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CA
N
LI
S
by
JRN
UTZ
ON
-
La h
isto
ria e
xpr
s de
Can
Lis
es
la d
e un
a ca
sa e
n M
allo
rca,
con
stru
ida
con
pied
ra a
utc
tona
de
la is
la p
or
el m
ism
o ar
quite
cto
dan
s qu
e di
seo
la o
pera
de
Sidn
ey, e
n pe
rfec
ta h
arm
ona
con
su
ento
rno
natu
ral
med
iterr
neo
y e
l sol
, y q
ue a
dem
s a
trae
bus
es ll
enos
de
arqu
itect
os y
est
udia
ntes
con
cm
aras
de
foto
s y
cuad
erno
s de
dib
ujo.
La h
isto
ria c
ompl
eta
es a
lgo
ms
larg
a y
an
no h
a co
nclu
ido,
par
a m
ejor
qui
z s
era
nec
esar
io m
encio
nar
quie
n er
a J
rn U
tzon
y la
s cir
cuns
tanc
ias
espe
ciale
s qu
e ac
ompa
aro
n la
con
stru
cci
n de
la c
asa,
com
o su
ab
ando
no d
uran
te la
con
stru
cci
n de
la o
pera
de
Sidn
ey.
STA
RC
HIT
EC
TSEn
la a
ctua
lidad
est
amos
fam
iliariz
ados
con
un
tipo
de a
rqui
tect
ura
espe
ctac
ular
que
gen
era
cont
rove
rsia
, co
ncep
tos
com
o el
Bilb
ao e
ffec
t,
star
chite
cts
, aer
opue
rtos
sin
avi
ones
y e
dific
ios
fara
nico
s es
tn
a la
ord
en d
el d
a, s
in e
mba
rgo
ser
a er
rne
o pe
nsar
que
por
que
la o
pera
de
Sidn
ey a
lber
ga m
s d
e 2.4
00
even
tos
al a
o y
es
el ic
ono
arqu
itect
nico
ms
impo
rtan
te d
el s
iglo
XX,
Jr
n Ut
zon
se p
ueda
enc
asilla
r co
mo
un s
tar-
arch
itect
.
ED
UC
AC
ION
A d
ecir
verd
ad, U
tzn
fue
uno
de
los
ltim
os n
exos
ent
re la
po
ca d
orad
a de
la a
rqui
tect
ura
mod
erna
, ha
bien
do ll
egad
o a
cono
cer
y ap
rend
er d
e gr
ande
s fig
uras
com
o M
ies
Van
der
Rohe
, Fra
nk L
loyd
Wrig
ht y
A
lvar
Aal
to, U
tzon
con
t a
dem
s c
on u
na e
duca
cin
trad
icion
al q
ue n
ada
tiene
que
ver
con
la d
e j
vene
s es
tudi
ante
s de
hoy
en
da,
sig
uien
do e
l cas
o de
muc
hos
arqu
itect
os f
amos
os q
ue p
rimer
o se
edu
caro
n
-
The
sho
rt h
isto
ry o
f Ca
n Li
s so
unds
like
thi
s:s
a ho
use
in t
he S
pani
sh is
land
Mal
lorc
a, c
onst
ruct
ed w
ith
nativ
e st
one
from
the
isla
nd b
y th
e Da
nish
arc
hite
ct w
ho d
esig
ned
the
Sydn
ey o
pera
, in
perf
ect
harm
ony
with
its
natu
ral s
urro
undi
ngs
and
the
Med
iterr
anea
n su
n, a
nd a
irre
sist
ible
att
ract
ion
to b
uses
ful
l of
arch
i-te
cts
and
stud
ents
car
ryin
g ca
mer
as a
nd s
ketc
hboo
ks.
The
ful
l sto
ry is
som
ewha
t lo
nger
and
has
not
yet
bee
n co
nclu
ded,
it m
ight
be
bett
er t
o m
entio
n fir
st
who
was
Jrn
Utz
on a
nd t
he s
pecia
l circ
umst
ance
s su
rrou
ndin
g th
e co
nstr
uctio
n of
the
hou
se, a
s ab
an-
doni
ng t
he S
idne
y op
era
diru
ing
its c
onst
ruct
ion.
STA
RC
HIT
EC
TSTo
day
we
are
fam
iliar
with
a t
ype
of s
pect
acul
ar a
rchi
tect
ure
that
gen
erat
es c
ontr
over
sy, c
once
pts
like
Bilb
ao e
ffec
t,
star
chite
cts
and
pha
raon
ic bu
ildin
gs a
re t
he o
rder
of
the
day,
thou
gh it
wou
ld b
e w
rong
to
thi
nk t
hat
beca
use
the
Sydn
ey o
pera
host
s m
ore
than
2,40
0 ev
ents
ann
ually
and
is t
he m
ost
impo
rtan
t tw
entie
th-c
entu
ry a
rchi
tect
ural
icon
, Jr
n Ut
zon
can
be c
onsi
dere
d as
a c
onte
mpo
rary
sta
r-ar
chite
ct.
ED
UC
ATI
ON
As
a m
atte
r of
fac
t, Ut
zon
was
one
of
the
last
link
s be
twee
n th
e go
lden
age
of
mod
ern
arch
itect
ure,
ha
ving
met
and
lear
nt f
rom
gre
at a
rchi
tect
s lik
e M
ies
Van
der
Rohe
, Fra
nk L
loyd
Wrig
ht a
nd A
lvar
Aal
to,
Utzo
n al
so u
nder
wen
t a
trad
ition
al e
duca
tion
that
has
not
hing
to
do w
ith t
he o
ne y
oung
stu
dent
s re
ceiv
e to
day,
follo
win
g th
e ca
se o
f m
any
fam
ous
arch
itect
s w
ho w
ere
educ
ated
firs
t as
mas
ons
or c
arpe
nter
s,
Uzon
got
to
build
a w
oode
n ho
use
by h
imse
lf in
ord
er t
o pa
ss a
sem
este
r cla
ss, s
omet
hing
not
unc
omm
on
7
-
com
o m
ason
es o
car
pint
eros
, Uzo
n lle
go a
con
stru
ir un
a ca
sa d
e m
ader
a pa
ra a
prob
ar u
na a
sign
atur
a de
con
stru
c-cio
nes,
alg
o qu
e no
es
raro
en
la e
duca
cin
esca
ndin
ava,
un
a cu
ltura
dis
tinta
.En
cua
nto
a su
esc
uela
arq
uite
ctn
ica e
sta
algo
ais
lada
de
los
estil
os u
rd
enes
aca
dm
icos
prop
ios
de la
Eur
opa
cent
ral,
la a
rqui
tect
ura
esca
ndin
ava
es m
s c
erca
na a
un
hum
anis
mo
enfo
cado
en
la rel
aci
n en
tre
el in
divi
duo
y la
nat
ural
eza,
alg
o qu
e Ut
zon
apre
nder
a d
e ot
ro g
rand
e co
mo
el s
ueco
Gun
nar
Asp
lund
, con
qui
en e
stud
io d
uran
-te
los
aos
de
la s
egun
da g
uerr
a m
undi
al.
Pero
aqu
no
aca
ba e
l ar
sena
l de
Utz
on,
ya q
ue s
era
di
fcil
ent
ende
r co
mo
un e
scan
dina
vo o
gu
iri
pued
e te
r-m
inar
con
stru
yend
o un
a ca
sa t
an e
n si
nton
a c
on la
es-
encia
med
iterr
nea
. El d
ans
tam
bin
apr
endi
m
ucho
de
sus
viaj
es C
hina
, Jap
n,
Mj
ico (e
l pod
er d
e la
plata
form
a o
mes
eta)
y a
l hab
er t
raba
jado
en
med
io o
rient
e, p
udi-
endo
con
side
rarlo
com
o un
arq
uite
cto
viaj
ero
que
final
-m
ente
se
asen
tar
a en
Mal
lorc
a, e
ncan
tado
por
la is
la y
co
mo
todo
bue
n n
rdico
, del
gen
eros
o so
l del
clim
a ba
lear
.
