.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bK17!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F5c30a025-5463-4c34-ab09-a94408f7855d_1500x2000.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Louvre Abu Dhabi (Jean Nouvel, 2017). My daughter, between the water and the rain of light: the dome explains itself. Photo: Lisandro Aloi.</figcaption></figure></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nVi4!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F74df238c-5d89-43c4-9e67-8bfd1cb58846_2000x1500.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nVi4!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F74df238c-5d89-43c4-9e67-8bfd1cb58846_2000x1500.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nVi4!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F74df238c-5d89-43c4-9e67-8bfd1cb58846_2000x1500.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nVi4!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F74df238c-5d89-43c4-9e67-8bfd1cb58846_2000x1500.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nVi4!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F74df238c-5d89-43c4-9e67-8bfd1cb58846_2000x1500.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nVi4!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F74df238c-5d89-43c4-9e67-8bfd1cb58846_2000x1500.jpeg" width="1456" height="1092" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/74df238c-5d89-43c4-9e67-8bfd1cb58846_2000x1500.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1092,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:697118,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.pathospractice.com/i/220340044?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F74df238c-5d89-43c4-9e67-8bfd1cb58846_2000x1500.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nVi4!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F74df238c-5d89-43c4-9e67-8bfd1cb58846_2000x1500.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nVi4!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F74df238c-5d89-43c4-9e67-8bfd1cb58846_2000x1500.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nVi4!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F74df238c-5d89-43c4-9e67-8bfd1cb58846_2000x1500.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nVi4!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F74df238c-5d89-43c4-9e67-8bfd1cb58846_2000x1500.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Louvre Abu Dhabi (Jean Nouvel, 2017). Beneath the dome, the sea comes into the museum. Photo: Lisandro Aloi.</figcaption></figure></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!L2Zc!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc2458399-dd1b-452a-aaaa-afbdd8801396_2000x1333.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!L2Zc!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc2458399-dd1b-452a-aaaa-afbdd8801396_2000x1333.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!L2Zc!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc2458399-dd1b-452a-aaaa-afbdd8801396_2000x1333.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!L2Zc!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc2458399-dd1b-452a-aaaa-afbdd8801396_2000x1333.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!L2Zc!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc2458399-dd1b-452a-aaaa-afbdd8801396_2000x1333.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!L2Zc!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc2458399-dd1b-452a-aaaa-afbdd8801396_2000x1333.jpeg" width="1456" height="970" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c2458399-dd1b-452a-aaaa-afbdd8801396_2000x1333.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:970,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:424984,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.pathospractice.com/i/220340044?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc2458399-dd1b-452a-aaaa-afbdd8801396_2000x1333.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!L2Zc!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc2458399-dd1b-452a-aaaa-afbdd8801396_2000x1333.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!L2Zc!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc2458399-dd1b-452a-aaaa-afbdd8801396_2000x1333.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!L2Zc!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc2458399-dd1b-452a-aaaa-afbdd8801396_2000x1333.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!L2Zc!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc2458399-dd1b-452a-aaaa-afbdd8801396_2000x1333.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">Louvre Abu Dhabi (Jean Nouvel, 2017). The shade of desert palms, translated into a rain of light. Photo: Lisandro Aloi.</figcaption></figure></div><p>The Lucas doesn&#8217;t tell me that. It tells me form. One more contemporary form, skillful, expensive, photogenic, that could stand in another city without losing or gaining much. I don&#8217;t read it as a Los Angeles museum. I read it as a museum that landed in Los Angeles. Something similar happened to me with the Museum of the Future (Killa Design, 2022), in Dubai: fascinating to visit, but not very inspiring when I heard its architect tell the story of its genesis at the AIA conference. It sounded like a sum of too many gestures smudging into one another. I will write about Dubai and Abu Dhabi in another piece. I was lucky to watch them grow, from a handful of towers into what I now see, without irony, as a great metropolis. But that is another conversation.</p><p>It&#8217;s not that the gesture is forbidden. Let&#8217;s bring in a classic, for the sheer intellectual pleasure of it: the Guggenheim in New York (Frank Lloyd Wright, 1959) has nothing to do with the city, and it is a masterpiece. The era in which it was made, and how revolutionary its design was, turned it into a landmark as well as a work that left its mark on the whole world. The Centre Pompidou, by Renzo Piano and Richard Rogers (with Gianfranco Franchini, 1977), the same: if someone proposed that building today in a neighborhood like the Marais it would be madness, and yet it became an irreplaceable icon, and a very beautiful one, by the way. I think much of it is that it arrived at the right moment. (And it didn&#8217;t intend to tear down the whole Marais, like Le Corbusier&#8217;s Plan Voisin of 1925, the one with cruciform towers and airplanes, which thank the gods was never built. In this case it was only a few blocks: an old &#171;&#238;lot insalubre&#187;, an unhealthy slum block, demolished in the thirties, which for decades was a parking lot.) I. M. Pei at the Louvre in Paris (1989) is the opposite case, and of course one of exemplary subtlety: a clear piece, almost disrespectful in its announcement, but one that ends up enhancing the palace instead of competing with it. Tate Modern (Herzog &amp; de Meuron, 2000), in London, talks to the river, to the brick, to the power station it once was and to the brick that, block by block, built the city. Richard Meier&#8217;s Getty Center (1997), in Los Angeles, carries the author&#8217;s mark too visibly, it&#8217;s true, but the topography and the views save it: it is a museum from there, not from somewhere else.</p><p>Gehry is harder, and I don&#8217;t want to keep hitting him out of habit, but&#8230; He died on December 5, 2025 and, despite my harsh remarks, I think he was a genius; I admire his brilliant career. His museums carry more personal signature than reading of the place. I believe that direction, the object that travels unchanged to Bilbao, Paris, Los Angeles or Abu Dhabi, was the most visible face of the cultural flattening that came in great waves after international architecture. Not because internationalism was evil, but because it replaced a universalism of rules with a universalism of signature. It is unfair, perhaps, to judge him only with today&#8217;s eyes: Gehry was formed in another era, when the gesture could still often be a liberation. But an architect&#8217;s quality, his intellectual level, the decision to add value or to open a path that others followed less well, transcends the era. Zumthor is brilliant, for the opposite reason: an architecture of authorship that doesn&#8217;t distract, that always leaves something more than a signature. His hand is there, but it doesn&#8217;t ask to be applauded, it doesn&#8217;t get distracted by being himself, and it stays focused on his projects.</p><p>The Guggenheim Bilbao (Frank Gehry, 1997) is the case these weeks keep putting in front of me again, even if the debate already bores my generation&#8230; and me. As a dialogue with history it is highly questionable, or it is the lesson of dialogue by contrast, which is not the same as dialogue out of admiration or respect. As an operation it was a commercial success that put Bilbao on the map. Both sentences can be true. When, at some point, I visit Gehry&#8217;s Guggenheim in Abu Dhabi (it opens on December 11, next to the magic of Nouvel&#8217;s Louvre), I will also go without expectations. Like the ones I had going to the Lucas, which dissolved when I saw it from outside. I think that pair can stand, for anyone who wants to look, as the example of what should be done and what shouldn&#8217;t. I hope I&#8217;m wrong? I don&#8217;t know, but I&#8217;m sure I will enjoy it despite the controversy it stirs in me. I never stop greatly admiring those who give me an excuse to reflect, let alone those who manage to build works of this scale and significance.</p><p>At the other end are the ones that disappear without going mute. The Nezu, by Kengo Kuma (2009), in Tokyo, next to a century-old garden: modern and traditional at once, perhaps the finest of the ones I mention. In the Seto Inland Sea, the water museum by Ryue Nishizawa and the artist Rei Naito (2010), on Teshima: a piece, an icon, a concrete shell that looks like a drop, and at the same time a poetic mastery that is in tune with the island. And Tadao Ando&#8217;s on the same islands, the Chichu Art Museum (2004) and the Benesse House Museum (1992): sculptural, iconic, very personal and mysteriously of their place. Buried, oriented, made of the light of that sea. They draw attention by disappearing and are lighthouses at the same time. That, for me, is the successful museum. While we&#8217;re in Japan, we can also talk about Tadao Ando&#8217;s 21_21 Design Sight (2007), in Tokyo, which sinks into a plaza and creates a spectacular route from an austere entrance that talks to the plaza. And the light, of a well-judged subtlety: low, measured, almost silent, just enough for the concrete and the work to look at each other. My daughter peeked out from behind a wall, on the edge between the shadow and that light, which is exactly where Ando leaves you. In another ancient culture, another example could be the Acropolis Museum (Bernard Tschumi, with Michael Photiadis, 2009), in Athens, which on top of that talks to the ruins beneath it.