X Spanish Biennial
   Luis Urculo (Madrid 1978). Lives and works between Madrid and Mexico: "My background in architecture has always been a very deep influence and a starting point in the investigation of my work. I am interested in all that is peripheral to architecture, the processes, developments and approaches that can be manipulated, sampled and translated into other scales, adapting them to the composition of the project, creating new scenes/ experiences / expectations not contemplated previously. Fiction, representation and interpretation of diverse domestic geographies have been the basis for the development of my practice.:
  Inspirations.  
    
       
           serpentine 2017        
 
        
          
    
        
           exhibition, schauspiel köln, cologne. steelobjects, ceramic reliefs.        
 
       
    
       
           BS1        
 
        
          
    
        
           temporary accessible sculpture.        
 
       
    
       
           We Ar        
 
        
          
    
        
           University of Sunderland MA Glass and Ceramics Show        
 
       
    
       
           BKM/Barozzi/Veiga        
 
        
          
    
        
           The extension of the Villa Planta, which will accommodate the Bündner Kunstmuseum, is an exercise o...        
 
       
    
       
           Fallingwater        
 
        
          
    
        
           Modernist Architecture by Frank Lloyd Wright        
 
       
    
       
           Green Architecture…. Is it blessing or curse!!        
 
        
          
    
        
           GREEN ARCHITECTURE….IT IS GOOD FOR THE NATURAL WORLD OR MAYBE IT WILL BE A MESS OF THE TREES AND P...        
 
       
    
       
           Library        
 
        
          
    
        
           A library in the center of Moscow, study project.        
 
       
    
       
           Lattice        
 
        
          
    
        
           Architectural structures. Mario Gagliardi 2006        
 
       
    
       
           Kenzo Tange        
 
        
          
    
        
           Kenzo Tange was born September 4, 1913 in Osaka, Japan. After graduating from the University of Toky...        
 
       
    
       
           Organic Public        
 
        
          
    
        
           Contemporary cities are in need of public spaces which work better for their citizens. This proposal...        
 
       
    
       
           Design for Disaster        
 
        
          
    
        
           "A disaster zone where everything is lost offers the perfect opportunity for us to take a fresh look...        
 
       
    
       
           Shared Space        
 
        
          
    
        
           To develop better urban strategies and futures for communities in desert climates, Mario Gagliardi w...        
 
       
    
       
           The art of improvising art        
 
        
          
    
        
           The recently abandoned administrative headquarters of Austrian Post, an imposing turn of the century...        
 
       
    
       
           Food Architecture        
 
        
          
    
        
           Food dal cucchiaio al mondo: Works of artists and architects who deal with the global political, soc...        
 
       
    
       
           Sky Walk        
 
        
          
    
        
           The Dolní Morava tower Sky Walk by Zdenek Franek  is a conceptual building, and it offers visitors ...        
 
       
    
       
           Pillars        
 
        
          
    
        
           Consisting of connected bricks whose relative position can be altered by changing underlying paramet...        
 
       
    
       
           Microscopes of utopia        
 
        
          
    
        
           This are some of landscapes spaces of nowhere with spaces inside        
 
       
    
       
           Brazil Modernism        
 
        
          
    
        
           20th century architecture in Brazil, including work by Lina Bo Bardi, Lúcio Costa, Affonso Reidy, O...        
 
       
    
       
           Carlo Scarpa: Sketch and Work        
 
        
          
    
        
           There is hardly another architect of the 20th century in whose work the progression from sketch to c...        
 
       
    
       
           Peter Zumthor: Thinking Architecture        
 
        
          
    
        
           A selection of remarkable work by Swiss architect Peter Zumthor.        
 
       
    
       
           The Bauhaus Revolution        
 
        
          
    
        
           The Bauhaus was the most influential design school of the 20th century. 
See more in the new magazin...        
 
       
    
       
           In Orbit        
 
        
          
    
        
           "When I look at these complex layers of translucent lines and spheres, I am reminded of models of th...        
 
       
    
       
           Tom Ngo        
 
        
          
    
        
           "Common sense and conventional practice prohibits the evolution of architecture. Through reproducing...        
 
       
    
       
           Future Architecture        
 
        
          
    
        
           Future Architecture Platform is a European program which promotes talents in architecture.  Future A...        
 
       
    
       
           Superstudio, Superproduction, Superconsumption        
 
        
          
    
        
           Superarchitecture is the architecture of superproduction, of superconsumption, of superinduction to ...        
 
       
    
       
           Heartbeat, Heartseat        
 
        
          
    
        
           Heartbeat consists of a massive heart glowing to the rhythm of a strong, deep and low frequency hear...        
 
