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Alejandro de la Sota. Genealogía de un boceto

2013; Volume: 18; Issue: 22 Linguagem: Inglês

10.4995/ega.2013.1681

2254-6103

Francisco Javier Cortina Maruenda, Miguel Cabanes Ginés, Salvador Gilabert Sanz,

Architecture and Art History Studies

Alejandro de la Sota is definitely one of the great masters of contemporary Spanish architecture. Long forgotten and reviled, the last few years have restored him into his proper place in the history of architectural critical thinking. As a proper Galician, not given to either architectural or personal excesses, and of great humility, he is often cryptic in its theoretical approach and works. This article aims to cast some light on his figure through the quiet interpretation of his many drawings, especially those less widespread. For example those made for the INC, with an interesting use of colour, or the ones for the Guzmán House, even the multiple caricatures of which he was very fond. It is in these strangers in which we focus, they all are proof of his genius and personality. Perhaps he would rather keep silent than speak, we hope that his drawings do it for him.