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Wo-c!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F36d5f22b-7924-4703-8a00-cfd10d16c21c_2000x1333.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Wo-c!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F36d5f22b-7924-4703-8a00-cfd10d16c21c_2000x1333.jpeg 424w, 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My daughter peeks out on the edge between the shadow and that light, where Ando leaves you. Photo: Lisandro Aloi.</figcaption></figure></div><p>Tokyo also has the case almost nobody mentions when talking about museums: the Mori Art Museum (interiors by Gluckman Mayner, 2003), on the 52nd and 53rd floors of Mori Tower (Kohn Pedersen Fox, 2003). It goes unnoticed. It has no facade of its own: it is one more piece of the great Roppongi Hills master plan (Mori Building, 2003). Up there, at the top of the tower, its only context is the views. A large window frames the whole city, and the work stands cut out against Tokyo. It doesn&#8217;t disappear into the place: the place appears through the window.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eVqP!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8b785801-2e5c-4418-8664-443e88862e17_2000x1333.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eVqP!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8b785801-2e5c-4418-8664-443e88862e17_2000x1333.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eVqP!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8b785801-2e5c-4418-8664-443e88862e17_2000x1333.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eVqP!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8b785801-2e5c-4418-8664-443e88862e17_2000x1333.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eVqP!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8b785801-2e5c-4418-8664-443e88862e17_2000x1333.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eVqP!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8b785801-2e5c-4418-8664-443e88862e17_2000x1333.jpeg" width="1456" height="970" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/8b785801-2e5c-4418-8664-443e88862e17_2000x1333.jpeg&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:970,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:273044,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/jpeg&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.pathospractice.com/i/220340044?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8b785801-2e5c-4418-8664-443e88862e17_2000x1333.jpeg&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eVqP!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8b785801-2e5c-4418-8664-443e88862e17_2000x1333.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eVqP!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8b785801-2e5c-4418-8664-443e88862e17_2000x1333.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eVqP!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8b785801-2e5c-4418-8664-443e88862e17_2000x1333.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eVqP!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8b785801-2e5c-4418-8664-443e88862e17_2000x1333.jpeg 1456w" sizes="auto, 100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" class="icon-noB79L"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image buttonBase-GK1x3M"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">A woman at the Mori. Mori Art Museum, Tokyo (interiors by Gluckman Mayner, 2003). Its only context is the views: the place appears through the window. Photo: Lisandro Aloi.</figcaption></figure></div><p>There is a phrase that has been going around for some years, and which I find dangerous because it is so easy: that any new building that does not put place and culture above drawing attention is in bad taste. Are there exceptions? Always&#8230; or there will be&#8230; Fortunately there are more and more voices in that direction. The problem is the word. What is taste? Who has good or bad taste? It is a hard subject to explain with any depth if one stays within architecture alone, because taste is usually the elegant name for a group&#8217;s agreement. I prefer to speak of getting it right. Getting it right can be argued: material, climate, history, program, light, how you enter, what you see before you see the work. Taste can&#8217;t; it is almost&#8230; capricious, and &#8220;caprice&#8221; is, most of the time, a certainty about something misjudged, small in its intention.</p><p>A little controversy in my hometown&#8230; which is always entertaining: I remember an afternoon at the architecture school in Buenos Aires. One of the executing architects of Malba, the city&#8217;s museum of Latin American art, came to present the project (designed by Atelman, Fourcade and Tapia, who won it in a competition in 1997; because the authors were young, and to ensure sound execution, site supervision was left in the hands of an experienced outside firm; even so, winning that competition was a great achievement for such a young studio; 2001). At one point&#8230; Shall I spare the name? Someone who went on to have a spectacular career anyway, but I don&#8217;t want to get distracted&#8230; This architect shared with a certain pride that the stone cladding of a museum of Latin American art had been brought from Germany. I raised my hand. I was a student, and I was, justifiably, a little disrespectful, because I was truly dismayed. I asked him whether a European stone in a Latin American museum had seemed right to him. The whole auditorium made that sound, the &#171;oooh&#187;, the one people make when someone says something you don&#8217;t say. That reaction marked me more than the answer. I even saw two of my professors turn and look at me, proud that I had said something they surely thought but that it wouldn&#8217;t have been proper for them to say to a guest&#8230; That&#8217;s the way, I thought&#8230; You have to ask, and you have to say what you think, whether you&#8217;re a student or already formed. Never stop questioning ourselves and provoking reflection.</p><p>It wasn&#8217;t a whim about origin. It was a question of meaning. A museum of Latin American art that dresses itself in stone from another continent is saying, before hanging the first work, that what we had here wasn&#8217;t enough. That we are still copying whatever arrived in so many waves of ships? One can argue the technical detail (durability, quarry, maintenance) and I will still think the decision was a resounding misjudgment. Material is a building&#8217;s first text.</p><p>Another criticism I have had stuck in my throat for years: why do the main circulation, the stairs and the first-floor terrace face just another Buenos Aires street, 17.32 m wide (&#8776; 20 varas, the old Spanish unit behind the standard width of the city&#8217;s street grid), and not the plaza? And why is the facade toward the plaza entirely (70%?) taken up by a part of the program that needs to be closed, the auditorium, which makes no use of it? Although it is an interesting piece of interlocking volumes that talks to the urban fabric, Malba is a bad project; but it is true that it did the city a lot of good, and its patron&#8217;s initiatives and contributions to culture are truly excellent, so as not to stop at negative criticism&#8230;</p><p>That&#8217;s why I look with interest at what Malba announced this very season: doubling its exhibition space beneath Plaza Per&#250;, with a project by Frida Escobedo (in design, opening expected for late 2029 or early 2030), without shrinking the plaza or closing it to the public. It isn&#8217;t Zumthor, and it doesn&#8217;t need to be. It is the other strategy, the one that best serves a city with few plazas and a fabric that already exists: don&#8217;t build a monument next door, grow underneath (without cost overruns?), stitch the museum to the plaza instead of competing with it. (If anyone wants to, let them look into the fact that there was a buried project in Malba&#8217;s original competition.) In Latin America the temptation of the icon is strong, because the icon promises the Bilbao effect with a single photo. It almost never arrives. What does arrive, and can be paid for, is the piece that reads the place, even if it is small, even if it disappears a little.</p><p>Fragmenting or monumentalizing is not a morality. It is a strategy. Zumthor fragments because the Riehen park was already the protagonist, and because Piano had set a low, long bar. MAD monumentalizes because the commission was a &#8220;billion-dollar&#8221; foundation and a collection that wants to exist on the map before anyone walks in. Both can be honest with their client. Only one seems to me honest with the city. And the city, in the end, is the one left with the building once the opening is over.</p><p>For me, talking about museums is a thrilling subject: a very complete and profound modern program. It is also the best one I know for a life of travel: walking through them, and through their shops, which say almost as much as the galleries. This is my second piece on Pathos. Here is a question: whether a building owes something to its place, or whether it is enough to be memorable. I believe the &#8220;museum&#8221; program carries a responsibility: it owes the site an answer. And I believe the ones that achieve both (Nouvel in the desert, Kuma by the garden, Nishizawa and Ando on the Seto Inland Sea, Pei in the courtyard of a palace) are not the romantic exception. They are the bar.