Let’s travel to Santiago, Chile, to meet Iván Bravo whom back in 2002 has founded Iván Bravo Arquitectos, now alongside his associate architect Martin Rojas.

Once upon a time Iván noticed he was really interested in the process of the work…even more than its outcome. Polemic.

Isn’t it curious that “in art, ”obra” is the final work” (obra de arte /masterpiece) meanwhile, “in architecture, “obra” is the process” (construction site).

“It was really interesting to understand that one final work, which we call “obra”, is all the process, including the end”, he says.

But can an “obra” (as a construction site) even become an “obra” (masterpiece)?

After all, their clients “are not clients that want architecture, they just want a house.”

Maybe this is all about getting “lebre por gato”.

In other words, “to get something better than you expect to”.

Maybe its about cousins who spot Toblerone’s in architecture projects.

“We are constantly mixing rationality with intuition, of course.”

“The publication of an architecture, the final photos, are a fetichism of the whole process.”

Guest: Iván Bravo (Santiago, Chile)

Host: Ana Catarina Silva (Porto, Portugal)

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