CO
NS
TRU
CC
IN
Otr
o de
los
elem
ento
s qu
e ac
ompa
a la
his
toria
de
la c
asa
es e
l mito
de
habe
rla c
onst
ruid
o Ut
zon
codo
a c
odo
con
los
alba
ile
s, s
in n
ing
n tip
o de
dib
ujo,
sig
uien
do u
n m
tod
o es
pecia
l que
apr
endi
de
Alv
ar A
alto
y u
tiliz
o en
otr
a ca
sa
ante
rior,
esto
no
es c
iert
o pe
ro g
uard
a al
go d
e ve
rdad
, ya
que
hubo
col
abor
aci
n y
mut
uo a
pren
diza
je,
com
o en
el
caso
de
la s
oluc
ione
s pa
ra lo
s di
ntel
es c
on p
iedr
a co
mo
enco
frad
o pe
rdid
o, y
otr
os a
just
es q
ue U
tzon
dec
idir
a so
bre
la m
arch
a.
8
-
in t
he s
cand
inav
ian
educ
atio
n, w
hich
has
a d
iffer
ent
cul-
ture
.A
s fo
r hi
s ar
chite
ctur
al s
choo
l is s
omew
hat
isol
ated
fro
m
the
clas
sica
l or
ders
or
acad
emic
styl
es o
f ce
ntra
l Eu
-ro
pe,
scan
dina
vian
arc
hite
ctur
e is
clo
ser
to a
hum
anis
m
focu
sed
on t
he r
elat
ions
hip
betw
een
the
indi
vidu
al a
nd
natu
re, s
omet
hing
tha
t Ut
zon
lear
nt f
rom
ano
ther
gre
at
arch
itect
, the
sw
edis
h Gu
nnar
Asp
lund
, who
he
wor
ked
with
dur
ing
the
WW
II ye
ars.
But
that
s n
ot t
he e
ntire
Utz
ons
ars
enal
, it
wou
ld b
e di
fficu
lt to
und
erst
and
how
a S
cand
inav
ian
can
com
e ou
t w
ith a
hou
se s
o at
tune
d to
the
med
iterr
anea
n es
senc
e.
The
Dan
ish
also
lea
rned
muc
h fr
om h
is t
rave
ls C
hina
, Ja
pan,
Mex
ico (
the
pow
er o
f th
e pl
atfo
rm)
and
havi
ng
wor
ked
in t
he m
iddl
e ea
st, h
e m
ight
be
cons
ider
ed a
s a
trav
eler
arc
hite
ct w
ho e
vent
ually
wou
ld s
ettle
in M
allo
rca,
en
chan
ted
by t
he is
land
, and
like
all
good
nor
th E
urop
ean,
th
e ge
nero
us s
un o
f th
e sp
anis
h co
ast
clim
ate.
CO
NS
TRU
CTI
ON
Ano
ther
ele
men
t th
at a
ccom
pani
es t
he h
isto
ry o
f th
e ho
use
is t
he m
yth
of h
avin
g bu
ilt U
tzon
elb
ow t
o el
bow
w
ith t
he m
ason
s, w
ithou
t an
y dr
awin
g, fo
llow
ing
a sp
ecia
l m
etho
d he
lear
ned
from
Alv
ar A
alto
and
use
d in
a p
re-
viou
s ho
use,
thi
s is
not
tru
e bu
t no
t en
tirel
y in
accu
rate
, be
caus
e th
ere
was
col
labo
ratio
n an
d m
utua
l lea
rnin
g, a
s in
the
cas
e of
sol
utio
ns w
ith s
tone
lint
els
as f
orm
wor
k,
and
othe
r de
cisio
ns t
hat
Utzo
n de
cide
on t
he fl
y.
9
-
SID
NE
YEs
te f
ue u
no d
e lo
s en
carg
os q
ue s
ento
un
prec
eden
te t
anto
com
o ar
quite
ctur
a de
geo
met
ra
com
ple-
ja e
ico
no d
e la
arq
uite
ctur
a co
ntem
por
nea,
est
able
ciend
o ad
ems
una
rel
aci
n en
tre
el a
rqui
tect
o, e
l in
geni
ero
y la
ut
ilizac
in
de
orde
nado
res
para
el
c
lcul
o es
truc
tura
l (a
unqu
e po
ster
iorm
ente
re
suel
-ta
con
maq
ueta
s). Un
a ob
ra q
ue s
e pr
olon
gar
a du
rant
e 14
ao
s, u
n en
carg
o de
eso
s qu
e un
arq
uite
c-to
pue
de t
ener
una
sol
a ve
z en
la
vida
con
sue
rte,
Utz
on c
onta
ba c
on 3
8 a
os c
uand
o ga
n e
l co
n-cu
rso,
la
flor
de l
a vi
da,
inclu
so d
emas
iado
jov
en p
ara
los
est
ndar
es d
e lo
s ar
quite
ctos
, el
dan
es
aban
dona
ra
Sidn
ey p
or d
esav
enen
cias
con
las
auto
ridad
es p
oliti
cas,
ciu
dad
en l
a qu
e in
clus
o se
hab
a
cons
trui
do u
na c
asa
y m
udad
o co
n su
muj
er e
hijo
s, a
los
60
aos
, si
n ha
ber
vist
o fin
aliz
ar s
u ob
ra.
MA
LLO
RC
AEs
te e
s un
epi
sodi
o du
ro e
n la
vid
a de
l arq
uite
cto,
y s
u po
ster
ior
dese
mba
rco
en la
isla
de
Mal
lorc
a po
dra
ser
re
trat
ado
por
un g
uion
ista
de
Holly
woo
d co
mo
el d
e un
gen
io in
com
pren
dido
que
se
refu
gia
en la
intim
idad
la
s co
stas
bal
eare
s, d
onde
con
stru
ye c
on p
acie
ncia
una
cas
a se
ncilla
a s
impl
e vi
sta
(Can
Lis
), pe
ro u
na o
bra
mae
stra
a lo
s oj
os d
e lo
s nu
mer
osos
con
tinge
ntes
de
arqu
itect
os y
est
udia
ntes
que
com
enza
ron
a vi
sita
r la
ca
sa e
n pl
an p
ereg
rinaj
e a
tierr
a sa
grad
a, f
orza
ndo
a Ut
zon
a co
nstr
uirs
e ot
ra c
asa
ms
ocu
lta e
n el
inte
rior
de la
isla
(Can
Fel
iz).
Am
bas
casa
s gu
arda
n un
pro
fund
o re
spet
o a
las
trad
icion
es v
ern
cula
s de
la is
la e
n su
tr
atam
ient
o de
la p
iedr
a na
tura
l de
Mar
es, p
ero
lo q
ue la
dife
renc
ia d
e la
s de
ms
es
su rel
aci
n co
n el
sol
. La
prop
uest
a de
Can
Lis
pod
ra
resu
ltar
algo
esp
arta
na p
ara
el g
ran
pbl
ico, p
ero
esto
no
es r
aro
de e
ncon
trar
-
SY
DN
EY
Thi
s w
as o
ne o
f th
e co
mm
issi
ons
that
sat
a p
rece
dent
on
geom
etric
ally
com
plex
bui
ldin
g an
d as
a c
onte
m-
pora
ry a
rchi
tect
ure
mas
terp
iece
or
icon,
est
ablis
hing
a r
elat
ions
hip
betw
een
the
arch
itect
, the
eng
inee
r an
d th
e us
e of
com
pute
rs f
or s
truc
tura
l des
ign
(alth
ough
late
r w
orke
d ou
t w
ith m
odel
s). A
con
stru
ctio
n th
at
that
wou
ld la
st 14
yea
rs, o
ne o
f th
ose
com
mis
sion
s an
arc
hite
ct c
an b
e co
nsid
ered
luck
y to
get
onc
e in
a lif
e-tim
e, U
tzon
had
38
whe
n he
won
the
com
petit
ion,
he
was
at
his
prim
e, e
ven
too
youn
g fo
r ar
chite
cts
sta
n-da
rds.
