The tectonics of the aerial: Enric Miralles and the vicissitudes of the climatic

Authors

  • Javier Fernández Contreras Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_zarch/zarch.201549151

Keywords:

Miralles, aerial, atmospheric, tectonics, stereotomic, enclosure, climatic

Abstract

Much has been written about the fragmentary, diffuse and atmospheric character of the architecture of Enric Miralles. But what happens when this architecture is confronted with the vicissitudes of the climatic? That defining moment in which the demand of environmental conditioning forces to define a boundary between the inside and the outside of a building, transforming architecture’s qualities from fragmentary into compact, from diffuse into sharp, from atmospheric into volumetric. One of the most defining aspects of Miralles’ oeuvre is then overtly shown: the tectonics of the aerial, under which architecture is never aimed at being enclosed.

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Author Biography

Javier Fernández Contreras, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid

Javier Fernández Contreras es doctor arquitecto por la ETSA de Madrid. Su tesis doctoral, La planta Miralles: representación y pensamiento en la arquitectura de Enric Miralles (2013), explica el método proyectual del arquitecto desde la evolución de su sistema de representación, así como las implicaciones para la obra construida. Incluye un estudio de detalle de las seis versiones que Miralles preparó para el proyecto del Ayuntamiento de Utrecht, a través de los dibujos y planos originales.

Published

2015-06-30

How to Cite

Fernández Contreras, J. (2015). The tectonics of the aerial: Enric Miralles and the vicissitudes of the climatic. ZARCH. Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies in Architecture and Urbanism, (4), 22–35. https://doi.org/10.26754/ojs_zarch/zarch.201549151

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