The task involved cleaning, approaching and discovering The intensity of the utility of construction…. Always the same walls… …and the floors, Used and reused from the Gothic doen to the present… Learning to live with a given, And second hand structure, like rummaging throught the pockets of an old coat, setting the things […]
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Tropical is a versatile table designed in 1994 by Enric Miralles and Benedetta Tagliabue (EMBT) for their own home in the heart of Barcelona. Created from reclaimed bolondo wood-leftover from the construction of the Icaria pergola, the tables embody the architects’ ethos of reuse, adaptability, and poetic reinterpretation of material. The Tropical design features two […]
The Ines-table was designed by Enric Miralles for the collective exhibition Le Magazine in Grenoble, France, in 1993. Commissioned as a piece to represent his work and stimulate discussion among participants, Miralles conceived a table that would serve not as a topic, but as a medium of dialogue-”not talked about, but talked on.” The table […]
Actuando sobre la realidad modificando los perfiles dados… Es un trabajo que restablece un nuevo sistema de relaciones y de escalas dimensionales; la estación en la temporalidad del movimiento de los trenes; estos con la avenida; ésta con la plaza; la plaza con los peatones…La construcción es idéntica al deseo de confundirse y a la […]
Where the old Unazuki Trail crosses the deep Kurobe River valley it is transformed into a suspended bridge that successively becomes a commerce bridge for heavy traffic. The foundations of the old bridge permit the construction of this litlle labyrinth in which the path turns in upon itself to offer a long walk suspended over […]
The Taburete Japonès, or Japanese Stool, was designed by Enric Miralles in 1992 following a trip to Japan that deeply inspired both him and Benedetta Tagliabue. Based on the traditional Japanese shower stool, the piece reflects a minimalist approach to construction and a reverence for cultural design heritage. Its compact form is crafted without hidden […]