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Flavio Coddou conversa sobre viagens e a profissão com o fotógrafo italiano radicado em Barcelona, Duccio Malagamba

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Flavio Coddou talks about trips and the profession of architect with the italian photographer Duccio Malagamba, who lives and works in Barcelona

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Flavio Coddou habla sobre viajes y la profesión de arquitecto con el fotógrafo italiano radicado en Barcelona, Duccio Malagamba

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CODDOU, Flávio. Duccio Malagamba. Entrevista, São Paulo, year 11, n. 044.01, Vitruvius, nov. 2010 <https://vitruvius.com.br/revistas/read/entrevista/11.044/3549/en>.


Instituto de Educación Secundaria, Rafal, Alicante, España, Grupo ARANEA, 2003-2009

Flavio Coddou: What is the main difference in doing a reportage of a young architect’s project that you have just discovered? Do you feel that this "interpretation" would be fresh and free, or rather do you have a feeling of taking a risk of being superficial because you don’t know his/her work well?

Duccio Malagamba: If he/she is a young architect I may not have much work to analyze ... On the other hand, their architecture will surely have much enthusiasm, ambition and desire for self-expression. It's an explosive cocktail and some ingenuousness or a too obvious sign of inspiration from their masters may easily reveal itself... So, if in a project I detect poor or not very original solutions I try to minimize my attention on them while focusing on the aspects that are fresh, solid and valuable. It is clear that my way of portraying a project is a way of criticism but in general it is a positive criticism. I have no doubt that I'm taking risks in this way and therefore I can be wrong. In fact I guess it's easy to fall into presumption ...

St. Jakob Turm y Showroom de Mercedes Benz, Basilea, Suiza. Arquitectos Herzog & de Meuron, 2005-2008

 

FC: Concerning younger generations, what are the architects with the most interesting work from a photographer's point of view?

DM: Frankly speaking, I believe that it is essential for a good architect to have a lot of experience and some maturity, so I find it really difficult to name someone who is younger than 50 years old. Looking for the "young" among my favorites, I can think of Enric Miralles/Benedetta Tagliabue, Carme Pinos, David Chipperfield, and SANAA ...

Remodelación e Iluminación de la Plaza del Torico y de los Aljibes bajo la misma, Teruel, España. b720 Arquitectos, 2006-2007

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