</p><div><hr></div><p>Here are some of the sites and sources I consulted while writing this piece, for anyone who wants a closer look:</p><h2>Sources</h2><p>Fondation Beyeler, Peter Zumthor&#8217;s expansion (official site): <a href="https://www.fondationbeyeler.ch/en">https://www.fondationbeyeler.ch/en</a> &#183; Designboom, &#8220;Peter Zumthor&#8217;s expanded Fondation Beyeler opens to the public&#8221;: <a href="https://www.designboom.com/architecture/peter-zumthor-fondation-beyeler-gradual-opening-basel-switzerland-wyss-museum/">https://www.designboom.com/architecture/peter-zumthor-fondation-beyeler-gradual-opening-basel-switzerland-wyss-museum/</a> &#183; The Art Newspaper, &#8220;Switzerland&#8217;s Fondation Beyeler opens &#163;109.7m expansion&#8221;: <a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/25/fondation-beyeler-basel-switzerland-peter-zumthor-expansion">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/25/fondation-beyeler-basel-switzerland-peter-zumthor-expansion</a> &#183; ArchDaily, &#8220;Fondation Beyeler to Open Expanded Campus by Peter Zumthor in 2027&#8221;: <a href="https://www.archdaily.com/1042400/fondation-beyeler-to-open-expanded-campus-by-peter-zumthor-in-2027">https://www.archdaily.com/1042400/fondation-beyeler-to-open-expanded-campus-by-peter-zumthor-in-2027</a></p><p><a href="https://lucasmuseum.org/">Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, opening (official site): https://lucasmuseum.org/</a> &#183; Opening press release: <a href="https://lucasmuseum.org/press/grand-opening">https://lucasmuseum.org/press/grand-opening</a> &#183; The Art Newspaper, &#8220;$1bn Lucas Museum of Narrative Art lifts off at long last&#8221;: <a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/07/lucas-museum-narrative-art-opening-preview-los-angeles">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/07/lucas-museum-narrative-art-opening-preview-los-angeles</a> &#183; Designboom, &#8220;MAD&#8217;s Lucas Museum of Narrative Art opens in Los Angeles&#8221;: <a href="https://www.designboom.com/architecture/mad-lucas-museum-narrative-art-early-look-inside/">https://www.designboom.com/architecture/mad-lucas-museum-narrative-art-early-look-inside/</a> &#183; Architectural Record: <a href="https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/18401-the-lucas-museum-set-for-september-22-opening">https://www.architecturalrecord.com/articles/18401-the-lucas-museum-set-for-september-22-opening</a> &#183; CNN: <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/05/style/lucas-museum-of-narrative-art-opening">https://www.cnn.com/2026/09/05/style/lucas-museum-of-narrative-art-opening</a></p><p>LACMA, David Geffen Galleries, Peter Zumthor (official site): <a href="https://www.lacma.org/press/lacmas-new-david-geffen-galleries-designed-peter-zumthor-open-april-19">https://www.lacma.org/press/lacmas-new-david-geffen-galleries-designed-peter-zumthor-open-april-19</a> &#183; SOM, &#8220;SOM and Atelier Peter Zumthor Complete David Geffen Galleries at LACMA&#8221;: <a href="https://www.som.com/news/lacma-opens/">https://www.som.com/news/lacma-opens/</a></p><p><a href="https://www.i-mad.com/">MAD Architects: https://www.i-mad.com</a> &#183; <a href="https://www.peterzumthor.com/">Atelier Peter Zumthor: https://www.peterzumthor.com</a></p><p>Louvre Abu Dhabi, Jean Nouvel&#8217;s architecture (rain of light, medina, dome): <a href="https://www.louvreabudhabi.ae/en/about-us/architecture">https://www.louvreabudhabi.ae/en/about-us/architecture</a></p><p><a href="https://nmoq.org.qa/">National Museum of Qatar, Jean Nouvel, desert rose: https://nmoq.org.qa</a></p><p><a href="https://museumofthefuture.ae/">Museum of the Future, Dubai: https://museumofthefuture.ae</a></p><p>Guggenheim New York, Frank Lloyd Wright: <a href="https://www.guggenheim.org/the-frank-lloyd-wright-building">https://www.guggenheim.org/the-frank-lloyd-wright-building</a> &#183; <a href="https://www.guggenheim-bilbao.eus/">Guggenheim Bilbao: https://www.guggenheim-bilbao.eus</a> &#183; <a href="https://www.guggenheimabudhabi.ae/">Guggenheim Abu Dhabi, Frank Gehry: https://www.guggenheimabudhabi.ae</a></p><p>Louvre Paris, pyramid by I. M. Pei: <a href="https://www.louvre.fr/en/explore/the-palace/a-pyramid-for-a-symbol">https://www.louvre.fr/en/explore/the-palace/a-pyramid-for-a-symbol</a> &#183; <a href="https://www.centrepompidou.fr/">Centre Pompidou: https://www.centrepompidou.fr</a> &#183; Plan Voisin, Le Corbusier (Fondation Le Corbusier): <a href="https://www.fondationlecorbusier.fr/en/work-architecture/projects-plan-voisin-france-1925/">https://www.fondationlecorbusier.fr/en/work-architecture/projects-plan-voisin-france-1925/</a></p><p>Tate Modern, Herzog &amp; de Meuron on the Bankside Power Station: <a href="https://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-modern">https://www.tate.org.uk/visit/tate-modern</a></p><p>Getty Center, Richard Meier: <a href="https://www.getty.edu/visit/center/">https://www.getty.edu/visit/center/</a> &#183; Acropolis Museum, Bernard Tschumi: <a href="https://www.theacropolismuseum.gr/en/museum-building">https://www.theacropolismuseum.gr/en/museum-building</a></p><p>Nezu Museum, Kengo Kuma: <a href="https://www.nezu-muse.or.jp/en/">https://www.nezu-muse.or.jp/en/</a> &#183; Teshima Art Museum, Ryue Nishizawa and Rei Naito: <a href="https://benesse-artsite.jp/en/art/teshima-artmuseum.html">https://benesse-artsite.jp/en/art/teshima-artmuseum.html</a> &#183; Chichu Art Museum, Tadao Ando, Naoshima: <a href="https://benesse-artsite.jp/en/art/chichu.html">https://benesse-artsite.jp/en/art/chichu.html</a> &#183; Benesse House Museum, Tadao Ando, Naoshima: <a href="https://benesse-artsite.jp/en/art/benessehouse-museum.html">https://benesse-artsite.jp/en/art/benessehouse-museum.html</a> &#183; 21_21 Design Sight, Tadao Ando: <a href="https://www.2121designsight.jp/en/">https://www.2121designsight.jp/en/</a> &#183; Mori Art Museum, Roppongi Hills: <a href="https://www.mori.art.museum/en/">https://www.mori.art.museum/en/</a> &#183; Roppongi Hills, Mori Building: <a href="https://www.mori.co.jp/en/projects/roppongihills/">https://www.mori.co.jp/en/projects/roppongihills/</a></p><p>Malba, expansion beneath Plaza Per&#250;, Frida Escobedo: The Art Newspaper, &#8220;Malba picks architect for expansion that will double its exhibition space&#8221;: <a href="https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/17/malba-museum-buenos-aires-frida-escobedo-architect-expansion">https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2026/09/17/malba-museum-buenos-aires-frida-escobedo-architect-expansion</a> &#183; Perfil: <a href="https://www.perfil.com/noticias/cultura/malba-cumple-25-anos-y-anuncia-una-ampliacion-una-megadonacion-y-un-fondo-de-us50-millones.phtml">https://www.perfil.com/noticias/cultura/malba-cumple-25-anos-y-anuncia-una-ampliacion-una-megadonacion-y-un-fondo-de-us50-millones.phtml</a> &#183; <a href="https://www.malba.org.ar/">Malba: https://www.malba.org.ar</a></p><p>Pathos 01, for readers arriving through this piece: <a href="https://www.pathospractice.com/p/pathos-01-is-there-an-argentine-school">https://www.pathospractice.com/p/pathos-01-is-there-an-argentine-school</a></p>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pathos 01 · ¿Hay escuela en la Argentina?]]></title><description><![CDATA[&#191;Hay escuela en la Argentina? HABITAR, los 40 a&#241;os de la Bienal, responde con una paradoja: muchas voces y ninguna escuela; ah&#237; est&#225; lo interesante.]]></description><link>https://www.pathospractice.com/p/pathos-01-hay-escuela-en-la-argentina</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.pathospractice.com/p/pathos-01-hay-escuela-en-la-argentina</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisandro Aloi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:02:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9cc504cf-13e2-45b1-9e91-5ad4e64552d8_2400x1799.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>La Bienal de Arquitectura de Buenos Aires cumple 40 a&#241;os con HABITAR, 84 proyectos elegidos por sus propios autores. Mirando la lista y conociendo a muchos de sus participantes, la muestra responde en m&#237; una pregunta que me hago desde que era estudiante, con una paradoja: la Argentina tiene muchas voces y ninguna escuela, y ah&#237; est&#225; lo interesante de su arquitectura.</em></p><p><em>Por Lisandro Aloi</em></p><p>Es mi primer art&#237;culo de esta saga, as&#237; que me presento un poco. Soy arquitecto, urbanista y desarrollador hace m&#225;s de 20 a&#241;os, socio fundador de SANO.ARA, un estudio de arquitectura y urbanismo que participa en desarrollos inmobiliarios, fui docente de dise&#241;o m&#225;s de 10 a&#241;os en dos universidades y soy AIA International Country Representative - Argentina, lo que me lleva a conferencias internacionales por todo el mundo. Hace mucho que escribo, pero quiero empezar a compartir estas reflexiones acerca de lo que observo. Empec&#233; a escribir este texto hace pocos d&#237;as en Los &#193;ngeles, donde estuve m&#225;s de un mes, entre otras cosas recorriendo Case Study Houses, las casas experimentales de posguerra que John Entenza lanz&#243; con la revista <em>Arts &amp; Architecture</em> en 1945, y que visitaba seguido cuando viv&#237;a all&#225;. Comparto esto porque ver un concepto tan espec&#237;fico que presenta tantas variables me dispar&#243; la idea de finalmente escribir sobre este tema.</p><p>Fui a ediciones anteriores de la Bienal de Buenos Aires, y ahora, ya de vuelta, la recorr&#237; y reforz&#243; lo que empec&#233; a escribir en mi viaje. Los participantes y sus pr&#225;cticas me abren un tema que me apasiona: las corrientes arquitect&#243;nicas por regi&#243;n.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Zf9O!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2184945a-b53d-44ba-9cd5-08ae7fd61dcb_2400x1799.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Zf9O!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2184945a-b53d-44ba-9cd5-08ae7fd61dcb_2400x1799.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Zf9O!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2184945a-b53d-44ba-9cd5-08ae7fd61dcb_2400x1799.jpeg 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Zf9O!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2184945a-b53d-44ba-9cd5-08ae7fd61dcb_2400x1799.jpeg 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Zf9O!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2184945a-b53d-44ba-9cd5-08ae7fd61dcb_2400x1799.jpeg 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Zf9O!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2184945a-b53d-44ba-9cd5-08ae7fd61dcb_2400x1799.jpeg" width="1456" height="1091" 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alt="El Palacio del Congreso de la Naci&#243;n, con su c&#250;pula verde, cubierto de andamios y telas de obra blancas bajo un cielo azul, con colectivos y peatones en la avenida." title="El Palacio del Congreso de la Naci&#243;n, con su c&#250;pula verde, cubierto de andamios y telas de obra blancas bajo un cielo azul, con colectivos y peatones en la avenida." srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Zf9O!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2184945a-b53d-44ba-9cd5-08ae7fd61dcb_2400x1799.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Zf9O!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2184945a-b53d-44ba-9cd5-08ae7fd61dcb_2400x1799.jpeg 848w, 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cubierto de andamios y telas de obra. Lo veo como una imagen de nuestra escuela: algo que todav&#237;a est&#225; en construcci&#243;n. Foto: Lisandro Aloi</figcaption></figure></div><h2>&#191;40s son los nuevos 30s?