The
Dan
ish
leav
e Sy
dney
by
disa
gree
men
ts w
ith t
he p
oliti
cal a
utho
ritie
s, t
he c
ity w
here
he
had
even
bu
ilt a
hou
se a
nd m
oved
with
his
wife
and
chi
ldre
n, a
t ag
e 60
, with
out
bein
g ab
le t
o se
e hi
s bu
ildin
g fin
ishe
d.
MA
LLO
RC
AT
his
toug
h ep
isod
e in
the
life
of t
he a
rchi
tect
and
his
late
r la
ndin
g on
the
isla
nd o
f M
allo
rca
coul
d be
por
tray
ed
by a
Hol
lyw
ood
scre
enw
riter
as
the
stor
y of
a m
isun
ders
tood
gen
ius
that
fors
akes
a s
ucce
sful
l inte
rnat
iona
l ca
rrie
r an
d ta
kes
refu
ge in
the
priv
acy
Bale
aric
coas
ts, w
here
pat
ient
ly b
uild
s a
hous
e th
at s
eem
s si
mpl
e at
fir
st g
lanc
e (C
an L
is),
but
is c
onsi
dere
d a
mas
terp
iece
in t
he e
yes
of t
he n
umer
ous
cont
inge
nt o
f ar
chite
cts
and
stud
ents
who
beg
an v
isiti
ng t
he h
ouse
as
if pi
lgrim
age
to s
acre
d la
nd, f
orcin
g Ut
zon
to b
uild
ano
ther
ho
use
hidd
en in
side
isla
nd (C
an F
eliz
) and
mov
e. B
oth
hous
es h
ave
a de
ep r
espe
ct f
or t
he v
erna
cula
r tr
adi-
tions
of
the
isla
nd in
its
trea
tmen
t of
nat
ural
lim
esto
ne, b
ut w
hat
mak
es t
he h
ouse
diff
eren
t fr
om o
ther
s is
its
relatio
nshi
p to
the
sun
.Ca
n Li
s pr
opos
al m
ight
be
a lit
tle b
it au
ster
e fo
r th
e m
ains
trea
m t
aste
, but
thi
s is
not
unc
omm
on t
o fin
d
11
-
en la
s ca
sas
prop
ias
de lo
s ar
quite
ctos
, su
plan
ta e
st
basa
da e
n di
stin
tos
cuer
pos
que
albe
rgan
dis
tinta
s ac
tivid
ades
, org
aniz
adas
a lo
larg
o de
l da
por
su
orie
ntac
in
resp
ecto
al s
ol, c
on e
spec
ial c
uida
do e
n la
s tr
an-
sicio
nes
de lu
z e
intr
oduc
iend
o un
a tip
olog
a d
e ab
ertu
ras
con
una
tran
sici
n in
visi
ble
entr
e in
terio
r y
exte
rior.
Esta
viv
iend
a, q
ue e
st
ms
cer
cana
a u
n te
mpl
o gr
iego
o r
ecin
to s
agra
do, t
rans
mite
una
ene
rga
ni
ca a
aq
uello
s qu
e la
vis
itan,
ese
aur
a es
pecia
l que
muc
hos
podr
an
cons
ider
ar c
omo
mag
ia, y
que
rep
rese
nta
la
raz
n pr
incip
al p
ara
estu
diar
la c
on fi
nes
tera
put
icos.
w12
-
in a
rchi
tect
s o
wn
hous
es,
the
plan
t is
bas
ed o
n di
ffer
ent
build
ing
that
hos
t va
rious
act
iviti
es o
rgan
ized
thro
ugho
ut t
he d
ay a
ccor
ding
to
thei
r re
latio
n to
the
sun
light
, with
spe
cial a
tten
tion
to t
he t
rans
ition
s of
lig
ht a
nd in
trod
ucin
g a
typo
logy
of
open
ings
with
a s
eam
less
bou
ndar
y be
twee
n in
terio
r an
d ex
terio
r. T
his
hous
e, w
hich
is c
lose
r to
a G
reek
tem
ple
or s
acre
d si
te, t
rans
mits
a u
niqu
e fe
elin
g to
tho
se w
ho v
isit
it,
a sp
ecia
l aur
a th
at m
any
wou
ld c
onsi
der
mag
ical,
and
that
is t
he m
ain
reas
on f
or s
tudy
ing
this
hou
se i
a th
erap
eutic
app
roac
h.
w
13
-
ST
OR
IES
OF
HO
US
ES
El p
rimer
eje
rcici
o co
nsis
ta
en e
legi
r un
a ca
sa d
el b
log
sto
ries
of h
ouse
s:
Esta
s ca
sas
tiene
n en
com
n q
ue f
uero
n ge
stad
as a
par
tir d
e la
his
toria
par
ticul
ares
de
sus
clie
ntes
, que
en
alg
unos
cas
os f
uero
n su
s pr
opio
s ar
quite
ctos
, sie
ndo
de p
artic
ular
inte
rs
el q
ue la
s cir
cuns
tanc
ias
espe
ciale
s de
cad
a un
o de
sus
hab
itant
es p
lant
eaba
res
olve
r pr
oble
mas
arq
uite
ctn
icos
conc
reto
s, m
s
cerc
anos
a la
vid
a re
al y
los
prob
lem
as d
e la
s pe
rson
as, y
no
ha e
stilo
s o
est
ticas
con
cret
as.
3 ca
sas
fuer
on p
re-s
elec
ciona
das
en u
na p
rimer
a et
apa
y ya
que
se
plan
teab
a im
plc
itam
ente
la id
ea d
e pr
oyec
tar
o re
inte
rpre
tar
la v
ivie
nda,
el c
riter
io p
erso
nal c
onsi
sti
en
busc
ar v
ivie
ndas
a la
s qu
e se
les
pudi
ese
mod
ifica
r, am
plia
r, o
mej
orar
alg
n e
lem
ento
que
hub
iese
que
dado
des
actu
aliz
ado
a lo
larg
o de
los
aos
:
-
AR
CH
ITE
CT
UR
AL
C
RI
TI
CS
SMIL
EY
Gua
rdio
la
Can
did
o, s
imp
ti-
co y
a la
mo
da,
Sm
iley
apre
cia
la in
nova
ci
n y
la n
arra
tiva
en
la
arq
uite
ctur
a.
Nai
ve, e
asyg
oin
g
and
tre
ndy,
Sm
i-le
y ap
pre
ciat
es
inno
vati
on
and
na
rrat
ive
in a
rchi
-te
ctur
e.
BR
ICK
M
our
inho
M
alva
do
, pra
gm
a-ti
co e
intr
asig
ente
, es
te c
riti
co m
ezcl
a d
e ca
mp
esin
o e
lo-
cuen
te e
ing
enie
-ro
, no
vac
ilara
en
met
erte
un
ded
o
en e
l ojo
.
Evil,
pra
gm
atic
al
and
unc
om
pro
-m
isin
g.H
e is
hal
f el
oq
uent
pea
sant
, ha
lf e
ngin
eer.
