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Drawn Music: Iannis Xenakis
The 20th century has left us a large number of names that will be remembered in the world thanks to the grain of sand they contributed to our cultural heritage.…
Towards the Complex City: Urban Megalomania
It has been a long time since OMA proposed its project in which the "Hyperescale" appears. It was 1996 when the studio published its work for a hypothetical expansion of…
The other inhabitants: “Spontaneous Cities”
At Patio de Sombras we believe that the role nature should play in architecture and urban planning projects should be fundamental. Nature not understood as an ornamental element of the…
The strongest material
Throughout this morning or last night, we will have discovered small packages under the Christmas tree of our houses. An exciting moment in which surprise awaits hidden under one or…
Forgotten Identities: Brodsky & Utkin
A few months ago we brought to the Shadows the Russian architect Yakov Chernikhov, better known for his pictorial legacy than for his built work. As we saw, this architect…
Visceral Irrationality: Tracey Rose
Breaking the established limits becomes in some cases a tool for creative production. Letting ourselves be carried away by the spirit, feelings, sensations, or experiences, generates in us a state…
Architectures of Sadness (VI): Comillas’ Graveyard
The cemetery of Comillas appears thanks to some peculiar circumstances. The ingredients needed for its creation were the abandonment of an old parish church, the need to create a cemetery,…
Chronicle of a death? Cuatro Caminos depot
We cannot talk about this project without first mentioning its creator, Antonio Palacios Ramilo. This figure is well known among those inhabitants of Madrid who enjoy such emblematic buildings as…
Earth’s Dreams: The Journey of Creativity
In Patio de Sombras we have already considered before the capacity of inspiration that Inert Nature can have. This week, we look again at the sky, to focus on one…
21st century frescoes: el niño de las pinturas
Opening with the "streetwire Giraffe" -now lost after a reform- in our social networks, we move to the Cuarto Real de Santo Domingo, in Granada. It is a restored space…