</h2><p>La Bienal fue fundada en 1985 por Jorge Glusberg, cr&#237;tico que lleg&#243; a la arquitectura desde el arte contempor&#225;neo. La vig&#233;sima edici&#243;n vuelve a Recoleta con un programa gratuito; su muestra central, HABITAR, est&#225; en el Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes hasta el 18 de octubre. Aunque est&#225; en un museo, deja ver la calle, el barrio y la manera de estar en el mundo de nuestra arquitectura. Se ve madura y joven a la vez.</p><p>Se invit&#243; a estudios de la Argentina y del exterior a presentar un proyecto referencial, construido o no, de los &#250;ltimos cuarenta a&#241;os. HABITAR no parece tener una tesis curatorial sino m&#225;s bien un autorretrato, un lugar que sirve para hacerme una pregunta vieja: &#191;hay escuela en Argentina?</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Kwzw!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F691ab865-3e8c-43e6-9416-b873a862352c_2400x1601.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Kwzw!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F691ab865-3e8c-43e6-9416-b873a862352c_2400x1601.jpeg 424w, 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Los trazos en azul son m&#237;os, otra manera de intervenir esa b&#250;squeda. Foto anal&#243;gica 35 mm, Nikormat, Nikon 50 mm f/1.2, rollo Ilford. Copia manual intervenida: Lisandro Aloi</figcaption></figure></div><h2>Muchas voces, ninguna escuela</h2><p>La Argentina tuvo grandes arquitectos y tiene un patrimonio muy variado y profundo. Lo que nunca tuvo, a mi juicio, fue un estilo nacional definido. S&#237; tuvo grupos con identidad fuerte. El Grupo Austral, fundado en Buenos Aires en 1938 por Antonio Bonet, Jorge Ferrari Hardoy y Juan Kurchan, public&#243; su manifiesto, &#8220;Voluntad y acci&#243;n&#8221;, en <em>Nuestra Arquitectura</em> en junio de 1939. Bonet, catal&#225;n, ven&#237;a del estudio de Le Corbusier en Par&#237;s; en Uruguay traz&#243; despu&#233;s la urbanizaci&#243;n original de Solanas, en Maldonado, como parte de su plan de Punta Ballena (1945&#8211;48). Hacia 1948, estudiantes que tuvieron a Bonet entre sus maestros formaron la OAM, la Organizaci&#243;n de Arquitectura Moderna. Uno de sus integrantes, Justo Solsona, trabaj&#243; en el equipo de Bonet <em>(d&#233;cadas m&#225;s tarde fui docente varios a&#241;os en la c&#225;tedra que lleva su nombre en la FADU-UBA)</em>. Tambi&#233;n est&#225;n las Casas Blancas de los a&#241;os cincuenta y sesenta, la obra de Clorindo Testa, Amancio Williams o Wladimiro Acosta y sus influencias. En 1991, en Rosario, Rafael Iglesia, Gerardo Caballero, Marcelo Villafa&#241;e y otros arquitectos fundaron el Grupo R, que trajo conferencistas del exterior y arm&#243; un canon local. Valoro mucho estas iniciativas, pero a lo largo del tiempo vemos una constante, y lo digo bien en criollo: la mezcla. Ninguno de estos grupos o momentos de la historia se volvi&#243; una escuela nacional, si bien todos son parte de la indefinici&#243;n de la misma.</p><p>Brasil, en cambio, dio dos escuelas del siglo XX: la carioca, desde los a&#241;os treinta, alrededor de L&#250;cio Costa y un joven Oscar Niemeyer, y la paulista, desde los cincuenta, con figuras como Vilanova Artigas y Paulo Mendes da Rocha.</p><p>En la Argentina, la manera multicultural en que se form&#243; el pa&#237;s gener&#243; muchas voces distintas pero ninguna dominante, en una mezcla que incluye ideas tanto formadas aqu&#237; como llegadas de Europa en distintas olas desde la &#233;poca de la colonia, y una fuerte presencia de otras m&#225;s recientes, como las de Bonet y el Grupo Austral. Si tuviera que definir una escuela argentina, es una escuela que brilla por su indefinici&#243;n, y su fuerza est&#225; en b&#250;squedas que no paran de aflorar, unas m&#225;s urbanas, otras m&#225;s rurales, obras topogr&#225;ficas o muy influenciadas por las distintas geograf&#237;as de un pa&#237;s tan grande, con climas muy distintos.</p><p>Leyendo la lista de participantes, con 58 proyectos en la Argentina y 26 en el exterior, encuentro una selecci&#243;n de voces que van en direcciones distintas. De ah&#237; me despert&#243; la idea, antes de recorrer las salas, de compartir esta reflexi&#243;n sobre esa escuela argentina &#8220;que falta&#8221;, y que brilla justamente en esa ausencia.</p><p>Mc Cormack Asociados (Sebasti&#225;n Balbuena, Mike Mc Cormack y Pedro Wofcy Diez) presenta el Edificio Los Molinos &#8211; Faena Arts Center. Abre espacios p&#250;blicos en las huellas de lo demolido y corona un edificio patrimonial s&#243;lido con una estructura nueva y liviana. Es un buen ejemplo de nuestra arquitectura que se hace de cero o en este caso se desarrolla poniendo en valor la historia de la ciudad. Su obra siempre me gust&#243;: rigor t&#233;cnico y eficiencia, con sensibilidad en el dise&#241;o, y una voz propia muy marcada. Comparto que Mike fue docente y una gran influencia en mi formaci&#243;n, fui su ayudante dando clases en la universidad y me une una gran amistad a &#233;l y su socio Sebasti&#225;n Balbuena, con quienes proyectamos una vivienda en la Barranca de San Isidro, pero mi observaci&#243;n es indistinta de mi cercan&#237;a a ellos, que tan solo me divierte compartir.</p><h2>Una voz fuerte: coser la ciudad</h2><p>Si tengo que nombrar una <em>voz fuerte</em> en la Argentina, m&#225;s actual o de los &#250;ltimos 50 a&#241;os, es la arquitectura que resuelve encuentros entre c&#243;digos urbanos poco certeros de distintas &#233;pocas. El caos de nuestras grandes ciudades (no me reten por porte&#241;o: principalmente Buenos Aires por un tema de escala, pero presente en todo el pa&#237;s, Rosario, C&#243;rdoba, San Miguel de Tucum&#225;n, Mendoza, etc.) gener&#243; una voz propia en c&#243;mo hilar <em>espacios incompletos</em>. Muchas iniciativas de c&#243;digo fueron de densificaci&#243;n inconclusa, y ah&#237; apareci&#243; una oportunidad de hacer arquitectura. Pasaje Calas, de Lacroze Miguens Prati, restaura una casona de 1918, le agrega un volumen vidriado y abre un pasaje entre los dos, negociando con lo que ya estaba. La medianera expuesta, el muro ciego y los vicios del c&#243;digo de edificaci&#243;n van a tener su propio art&#237;culo. Otro ejemplo en la otra costa del R&#237;o de la Plata, en la hermana ciudad de Montevideo, pueden buscar un proyecto muy acertado de Pedro Livni en su intervenci&#243;n de una cuadra hist&#243;rica para el grupo Magnolia.</p><h2>Leer el territorio</h2><p>Otra voz que conozco y admiro es Bulla, una oficina de Bs. As. de dise&#241;o del paisaje. Trabaj&#233; con ellos, y siempre hacen una lectura del territorio muy completa y did&#225;ctica. En HABITAR presentan el Bosque Malba, en Escobar: tres salas al aire libre que extienden el nuevo museo Malba Puertos hacia un bosque de m&#225;s de 2.200 &#225;rboles ribere&#241;os de gen&#233;tica local.</p><p>Un aspecto muy acertado del recorrido es que son espacios delimitados por vegetaci&#243;n. Como en muchos proyectos de Bulla, el paisaje mismo arma el espacio y envuelve al visitante, hasta definir un lugar contenido. Ac&#225;, adem&#225;s, rodea un espacio de esculturas, y la transici&#243;n de entrada y de salida funciona como un p&#243;rtico.</p><p>Los menciono porque son parte de nuevas voces, tanto de paisajistas como de arquitectos que est&#225;n definiendo nuevas escuelas y olas de manera regional, en este caso paisajistas yendo a las fuentes de la vegetaci&#243;n nativa y lectura sensible del territorio, tanto como estudios de arquitectura con b&#250;squedas con las que yo me siento muy identificado, con lenguaje y materiales logrando proyectos <em>del lugar</em>, y no al servicio de grandes m&#225;ximas universales de anta&#241;o.</p><h2>Por qu&#233; cost&#243; tanto: el c&#243;digo y el negocio</h2><p>Mi lectura, que vale tambi&#233;n para mi propio trabajo: la arquitectura en la Argentina estuvo muchas veces muy atada al c&#243;digo de edificaci&#243;n y al negocio inmobiliario, y durante a&#241;os eso dio marco a la arquitectura que se hac&#237;a. El c&#243;digo fijaba la envolvente, el negocio fijaba el programa, y al arquitecto le quedaba resolver el resto. Si bien el c&#243;digo acotaba buena parte del proceso proyectual y dificultaba &#8220;hacer ciudad&#8221;, concentr&#243; mucha energ&#237;a creativa y de investigaci&#243;n, que dio fachadas y plantas bajas muy interesantes, por remarcar algunos aspectos positivos.</p><p>HABITAR tiene huellas de eso. Seg&#250;n un conteo propio del cat&#225;logo oficial, m&#225;s de la mitad de los 84 proyectos son casas o desarrollo privado. &#8220;Privado&#8221; es una inferencia a partir del programa: solo 18 fichas nombran o describen al comitente, y ninguna menciona costos, algo que habla de cierta distancia con lo ejecutivo, que muchas veces es lo m&#225;s interesante. Los cuatro proyectos de vivienda social est&#225;n afuera: Mil&#225;n, Menorca, Oporto y Babahoyo, en Ecuador.</p><p>Esto no es una acusaci&#243;n, pero habla de lo que pareciera un pendiente. En la Argentina, el Estado construy&#243; una parte sustancial de los cerca de cuatro millones de viviendas que se sumaron entre los censos de 2010 y 2022: entre el 9% y el 14%, seg&#250;n estimaciones de la Fundaci&#243;n Tejido Urbano. Son much&#237;simas viviendas, y me impresiona que un n&#250;mero tan grande no tenga ninguna presencia en la Bienal: se resuelven de maneras que no despiertan inter&#233;s ni ganas de compartirlas, sin &#8220;arquitectura&#8221;, como un parche estatal de baja calidad, tanto en la ejecuci&#243;n como en el proyecto, salvo contadas excepciones. El resto fue privado, y buena parte lo construyeron familias por su cuenta, muchas veces en la informalidad. El trabajo privado est&#225; muy presente en la sala. La pregunta es si deja lugar para una voz.</p><p>A veces s&#237;, como en Molina Ciudad, de Dujovne Hirsch y Asociados, una vieja f&#225;brica de Alpargatas en La Boca convertida en viviendas, locales y oficinas alrededor de una &#8220;piazza&#8221; cubierta abierta al p&#250;blico. Y a veces la voz queda tomada por &#8220;lo que se hace&#8221; y son proyectos insulsos o m&#225;s de lo mismo. El cat&#225;logo tambi&#233;n muestra el modelo defensivo: una casa en un barrio cerrado cuyo reglamento exig&#237;a techos inclinados, edificios pensados para la vista al golf, torres frente al r&#237;o sobre un basamento de &#8220;amenities&#8221;, un emprendimiento, si bien de un muy buen estudio, con el lamentablemente impersonal nombre de &#8220;Luxury Homes&#8221;.