El p
rimer
eje
rcici
o co
nsis
ta
en e
legi
r un
a ca
sa d
el b
log
sto
ries
of h
ouse
s:
Esta
s ca
sas
tiene
n en
com
n q
ue f
uero
n ge
stad
as a
par
tir d
e la
his
toria
par
ticul
ares
de
sus
clie
ntes
, que
en
alg
unos
cas
os f
uero
n su
s pr
opio
s ar
quite
ctos
, sie
ndo
de p
artic
ular
inte
rs
el q
ue la
s cir
cuns
tanc
ias
espe
ciale
s de
cad
a un
o de
sus
hab
itant
es p
lant
eaba
res
olve
r pr
oble
mas
arq
uite
ctn
icos
conc
reto
s, m
s
cerc
anos
a la
vid
a re
al y
los
prob
lem
as d
e la
s pe
rson
as, y
no
ha e
stilo
s o
est
ticas
con
cret
as.
3 ca
sas
fuer
on p
re-s
elec
ciona
das
en u
na p
rimer
a et
apa
y ya
que
se
plan
teab
a im
plc
itam
ente
la id
ea d
e pr
oyec
tar
o re
inte
rpre
tar
la v
ivie
nda,
el c
riter
io p
erso
nal c
onsi
sti
en
busc
ar v
ivie
ndas
a la
s qu
e se
les
pudi
ese
mod
ifica
r, am
plia
r, o
mej
orar
alg
n e
lem
ento
que
hub
iese
que
dado
des
actu
aliz
ado
a lo
larg
o de
los
aos
:
The
firs
t ex
ercis
e w
as t
o ch
oose
a h
ouse
fro
m t
he b
log
sto
ries
of h
ouse
s:
The
se h
ouse
s ha
ve in
com
mon
tha
t w
ere
crea
ted
upon
the
par
ticul
ar h
isto
ry o
f th
eir
cust
omer
s, w
hich
in
som
e ca
ses
wer
e th
e ar
chite
cts
them
selv
es, w
ith a
n sp
ecia
l int
eres
t in
sol
ving
spe
cific
arch
itect
ural
pro
b-le
ms
relate
d to
the
circ
umst
ance
s of
its
inha
bita
nts,
pus
hing
eac
h ar
chite
ct b
eyon
d a
styl
istic
or
form
al
appr
oach
.
3 ho
uses
wer
e pr
e-se
lect
ed in
the
firs
t ph
ase
Sinc
e th
e ag
enda
of
the
class
was
to
proj
ect
or re
inte
rpre
t on
e ho
use,
my
pers
onal
crit
eria
to
pick
the
hou
ses
was
look
ing
the
ones
whi
ch c
ould
be
mod
ified
, enl
arge
d or
may
be h
ave
cert
ain
elem
ents
tur
ned
outd
ated
as
year
s w
ent
by t
hat
coul
d ne
ed s
ome
upda
ting
mira
el v
ideo
w
atch
the
vid
eo
15
-
CA
SA
CE
RC
A D
E B
OR
DE
AU
x -
RE
M K
OO
LHA
SS
El p
unto
ms
impo
rtan
te p
ara
la s
elec
cin
de e
sta
casa
pro
babl
emen
te s
ea
su re
laci
n co
n lo
ter
apu
tico:
el c
lient
e ha
ba
sufr
ido
un a
ccid
ente
que
le o
b-lig
ara
a u
tiliz
ar u
na s
illa d
e ru
edas
.Es
te p
roye
cto
plan
tea
un v
ncu
lo c
lient
e-ar
quite
cto
com
plet
amen
te d
istin
tos
al e
stn
dar
(ya
sea
una
pers
ona
con
una
cond
icin
de
nacim
ient
o o
cont
rad
a po
r ac
ciden
te),
en e
l que
las
expe
ctat
ivas
del
clie
nte
se r
educ
en a
que
el a
r-qu
itect
o so
lucio
ne e
lem
ento
s co
ncre
tos
com
o ra
mpa
s, b
aran
dilla
s, d
istr
ibuc
in
en u
na s
ola
plan
ta o
mob
iliario
ada
ptad
o.La
his
toria
de
de e
sta
casa
es
dist
inta
, si u
sted
es
un b
usca
un
arqu
itect
o qu
e le
sol
ucio
ne ra
mpa
s y
bara
ndilla
s, lo
que
no
hace
es
cont
rata
r a
Rem
Koo
lhaa
s,
pero
est
e no
es
el c
lient
e ha
bitu
al, s
ino
un h
ombr
e de
neg
ocio
s ric
o, q
ue h
a vi
vido
la m
ayor
par
te d
e su
vid
a ad
ulta
llev
ando
cie
rto
estil
o de
vid
a y
que
cuan
do d
ebe
afro
ntar
la n
ueva
real
idad
a la
que
se
enfr
enta
, tom
a la
dec
isi
n,
se p
odr
a de
cir e
xtra
vaga
nte,
de
cont
rata
r a
un a
rqui
tect
o re
cono
cido
y po
co
dcil
,y p
edirl
e ex
pres
amen
te q
ue le
dis
ee
una
vivi
enda
que
no
sea
sim
ple,
sin
o co
mpl
icada
, ya
que
dich
a ca
sa d
eter
min
ara
su
mun
do.
-
La v
ivie
nda
esta
dis
trib
uida
en
3 pl
anta
s, u
nifi
cada
por
un
elev
ador
que
rep
-re
sent
a la
pot
enci
acio
n de
l cue
rpo
hum
ano
a tr
aves
de
la a
rqui
te...
D
e ho
use
has
3 st
orey
, uni
fied
by
an e
leva
tor
whi
ch r
epre
sent
s th
e en
hanc
emen
t of
the
hum
an b
ody
thro
ugh
arch
...
!Q
ue t
iene
3 p
lant
as?!
, tod
o el
mun
do s
abe
que
una
casa
acc
esib
le t
iene
que
te
ner
una
sola
pla
nta,
por
dio
s...
adem
as p
arec
e la
cas
a Fa
rnsw
orth
con
bob
esp
onja
en
cim
a, p
or lo
men
os e
sta
tien
e co
rtin
a...
y q
ue e
s es
a la
ta d
e at
un q
ue t
iene
col
gan-
do?
Wha
t? t
he h
ouse
has
3 s
tore
ys?
eve
ryon
e kn
ows
an a
cces
ible
hou
se m
ust
have
on
ly o
ne le
vel f
or c
hris
t sa
ke...
it lo
oks
like
the
Farn
swor
th h
ouse
wit
h S
pong
e Bo
b on
top
, at
leas
t th
is o
ne h
as c
ourt
ains
, Il
l giv
e yo
u th
at...
... w
hat
s al
l the
fus
s is
ab
out
that
han
ging
tun
a ca
n?
HO
US
E N
EA
R B
OR
DE
AU
x -
RE
M K
OO
LHA
SS
The
mos
t in
tere
stin
g ite
m o
f th
is h
ouse
was
pro
babl
y its
relat
ion
to t
he t
her-
apeu
tic, t
he c
lient
had
suf
fere
d an
acc
iden
t an
d be
com
e a
whe
elch
air
user
.Bu
t th
is c
ase
was
com
plet
ely
diff
eren
t as
the
sta
ndar
d si
tuat
ion
an a
rchi
tect
m
ight
fac
e w
ith t
he s
tand
ard
clien
t, w
heth
er it
s a
per
son
that
has
had
its
cond
ition
his
ent
ire li
fe o
r su
ffer
ed a
n ac
ciden
t re
cent
ly, w
hat
mos
t cli
ents
of
thi
s ty
pe e
xpec
t fr
om t
he a
rchi
tect
is t
o so
lve
circu
latio
n an
mec
hani
cal
prob
lem
s su
ch a
s ra
mps
, rai
lings
, one
sto
rey
dist
ribut
ion,
spe
cial f
urni
ture
, Bu
t th
e st
ory
of t
his
hous
e is
diff
eren
t, if
you
are
a cli
ent
who
wan
ts r
amps
an
d ra
ilings
, you
don
t h
ire R
em K
oolh
aas,
thi
s is
not
the
ave
rage
clie
nt, t
his
is a
suc
cess
ful a
nd w
ealth
y bu
sine
ss m
an t
hat
has
lived
his
ent
ire li
fe in
a
cert
ain
life
styl
e, a
nd w
hen
facin
g hi
s ne
w r
ealit
y af
ter
the
accid
ent,
decid
es
to g
o fo
r so
met
hing
uni
que
(eve
n ex
trav
agan
t), h
iring
a r
enow
ned
arch
itect
an
d te
lling
him
to:
not
des
igni
ng s
omet
hing
sim
ple,
but
com
plica
ted,
bec
ause
it
will
dete
rmin
e hi
s w
orld
.
