Constructing Practice

Max Núñez ('10 MSAAD), of Max Núñez Arquitectos, talks about how working with different geographical conditions impacts the result of his work and how his practice is shaped by the diversity of his projects. Constructing Practice traces the narratives of young firms from around the globe, featuring the participants of a Columbia GSAPP symposium that took place on November 17, 2017, and expands the conversation to include many others, to tell us how they do what they do. Hosted by GSAPP Professor Juan Herreros, principal of Estudio Herreros in Madrid.

Based in Santiago, Max Núñez Arquitectos has developed a wide range of private and public projects throughout Chile, including the Atacama Regional Museum in Copiapó, the MAD Building in The Grange School, single-family housing projects, and public infrastructure projects for two National Parks in the Chilean Patagonia. In 2017 Max Núñez Arquitectos was awarded the Design Vanguard recognition by Architectural Record Magazine.

"Working in different geographic locations has been the most important aspect in my work. We’ve been dealing with very different ground conditions and climates, which certainly have defined the way we approach design and building.” – Max Núñez

Watch the full conference online: https://www.arch.columbia.edu/events/747-constructing-practice

Max Núñez Arquitectos: http://maxnunez.cl

Max Núñez, of Max Núñez Arquitectos, talks about how working with different geographical conditions impacts the result of his work and how his practice is shaped by the diversity of his projects. Constructing Practice traces the narratives of young firms from around the globe, featuring the participants of a Columbia GSAPP symposium that took place on November 17, 2017, and expands the conversation to include many others, to tell us how they do what they do. Hosted by GSAPP Professor Juan Herreros, principal of Estudio Herreros in Madrid.

Based in Santiago, Max Núñez Arquitectos has developed a wide range of private and public projects throughout Chile, including the Atacama Regional Museum in Copiapó, the MAD Building in The Grange School, single-family housing projects, and public infrastructure projects for two National Parks in the Chilean Patagonia. In 2017 Max Núñez Arquitectos was awarded the Design Vanguard recognition by Architectural Record Magazine. Max Núñez is a 2010 graduate of the Master of Advanced Architectural Design program at GSAPP.

"Working in different geographic locations has been the most important aspect in my work. We’ve been dealing with very different ground conditions and climates, which certainly have defined the way we approach design and building.” – Max Núñez

Watch the full conference online: https://www.arch.columbia.edu/events/747-constructing-practice

Max Núñez Arquitectos: http://maxnunez.cl

Julian Schubert of Something Fantastic talks about how their practice started, and how teaching and traveling influence their work. Constructing Practice traces the narratives of young firms from around the globe, featuring the participants of a Columbia GSAPP symposium that took place on November 17, 2017, and expands the conversation to include many others, to tell us how they do what they do. Hosted by GSAPP Professor Juan Herreros, principal of Estudio Herreros in Madrid.

Something Fantastic was founded in 2010 in Berlin, Germany, by three architects: Leonard Streich, Julian Schubert, and Elena Schütz. The firm’s agenda is based on the idea that architecture is affected by everything and vice versa – meaning that architecture affects everything, and therefore working as architects implies a broad interest and involvement in the world. The studio operates in the extended field of the discipline, aiming to make a difference through smart, touching, simple, prototypical projects.

“We think it would be great if cities would start to think about street space as a space where many things can happen rather then just infrastructure that brings cars from A to B.” – Julian Schubert

Watch the full conference online: https://www.arch.columbia.edu/events/747-constructing-practice

Something Fantastic: https://www.somethingfantastic.net

Moreno Castellano and Eloisa Ramos, Co-Founders of Ramos Castellano Architects, talk about how being based in Cape Verde influences their work process and projects. Constructing Practice traces the narratives of young firms from around the globe, featuring the participants of a Columbia GSAPP symposium that took place on November 17, 2017, and expands the conversation to include many others to tell us how they do what they do. Hosted by GSAPP Professor Juan Herreros, principal of Estudio Herreros in Madrid.

Ramos Castellano Architects was founded in 2010, in São Vicente, Cape Verde. Castellano's artwork, as his architecture, is entirely focused on exploring potentialities of several materials, using mixed media to shape at the same time matters and landscapes. In his subjects he explores social changes with sharpness and Irony. Ramos' approach to architecture is direct, clear and simple. The shape of her buildings came from a clear and sensitive vision of the context, the material , the available technology in site.