</p><h2>Mi reflexi&#243;n</h2><p>Entonces, &#191;hay escuela en Argentina? No en el sentido brasile&#241;o. &#191;O acaso ya pas&#243; la oportunidad de haberla tenido en los a&#241;os en que estas aparecieron en su esplendor, previo a la era de la comunicaci&#243;n masiva? No hay un lenguaje com&#250;n que se reconozca desde la vereda de enfrente. Pero hay un oficio muy rico compartido. Muchos arquitectos argentinos aprendimos a trabajar en los intersticios: entre c&#243;digos, entre &#233;pocas, entre lo que pide el negocio o el cliente y lo que necesita la ciudad. Y a pesar de esta realidad local, siempre aparecen voces interesantes para estudiar y admirar, pero no veo que conformen una escuela. Pareciera que la constante est&#225; en la variedad, <em>siempre dejando de lado las grandes cantidades de arquitectura de cat&#225;logo que se repite a s&#237; misma, que se construye sin parar en barrios cerrados y en programas inmobiliarios recurrentes. Ya que eso s&#237; es una escuela independiente, una escuela que achata a las masas con proyectos que se copian entre s&#237; siguiendo &#8220;modas&#8221; y recursos de lenguaje sin una reflexi&#243;n profunda,</em> pero siempre pas&#243;, y siempre va a pasar.</p><p>Lo que funciona en HABITAR: la pluralidad es un espejo que muestra las condiciones reales de la pr&#225;ctica, sobre todo en la Argentina. Me caus&#243; particular inter&#233;s Habitar lo extremo, la muestra del colectivo 6044 SUR sobre la arquitectura de la Ant&#225;rtida, que est&#225; al lado de HABITAR y forma parte del mismo sal&#243;n: un caso l&#237;mite de c&#243;mo se habita, que no hace m&#225;s que apoyar la idea de este texto.</p><p>Vuelvo a lo que no veo y me intriga por propios intereses: la ausencia de vivienda p&#250;blica argentina en la muestra central, y un formato que exhibe sin preguntar. Me gustar&#237;a escuchar m&#225;s c&#243;mo suena nuestra escuela sin definici&#243;n cuando trabaja con encargos p&#250;blicos.</p><p>Sobre esto quiero decir algo m&#225;s, porque es algo que desarrollo en el libro que estoy terminando. En mi investigaci&#243;n encuentro mucha riqueza en la historia de la obra p&#250;blica y de la vivienda social argentinas, y tambi&#233;n una distancia entre lo que prometieron y lo que dieron. Demasiadas veces, esa distancia tuvo que ver con la viveza y con la corrupci&#243;n de los m&#233;todos de ejecuci&#243;n.</p><p>Hay, claro, muy buenas excepciones: vivienda p&#250;blica que adem&#225;s es buena arquitectura. Una es el Conjunto Rioja, en Parque Patricios, Buenos Aires, de Flora Manteola, Ignacio Petchersky, Javier S&#225;nchez G&#243;mez, Josefa Santos, Justo Solsona y Rafael Vi&#241;oly (1969&#8211;73). Lo construy&#243; el Banco Municipal, el banco p&#250;blico de la ciudad, para que sus empleados accedieran a la vivienda con cr&#233;ditos flexibles.</p><p>Lo que me hace pensar esta Bienal como mensaje: un pa&#237;s sin escuela puede ser uno de los aspectos m&#225;s ricos de su arquitectura.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!F7RO!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F063d368f-0416-4d9b-9cf1-779539732ea9_1800x2400.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!F7RO!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F063d368f-0416-4d9b-9cf1-779539732ea9_1800x2400.jpeg 424w, 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height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2 icon-noB79L"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption">En mi otra foto el Congreso estaba tapado por la obra; ac&#225; vuelve a aparecer al fondo del microcentro, pero esta vez rodeado de c&#225;psulas, pasarelas y plantas que proponen reparar los edificios en lugar de demolerlos. Me caus&#243; curiosidad c&#243;mo dialoga con mi foto y con el tema de este texto, y por eso eleg&#237; esta imagen de la muestra: si all&#225; la escuela estaba en construcci&#243;n, ac&#225; alguien ya le est&#225; sembrando semillas. Instalaci&#243;n: Estudio MOLA, &#171;Resignificar lo habitado&#187;, XX Bienal Internacional de Arquitectura de Buenos Aires. Foto: Lisandro Aloi</figcaption></figure></div><p>HABITAR es una oportunidad poco com&#250;n de ver muchas verdades juntas. Entre todas le dan voz a una escuela cuya mayor riqueza es su indefinici&#243;n, y la muestra lo dice incluso cuando no se lo propone.</p><div><hr></div><p>Comparto algunos sitios y fuentes que visit&#233; y us&#233; mientras escrib&#237;a este art&#237;culo por si a alguien le interesa investigar:</p><h2>Fuentes</h2><ul><li><p>La Bienal Arquitectura (sitio oficial): <a href="https://labienalarg.com.ar/">https://labienalarg.com.ar/</a> &#183; Info 2026: <a href="https://labienalarg.com.ar/info-2026/">https://labienalarg.com.ar/info-2026/</a> &#183; Exposiciones: <a href="https://labienalarg.com.ar/exposiciones/">https://labienalarg.com.ar/exposiciones/</a> &#183; Grilla del Foro: <a href="https://labienalarg.com.ar/grilla-de-conferencias/">https://labienalarg.com.ar/grilla-de-conferencias/</a></p></li><li><p>Cat&#225;logo oficial de la XX Bienal Internacional de Arquitectura de Buenos Aires (PDF, 375 p&#225;gs., fechado el 23/09/2026): <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CFTEWGuqM6PEht9OVEKh1Pxs00n_1kIW/view">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CFTEWGuqM6PEht9OVEKh1Pxs00n_1kIW/view</a> (base de nuestro conteo: 84 fichas de HABITAR; comit&#233;s, p&#225;gs. 3&#8211;6; otras muestras, p&#225;gs. 184&#8211;212; conferencias, p&#225;gs. 214&#8211;324)</p></li><li><p>ArchDaily en Espa&#241;ol (Antonia Pi&#241;eiro), &#8220;La Bienal de Arquitectura de Buenos Aires celebra 40 a&#241;os con una programaci&#243;n gratuita bajo la tem&#225;tica del habitar&#8221;, 11/09/2026: <a href="https://www.archdaily.com/es/1184930/la-bienal-de-arquitectura-de-buenos-aires-celebra-40-anos-con-una-programacion-gratuita-bajo-la-tematica-del-habitar">https://www.archdaily.com/es/1184930/la-bienal-de-arquitectura-de-buenos-aires-celebra-40-anos-con-una-programacion-gratuita-bajo-la-tematica-del-habitar</a></p></li><li><p>La Naci&#243;n, &#8220;De una &#8216;casa lib&#233;lula&#8217; a una &#8216;escuela mirador&#8217;: m&#250;ltiples formas de habitar el mundo&#8221;, 22/09/2026: <a href="https://www.lanacion.com.ar/cultura/de-una-casa-libelula-a-una-escuela-mirador-multiples-formas-de-habitar-el-mundo-nid22092026/">https://www.lanacion.com.ar/cultura/de-una-casa-libelula-a-una-escuela-mirador-multiples-formas-de-habitar-el-mundo-nid22092026/</a></p></li><li><p>Clar&#237;n ARQ, &#8220;Comienza la XX Bienal de Arquitectura de Buenos Aires con exposiciones y recorridos por la Ciudad&#8221;, 21/09/2026: <a href="https://www.clarin.com/arq/comienza-xx-bienal-arquitectura-buenos-aires-exposiciones-recorridos-ciudad_0_ORQ3NSGfdS.html">https://www.clarin.com/arq/comienza-xx-bienal-arquitectura-buenos-aires-exposiciones-recorridos-ciudad_0_ORQ3NSGfdS.html</a></p></li><li><p>Fundaci&#243;n Tejido Urbano, estimaciones sobre las viviendas construidas entre los censos de 2010 y 2022, seg&#250;n Infobae, 20/03/2023: <a href="https://www.infobae.com/economia/2023/03/20/censo-2022-entre-el-sector-publico-y-el-privado-se-edificaron-4-millones-de-viviendas-mas-pero-no-se-redujo-el-deficit-habitacional/">https://www.infobae.com/economia/2023/03/20/censo-2022-entre-el-sector-publico-y-el-privado-se-edificaron-4-millones-de-viviendas-mas-pero-no-se-redujo-el-deficit-habitacional/</a></p></li><li><p>Casas Blancas: Roberto Fern&#225;ndez, &#8220;Las Casas Blancas: apuntes sobre una tentativa de arquitectura nacional&#8221;, Seminario de Cr&#237;tica n.&#186; 6, IAA-FADU-UBA, octubre de 1988 (fecha la experiencia hacia 1955&#8211;1965): <a href="https://www.iaa.fadu.uba.ar/publicaciones/critica/0006.pdf">https://www.iaa.fadu.uba.ar/publicaciones/critica/0006.pdf</a> &#183; Ministerio de Cultura de la Naci&#243;n, ficha de monumento de la Iglesia Nuestra Se&#241;ora de F&#225;tima, Mart&#237;nez (&#8220;la corriente arquitect&#243;nica nacional conocida como &#8216;casablanquismo&#8217;&#8221;): <a href="https://www.argentina.gob.ar/capital-humano/cultura/monumentos/iglesia-parroquial-nuestra-senora-de-fatima-casa-parroquial-y">https://www.argentina.gob.ar/capital-humano/cultura/monumentos/iglesia-parroquial-nuestra-senora-de-fatima-casa-parroquial-y</a></p></li><li><p>Grupo R (Rosario, fundado en 1991 por Gerardo Caballero, Rafael Iglesia, Gonzalo S&#225;nchez Hermelo, Marcelo Villafa&#241;e, Rub&#233;n Fern&#225;ndez, Jos&#233; Mar&#237;a D&#8217;Angelo y Rub&#233;n Palumbo; conferencias entre 1992 y 2000, seg&#250;n la nota 1 del art&#237;culo de A&amp;P): A&amp;P Continuidad (FAPyD-UNR), &#8220;Po&#233;ticas de lo contingente: arquitectos de la contemporaneidad&#8221;: <a href="https://www.ayp.fapyd.unr.edu.ar/index.php/ayp/article/download/235/269?inline=1">https://www.ayp.fapyd.unr.edu.ar/index.php/ayp/article/download/235/269?inline=1</a> &#183; Arquitectura Viva, &#8220;Rafael Iglesia&#8221;: <a href="https://arquitecturaviva.com/articulos/rafael-iglesia">https://arquitecturaviva.com/articulos/rafael-iglesia</a></p></li><li><p>Escuelas carioca y paulista: M&#244;nica Junqueira de Camargo, &#8220;Escola Paulista, Escola Carioca. Algumas considera&#231;&#245;es&#8221;, 13.&#186; Seminario Docomomo Brasil, Salvador, 2019: <a href="https://anais.docomomobrasil.com/brasil/sdbr13/sdbr13-160/">https://anais.docomomobrasil.com/brasil/sdbr13/sdbr13-160/</a> &#183; Vilanova Artigas y la escuela paulista: Novos Estudos CEBRAP (SciELO), &#8220;Artigas e a dial&#233;tica dos esfor&#231;os&#8221;: <a href="https://www.scielo.br/j/nec/a/KTV9LNPkLctgcdqw7jL36yk/">https://www.scielo.br/j/nec/a/KTV9LNPkLctgcdqw7jL36yk/</a></p></li><li><p>Premio Pritzker, biograf&#237;a de Oscar Niemeyer: <a href="https://www.pritzkerprize.com/biography-oscar-niemeyer">https://www.pritzkerprize.com/biography-oscar-niemeyer</a></p></li><li><p>Premio Pritzker, Paulo Mendes da Rocha (2006): <a href="https://www.pritzkerprize.com/laureates/2006">https://www.pritzkerprize.com/laureates/2006</a></p></li><li><p>Mc Cormack Asociados (Sebasti&#225;n Balbuena, Mike Mc Cormack, Pedro Wofcy Diez): <a href="https://www.mcca.com.ar/study/">https://www.mcca.com.ar/study/</a> &#183; Ficha de HABITAR &#8220;Los Molinos Building &#8211; Faena Arts Center&#8221;, cat&#225;logo oficial, p&#225;gs. 136&#8211;137</p></li><li><p>Bulla, ficha de HABITAR &#8220;Bosque Malba&#8221;, cat&#225;logo oficial, p&#225;gs. 44&#8211;45</p></li><li><p>Case Study Houses: Getty Research Institute, &#8220;Overdrive: L.A. Constructs the Future, 1940&#8211;1990&#8221;, Residential Fabric: <a href="https://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/overdrive/residential_fabric.html">https://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/overdrive/residential_fabric.html</a></p></li><li><p>Grupo Austral: &#8220;Voluntad y acci&#243;n&#8221; (manifiesto, Nuestra Arquitectura, junio de 1939), facs&#237;mil en Tecnne: <a href="https://tecnne.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/TECNNE.