The Miralles Projection: Thinking and Representation in the Architecture of Enric Miralles

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Miralles Projection explains both the origin and evolution of Miralles' system of representation, from his time as a student at the Barcelona School of Architecture to the latest projects he designed with Benedetta Tagliabue, including the heroic period with Carme Pinos. With previously unpublished drawings from the architect, it demonstrates on a fundamental level how the evolution of representation runs parallel to that of architecture, thus illustrating its indissolubility and mutual interdependence. It is impossible to dissociate the evolution of the architecture of Enric Miralles from the development of his own system of representation. Beginning from a position inherited from his training at the Barcelona School of Architecture and his practice at the office of Viaplana-Pinon, where he acquired a liking for precision in drafting and a graphic style based exclusively on lines of the same thickness, Miralles soon developed a method defined by a customised use of orthographic projections, connected to a fragmented conception of the architectural plan and space itself.

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Javier Fernndez Contreras (Dipl. ETSAM 2006, PhD 2013) is an architect, critic and dean of the Department of Interior Architecture at HEAD Genve. His work explores the relationship between architecture, representation and media, with a specific focus on the role of interiors in the construction of contemporaneity. He is author of the books Fragmentos de Planta y Espacio (Ediciones Asimtricas, 2019), The Miralles Projection (Oro Editions, 2020), and Manifest of Interiors (HEAD Publishing, 2020). His critical essays have been published in different specialised books and journals, including Massilia Annuaire des tudes Corbusennes, Marie-Jos Van Hee architecten, Perspectives in Metropolitan Research, 306090, Drawing Matter, RA Revista de Arquitectura.