       
    
       
           Swarm fabrication: Kokkugia / Roland Snooks        
 
        
          
    
        
           We have a fascination with the impact of new technologies on architecture and construction. We are f...        
 
       
    
       
           Spatial Clusters        
 
        
          
    
        
           "Refined nature consists of evolved technology such as robotics, artificial intelligence, cybernetic...        
 
       
    
       
           Une Cité Industrielle by Tony Garnier        
 
        
          
    
        
           Tony Garnier designed the plans of an ideal city during his stay at the Villa Médicis from 1899 to ...        
 
       
    
       
           Liqen        
 
        
          
    
        
           Liqen was born in 1980, in Vigo, a port and industrial city of Galicia, in Spain. Since very little,...        
 
       
    
       
           HOKUSAI X MANGA        
 
        
          
    
        
           Courtesans, Heroes, Stars and Phantoms - In the early seventeenth century, Edo, which was the bigges...        
 
       
    
       
           “I’m not supposed to talk about it”        
 
        
          
    
        
           Nine artists were invited to exhibit in Pyongyang, the North Korean capital of the unknown. The enti...        
 
       
    
       
           The Glass House        
 
        
          
    
        
           "This house was Philip Johnson's autobiography—all of his interests were visible, and all of his a...        
 
       
    
       
           Julius Shulman: Visual Drama        
 
        
          
    
        
           "Julius had an eye for visual drama. With modernist buildings, he loved capturing the strong lines s...        
 
       
    
       
           Bird´s Nest        
 
        
          
    
        
           I am often struck by the nests that crows build using clothes hangers. Hangers are not only durable ...        
 
       
    
       
           Mimicry and Makeshift        
 
        
          
    
        
           Two future visions for urbanism and ownership:
Mimicry city - where everything wants to be owned. As...        
 
       
    
       
           Colliding Worlds        
 
        
          
    
        
           Architectural models of small planets appear in unexpected places. (C) Mario Gagliardi 2007        
 
       
    
       
           Jean-Jaques Lequeu        
 
        
          
    
        
           Jean-Jacques Lequeu  (1757-1825) worked as a draughtsman at Rouen, and from 1779 in Paris at the Cad...        
 
       
    
       
           Amor Vacui        
 
        
          
    
        
           Domink von Moos, born 1990, studied architecture at ETH Zurich.        
 
       
    
       
           Archispecture        
 
        
          
    
        
           Architectural studies. Mario Gagliardi 2007-2010.        
 
       
    
       
           Small Buildings        
 
        
          
    
        
           Photographer Eric Tabuchi, born 1959, lives and works in Paris.        
 
       
    
       
           Txema Yeste        
 
        
          
    
        
           Txema Yeste (1972) began his career as a reporter after completing his photographic studies in Barce...        
 
       
    
       
           Bring the outside in: The houses of Joseph Eichler        
 
        
          
    
        
           “Eichlers,” as they are referred to in California, are midcentury modern tract homes developed b...        
 
       
    
       
           Harrison and Abramovitz        
 
        
          
    
        
           Architects Wallace Harrison and Max Abramovitz, who worked independently in New York in a partnershi...        
 
       
    
       
           Manufactured Landscapes        
 
        
          
    
        
           We've created landscapes dense with human history, layered with the traces of our experience and cri...        
 
       
    
       
           Pierre Besson        
 
        
          
    
        
           Pierre Besson: Fictions begins…
Pierre Besson navigates between visual arts and architecture, and...        
 
       
    
       
           Weaving spaces        
 
        
          
    
        
           The project explores form in order to resolve a simple function: a roof        
 
       
    
       
           Mass, space, plane and line        
 
        
          
    
        
           "The essence of architecture is the interrelation and interaction of mass, space, plane and line. Th...        
 
       
    
       
           Pascal Häusermann        
 
        
          
    
        
           Pascal Häusermann was  born 19th of November 1936 in Biel, Switzerland. He studied at the School of...        
 
       
    
       
           The contemporary condition        
 
        
          
    
        
           Fred Guillaud (France, 1973) is photographer, architect and teacher. He lives and works  in Barcelon...        
 
       
    
       
           Merzbau        
 
        
          
    
        
           "The Merzbau is the construction of an interior from sculptural forms and colours. In the glazed gro...        
 
       
    
       
           André Bloc - Sculptures Habitacles        
 
        
          
    
        
           From 1962 to 1966, André Bloc created his habitable sculptures. This work marks the evolution of th...        
 
       
    
       
           Eleni Karpatsi & Julio Calvo = (fos)        
 
        
          
    
        
           Eleni Karpatsi and Julio Calvo are (fos), working in the fields of architecture and interior design ...        
 