17
-
CA
SA
EN
LE
gE
- L
AC
ATO
N &
VA
SS
AL
La r
azn
par
a el
egir
a es
ta p
arej
a de
arq
uite
ctos
fra
nces
es e
s m
uy s
encil
la: d
ecis
ione
s.Su
arq
uite
ctur
a gi
ra e
n to
rno
a de
cisio
nes
de p
roye
cto
rela
ciona
das
con
la e
cono
ma
, sue
len
juga
r co
n el
pre
-su
pues
to y
apo
star
fue
rte
por
los
elem
ento
s m
s re
leva
ntes
del
pro
yect
o, a
vec
es d
ejan
do o
tros
ele
men
tos
bsi
cos
a m
edio
pel
o, c
ausa
ndo
as
ciert
a in
com
odid
ad e
n el
pb
lico
gene
ral.
Se d
ice q
ue la
bue
na a
rqui
tect
ura
va a
com
paa
da d
e co
ntro
vers
ia, l
os a
rqui
tect
os s
uele
n ex
ager
ar lo
s ge
stos
ha
sta
el p
arox
ism
o (y
a qu
e se
esc
ribe
poco
de
las
decis
ione
s in
term
edia
s qu
e sa
tisfa
cen
a to
dos)
, alg
o qu
e es
tos
arqu
itect
os h
an h
echo
y s
igue
n ha
ciend
o en
var
ios
de s
us t
raba
jos,
inclus
o a
riesg
o de
per
der
com
is-
ione
s.La
s de
cisio
nes
en e
ste
proy
ecto
se
conc
entr
an e
n de
jar
inta
cto
el e
ntor
no n
atur
al d
e la
par
cela
y a
prov
echa
r la
s vi
stas
al m
ar, p
ara
lo q
ue s
e es
tabl
eci
no
derr
ibar
nin
guno
de
los
arbo
les
pres
ente
s, c
on u
na p
lant
a re
ct-
angu
lar,
elev
ada
del s
uelo
y a
trav
esad
a po
r lo
s pi
nos
cuyo
s tr
onco
s se
pue
den
ver
tran
quila
men
te e
n m
edio
de
l sal
n y
en
otro
s rin
cone
s de
la c
asa.
18
-
Viv
ir e
n es
ta c
asa
es c
omo
vivi
r en
un
bosq
ue, p
uede
s to
car
la c
orte
za d
e lo
s ar
bole
que
Li
ving
in t
his
hous
e is
like
livi
ng in
the
woo
ds, y
ou c
an e
ven
touc
h th
e S
urfa
ce o
f th
e tr
ees
Eso
es
de lo
cos!
, si u
n ar
quit
ecto
met
e un
pila
r en
med
io d
e liv
ing
pasa
por
id
iota
, pe
ro s
i met
es u
n m
ont
n de
tro
ncos
ere
s un
gen
io?.
.. y
la c
asa
ni s
iqui
era
se
sien
te c
omo
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e pa
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bie
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una
fbr
ica.
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ts
insa
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n ar
chit
ect
plac
es a
col
umn
in t
he m
iddl
e of
the
livi
ng r
oom
he
s an
idio
t, b
ut if
you
put
a t
ree
log
you
are
a ge
nius
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and
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hous
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el d
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corr
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poly
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the
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t lo
oks
like
a bl
oody
fac
tory
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US
E IN
LE
gE
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N &
VA
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AL
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reas
on t
o pi
ck t
hese
cou
ple
of F
renc
h ar
chite
cts
is v
ery
easy
: dec
isio
ns.
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ir ar
chite
ctur
e is
bas
ed u
pon
proj
ect
decis
ions
relat
ed t
o ec
onom
y, th
ey t
end
to p
lay
with
the
bud
get
tryi
ng t
o pu
t th
e m
oney
whe
re t
he b
acon
is, s
omet
imes
kick
ing
othe
r ite
ms
unde
r th
e so
fa a
nd c
ausi
ng
cons
tern
atio
n in
the
gen
eral
pub
lic.
Its
said
tha
t co
ntro
vers
y is
alw
ays
pres
ent
in g
ood
arch
itect
ure,
arc
hite
cts
tend
to
take
ges
ture
s to
par
-ox
ysm
, as
this
cou
ple
have
don
e in
som
e of
the
ir w
orks
, som
etim
es a
t ris
k of
losi
ng c
omm
issi
ons.
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dec
isio
ns t
aken
in t
his
hous
e ar
e fo
cuse
d on
pro
tect
ing
the
natu
ral c
ondi
tions
of
the
plot
and
max
i-m
izin
g th
e vi
ews
to t
he s
ea, b
y ra
isin
g th
e le
vel o
f th
e ho
use
and
not
taki
ng d
own
any
tree
, per
fora
ting
the
rect
angu
lar
plan
of
the
hous
e w
ith t
hese
tre
es, w
hich
logs
can
be
foun
d an
ywhe
re in
side
the
hou
se.
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CA
SA
EN
CO
RR
UB
ED
O -
DA
VID
CH
Ipp
ER
fIE
LD
A d
ifere
ncia
que
en
las
dos
casa
s an
terio
res,
la r
azn
par
a el
egir
esta
es
ms
arb
itrar
ia: u
n t
em q
ue d
e en
tre
toda
s la
list
a de
cas
as d
e s
torie
s of
ho
uses
so
lo s
e pu
ede
enco
ntra
r en
est
a.
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ayor
a d
e la
s ca
sas
se e
xhib
en a
tra
vs
de lo
s m
edio
s co
n fo
togr
afa
s qu
e tie
nen
poco
s ra
stro
s de
dom
estic
idad
, sol
amen
te m
uebl
es n
uevo
s, d
e-ta
lles
cons
truc
tivos
orig
inal
es y
de
vez
en c
uand
o pe
rson
as q
ue a
pare
ntan
es
pont
anei
dad
pero
en
verd
ad e
stn
pos
ando
. Est
a ca
sa q
uiz
hay
a si
do
publ
icada
de
esta
man
era
algu
nas
vece
s, p
ero
pose
e un
a co
sa q
ue c
autiv
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i at
enci
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na b
arba
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cial
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a cu
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HO
US
E IN
CO
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ED
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DA
VID
CH
Ipp
ER
fIE
LD
Unlik
e th
e ot
her
two
hous
es,
the
reas
on
for
pick
ing
this
ho
use
is
quite
ar
bitr
ary:
an
ite
m
that
co
uld
only
be
fo
und
in
this
ho
use
amon
g al
l th
e ot
her
in
the
sto
ries
of
hous
es
list.
Mos
t of
the
hou
ses
are
alw
ays
show
case
d on
mag
azin
e ph
otos
with
sca
rce
trac
es o
f do
mes
ticity
, onl
y ni
ce
furn
iture
, bea
utifu
l bui
ldin
g de
tails
and
som
etim
es p
eopl
e po
sing
for
the
occ
asio
n. T
his
hous
e m
ight
hav
e be
en p
ublis
hed
in t
hat
way
too
, but
it p
osse
ss o
ne it
em t
hat
capt
ure
my
atte
ntio
n: a
bar
becu
e, a
n es
sent
ial
elem
ent
to a
ny A
rgen
tinia
n.
