Our interests in one line:a manifesto

Felipe Mesa, founder of the Plan:B studio in Medellín, articulates his architectural vision with thirty points.

• We view shapes and relationships as simultaneous facts.

• We like to work in teams and in shifting social groups.

• We use these words a lot – simultaneous, partial, tangential, reiterative, open.

• We like open architecture, which is temporarily impacted on by transitory phenomena.

• Aside from architecture we like biology, cells, trees, animals and graphic design.

• We write in telegraphic style, with just a few paragraphs or lines.

• We are very attracted to mixing techniques in our drawings.

• We are drawn to second options and limitations.

• We are a fluctuating team that waxes and wanes according to the amount of work we have, tenders, etc.

• We have had our office in Medellín and Bogotá, and we like both the plains and the mountains.

• In 2010 we are celebrating 10 years in operation.

• We see architecture as a way of life.

• We are not concerned about the latest trends, but we are interested in architecture that we feel is necessary.

• We hate the word “imposing” as an adjective to describe an architecture project.

• We think that architecture has political and social responsibilities that must be incorporated into the project.

• We aim to commit ourselves to an environmentally-friendly model and the intellectual and social challenges that this brings.

• We like architecture that is risky, but not dogmatic.

• We have a feeling that architecture is less important than we think.

• We like everyday architecture.

• We like the specific features of an individual project to define it, to govern its profile and dimensions.

• We have a computer file where we store ideas we think could be useful some day.

• We keep a lot of notebooks of drawings, and we’ve always got a couple on the go.

• We believe in architecture as a discipline of imperfection and contradiction.

• We like greenhouses, botanical gardens, supermarkets, churches, skyscrapers….

• We like to see architecture projects as eco-social structures.

• We believe that architecture is an ongoing, reiterated, insistent and long-term search.?

• We believe that the strength of a project lies more in the relationship between its parts than in the specific details of its construction.

• We like architecture that attempts to break down the constant barrier between the artificial and the natural.

• We like mixed techniques in construction – using hand-crafted, computer, mechanical and organic techniques all at once.

• We share a lot of our interests with other people

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