HORIZONTE No.3 - Redefinition

Autoren der dritten Ausgabe sind Markus Miessen, Sandra Schramke, Something Fantastic, João Azougado, Jesko Fezer, Mirko Krause, Kristian Faschingeder, Ioanna Angelidou und Bernhard König. Interviews mit Geoff Manaugh und Nicola Twilley, David van Severen von OFFICE KGDVS, Luis Callejas von Paisajes Emergentes und Peter Grundmann. Projekte von nonconform, BeL + studio uc, H Arquitectes und Rui Mendes.

 

A dinner talk with Luis Callejas / Paisajes Emergentes

 

David Bauer, Michael Kraus, Konrad Lubej, Marco Rüdel and Simon Scheithauer

in conversation with Luis Callejas and Clara Arango, Weimar, December 13th 2010

 

To see through the sector of Latin American architecture

from a European point of view is in the

figurative sense nearly as hard as to cross the

rain forest. One must consider the divergence of those

different spheres: What are the preconditions of architecture

to arise – in economical, socio-political or geographical

terms?

The young Medellín-based office Paisajes Emergentes

(Luis Callejas, Edgar Mazo and Sebastian Mejia) started

with small-scale projects and diverse competitions. In

2008 they won the competition for the Aquatic Complex

in Medellín that has been opened in 2010 and was their

first big commission. With regard to their philosophy to

approach architectural tasks, Paisajes Emergentes seem

to pose the right questions to come up with the necessary

answers. With the Aquatic Complex, the office has generated

a new type of public space in Medellín, where the

public doesn’t ask for space although it is urgently needed.

In the sense of a Re-Definition, that approach

should be considered in wider terms, not locally limited.

Could that strategy serve as a model for other places as

well? HORIZONTE scrutinizes the role that Paisajes

Emergentes plays within this discourse.

The corridor of Michael’s apartment is crowded. Several

people take off their shoes and jackets, putting them all

over the place. The entrance door is just closed, as suddenly

the door bell rings again. A few seconds later a person

stands in the doorway, wrapped in a large winter coat,

in his hands a few bottles of wine. His glasses get steamed

immediately. There must be a temperature difference of

nearly 30°C between inside and outside...

Done