FROM:[2014] ArchDaily Interviews | Antón García Abril – Ensamble Studio
Spanish firm Ensamble Studio has always captivated me with the high level of experimentation found in their built works. Their construction processes are unique, and their projects elegantly explore the tension between structure, matter and space with impeccable technical execution–as seen at the award-winning Hemeroscopium House’s delicately balanced intersected prefab elements.
From the small Truffle in the Mediterranean coast, to the delicate roof of the Cervantes Theater in Mexico City, their work is always reinterpreting materials. The Cervantes Theater roof, for example, stands elegantly between projects by FR-EE and Chipperfield, marking the location of an underground venue below through a carefully balanced steel structure. From certain angles, though, one sees a laminar structure that lets light pass through.
The firm is based in Madrid, and is directed by architects Antón García-Abril and Débora Mesa, together with Javier Cuesta. Antón is currently full-professor at the School of Architecture and Planning at MIT.
In this interview Antón tells us that architecture is part science, part poetry, and that Ensamble has found success by treating their practice as a laboratory, academy and consultancy company. Read the full transcript after the break.
西班牙公司Ensamble Studio一直以其建築作品中的高水平實驗吸引我。他們的施工過程是獨一無二的，他們的項目優雅地探索結構，物質和空間之間的緊張關係，以及無可挑剔的技術執行 – 正如屢獲殊榮的Hemeroscopium House精心平衡的交叉預製元件所見。
從地中海沿岸的小松露到墨西哥城塞萬提斯劇院的精緻屋頂，他們的工作總是重新詮釋材料。例如，塞萬提斯劇院屋頂在FR-EE和Chipperfield的項目之間優雅地站立，通過精心平衡的鋼結構標記下方地下場地的位置。但是，從某些角度來看，人們會看到一種讓光線透過的層狀結構。
該公司總部設在馬德里，由建築師AntónGarcía-Abril和DéboraMesa以及Javier Cuesta領導。 Antón目前是麻省理工學院建築與規劃學院的全職教授。
在這次訪談中，Antón告訴我們，建築是科學的一部分，是詩歌的一部分，Ensamble通過將他們的實踐視為實驗室，學院和諮詢公司而獲得了成功。休息後閱讀完整的成績單。
FROM:https://www.archdaily.com/484107/ad-interviews-anton-garcia-abril-ensamble-studio
