AV Proyectos 113 devotes its dossier to the most recent projects by the Swiss studio Christ & Gantenbein – led by Emanuel Christ and Christoph Gantebein –, all of them distinguished in major competitions that will expand their international reach. Th

Christ & Gantenbein   Switzerland   The proposal replaces the concrete bridge from 1949 with a new stone bridge with five openings. The new design is more than a transport infrastructure: it connects the urban tissue and forms a public space at the entrance to the old town...

Christ & Gantenbein   Germany   Semi-circular piers of red brick rhythmically order the facade in bays of various width that function as mediating elements between two urban realities: the traditional row of buildings and the modern, large-scale developments...

Christ & Gantenbein   Switzerland   The main facade of the medical facility takes on a representative role with a loggia that, from the street, differentiates the spaces destined for public use from the office and lab areas, distributed in the modular column-free floors of the rear vol

Christ & Gantenbein   Switzerland   To update the hospital complex to modern medical practice, the buildings will be attached to the existing by gardens, courtyards, and terraces. The modular floor plans in the two volumes of the first phase make future adjustments possible...

Christ & Gantenbein   Germany   The connection between the two buildings is assured by new stairs that lead to basement exhibition spaces in the new building. This solution respects the integrity of the existing design while ensuring a cohesive spatial experience for the visitors.

Christ & Gantenbein   Switzerland   Reinforcing the connection between the museum and city, two new openings accessible via the arcaded sidewalk will be the primary change to the outer shell. The garden is to be doubled in size, while its interior courtyards and terrace will be updated

Christ & Gantenbein   France   More than a hundred social housing units rest on a refurbished base with technical workshops of the RATP (Parisian transport office). The overlapping functions determine the position of the entrances, the vertical circulations, and the resulting urba

Paredes Pedrosa Arquitectos, Óscar Miguel Ares   Spain   The refurbished theater will be transformed into ‘three buildings in one,’ functioning independently or simultaneously. The obsolete spaces are recovered through strategies that pursue sustainability, social inclusion, and adaptability. The proposal

ABLM arquitectos, ATELIER62   Spain   ABLM arquitectos (Arturo Blanco, Laura Martínez) and ATELIER62 (Rodrigo Martínez, Arturo Menduiña H., Juan Pérez, Luis Ruiz) drew up a scheme that placed first in the competition to refurbish the 16th/17th-century Hospital de la Concepción in Burgos

Alcolea + Tárrago   Spain   With a scheme titled ‘Fragments of Nostalgia M02025’ Rubén Alcolea and Jorge Tárrago have won the bid to renovate the Nave de la Pulpa in La Azucarera, a park in the municipality of Monzón. The project transforms the old pulp warehouse into a congres

Fernando Menis   Spain   Fernando Menis won the 2019 competition to restore a neo-Gothic building and fit it out for exhibitions in flexible spaces that can be easily adapted to use changes within the cultural typology. Named in honor of the botanist José Viera y Clavijo,

Colectivo C733    Mexico   While Cecil Rhodes dreamt of stringing together Britain’s African colonies with a train that traveled from Cairo to Cape Town, the governments of the American nations had the similar vision of strengthening ties across the New Continent; and although

Colectivo C733    Mexico   In the framework of a national effort to revitalize vulnerable urban areas, a market raised by means of a low-cost building system aspires to become a neighborhood’s nerve center. The edifice takes on the solid but permeable character of traditional

Colectivo C733    Mexico   In the city of Nacajuca, in the Mexican state of Tabasco, stands the House of Music designed by Colectivo 733 (Gabriela Carrillo, Eric Valdez, Israel Espín, José Amozurrutia, Carlos Gacio). The community center reuses the foundations of a previous bu

Andrés Jaque / Office for Political Innovation   Spain   Office for Political Innovation is the name of the international architectural practice founded by Andrés Jaque – recently appointed Dean of Columbia GSAPP – in 2003. The studio, based in Madrid and New York, works at the intersection of design, rese

The German artist’s body of work places him within the field of materic painting, an abstract line that emerged after World War II, characterized by the use of a variety of objects juxtaposed with organic materials such as sand or ash. Anselm Kiefer’

Javier Campano (Madrid, 1950) developed an interest in photography at a young age. In contact with the world of art thanks, to a great extent, to his brother Miguel Ángel, he started working as a professional photographer at museums and galleries, re