Joaquin Perez-Goicoechea and Nasser Abulhasan, Principals & Founders of AGi architects, took part as speakers at an event organized by Oman Center of Architects in Muscat. Under the title "ArchiSystems", AGi architects advocated a need for a change in the urban planning and architecture of the Gulf. Based on the knowledge and experience the design firm has in the region, … [Read more...]
Our new turnkey service: quality and comfort
The so-called "turnkey" contracts are receiving an increasingly better reception among clients when it comes to architectural projects. So, then, we want to explore all the nuances of the term and explain in detail how we have adapted to this reality of the market. A turnkey project is one whose design, construction and start-up only involves a contractor who will be in … [Read more...]
An allegation in favour of Brutalism
We already anticipated in a previous article the current situation of the constructions of the s. XX in relation to the architectural heritage and with regard to the its salvage. We talked about the ignorance on the importance of these works that often end with a demolition sentence because apparently on most occasions it's imposed temporality criteria rather than assessing … [Read more...]
10 years of AGi architects in leading magazines and digital media
We are celebrating our tenth anniversary in 2016. Ten years have passed since Joaquín Pérez-Goicoechea and Nasser Abulhasan embarked on their own professional project with the launch of AGi architects. Since then, we have grown considerably, both in the human team of our two offices in Madrid and Kuwait, where we currently work more than 50 people, as well as in the diversity … [Read more...]
“The chair of the future” and Smithsons’ designs for the dream home
By Pablo López, Senior Architect at AGi architects, PhD Architecture at Polytechnic University of Madrid. This post is a follow up on “The Eames chair, warfare technology at the service of everyday life” In 1956 the Daily Mail asked the young Smithsons to, doing projection work in the most literal sense, try to imagine what the house of the future would be like, more … [Read more...]
The Eames chair, warfare technology at the service of everyday life
By Pablo López, Senior Architect at AGi architects, PhD Architecture at Polytechnic University of Madrid. This post is a follow up on “The chair as an anticipatory architectural element (II): a condensed image of Modernity” In the immediate post-Second-World-War the architects had little work to do in an America that did not need to be rebuilt as Europe, but which … [Read more...]
BIM methodology or the evolution of project management
The BIM methodology involves the coordination of different technologies for project management through a single 3D digital model that shortens the times of both the design and the production, and therefore it reduces costs. It also implies a new way of coordinating the different teams involved, improving the quality of the engineering projects, architecture and … [Read more...]
Enclosures and exterior skins: materialization of a conceptual model
They delimit, prepare and preserve the architectural spaces, they contribute to the privacy, security and comfort for its inhabitants, but as well they represent the materialization of many urban elements. These construction elements are intrinsic parts of the facades and, in many cases, they become identified with them. They represent different conceptual models acting as a … [Read more...]
We opened the academic year of the Degree in Architecture at CEU and Nebrija universities
Our design firm, AGi architects, was invited to participate in the opening of the academic year of the Colleges of Architecture at CEU San Pablo and Nebrija universities, in Madrid, where we delivered two lectures as part of the tenth anniversary of our firm. Joaquín Pérez-Goicoechea, Principal and founder partner at AGi architects, along with Justo Ruiz, Design Partner of … [Read more...]
Wall House, Iconic Awards 2016 Winner in the category Architecture-Domestic
Our single-family home Wall House is the Iconic Awards 2016 winner in the category Architecture-Domestic. Wall House communicates with its formalized solid skin, an existing concern in the city. It is the expression of those thoughts: “the all judging peeping tom”, “windows that looks towards the place where nobody wants to be watched”, “opened facades show only false … [Read more...]