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Rafael Gómez-Moriana's architecture blog

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Urbicide Rebellion Slaughterhouse Reno

[Originally published in Bauwelt 8.2021] The adaptive reuse of L’Escorxador del Cabanyal, a former slaughterhouse in Valencia, Spain, as a … More

activism, adaptive re-use, Bauwelt, Boris Strzelczyk, David Estal, El Cabanyal, l'Escorxador del Cabanyal, protest, punk, Salvem El Cabanyal, Tato Herrero, Valencia

Notes from a Recent Construction Site Visit

I was recently fortunate enough to be shown a truly interesting work of architecture currently under construction in Barcelona: La … More

activism, atrium, Barcelona, building industry, building typology, CLT, co-operative, courtyard, housing, Lacol, urban infill, wood

Reporting From the Affront

[Text published in art4d magazine #238] The Venice Biennale is a huge event; architecture’s biggest. It’s so big, if we … More

activism, Alejandro Aravena, architecture, Art 4 D magazine, ecological design, social justice, spectacle, sustainability, Venice Biennale

Cycling Barcelona versus Copenhagen: an Experiential Comparison

The other day I read an interesting critique of Barcelona’s cycling infrastructure titled “The Arrogance of Space”, by the Copenhagenize … More

activism, automobile, Barcelona, bicycling, Copenhagen, politics, public space, urban mobility, urbanism

Radical Architecture at its Most Subversive

This house near Barcelona ranks among the most radical and subversive works of architecture of 2014, and yet it’s not by … More

activism, adaptive re-use, agriculture, countryside, embodied energy, Marcel Fontanillas, oligarchy, politics, radicalism, sustainable design

Seriously now, folks.

The other day, a friend of mine posted a rather humorous item titled “Religious Truths” on Facebook along with the … More

activism

Rebel Rebel

Al Jazeera is currently airing a series of architectural documentaries in six parts titled “Rebel Architects“, the first of which is … More

activism, alternative architecture, criticism, DIY, politics, Recetas Urbanas, Santiago Cirugeda, Spain

Strange Bedfellows

The image at left shows the construction of the “Instant City” during the congress of the International Council of Societies … More

activism, Almería, beach, coast, corruption, crap, hotel, Ibiza, politics, resort, seashore, tourism, utopia

Power to the People

[originally published in Mark Magazine #29] The office of Andrés Jaque Arquitectos Still on the shy side of 40, Andrés … More

activism, Andrés Jaque, ethics, housing, interactive, Madrid, Mark Magazine, politics, Research, urbanism, urbanization

W: what is it good for?

A building has been going up–or did it come from outer space?–on Barcelona’s Sant Sebastià Beach that is popularly refered … More

activism, Barcelona, beach, ethics, George W. Bush, hotel, popular culture, Ricardo Bofill, seashore, tourism, war

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Criticalista collects Rafael Gomez-Moriana's writings on architecture and the built environment. All photographs by the author unless indicated otherwise.

©2014 Rafael Gomez-Moriana. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

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