-VOLUNTAD-Y-ACCION-MANIFIESTO-GRUPO-AUSTRAL.pdf">https://tecnne.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/TECNNE.-VOLUNTAD-Y-ACCION-MANIFIESTO-GRUPO-AUSTRAL.pdf</a> &#183; Wikipedia, &#8220;Grupo Austral&#8221;: <a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grupo_Austral">https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grupo_Austral</a> &#183; ZARCH (Universidad de Zaragoza), &#8220;Fervor moderno en Buenos Aires. La mirada trasatl&#225;ntica del Grupo Austral y Horacio Coppola en 1939&#8221;, 2023 (manifiesto publicado en junio de 1939 como separata de <em>Nuestra Arquitectura</em>): <a href="https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_zarch/zarch.2023207457">https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_zarch/zarch.2023207457</a></p></li><li><p>OAM, Organizaci&#243;n de Arquitectura Moderna (creada hacia 1948 por estudiantes de arquitectura de la UBA, &#8220;fuertemente influido por sus maestros (Amancio Williams, Antonio Bonet y Tom&#225;s Maldonado)&#8221;): Ver&#243;nica Devalle (IAA-FADU-UBA / CONICET), &#8220;Transformaci&#243;n curricular y pol&#237;tica en la ense&#241;anza de la Arquitectura. La materia &#8216;Visi&#243;n&#8217; en las universidades del Litoral y de Buenos Aires&#8221;, XIV Jornadas Interescuelas/Departamentos de Historia, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, 2013, nota 4: <a href="https://cdsa.aacademica.org/000-010/660.pdf">https://cdsa.aacademica.org/000-010/660.pdf</a></p></li><li><p>Antonio Bonet en el atelier de Le Corbusier, Par&#237;s (1936&#8211;38), donde conoci&#243; a Ferrari Hardoy y Kurchan: &#8220;La obra de Bonet en la arquitectura espa&#241;ola&#8221; (1978): <a href="https://oa.upm.es/46030/1/1978_bonet_MAB.pdf">https://oa.upm.es/46030/1/1978_bonet_MAB.pdf</a> &#183; &#8220;Antonio Bonet Castellana, &#8230;&#8221; (Dialnet): <a href="https://dialnet.unirioja.es/descarga/articulo/5228842.pdf">https://dialnet.unirioja.es/descarga/articulo/5228842.pdf</a></p></li><li><p>Urbanizaci&#243;n Punta Ballena, Maldonado, Uruguay (Bonet, 1945&#8211;48): &#8220;Antonio Bonet en Punta Ballena (1945-1948): el aporte de La Solana para la arquitectura del Cono Sur&#8221; (Redalyc): <a href="https://www.redalyc.org/journal/3416/341649737017/">https://www.redalyc.org/journal/3416/341649737017/</a> &#183; &#8220;Planeamiento urban&#237;stico en la obra de Antonio Bonet: de Punta Ballena al Poblado HIFRENSA, 1945-1975&#8221; (SIIU): <a href="https://doi.org/10.5821/siiu.5920">https://doi.org/10.5821/siiu.5920</a></p></li><li><p>Justo Solsona (integrante de la OAM; en el equipo de Bonet para el Plan Barrio Sur, fechado en 1956 por Moderna Buenos Aires y en 1958 por Wikipedia; despu&#233;s titular de una c&#225;tedra de Dise&#241;o Arquitect&#243;nico en la FADU-UBA): Wikipedia, &#8220;Justo Solsona&#8221;: <a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justo_Solsona">https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justo_Solsona</a> &#183; Moderna Buenos Aires, &#8220;Proyecto para el Barrio Sur&#8221; (equipo de dibujo: J. Solsona): <a href="https://www.modernabuenosaires.org/proyectos-urbanos/proyecto-para-el-barrio-sur">https://www.modernabuenosaires.org/proyectos-urbanos/proyecto-para-el-barrio-sur</a> &#183; Taller SLS Solsona&#8211;Ledesma, FADU-UBA (sitio archivado): <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150926013013/http://catedraledesma.com.ar/">https://web.archive.org/web/20150926013013/http://catedraledesma.com.ar/</a></p></li><li><p>Conjunto Rioja (Parque Patricios, Buenos Aires; Manteola, Petchersky, S&#225;nchez G&#243;mez, Santos, Solsona, Vi&#241;oly; Banco Municipal de Buenos Aires; 1969&#8211;73; 445 viviendas, siete torres unidas por puentes): Moderna Buenos Aires, &#8220;Conjunto Rioja&#8221;: <a href="https://modernabuenosaires.org/obras/20s-a-70s/conjunto-rioja">https://modernabuenosaires.org/obras/20s-a-70s/conjunto-rioja</a> &#183; Wikipedia, &#8220;Conjunto Rioja&#8221;: <a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjunto_Rioja">https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjunto_Rioja</a> &#183; FADU-UBA, archivo de vivienda colectiva p&#250;blica de Buenos Aires, &#8220;1973. Conjunto Rioja&#8221;: <a href="https://sites.google.com/fadu.uba.ar/archba-viv-colectiva-publica/inicio/1973-conjunto-rioja">https://sites.google.com/fadu.uba.ar/archba-viv-colectiva-publica/inicio/1973-conjunto-rioja</a></p></li></ul>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pathos 01 · Is There an Argentine School?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Is there an Argentine school? HABITAR, the Biennial at 40, answers with a paradox: many voices and no school; that is what makes it interesting.]]></description><link>https://www.pathospractice.com/p/pathos-01-is-there-an-argentine-school</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.pathospractice.com/p/pathos-01-is-there-an-argentine-school</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[Lisandro Aloi]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2026 12:02:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/7e1e96e6-90e3-4baa-abe4-c00d6324085b_2400x1799.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><em>The Buenos Aires Architecture Biennial turns 40 with HABITAR, 84 projects chosen by their own authors. Looking at the list, and knowing many of its participants, I find that the show answers a question I have been asking myself since I was a student, with a paradox: Argentina has many voices and no school, and therein lies what is interesting about its architecture.</em></p><p><em>By Lisandro Aloi</em></p><p>This is my first article in this series, so let me introduce myself a little. I have been an architect, urban designer, and developer for more than 20 years; I am a founding partner of SANO.ARA, an architecture and urban design studio that is involved in real-estate development; I taught design for more than 10 years at two universities; and I am AIA International Country Representative - Argentina, which takes me to international conferences all over the world. I have been writing for a long time, but I want to start sharing these reflections on what I observe. I started writing this text a few days ago in Los Angeles, where I spent more than a month, among other things walking through Case Study Houses, the experimental postwar homes that John Entenza launched with <em>Arts &amp; Architecture</em> magazine in 1945, and that I visited often when I lived there. I mention this because seeing a concept so specific that it presents so many variations sparked the idea of finally writing about this subject.</p><p>I have been to earlier editions of the Buenos Aires Biennial, and now that I am back, I have walked through this one, and it reinforced what I had started writing on my trip. The participants and their practices open up a subject I am passionate about: architectural currents by region.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-II7!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F773beb1a-6ae4-40f2-850c-baeca6da03a0_2400x1799.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-II7!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F773beb1a-6ae4-40f2-850c-baeca6da03a0_2400x1799.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-II7!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F773beb1a-6ae4-40f2-850c-baeca6da03a0_2400x1799.jpeg 848w, 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in scaffolding and construction netting. I see it as an image of our school: something still under construction. Photo: Lisandro Aloi</figcaption></figure></div><h2>Are the 40s the new 30s?</h2><p>The Biennial was founded in 1985 by Jorge Glusberg, a critic who came to architecture from contemporary art. The twentieth edition returns to Recoleta with a free program; its central exhibition, HABITAR, is at the Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes until October 18. Although it is in a museum, it lets you see the street, the neighborhood, and our architecture&#8217;s way of being in the world. It looks mature and young at the same time.</p><p>Studios from Argentina and abroad were invited to show one referential project, built or unbuilt, from the last forty years. HABITAR does not seem to have a curated thesis; it is rather a self-portrait, a place that lets me ask myself an old question: is there an Argentine school?</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!60Co!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0d8f401b-79f5-4688-bce3-ec6336af9c5d_2400x1601.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!60Co!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0d8f401b-79f5-4688-bce3-ec6336af9c5d_2400x1601.jpeg 424w, 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The blue lines are mine, another way of intervening in that search. Analog 35 mm photo, Nikormat, Nikon 50 mm f/1.2, Ilford film. Intervened hand print: Lisandro Aloi</figcaption></figure></div><h2>Many voices, no school</h2><p>Argentina has had great architects and has a very varied, deep heritage. What it never had, in my view, is a defined national style. It did have groups with a strong identity. Grupo Austral, founded in Buenos Aires in 1938 by Antonio Bonet, Jorge Ferrari Hardoy, and Juan Kurchan, published its manifesto, &#8220;Voluntad y acci&#243;n,&#8221; in <em>Nuestra Arquitectura</em> in June 1939. Bonet, a Catalan, had come from Le Corbusier&#8217;s studio in Paris; in Uruguay he later laid out the original urbanization of Solanas, in Maldonado, as part of his Punta Ballena plan (1945-48). Around 1948, students who counted Bonet among their teachers formed the OAM, the Organizaci&#243;n de Arquitectura Moderna. One of its members, Justo Solsona, worked on Bonet&#8217;s team <em>(decades later I taught for several years in the FADU-UBA c&#225;tedra that bears his name)</em>. There are also the Casas Blancas of the 1950s and 1960s, the work of Clorindo Testa, Amancio Williams, or Wladimiro Acosta, and their influences. In 1991, in Rosario, Rafael Iglesia, Gerardo Caballero, Marcelo Villafa&#241;e, and other architects founded Grupo R, which brought in lecturers from abroad and built a local canon. I value these initiatives highly, but over time we see a constant, and I&#8217;ll put it plainly: the mix. None of these groups or moments in history became a national school, although all of them are part of its lack of definition.</p><p>Brazil, by contrast, produced two twentieth-century schools: the Carioca, from the 1930s, around L&#250;cio Costa and a young Oscar Niemeyer, and the Paulista, from the 1950s, with figures like Vilanova Artigas and Paulo Mendes da Rocha.