#books #catalogs #architecture | Elemental : Alejandro Aravena : interview with Alejandro Aravena

Elemental : Alejandro Aravena : interview with Alejandro Aravena / by Michael Juul Holm ; [edited by Mette Marie Kallehauge and Laerke Rydal Jørgensen].
Zü̇rich, Switzerland : Lars Müller Publishers ; Humlebæk, Denmark : Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 2018.
236 p. : il.
Serie: Architect's Studio.
Publicado con motivo de la exposición "The Architect's studio, so far ... Elemental : Alejandro Aravena" que tuvo lugar en el Louisiana Museum of Modern Art del 10 de octubre de 2018 al 28 de febrero de 2019.
ISBN 9783037785720 / 9788793659100
/ EN / Libros / Alejandro Aravena Mori / Arquitectura – Siglo XXK / Elemental
ehuBiblioteka BCG A-72ARAVENA ELE
https://ehu.on.worldcat.org/oclc/1101189595

[.en] The Elemental studio is headed by artistic director Alejandro Aravena, winner of the Pritzker Prize and director of the Venice Architecture Biennale in 2016. The studio is based in the capital of Chile, Santiago, and is untraditionally composed of people with a variety of skills and abilities. Their analytical approach to architecture and urban planning has led them towards original solutions to social challenges, such as the housing shortage in Santiago’s economically disadvantaged neighbourhoods. Instead of designing cheap housing, Elemental builds “half houses” at the same cost and enables customers to build the other halves themselves. The combination of good design and the engagement of the owners creates more sustainable housing areas. In the series The Architect’s Studio the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art presents an exhibition on the Elemental studio, curated by Mette Marie Kallehauge and Kjeld Kjeldsen. The richly illustrated publication portrays Elemental’s working methods and work philosophy, as well as showing examples of their most important projects.

Led by Pritzker Prize–winning artistic director Alejandro Aravena (born 1967), the Elemental studio, based in Santiago, Chile, possesses a diversely skilled staff whose analytical approach has produced highly original solutions to social challenges such as the housing shortage in Santiago's poorer neighborhoods. Instead of designing cheap housing, Elemental builds "half houses" at the same cost and enables buyers to build the other half themselves. This combination of good design with the engagement of the buyers creates more sustainable housing areas. The studio works on both large and small scales in Chile and in the rest of the world; all projects bear the marks of their pragmatic approach. ‘Alejandro Aravena: Elemental’ portrays the company's working methods and provides examples of its most important projects.