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Fina
lmen
te la
cas
a se
dec
idi
por
vot
aci
n gr
upal
, la
gana
dora
fue
Can
Lis
y C
an
Feliz
, de
Jrn
Utz
on. E
sta
es u
na f
ant
stica
viv
iend
a qu
e se
tie
ne u
n gr
an in
ter
s te
rap
utico
deb
ido
a su
rel
aci
n co
n el
sol
y la
nat
ural
eza,
per
o cu
enta
con
el
inco
nven
ient
e de
ser
una
obr
a he
cha
con
tant
o ce
lo p
or s
u au
tor,
en la
que
no
hay
deta
lles
deja
dos
al a
zar
y cu
alqu
ier
mod
ifica
cin
se p
rese
nta
com
o un
man
-cil
lam
ient
o en
pot
encia
.
SE
LE
CT
ING
CA
N L
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Fina
lly t
he h
ouse
was
dec
ided
by
grou
p vo
te, t
he w
inne
r w
as C
an L
is a
nd C
an F
eliz
by
Jrn
Utz
on. T
his
is a
fan
tast
ic ho
use
that
has
a g
reat
the
rape
utic
edge
due
to
its re
latio
nshi
p w
ith t
he s
un a
nd n
atur
e, b
ut h
as t
he d
isad
vant
age
of b
eing
a w
ork
mad
e so
car
eful
ly b
y its
aut
hor,
whe
re t
here
are
no
deta
ils le
ft t
o ch
ance
and
any
m
odifi
catio
n is
pre
sent
ed a
s a
vand
alis
m.
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Mathieu Lehanneur es un diseador francs que ha desarrollado
objetos y mobi-liario teraputico, trabajando en conjunto con
cientficos, psiquiatras y profesio-nales del sector sanitario.El
trabajo de Lehanneur es interesante porque aborda la relacin en-tre
el usuario y el producto enfocndose en el deseo, repulsin,
dependencia, dosificacin y el ms interesante de todos: la sug-estin
y/o efecto placebo. Este es la bestia negra de la indu-stria
farmacolgica (perdidas millonarias), y probablemente se presenta
como un enorme escollo ante la perspectiva de demostrar
cientficamente los posibles efectos de una arquitectura
teraputica.Lehanneur, en vez de rechazar o negar la existencia de
la sugestin, juega con ella y la plasma en alguno de sus objetos
teraputicos que ahora forman parte de la coleccin perma-nente del
museo MOMA en New York:
Therapeutic felt-tip pen: Este es un bolgrafo con una tinta
inofensiva que se torna invisible con el tiempo, se aplica en la
zona dolorida y produce alivio.
The third lung (tercer pulmn): para nios con asma, este
inhalador representa un organismo vivo que se hincha con el paso
del tiempo justo de dosaje, el nio debe inhalarlo y de esta forma
establece una relacin donde no se con-sidera enfermo o bajo
tratamiento, sino que el mismo est curando al objeto.
Antibitico en pldora tipo cebolla: este diseo de envolto-rio
plantea una relacin ms instintiva respecto a la dosi-ficacin de una
medicina. Sugiriendo una mejora del paci-ente al reducirse cada vez
ms el medicamento ingerido (aparente).
Andrea: plantita comn y corriente con envoltorio de diseo,
supuestamente filtra el aire gracias a un ventilador que lo conduce
por sus races.
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Therapeutic felt-tip pen: This is a harmless-invisible ink pen
that is applied on the painful body part and produces relief, ink
vanishes in a few minutes.
micro architecture
Terapheutic objects and haptic designTrabajando con las
restricciones mecanicas
MATHIEU LEHANNEUR
Mathieu Lehanneur is a French designer who has developed
therapeutic objects and furniture, working with scientists,
psychiatrists and health pro-fessionals.Lehanneurs work is
interesting because it addresses the relationship be-tween the user
and the product focusing on desire, repulsion, dependen-
cy, dosage and most interesting of all: suggestion or the
placebo effect. This last one is the nemesis of the pharmaceutical
industry (millions lost on
failed test), and probably stands as a huge obstacle at the
prospect of scien-tifically demonstrate the possible effects of a
therapeutic architecture.
Lehanneur, rather than rejecting or denying the existence of
suggestion, embrac-es it and turn it into some of his therapeutic
objects that are now part of the permanent collection of MOMA
museum in New York:
references
The third lung: meant for children with asthma, this inhal-er is
a living organism that pumps up over right time of dosing, the
child must inhale it to turn it back to normal es-tablishing a
relationship where the child forgets about hes under treatment, and
focus on healing the object himself.
Onion medicine: this design wrapping presents a more
in-stinctive relationship to the dosage of a medicine. Suggest-ing
an improvement of the patient by reducing the appar-ent ingested
drug as the treatment goes by.
Andrea: ordinary little plant with appealing packaging de-sign,
apparently it filters air by passing through the roots.
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Michael Graves ejemplifica el caso de una persona educada como
arquitecto que debido a un accidente o enfermedad inesperada que
reduce su movilidad, comienza a disear de acuerdo a los requisitos
inmediatos que su realidad diaria le plantea.Sus primero diseos se
centran en el mbito hospitalario, donde pasaba gran parte de su
tiempo, estos incluyen una silla de ruedas para uso indoor;
mobiliario para
habitacin de hospital.Adems de ser un arquitecto consagrado
(aunque sus edificios postmodernistas no sean del agrado de todos),
miembro del New York five y con ms de doce doctorados honoris
causa, Graves es consultor de la administracin de Obama y ha
co-laborado con el ejrcito en un proyecto de vivienda accesible (ms
de 2.000 casas) para veteranos de guerra accidenta-
dos en combate wounded warrior project, siendo de particular
inters debido a que las intervenciones del ejercito siempre cuentan
con grandes presupues-tos y a veces conllevan adelantos
tecnolgicos.Son varias las afecciones que se pueden encontrar en
estos veteranos de
guerra (ceguera, paralisis, amputaciones, quemad-uras, dao
cerebral, etc) pero todos ellos tienen en comn el que la vivienda
parezca una casa normal y corriente y este propiamente equipada
para facilitar la adaptacin y curacin del soldado herido.
Lamen-tablemente el enfoque americano de curacin y su-peracin de
una fase crtica no es aplicable en las
enfermedades neurodegenerativas.
Michael Graves exemplifies the case of a person educated as an
architect that due to an accident or unexpected condition starts
working on accessible design, driven by his own daily realityHis
first designs where focused on hospital equipment, a place where he
spend
a lot of time on, including an improved indoor wheelchair and
hospital room furniture.Besides being an accomplished architect
(although some of his postmodernist buildings are ranked among the
ug-liest in the world), he was a member of the New York Five and
has received more than a dozen honorary doc-torates. Graves is a
consultant to the Obama administra-tion and has worked with the
army in an accessible hous-ing project (more than 2.000 houses) for
war veterans
injured in the line of duty, called wounded warrior project,
which is especially interesting considering that military budgets
are above standard and its industry sometime involve technological
advancements.There are several conditions that can be found in
these veterans (blindness, pa-ralysis, amputations, burns, brain
damage, etc) but they all have in common is the effort of making
the house look just like any other mainstream house, invisibly and
properly equipped to facilitate the adaptation and healing of the
wounded soldier. Unfortunately the American approach to healing and
overcoming a critical stage
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physically impaired architect
Aquitecto con movilidad limitada
GRAVES MICHAEL
Top ten ugliest buildings
references
NEW YORK FIVE
WOUNDED WARRIOR
PROJECT
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Legit es una serie de comedia de la cadena norteamericana FX, en
la que uno de los personajes principales padece distrofia
muscular.La serie acarrea cierta polmica, ya que al abordar
temticas adultas como la vida independiente, sexo y drogas, genero
cierta consternacin en el pblico, pero no concretamente dentro de
la comunidad de personas con distintas capacidades, ya que ests en
cierta forma apreciaron la serie por incluir personajes con
dis-capacidades, siendo remarcable la participacin de actores con
discapacidades reales de la compaa Performing Arts Studio West
(exceptuando al personaje principal, debido a la dura carga de las
muchas horas de filmacin).La ausencia de personajes con dis- tintas
capacidades en la televisin es un hecho que se asemeja al ostra-
cismo al que ciertas minoras raciales han sufrido en la televisin y
publicidad en pocas recientes. Se-ries como Legit plantean un
cambio en la actitud respecto a cmo se percibe a la comunidad de
personas con distintas necesidades sanitarias, mostrndolas como los
seres humanos que son, y no como caricaturas o estereotipos
convenientes.
