From the [newly inaugurated sketchbook!] devoted solely to urbanism-- trajectories, transit.
All drawings will be in a slightly larger format. Remembering and imagining places and how their infrastructures serve them gracefully.

architectural fantasies_january

While architecture subtly pervades my drawings in various degrees, sometimes it is outright. 
This month saw stacking and digging.


As with previous posts, the stacking of middle to upper class homes on top of urban structures. 
I can't fully explain it yet, but it's becoming an obsession hard to avoid. 


Voy a subir unos dibujos ilustrando dichas casonas encima de un centro comercial.

monstruos del eixample

In Barcelona's relatively consistent 7-10 story grid, there stand out monsters (as friends and i have since dubbed them). They are those structures that defy the unofficial height code, looming over corners and plazas. From surrounding hills or rooftops, the monsters help orient the urban viewer, points of reference in a grid that can be daunting.


 This particular one, la torre urquinaona, ingeniously in plaza urquinaona, is particularly ferocious and violent. It's beveled and jutting spines with dark windows hide the clerks and office men inside. In this pic, an employee is angry about being the only one left in the monster after closing time.

narrativa barcelonesa

newyearnewblog. nuevoañonuevoblog.

uma finca muito louca

muchas veces, no sabemos de dónde vienen la inspiración y la idea inicial. nos llegan indirectamente, bueno..para mi a través de los sueños y ensueños. 
pero esta vez, el vínculo se ve claramente en el edificio y lo que lo inspiró. lo dibujé en una reunión de curro en la que me aburría tanto... claro.

divas cotidianas_2

caricatures of ridiculous pop-culture and found women

paducah_2

paducah_1

 
-paducah, KY, isolated in the western tip of the state. my father relocated here years ago, the area where great rivers converge 
(the ohio, mississippi, tennessee). the center was architecturally charged, lazy, and cozy. 
-another illustration showing differences in church-dispersal in the US and spain.

situações ridículas_2