</p><p>In Argentina, the multicultural way the country was formed produced many distinct voices but none dominant, in a mix that includes ideas both formed here and brought from Europe in successive waves since colonial times, and a strong presence of more recent ones, like those of Bonet and Grupo Austral. If I had to define an Argentine school, it would be a school that shines through its lack of definition, and its strength lies in searches that keep emerging, some more urban, others more rural, topographic works or works strongly shaped by the different geographies of such a large country, with very different climates.</p><p>Reading the list of participants, with 58 projects in Argentina and 26 abroad, I find a selection of voices heading in different directions. That is what woke in me the idea, before walking the rooms, of sharing this reflection on the &#8220;missing&#8221; Argentine school, which shines in that very absence.</p><p>Mc Cormack Asociados (Sebasti&#225;n Balbuena, Mike Mc Cormack, and Pedro Wofcy Diez) shows the Los Molinos Building - Faena Arts Center. It opens public spaces in the footprints of what was demolished and crowns a solid heritage building with a light new structure. It is a good example of our architecture, which is made from scratch or, as in this case, developed by putting the city&#8217;s history to value. I have always liked their work: technical rigor and efficiency, with sensitivity in design, and a strongly marked voice of its own. I should share that Mike was my teacher and a great influence on my training, I was his assistant teaching at the university, and I share a close friendship with him and his partner Sebasti&#225;n Balbuena, with whom I designed a house on the <em>barranca</em> of San Isidro, but my observation is independent of my closeness to them, which I simply enjoy sharing.</p><h2>A strong voice: stitching the city</h2><p>If I had to name a <em>strong voice</em> in Argentina, a more current one or from the last 50 years, it would be architecture that resolves encounters between imprecise urban codes from different eras. The chaos of our large cities (don&#8217;t scold me for being a porte&#241;o: mainly Buenos Aires, because of scale, but present across the country, in Rosario, C&#243;rdoba, San Miguel de Tucum&#225;n, Mendoza, etc.) produced its own voice in how to stitch together <em>incomplete spaces</em>. Many code initiatives amounted to unfinished densification, and that is where an opportunity to make architecture appeared. Lacroze Miguens Prati&#8217;s Pasaje Calas restores a 1918 house, adds a glass volume, and opens a passage between them, negotiating with what was there. The exposed <em>medianera</em>, the blind wall, and the vices of the building code will get their own issue. Another example, on the other shore of the R&#237;o de la Plata, in our sister city of Montevideo: you can look up a very apt project by Pedro Livni, in his intervention on a historic block for the Magnolia group.</p><h2>Reading the territory</h2><p>Another voice I know and admire is Bulla, a Buenos Aires landscape design office. I have worked with them, and they always make a very complete reading of the territory, and a didactic one. In HABITAR they show Bosque Malba, in Escobar: three open-air rooms that extend the new Malba Puertos museum into a forest of more than 2,200 riverside trees of local stock.</p><p>One very apt aspect of the route is that its spaces are bounded by vegetation. As in many of Bulla&#8217;s projects, the landscape itself shapes the space and surrounds the visitor, defining a contained place. Here it also encloses a space for sculpture, and the passage into and out of it works like a portico.</p><p>I mention them because they are part of new voices, of landscape designers as well as architects, who are defining new schools and waves regionally: in this case, landscape designers going back to the sources of native vegetation and a sensitive reading of the territory, as well as architecture studios whose searches I identify with strongly, using language and materials to achieve projects <em>of the place</em>, and not in the service of the great universal maxims of the past.</p><h2>Why the voice took so long: the code and the market</h2><p>My reading, and it applies to my own work too: architecture in Argentina has very often been tightly tied to the building code and to the real-estate business, and for years that framed the architecture being made. The code set the envelope, the business set the program, and the architect resolved what remained. Although the code constrained a good part of the design process and made &#8220;city-making&#8221; difficult, it concentrated a great deal of creative and research energy, which produced very interesting facades and ground floors, to highlight some positive aspects.</p><p>HABITAR carries traces of that. By our own count of the official catalog, more than half of the 84 projects are houses or private development. &#8220;Private&#8221; is an inference from the program: only 18 entries name or describe a client, and none mentions cost, which speaks of a certain distance from the execution side, often the most interesting part. All four social-housing projects are abroad, in Milan, Menorca, Porto, and Babahoyo, Ecuador.</p><p>This is not an accusation, but it speaks to what looks like unfinished business. In Argentina, the state built a substantial share of the roughly four million homes added between the 2010 and 2022 censuses: between 9% and 14%, according to estimates by the Fundaci&#243;n Tejido Urbano. That is a great many homes, and it strikes me that such a large number has no presence at all in the Biennial: they are resolved in ways that arouse neither interest nor any wish to share them, without &#8220;architecture,&#8221; as a low-quality state patch, in both execution and design, with very few exceptions. The rest was private, and much of it was built by families on their own, often informally. Private work is very present in the room. The question is whether it leaves room for a voice.</p><p>Sometimes it does, as in Molina Ciudad, by Dujovne Hirsch y Asociados, an old Alpargatas factory in La Boca turned into housing, shops, and offices around a covered &#8220;piazza&#8221; open to the public. And sometimes the voice is taken over by &#8220;the done thing,&#8221; and the projects are bland or more of the same. The catalog also shows the defensive model: a house in a gated community whose rules imposed pitched roofs, buildings organized around golf-course views, riverfront towers on a base of &#8220;amenities,&#8221; a development, albeit by a very good studio, with the sadly impersonal name of &#8220;Luxury Homes.&#8221;</p><h2>My reflection</h2><p>So, is there an Argentine school? Not in the Brazilian sense. Or has the chance of having one already passed, in the years when those schools appeared in their splendor, before the era of mass communication? There is no shared language you could recognize from across the street. But there is a very rich shared skill. Many of us Argentine architects have learned to work in the gaps: between codes, between eras, between what the business or the client requires and what the city needs. And despite this local reality, interesting voices always appear, worth studying and admiring, but I do not see them forming a school. The constant seems to lie in variety, <em>always setting aside the large quantities of catalog architecture that repeats itself, built nonstop in gated communities and in recurring real-estate programs. Because that really is an independent school, a school that flattens the masses with projects that copy one another, following &#8220;trends&#8221; and stylistic devices without deep reflection,</em> but it has always happened, and it always will.</p><p>What works in HABITAR: the plurality is a mirror that shows the real conditions of practice, especially in Argentina. I was particularly interested in Habitar lo extremo (Inhabiting the Extreme), the 6044 SUR collective&#8217;s exhibition on the architecture of Antarctica, which sits next to HABITAR and is part of the same hall: a limit case of how people inhabit, which only supports the idea of this text.</p><p>I come back to what I do not see, and what intrigues me because of my own interests: the absence of Argentine public housing from the central show, and a format that displays without asking. I would like to hear more of how our school without a definition sounds when it works on public commissions.</p><p>I should say more about that, because it is something I develop in the book I am finishing. In my research I find real richness in the history of Argentine public works and social housing, and also a gap between what they promised and what they delivered. Too often, that gap had to do with <em>viveza</em>, the Argentine knack for cutting corners and getting away with it, and with the corruption of the methods of execution.</p><p>There are, of course, very good exceptions: public housing that is also good architecture. One is the Conjunto Rioja, in Parque Patricios, Buenos Aires, by Flora Manteola, Ignacio Petchersky, Javier S&#225;nchez G&#243;mez, Josefa Santos, Justo Solsona, and Rafael Vi&#241;oly (1969-73). The Banco Municipal, the city&#8217;s public bank, built it to give its employees access to housing on flexible credit.</p><p>What this Biennial leaves me thinking, as a message: a country without a school can be one of the richest aspects of its architecture.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!KhXe!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F73faae4d-ddad-47a7-861d-ae44c2b133e1_1800x2400.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!KhXe!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F73faae4d-ddad-47a7-861d-ae44c2b133e1_1800x2400.jpeg 424w, 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construction work; here it reappears in the background of the microcentro, but this time surrounded by capsules, walkways, and plants that propose repairing buildings instead of demolishing them. I was curious about how it talks to my photo and to the subject of this text, and that is why I chose this image from the exhibition: if there the school was under construction, here someone is already sowing seeds for it. Installation: Estudio MOLA, &#171;Resignificar lo habitado&#187; (Resignifying the Inhabited), XX Buenos Aires International Architecture Biennial. Photo: Lisandro Aloi</figcaption></figure></div><p>HABITAR is a rare chance to see many truths side by side. Together they give voice to a school whose greatest richness is its lack of definition, and the show says so even when it doesn&#8217;t set out to.