Project

Dysfunctional Landmarks

December 5, 2011

Projects by Emilio López-Galiacho.

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Therapeutical Observatory. © Emilio López-Galiacho.

I like to think of “Dysfunctional Landmarks” and “Hotel Troya” as high resolution architectural machinima. These are works that talk about the promiscuity of genres and typologies, the closeness between the monumental and the monstrous, the anomalous attraction, scale as an aberration, representation as a trap and function as a nightmare. His gaze is not guilty, but distant and objective; strictly empirical. These images are not intended to denounce anything. They are cold, dispassionate, almost scientific records—no perspectives, only elevations—of that which lives hidden and concealed in the mind of the architect. Goya put it well: “The sleep of reason produces monsters.”
—Emilio López-Galiacho

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Neutral Tower. © Emilio López-Galiacho.

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Tumoral Monastery. © Emilio López-Galiacho.

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The Big Hole. © Emilio López-Galiacho.

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Underground Chapel. © Emilio López-Galiacho.

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Unfinished Health Resort. © Emilio López-Galiacho.

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Hotel Troya #1. © Emilio López-Galiacho.

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Hotel Troya #1. © Emilio López-Galiacho.

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Hotel Troya #2. © Emilio López-Galiacho.

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Hotel Troya #2. © Emilio López-Galiacho.

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Hotel Troya #3. © Emilio López-Galiacho.

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Hotel Troya #3. © Emilio López-Galiacho.

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Broadcasting Center. © Emilio López-Galiacho.

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Green Building for Retired Pilots. © Emilio López-Galiacho.

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