...En el primer episo-dio el personaje Jef-
frey lleva al personaje Billy a un bar de strip-tease, donde
contrata
los servicios de una bai-larina profesional. Du-rante el tercer
episodio lo asiste en una sesin de sexo por Skype....
references Bringing people with real disabilities to media
Incluyendo gente con distintas capacidades en la tvGLEGIT
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vv
...In the first episode the character Jeffrey takes Billy to a
strip bar, where he hires
the services of a professional dancer. During the third epi-sode
Jeffreys assists him on a skype-sex
session...
Prader-willi syndrome character: Rodney
Legit is a comedy series broadcasted by FX network (US),
introducing a person with muscular dystrophy among the main
characters.The series brings some controversy due to addressing
vertain adult themes such as independent living, sex and drugs,
sex. Consternation in the audience was ex-pected, though finally it
didnt come within the disabled community, since they somehow
appreciated Legit for including characters with disabilities, being
re-markable the participation of actors with real disabilities from
the company Per-forming Arts Studio West (except the main
character, due to the heavy burden of long shooting sessions).The
absence of characters with different abilities on television is a
fact which resembles the ostracism to which certain racial
minorities have suffered on tele-vision and advertising in not so
distant times. Series like Legit bring a change in attitude about
how you perceive the community of people with different health
needs, showing them as the human beings they are, and not as
caricatures or convenient stereotypes.
LEGIT
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La micro-arquitectura es un tratamiento pedaggico de cho-que en
el que a travs de un cambio de escala y un forma-to poco usual, se
busca realizar un ejercicio de sntesis del concepto estudiado,
probando distintos acercamientos que en nuestro caso incluyen:
Las dificultades fsicas de la condicin La limitacin espacial y
sensorial de la enfermedad Las dificultades psquicas y sociales de
la condicin El aspecto positivo que cada condicin tiene, debido a
sus propias limitaciones Recrear esas dificultades para su
aprendizaje en primera persona Recrear los aspectos positivos de
esa condicin y re-codificarlo en lenguaje arquitectnico.
Aunque a simple vista el construir algo pequeo puede parecer ms
fcil que algo grande, en la arquitectura construir una buena
maqueta no es necesariamente ms difcil que con-struir un edificio.
En el caso de trabajar con el cuerpo humano, su compleja geometra
plantea una dificultad aumentada que luego, a la hora de
transportar un diseo de un elemento sen-cillo como puede ser un
encuentro ortogonal de un suelo-te-cho, hace que no resulte tan
difcil.
+info The five obstructions by Lars Von Trier
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The micro-architecture is a pedagogical shock thera-py that
through a scale shift and an unusual working format, delivers an
exercise of synthesis of the concept studied. Although at first
glance building something small may seem easier than some-thing
big, in architecture building a good model is not necessarily more
difficult than constructing a building. When working with the human
body, the complexity of its geometry presents an increased
difficulty that, later when translating a design of a simple
element such as an orthogonal wall-ceiling encounter,
In our case, the issues we faced each week were:
The physical difficulties of the condition The spatial and
sensory limitations The psychological and social difficulties of
the condition The positive aspect that each condition carries, due
to its own limitations Recreating these difficulties in a
construction for its first person learning Recreate the positive
aspects of this condition and translate it into architectural
language
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micro architecture Working with mechanical restrictions
Trabajando con las restricciones mecanicas MEC1
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En un primer acercamiento se busc recrear las lim-itaciones
fsicas que acom-paan a la distrofia muscu-lar en la etapa en la que
se camina con dificultad, para as poder transmitir a una persona
normal la forma en que una persona con DM percibe y se desplaza por
el espacio.Se plante un sistema de anclaje o arns low cost hecho a
partir de botellas de Cocacola cortadas, for-rado con goma EVA para
evitar cortes y amarrado con elsticos gross grain de zapatera. Para
el elemento de restriccin mecnica se proponen diversas
alterna-tivas, la mayora de ellas elsticas, aunque la solu-cin
final sera neumtica.
The first approach was trying to recreate the physical
limitations of the mus-cular dystrophy (during the walking phase)
so that a regular person could experience how the space is perceive
by them.A low cost harness system was proposed, consisting in
trimmed Coke plastic bottles with EVA foam lining on the edges to
avoid cuts, and stranded with elastic gross grain tape from shoe
industry. Many different technical solutions were proposed for the
movement restriction gizmo, mostly elastic, though the final
version would be pneumatic.
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SOC
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El segundo acercamiento se enfo-c en las condiciones sociales a
las que las personas con DM, especial-mente en silla de ruedas,
tienen que enfrentarse en situaciones cotidi-anas. Se utilizan
espejos como en el periscopio de un submarino para simular la
altura del ojo de un usu-ario en silla de ruedas, y espejos
laterales para ver la cara que ponen las personas al verte andar
con un trasto gigante de cartn doble cor-rugado.Las ideas
abarajadas esa semana luego evolucionaran en el episodio de
situaciones, usando la pisci-na como situacin encubierta para
vencer las primeras impresiones y la altura del ojo y persona en
silla de ruedas como base para otros diseos.
The second approach focused on the social conditions of an MD
per-son, especially wheelchair bound, has to face on a standard
situation. Mirrors are used like in a subma-rines periscope to
simulate the eye level of a wheelchair user, and side mirror
reflect other people faces when watching you wear a huge and weird
cardboard device.This idea will later be developed on the
situations chapter, using the pool to overcome the first
impres-sions and taking the eye height of a wheelchair user as a
basis for other designs.
micro architecture
Recreating social conditions Entorno social y comunicacinSOC
2
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200 m
Walking left
13 minutes standing left
15 steps left
2 minutes playing left
14 m ramp left
2 bed stand-ups left
alert 10 m walking
left
you have reach
exhaustion
SAy 2
to call home micro
architecture Personal valorization of space
Valorizacin subjetiva del entorno espacial PSY3
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200 m
Walking left
2 levantamien-tos de cama restantes
200 m andando restantes
127 minutos en esta postura restantes
13 minutes standing left
13 minutos de pie restantes
127 in this posture left
15 steps left
15 escalones restantes
8 levan-tamientos de
silla
2 minutes playing left
2 minutos jugando restantes
8 chair stand-ups left
14 m ramp left
14 m rampa restantes
4 visitas al aseo restantes
2 bed stand-ups left
4 bathroom visits left
alert 10 m walking
left
alerta
10 m a pie restantes
diga 1 para
llamar ambulanciayou have
reach exhaustion
SAy 2to call home
ha alcanzado
el extenuamiento
diga 2 para
llamar a casa
say: 1 to call
ambulance
El tercer acercamiento vino inspirado por la lectura de la obra
literaria Dilogos con Axel, de Jos Antonio Fortuny, un escritor
con
distrofia muscular, en la que describe la terrible situacin de
llegar al exhausto fsico y como eso
lo forz a medir y cuantificar subjetivamente todo su entorno
espacial inmediato, dndole un valor una valor a cada paso o a cada
vez que se
levantaba de una silla.Se plante una interfaz visual o
dispositivo
agotable que simulase ser una especie de indicador de batera que
indicase de cuanto movimiento se dispone (en la escala de una
persona con MD). Este reloj forzara al usuario a medir con cuidado
cada uno de sus movimientos
y aprender a gestionarlos lo mejor posible, pero lo cierto es
que es una herramienta subjetiva
que acta de distinta forma en cada persona, ya que su objetivo
final es ensearle al usuario lo que verdaderamente es importante
para l
mismo: un autoconocimiento y sabidura que las personas con
distrofia muscular suelen tener.
