WHEN ROUTINE BITES HARD
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En 1982, Alejandro de la Sota escribe “Por una arquitectura logica”, un manifiesto encubierto en el que describe el proceso de produccion arquitectonica como una secuencia de razonamientos eficientes a modo de preceptos que desembocan de manera casi irrevocable en “Arquitectura”. Esta idea, trasladada a la produccion de arquitectura contemporanea mas alla de la eficiencia productiva ligada a la arquitectura comercial, se reclama en ciertas practicas actuales que abogan por una especie de “pragmatismo crea- tivo” alejado de la corriente de los noventa y presente en practicas como las de OMA, MVRDV o Alejandro Zaera Polo. En contraposicion, se explora una re-conceptualizacion de la idea de eficiencia ligada a la produccion de arquitectura, para lo cual se examinan los modos operativos de Estudio Herreros, Office KGDVS y Lacaton & Vassal, los que exploran conceptos como “eficiencia creativa”, “eficiencia necesaria” o “eficiencia de comportamiento”, en conexion con la “Arquitectura logica” que de la Sota defendiera en su manifiesto de 1982.
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In 1982, Alejandro de la Sota writes 'For a logical architecture', an undercover manifesto in which he describes the process of architectural production as a sequence of efficient reasonings in the form of precepts that almost irrevocably result in 'Architecture'. This notion, transferred to contemporary architectural production beyond the productive efficiency associated with commercial architecture, is demanded in certain current practices that advocate a sort of 'creative pragmatism' removed from the trends of the 90’s of practices like those of OMA, MVRDV or Alejandro Zaera Polo. Opposed to this, a re-conceptualization of the notion of efficiency associated with the production of architecture is explored. The operative modes of Estudio Herreros, Office KGDVS and Lacaton & Vassal are examined, exploring concepts like 'creative efficiency', 'necessary efficiency' or 'behaviour efficiency', somehow connecting back to the 'Logical Architecture' argued by de la Sota in his 1982 manifesto.
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