"Here we have scarcity of material and we try to make it an opportunity to develop our creative side. Even [finding] a screw can be a problem. Here you have to be flexible, you have to improvise." – Eloisa Ramos

Ramos Castellano Architects: http://www.ramoscastellano.com

Watch the full conference online: https://www.arch.columbia.edu/events/747-constructing-practice

Laurel Consuelo Broughton, creative director of WELCOME PROJECTS, talks about her career trajectory, influences and her interest in telling stories through design and architecture. Constructing Practice traces the narratives of young firms from around the globe, featuring the participants of a Columbia GSAPP symposium that took place on November 17, 2017, and expands the conversation to include many others to tell us how they do what they do. Hosted by GSAPP Professor Juan Herreros, principal of Estudio Herreros in Madrid.

Established in Los Angeles, California, since 2012, WELCOME PROJECTS is a studio of discursive sensibilities focused on the production of real things in the world along with all the incumbent, critical fictions needed for their survival. The practice's work has most recently been exhibited at the Chicago Architecture Biennial, Materials and Applications, A+D Architecture and Design Museum, Harvard Graduate School of Design, and galleries in Los Angeles and New York and most recently published in Los Angeles Times, Art Papers, Attention, Pidgin, Metropolis, Offramp, and Surface.

"I consider that I have an architecture and a design practice, that our interest is how we can tell stories through the sort of objects and architecture that surround us." – Laurel Consuelo Broughton

Watch the full conference online: https://www.arch.columbia.edu/events/747-constructing-practice

WELCOMEPROJECTS: welcomeprojects.com

Laurel Consuelo Broughton, Creative Director of WELCOME PROJECTS, talks about her career trajectory, influences and her interest in telling stories through design and architecture. Constructing Practice traces the narratives of young firms from around the globe, featuring the participants of a Columbia GSAPP symposium that took place on November 17, 2017, and expands the conversation to include many others to tell us how they do what they do. Hosted by GSAPP Professor Juan Herreros, principal of Estudio Herreros in Madrid.

Established in Los Angeles, California, since 2012, WELCOME PROJECTS is a studio of discursive sensibilities focused on the production of real things in the world along with all the incumbent, critical fictions needed for their survival. The practice's work has most recently been exhibited at the Chicago Architecture Biennial, Materials and Applications, A+D Architecture and Design Museum, Harvard Graduate School of Design, and galleries in Los Angeles and New York and most recently published in Los Angeles Times, Art Papers, Attention, Pidgin, Metropolis, Offramp, and Surface.

"I consider that I have an architecture and a design practice, that our interest is how we can tell stories through the sort of objects and architecture that surround us".

- Laurel Broughton

Watch the full conference online: https://www.arch.columbia.edu/events/747-constructing-practice

WELCOME: welcomeprojects.com

Fumi Kashimura of TERRAIN architects talks about the importance of understanding local contexts and individual needs, while still maintaining a critical distance to their work. Constructing Practice traces the narratives of young firms from around the globe, featuring the participants of a Columbia GSAPP symposium that took place on November 17, 2017, and expands the conversation to include many others to tell us how they do what they do. Hosted by GSAPP Professor Juan Herreros, principal of Estudio Herreros in Madrid.

Founded in 2011 by Ikko Kobayashi and Fumi Kashimura, TERRAIN architects is a Tokyo-based architecture studio that has designed buildings in Indonesia, Japan, and Africa. Their very first project was Endang Library in Chirebon, Java, Indonesia; a small library located in a remote village awarded JCD Design award in 2012. The practice is dedicated to providing indigenous design solutions utilizing local skills and materials in order to fit into local climate, culture, and communities.

"I think one reason why we travel a lot is, not to see famous architecture, designed by super-famous architects, but to see the usual or normal architecture, to see people's lives." – Fumi Kashimura.

Watch the full conference online: https://www.arch.columbia.edu/events/747-constructing-practice

TERRAIN: http://terrain-arch.com

In the first episode of Constructing Practice, Anna Puigjaner and Guillermo Lopez of Barcelona-based architectural office MAIO talk about their recent projects and interests. Tracing the narratives of young firms from around the globe, the podcast series includes the participants of the Constructing Practice symposium at Columbia GSAPP on November 17, 2017, and expands the conversation to include many others to tell us how they do what they do. Hosted by GSAPP Professor Juan Herreros, principal of Estudio Herreros in Madrid.

Formed in the aftermath of the economic crisis in Spain, MAIO collaborates with artists and practitioners from outside of the field, while rethinking connections between theory and practice, in particular, through models of collective housing.

"We are interested in this idea of understanding the house as a system, as a format, that can change through time, that can enlarge and decrease depending of the needs of their inhabitants." – Anna Puigjaner

Watch the full conference online: https://www.arch.columbia.edu/events/747-constructing-practice

MAIO: https://www.maio-architects.com