       
    
       
           Roland Rainer        
 
        
          
    
        
           Roland Rainer, born 1910 in Klagenfurt, studied at the Technical University in Vienna. His dissertat...        
 
       
    
       
           Harry Seidler        
 
        
          
    
        
           Harry Seidler was born in Vienna in 1923 as son of Rose and Max Seidler. Rose was able to pursue her...        
 
       
    
       
           Ponte City        
 
        
          
    
        
           Ponte City is a skyscraper in the Hillbrow neighborhood of Johannesburg, South Africa. It was built ...        
 
       
    
       
           The 2015 best of penccil        
 
        
          
    
        
           This was an extraordinary year. The world went through a series of shocks and shake-ups, and in betw...        
 
       
    
       
           Oskar Schlemmer: Das Triadische Ballett        
 
        
          
    
        
           After Walter Gropius founded the stage workshop in 1921, Oskar Schlemmer, the head of the stage work...        
 
       
    
       
           Ankara: From pioneering modernism to revivalist mimicry        
 
        
          
    
        
           Ankara: Öncü modernizmden öykünmeci mimesise
Murat Germen is an artist using photography as an ...        
 
       
    
       
           Antonio Sant´Elia: The house of concrete, glass and steel        
 
        
          
    
        
           "No architecture has existed since 1700. A moronic mixture of the most various stylistic elements us...        
 
       
    
       
           Abitazione IPES ad Appiano        
 
        
          
    
        
           Abitazione IPES ad Appiano        
 
       
    
       
           Allestimento del museo Palais Mamming        
 
        
          
    
        
           Allestimento del museo Palais Mamming,Merano        
 
       
    
       
           Infopoint BBT        
 
        
          
    
        
           Recupero del Forte di Fortezza        
 
       
    
       
           Gio Ponti, Architetto        
 
        
          
    
        
           Gio Ponti (born Nov. 18, 1891, Milan, Italy—died Sept. 15, 1979, Milan) graduated in 1921 from the...        
 
       
    
       
           Pleats House        
 
        
          
    
        
           House ´Pleats M´ in Saitama. Hironaka Ogawa, born 1975 in Kagawa 1975, studied at Nihon University...        
 
       
    
       
           Absalon: Cellules        
 
        
          
    
        
           Cellules d'habitation: 6 residential modules of 9 square metres, designed to fit in 6 major cities (...        
 
       
    
       
           Urban Robot: The early works of 伊東 豊雄 Toyo Ito        
 
        
          
    
        
           Toyo Ito (伊東 豊雄) was born 1 June 1941 in Seoul, Korea to Japanese parents. In 1943, he moved...        
 
       
    
       
           Le Corbusier: Original Interiors        
 
        
          
    
        
           A selection of original interiors by Charles Edouard Jeanneret (Le Corbusier).        
 
       
    
       
           Russian Modernism        
 
        
          
    
        
           Russian architectural sketches from the nineteen-twenties.        
 
       
    
       
           Frihamnen Harbour Sauna        
 
        
          
    
        
           For sustainable urban growth and the creation of a specific harbour park at Frihamnen, one of the ha...        
 
       
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 Earth Works        
 
        
  
 Multi-collage research, between objects, land art and drawing.        
      
        
       
 
 Field of Notion        
 
        
  
 Field of Notion delves into the dichotomies of light and shadows, life and death, creating a series ...        
      
        
       
 
 Alpina        
 
        
  
 Chair "Alpina" designed by Mario Gagliardi for Mario and Casa.        
      
        
       
 
 Pianeti        
 
        
  
 Rug set "Pianeti", designed by Mario Gagliardi for Mario and Casa. Handcrafted in 100% New Zealand M...        
      
        
       
 
 Flow        
 
        
  
 Dining Table "Flow" designed by Mario Gagliardi for Mario and Casa.        
      
        
       
 
 Gran Turismo        
 
        
  
 Lounge chair Gran Turismo, Design Mario Gagliardi for Mario and Casa.        
      
        
       
 
 String Theory: Architecture of Connections        
 
        
  
 This  speculative project starts with the idea that space is not defined by volume, but by connectio...        
      
        
       
 
 The painted house        
 
        
  
 These experimental structures have been created by combining design processes of architecture and gr...        
      
        
       
 
 Casa Sperimentale        
 
        
  
 One of the most visionary built experiments of 20th century architecture was created through the per...        
      
        
       
 
 Last and First Men        
 
        
  
 The first and last movie by iconic Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson (1969 - 2018). With his mu...        
      
        
       
 
 el cairel II        
 
        
  
 turistic housing complex buit in reinforced concret        
      
        
       
 
 No.5 Warehouse Museum of Fossil        
 
        
  
 A space in the headquarter of a stone manufacturer in China. With its monochromatic walls, oddly sla...        
      
