n+1. Tendencias compulsivas - José María Echarte

Sometimes we architects have believed so much in the role of unattainable and heroic genius —that someone designed for us— that we have ended up forgetting that child, that girl, who painted chalk houses on the ground. Who always asked why. These texts, compulsive, indignant, serious and funny, written from a deep love for architecture, are part of a constant reflection on the discipline, understood as a complex ecosystem that goes from politics to fashion, from universities to studios where a whole generation of young professionals rows to the rhythm of the galley, from our commonplaces — to laugh at, accomplices— to our darkest ghosts —to get rid of, together. 

Let out the curious child we have all been. The one who drew chalk houses. And, above all, the one who always asked why. Don't be afraid. Everything will be all right. 

José María Echarte Ramos 

(Almería 1973) Architect by the Higher Technical School of Architecture of Madrid  (ETSAM) in 2000, he is Professor of Projects and Theory & Criticism at the University Rey Juan Carlos and co-editor of n+1, Blog de Arquitectura y Crítica. He has developed his work in the field of public works, administration, teaching and criticism. In this field he proposes a research that aims to go beyond the projectual and purely aesthetic, understanding architecture as a complex socio-economic ecosystem. 

Reviews:

La Mirada Actual: http://lamiradaactual.blogspot.com/2018/03/jose-maria-echarte-ramos-autor-de.html

Fundación Arquia Blog: https://blogfundacion.arquia.es/2018/05/lectura-compulsiva/

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