</p><div><hr></div><p>Here are some of the sites and sources I visited and used while writing this article, in case anyone wants to dig deeper:</p><h2>Sources</h2><ul><li><p>La Bienal Arquitectura (official site): <a href="https://labienalarg.com.ar/">https://labienalarg.com.ar/</a> &#183; Info 2026: <a href="https://labienalarg.com.ar/info-2026/">https://labienalarg.com.ar/info-2026/</a> &#183; Exhibitions: <a href="https://labienalarg.com.ar/exposiciones/">https://labienalarg.com.ar/exposiciones/</a> &#183; Forum program: <a href="https://labienalarg.com.ar/grilla-de-conferencias/">https://labienalarg.com.ar/grilla-de-conferencias/</a></p></li><li><p>Official catalog, XX Bienal Internacional de Arquitectura de Buenos Aires (PDF, 375 pp., dated 23/09/2026): <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CFTEWGuqM6PEht9OVEKh1Pxs00n_1kIW/view">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1CFTEWGuqM6PEht9OVEKh1Pxs00n_1kIW/view</a> (basis of our count: 84 entries in HABITAR; committees, pp. 3-6; other exhibitions, pp. 184-212; talks, pp. 214-324)</p></li><li><p>ArchDaily en Espa&#241;ol (Antonia Pi&#241;eiro), &#8220;La Bienal de Arquitectura de Buenos Aires celebra 40 a&#241;os con una programaci&#243;n gratuita bajo la tem&#225;tica del habitar&#8221;, 11/09/2026: <a href="https://www.archdaily.com/es/1184930/la-bienal-de-arquitectura-de-buenos-aires-celebra-40-anos-con-una-programacion-gratuita-bajo-la-tematica-del-habitar">https://www.archdaily.com/es/1184930/la-bienal-de-arquitectura-de-buenos-aires-celebra-40-anos-con-una-programacion-gratuita-bajo-la-tematica-del-habitar</a></p></li><li><p>La Naci&#243;n, &#8220;De una &#8216;casa lib&#233;lula&#8217; a una &#8216;escuela mirador&#8217;: m&#250;ltiples formas de habitar el mundo&#8221;, 22/09/2026: <a href="https://www.lanacion.com.ar/cultura/de-una-casa-libelula-a-una-escuela-mirador-multiples-formas-de-habitar-el-mundo-nid22092026/">https://www.lanacion.com.ar/cultura/de-una-casa-libelula-a-una-escuela-mirador-multiples-formas-de-habitar-el-mundo-nid22092026/</a></p></li><li><p>Clar&#237;n ARQ, &#8220;Comienza la XX Bienal de Arquitectura de Buenos Aires con exposiciones y recorridos por la Ciudad&#8221;, 21/09/2026: <a href="https://www.clarin.com/arq/comienza-xx-bienal-arquitectura-buenos-aires-exposiciones-recorridos-ciudad_0_ORQ3NSGfdS.html">https://www.clarin.com/arq/comienza-xx-bienal-arquitectura-buenos-aires-exposiciones-recorridos-ciudad_0_ORQ3NSGfdS.html</a></p></li><li><p>Fundaci&#243;n Tejido Urbano, estimates on housing built between the 2010 and 2022 censuses, as reported by Infobae, 20/03/2023: <a href="https://www.infobae.com/economia/2023/03/20/censo-2022-entre-el-sector-publico-y-el-privado-se-edificaron-4-millones-de-viviendas-mas-pero-no-se-redujo-el-deficit-habitacional/">https://www.infobae.com/economia/2023/03/20/censo-2022-entre-el-sector-publico-y-el-privado-se-edificaron-4-millones-de-viviendas-mas-pero-no-se-redujo-el-deficit-habitacional/</a></p></li><li><p>Casas Blancas: Roberto Fern&#225;ndez, &#8220;Las Casas Blancas: apuntes sobre una tentativa de arquitectura nacional&#8221;, Seminario de Cr&#237;tica n.&#186; 6, IAA-FADU-UBA, October 1988 (the experience dated c. 1955-1965): <a href="https://www.iaa.fadu.uba.ar/publicaciones/critica/0006.pdf">https://www.iaa.fadu.uba.ar/publicaciones/critica/0006.pdf</a> &#183; Ministerio de Cultura de la Naci&#243;n, monument listing for the Iglesia Nuestra Se&#241;ora de F&#225;tima, Mart&#237;nez (&#8221;la corriente arquitect&#243;nica nacional conocida como &#8216;casablanquismo&#8217;&#8221;): <a href="https://www.argentina.gob.ar/capital-humano/cultura/monumentos/iglesia-parroquial-nuestra-senora-de-fatima-casa-parroquial-y">https://www.argentina.gob.ar/capital-humano/cultura/monumentos/iglesia-parroquial-nuestra-senora-de-fatima-casa-parroquial-y</a></p></li><li><p>Grupo R (Rosario, founded 1991 by Gerardo Caballero, Rafael Iglesia, Gonzalo S&#225;nchez Hermelo, Marcelo Villafa&#241;e, Rub&#233;n Fern&#225;ndez, Jos&#233; Mar&#237;a D&#8217;Angelo and Rub&#233;n Palumbo; lectures 1992-2000, per note 1 of the A&amp;P article): A&amp;P Continuidad (FAPyD-UNR), &#8220;Po&#233;ticas de lo contingente: arquitectos de la contemporaneidad&#8221;: <a href="https://www.ayp.fapyd.unr.edu.ar/index.php/ayp/article/download/235/269?inline=1">https://www.ayp.fapyd.unr.edu.ar/index.php/ayp/article/download/235/269?inline=1</a> &#183; Arquitectura Viva, &#8220;Rafael Iglesia&#8221;: <a href="https://arquitecturaviva.com/articulos/rafael-iglesia">https://arquitecturaviva.com/articulos/rafael-iglesia</a></p></li><li><p>Carioca and Paulista schools: M&#244;nica Junqueira de Camargo, &#8220;Escola Paulista, Escola Carioca. Algumas considera&#231;&#245;es&#8221;, 13th Docomomo Brasil Seminar, Salvador, 2019: <a href="https://anais.docomomobrasil.com/brasil/sdbr13/sdbr13-160/">https://anais.docomomobrasil.com/brasil/sdbr13/sdbr13-160/</a> &#183; Vilanova Artigas and the Paulista school: Novos Estudos CEBRAP (SciELO), &#8220;Artigas e a dial&#233;tica dos esfor&#231;os&#8221;: <a href="https://www.scielo.br/j/nec/a/KTV9LNPkLctgcdqw7jL36yk/">https://www.scielo.br/j/nec/a/KTV9LNPkLctgcdqw7jL36yk/</a></p></li><li><p>The Pritzker Architecture Prize, biography of Oscar Niemeyer: <a href="https://www.pritzkerprize.com/biography-oscar-niemeyer">https://www.pritzkerprize.com/biography-oscar-niemeyer</a></p></li><li><p>The Pritzker Architecture Prize, Paulo Mendes da Rocha (2006): <a href="https://www.pritzkerprize.com/laureates/2006">https://www.pritzkerprize.com/laureates/2006</a></p></li><li><p>Mc Cormack Asociados (Sebasti&#225;n Balbuena, Mike Mc Cormack, Pedro Wofcy Diez): <a href="https://www.mcca.com.ar/study/">https://www.mcca.com.ar/study/</a> &#183; HABITAR entry &#8220;Los Molinos Building - Faena Arts Center&#8221;, official catalog, pp. 136-137</p></li><li><p>Bulla, HABITAR entry &#8220;Bosque Malba&#8221;, official catalog, pp. 44-45</p></li><li><p>Case Study Houses: Getty Research Institute, &#8220;Overdrive: L.A. Constructs the Future, 1940-1990&#8221;, Residential Fabric: <a href="https://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/overdrive/residential_fabric.html">https://www.getty.edu/art/exhibitions/overdrive/residential_fabric.html</a></p></li><li><p>Grupo Austral: &#8220;Voluntad y acci&#243;n&#8221; (manifesto, Nuestra Arquitectura, June 1939), facsimile at Tecnne: <a href="https://tecnne.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/TECNNE.-VOLUNTAD-Y-ACCION-MANIFIESTO-GRUPO-AUSTRAL.pdf">https://tecnne.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/TECNNE.-VOLUNTAD-Y-ACCION-MANIFIESTO-GRUPO-AUSTRAL.pdf</a> &#183; Wikipedia (es), &#8220;Grupo Austral&#8221;: <a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grupo_Austral">https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grupo_Austral</a> &#183; ZARCH (Universidad de Zaragoza), &#8220;Fervor moderno en Buenos Aires. La mirada trasatl&#225;ntica del Grupo Austral y Horacio Coppola en 1939&#8221;, 2023 (manifesto published in June 1939 as a supplement to <em>Nuestra Arquitectura</em>): <a href="https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_zarch/zarch.2023207457">https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_zarch/zarch.2023207457</a></p></li><li><p>OAM, Organizaci&#243;n de Arquitectura Moderna (formed around 1948 by architecture students of the UBA; &#8220;strongly influenced by their teachers (Amancio Williams, Antonio Bonet and Tom&#225;s Maldonado)&#8221;): Ver&#243;nica Devalle (IAA-FADU-UBA / CONICET), &#8220;Transformaci&#243;n curricular y pol&#237;tica en la ense&#241;anza de la Arquitectura. La materia &#8216;Visi&#243;n&#8217; en las universidades del Litoral y de Buenos Aires&#8221;, XIV Jornadas Interescuelas/Departamentos de Historia, Universidad Nacional de Cuyo, 2013, note 4: <a href="https://cdsa.aacademica.org/000-010/660.pdf">https://cdsa.aacademica.org/000-010/660.pdf</a></p></li><li><p>Antonio Bonet in Le Corbusier&#8217;s atelier, Paris (1936-38), where he met Ferrari Hardoy and Kurchan: &#8220;La obra de Bonet en la arquitectura espa&#241;ola&#8221; (1978): <a href="https://oa.upm.es/46030/1/1978_bonet_MAB.pdf">https://oa.upm.es/46030/1/1978_bonet_MAB.pdf</a> &#183; &#8220;Antonio Bonet Castellana, &#8230;&#8221; (Dialnet): <a href="https://dialnet.unirioja.es/descarga/articulo/5228842.pdf">https://dialnet.unirioja.es/descarga/articulo/5228842.pdf</a></p></li><li><p>Urbanizaci&#243;n Punta Ballena, Maldonado, Uruguay (Bonet, 1945-48): &#8220;Antonio Bonet en Punta Ballena (1945-1948): el aporte de La Solana para la arquitectura del Cono Sur&#8221; (Redalyc): <a href="https://www.redalyc.org/journal/3416/341649737017/">https://www.redalyc.org/journal/3416/341649737017/</a> &#183; &#8220;Planeamiento urban&#237;stico en la obra de Antonio Bonet: de Punta Ballena al Poblado HIFRENSA, 1945-1975&#8221; (SIIU): <a href="https://doi.org/10.5821/siiu.5920">https://doi.org/10.5821/siiu.5920</a></p></li><li><p>Justo Solsona (OAM member; on Bonet&#8217;s team for the Plan Barrio Sur, dated 1956 by Moderna Buenos Aires and 1958 by Wikipedia; later head of an architectural design c&#225;tedra at the FADU-UBA): Wikipedia (es), &#8220;Justo Solsona&#8221;: <a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justo_Solsona">https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justo_Solsona</a> &#183; Moderna Buenos Aires, &#8220;Proyecto para el Barrio Sur&#8221; (drawing team: J. Solsona): <a href="https://www.modernabuenosaires.org/proyectos-urbanos/proyecto-para-el-barrio-sur">https://www.modernabuenosaires.org/proyectos-urbanos/proyecto-para-el-barrio-sur</a> &#183; Taller SLS Solsona-Ledesma, FADU-UBA (archived site): <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150926013013/http://catedraledesma.com.ar/">https://web.archive.org/web/20150926013013/http://catedraledesma.com.ar/</a></p></li><li><p>Conjunto Rioja (Parque Patricios, Buenos Aires; Manteola, Petchersky, S&#225;nchez G&#243;mez, Santos, Solsona, Vi&#241;oly; Banco Municipal de Buenos Aires; 1969-73; 445 homes, seven towers linked by bridges): Moderna Buenos Aires, &#8220;Conjunto Rioja&#8221;: <a href="https://modernabuenosaires.org/obras/20s-a-70s/conjunto-rioja">https://modernabuenosaires.org/obras/20s-a-70s/conjunto-rioja</a> &#183; Wikipedia (es), &#8220;Conjunto Rioja&#8221;: <a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjunto_Rioja">https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjunto_Rioja</a> &#183; FADU-UBA, archive of public collective housing in Buenos Aires, &#8220;1973. Conjunto Rioja&#8221;: <a href="https://sites.google.com/fadu.uba.ar/archba-viv-colectiva-publica/inicio/1973-conjunto-rioja">https://sites.google.com/fadu.uba.ar/archba-viv-colectiva-publica/inicio/1973-conjunto-rioja</a></p></li></ul>]]></content:encoded></item></channel></rss>