        
       
 
 Pulp architecture        
 
        
  
 The need to stand out in a hyper-commercialized market results in remarkable examples of contemporar...        
      
        
       
 
 Dovecote-Granary        
 
        
  
 Tiago Do Vale took on the admirable task of restoring two maize granaries as examples for disappeari...        
      
        
       
 
 Core Agora        
 
        
  
 These shop pavillions in an area of a hotel complex in Greece, designed by Not a Number Architects, ...        
      
        
       
 
 Sonata        
 
        
  
 Sonata, a multi-housing project in Merida, Mexico, was designed by Mexican practice Arkham. Partly e...        
      
        
       
 
 K11 Musea        
 
        
  
 Westworld meets Surrealism in the interior design of K11 Musea, a new shopping mall in Hong Kong, a ...        
      
        
       
 
 Lotus Zen House        
 
        
  
 The Lotus Zen House hotel is located in Mount Jiuhua, an important Buddhist site in China. Hong Kong...        
      
        
       
 
 Laurel Hills Residence        
 
        
  
 A beautiful example of a contemporary Californian residence, designed by Assembledge architects. The...        
      
        
       
 
 House 33        
 
        
  
 House No 33 by Uemori Masaaki and Uemori Kokutou: A fantastic example on how contemporary architectu...        
      
        
       
 
 Architectural sculptures        
 
        
  
 Architectural sculptures by K. Kegelmann as part of "Future City" curated by Mario Gagliardi at the ...        
      
        
       
 
 The gilded castle        
 
        
  
 Besides castle Neuschwanstein in Bavaria,  Peles is the most remarkable turn-of-the-century castle i...        
      
        
       
 
 The Heavy Palace        
 
        
  
 The Palace of the Parliament in Bucharest was built in the nineteen-eighties after a design by Anca ...        
      
        
       
 
 Reactive Space        
 
        
  
 Inspired by Plato´s allegory of the cave, this is an architectural study for spaces reacting to its...        
      
        
       
 
 Calatrava : Sculptures        
 
        
  
 Sculptures by architect Santiago Calatrava.        
      
        
       
 
 PIXelated Cube        
 
        
  
 experiment idea materialmatters architecture        
      
        
       
 
 CAMOUFLAGE ARCHITECTURE        
 
        
  
 My thesis gallery  about camouflage and architecture        
      
        
       
 
 The Venice Pavillon        
 
        
  
 The Venice Pavillon interprets the history of Venice as a point of contact between West and East. Sh...        
      
        
       
 
 Collaborative City Planning        
 
        
  
 The result of the Zero Carbon project: a collaborative scale model of the prototype site, close to t...        
      
        
       
 
 Structures        
 
        
  
 Architectural studies, Mario Gagliardi 2002-2004.        
      
        
       
 
 Dreaming of Skyscrapers        
 
        
  
 Mario Gagliardi 2006.        
      
        
       
 
 Alessandro Mendini 1931-2019        
 
        
  
 For Alchimia, design is a cyle: everything that will have to happen has already happened, and the im...        
      
        
       
 
 Terror Architecture -18th Century Prisons        
 
        
  
 In the late 1770s, there was a particular interest in the development of not only scientific and rhe...        
      
        
       
 
 Kunio Makaewa        
 
        
  
 Kunio Maekawa was a master of Japanese modernist architecture. He learned under Le Corbusier and was...        
      
        
       
 
 Digital Biology        
 
        
  
 Interior studies for public indoor spaces merging digital and biological environments. Wall modules ...        
      
        
       
 
 Fashion, Food, Transport        
 
        
  
 FUTURE CITY premiered at Vienna Art Week 2018 on November 20, 2018, at MAK Museum of Applied Arts in...        
      
        
       
 
 Architecture        
 
        
  
 Designed by Ted Wells. Architecture. Corten steel and glass.        
      
        
       
 
 Carlo Scarpa        
 
        
  
 jardin des sculptures. C Scarpa        
      
        
       
 
 The loft bar        
 
        
  
 Concept project of loft bar.        
      
        
       
 
 Mechanical Suprematist        
 
        
  
 Experience interesting architectural compositions being created as you look around. This generator w...        
      
        
       
 
 Immersive sketch        
 
        
  
 Travel through an animated architectural sketch (move mouse to look around): http://mariogagliardi.c...        
      
        
       
 
 Breathe        
 
        
  
 The determined breaths of a glassblower are seldom included in the finished product of their labour,...        
      
        
       
 
      
      
    
      
      
        Good design is finding a solution to a problem. Great design is finding the simplest solution to the same problem.
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