The third approach was inspired by the Reading of the book
Dialogos con Axel by Antonio Perez Fortuny, an author with
muscular
dystrophy, describing how the traumatic experience of pushing
the body to exhaustion
forced the writer to start assigning a subjective value to the
space around him, measuring the energy necessary for every inch,
every step or
every time he stood up from the chair.The way to make a regular
person feel this was a
graphic interface emulating a battery indicator, in this case
the meter would show how many energy the person have left, as if
he/she had MD, forcing the user to carefully measure each
one of his movements and learning to make the best out of it.
Ultimately, this is a subjective tool
that acts differently in each person, the goal is to teach the
user what is really important for himelf: a self-knowledge and
wisdom that
people with muscular dystrophy often have.
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La solucin neumtica fue una variante analgica a la porpuesta de
una valoracin subjetiva del espacio, que forzara al usuario a tomar
las deci-siones que uno debe confrontar al encontrarse en una
situacin de progresiva restriccin de movilidad.
The pneumatic solution was an analogical ver-sion of this
subjective valorization of space idea, which would be used to
confront the user with the decisions to be taken when facing an
increasingly restricted mobility.
micro architecture
pneumatic: making of PNE
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cut burn
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El dispositivo consiste en unos manguitos para codo y rodilla
que se inflan a medida que el usuario camino con un calzado
especial que tiene infladores incorporados. Los manguitos se
fabricaron con cinta americana y dispositivos inflables para
natacin.El chaleco sostiene todo el conjunto y lo amarra al cuerpo
del usuario, fue hecho con DM cortado a laser, con cierta
flexibilidad que se obtuvo de unas muestras experimentales con
patrones de corte para madera que se testearon durante las semanas
anteriores.Todo el conjunto necesita cinco pasos para vestirse, as
que se introdujo una sealizacin hecha con perler beads incorporada
en las cintas elsticas grossgrain.
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The device consist on elbow and knee muffs that get pumped as
the user walks with a special footwear that has inflators in it.
The muffs were manufactured using duct tape and inflatable pool
toys.The vest helps to put together all the gear, it was made on
laser cut DM with increase elasticity due to the wood bending cut
pattern that were tried and tested during previous weeks.The whole
apparel needs five steps to be wore, so special signalization was
implemented to indicate the order, using perler beads glued to the
elastic grosgrain tapes.
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vvest : frontal
elbow muffs
vest : back
knee muffs
inflator footgear
wood bend-ing patterns
chaleco frontal
manguitos de codos
chaleco espalda
manguitos de rodil la
calzado inflador
patrones para doblado 0
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INTERLUDE
Its said that architecture is an education of the senses, that
statement has begun to change with technology, new layers of
information that were invisible to the human eye, are now visual
throw different devices.Some of them are merely physical and
actually some
Augmented reality, muscular dystrophy and further
applications.
citas por/quotes by: Jose Antonio FortunyRealidad aumentada,
distrofia muscular
y posibles aplicaciones.
species in the animal king-dom have this senses, like the
infrared cameras we use to check for thermal insu lat ion , some
snakes have this vi-sion allowing them to hunt in darkness; another
could be the ultraviolet that we use to check for counterfeit money
or blood in crime scenes, some eagles use it to detect the urine of
their
prey. Other physical layers are not visible to any an-imal, like
telescopes, sat-ellite images, standard or atomic microscopes,
etc.A different type of layers of information are the ones based on
complex calcu-
lations carried by computers, again, some of them are physical,
like weather analysis or the structural analysis engineers
use, but others focus on peoples actions, using sta-tistics to
extrapolate behav-ior patterns behaviors. When these layers of
infor-mation are viewable in a graphic interface they be-come great
tools for anal-ysis, the physical mostly in gradient color images,
and the statistic information can as cartographies, like in
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I start to suspect that this conduct is due to some organic
cause related to lack of blood flow in the brain, because only then
you can explain the babbling of this bunch of buttheads claim-
Empiezo a sospechar que esta conducta obedece tambin a alguna
causa orgnica relacionada con un dficit de sangre que no les debe
de afluir al cerebro, ya que solo as se entiende esa perorata de
chalados
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INTERLUDE
internet customized adver-tisement or GIS (geograph-ic
information system), these tools have a great im-pact on
architecture, stand-ing as an impartial judge of human behavior,
they can show better ways to design and sometimes uncover the
mistakes com-mitted in the past, increas-ingly reducing the freedom
of the designers.Some of this analysis tools could be included
under the third person catego-ry, thats about to change: augmented
reality is hitting hard. During many years it has only been used in
sci fi movies but recent tech-nology advances will soon make it
real, even becom-
ing a mass consumed prod-uct like the smartphones, the most
important exam-ple is going to market on January 15th, and although
the applications seem sim-ple and limited up so far, no one really
knows what
they might be-come or the im-pact they could have on peo-ple,
like what happened with the cellphones,
some people are afraid that young generations could become more
stupid than now, not being able to find their way home or where the
bathroom is without
the glasses indicating them.The possible use of a tool like this
could have as a first person interface and information gathering
de-vice is huge, for architec-tural purposes, they could show
statistic of how peo-ple move, where they stay, what they look and
for how longer. The graphic inter-faces are yet to be design,
although its not hard to imagine how they might look like, having
in mind
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occus et
que sostiene que todos los que sufren un determinada afeccin o
se desplazan en una silla de ruedas tienen que pensar de una misma
manera o tener en comn idnticas aficiones
ing that every person who suffers a specific condition or use a
wheelchair have to think in a specific way or have similar hobbies
or customs
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the conceptual art of mov-ies, there is one underes-timated
source that have been addressing this issues for years and could be
con-sidered the main reference: videogames. The industry of video
game has become bigger than the cinema and music indus-try. Some
video games like Call of duty claim to be the biggest entertainment
launch in history in terms of income (a first person shooting war
game, fol-lowed on the list by GTA, a carjacking and criminal
related game); some of the 3D graphic motors tech-nology developed
by the videogame industry are later implemented by the film
industry or even some of the CG that architects use; some products
like the xboxs kinect camera are
purchased by universities to be used on multiple in-vestigations
fields; the Eu-ropean average age of vid-eogame players is 35 years
old, equally distributed in both genders.This is just a list of
facts to have in mind before approaching the issue of videogame as
a source of knowledge. The main in-terest for architecture is the
spatial perception: videog-ame in particular have work with
multiple spatial views, the human eye equivalent is the first
person, but there others and some of them have an equivalent
archi-tectural view: 2d elevation
view, top view, isometric, third person, etc. All of them
incorporate addi-tional levels of information on their interface:
menus, maps, indicator, clocks, etc. And some of them propose an
approach to space-time that is beyond the capa-bilities of a human
being, they could be extrapolated to devices such as goo-gle
glasses, acting both as a subjective information gathering device
and visual interface.
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Shadowplay
Shadowplay is not an of-ficial name, but its a tool used by many
games that allows the user to replay its own character as if it
were a ghost, it can even replay many history games at the same
time or even others people history plays. This allow the user to
compare
his actions to other users or himself and replay a sit-uation
not only in first per
