AMAG 43 BEAR | HANGHAR

Bear uses colour, pattern, narrative and deconstruction; Hanghar prefers white, repetition and subtraction (...) Yet beneath these apparent oppositions lies a shared conviction. Both practices seem less interested in programme than in the autonomy of spatial structures, pursuing an architecture that exists before use and persists beyond it. In Hanghar’s work, the room returns as architecture’s fundamental particle (...) Architecture approaches the condition of a model at 1:1 scale. And almost all in white, a very specific white. Bear arrives from the opposite direction (...) The result is rich and full of flavour. Paradoxically, both practices share different expressions of something increasingly rare: optimism (...) They still believe form matters. (...) What seems refreshing today is the reappearance of architecture as an autonomous cultural project (...) Contemporary Spanish architecture remains one of the few places where such differences are not merely tolerated, but actively cultivated. In a first world increasingly obsessed with consensus, Bear and Hanghar remind us that culture advances through divergence. Spain, once again, seems to know this. Portugal, watching from next door, remains slightly jealous.

 

FILIPE MAGALHAES

ESSAYS BY

Ana Leal

José Manuel Pedreirinho

Filipe Magalhães

 

PROJECTS - BEAR ARCHITECTS

 

HERRIKO PLAZA

© Luis Díaz Díaz

 

READY MADE HOME

© Luis Díaz Díaz

 

RE-HOUSE

© Luis Díaz Díaz

 

ZUBITEGI

© Luis Díaz Díaz
© Jorge Isla

 

(DIS)ORDERED

© Luis Díaz Díaz

 

AILARAK MUSEUM

© Luis Díaz Díaz

 

NAHINUENA

© Luis Díaz Díaz

 

RABE

© Luis Díaz Díaz

 

ARRATIA MUSIKA

© Luis Díaz Díaz

 

GARAI DANTZALEKU

© Luis Díaz Díaz

 

KORTA MUSIKA LIVE

© Luis Díaz Díaz

 

PLUG-IN DWELLINGS

© Juan Ramón Samaniego
© Tres Visual

 

PEÑA GANCHEGUI

© Luis Díaz Díaz

 

 

PROJECTS - HANGHAR

 

RONDA HOUSE

© Luis Díaz Díaz

 

LARA HOUSE

© Luis Díaz Díaz

 

GLORIA HOUSE

© Luis Díaz Díaz

 

RIO HOUSE

© Luis Díaz Díaz

 

GRACIA HOUSE

© Luis Díaz Díaz

 

STUDIOLO

© Luis Díaz Díaz

 

GUADALUPE HOUSE

© Rory Gardiner

 

HQ

© Luis Díaz Díaz

 

ARTIST HOME AND STUDIO

© Enric Badrinas

 

CARAVIA HOUSE

© HANGHAR

 

SOCIAL HOUSING

© HANGHAR

 

TYPES OF SPACES

© Luis Díaz Díaz

 

PROJECTS - BEAR ARCHITECTS + HANGHAR

 

FILBO

© Luis Díaz Díaz

 

TAC!

© Luis Díaz Díaz

COLLECTION

AMAG MAGAZINE

 

SERIES

INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE

 

TITLE NUMBER

43

 

ISBN

978-989-36626-7-0

 

LANGUAGE

EN | PT

 

RUN NUMBER

5000 numbered copies

 

PAGE NUMBER

208 pages

 

SIZE

w 320mm x h 240 mm

 

COVER

soft

 

COLORING CONTENTS

true colour

 

PRINTING

offset

 

PVP

EUROPE 49,90€  (price may vary per country)