{"id":113984,"date":"2024-12-23T16:21:49","date_gmt":"2024-12-23T21:21:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/?post_type=metro_profile&#038;p=113984"},"modified":"2025-01-08T10:55:30","modified_gmt":"2025-01-08T15:55:30","slug":"takk-is-rethinking-the-template-for-architecture","status":"publish","type":"metro_profile","link":"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/profiles\/takk-is-rethinking-the-template-for-architecture\/","title":{"rendered":"How TAKK Is Rethinking the Template for Architecture"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-sandow-article-header article-header\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-header\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1951\" src=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ME_24_04_TAK_TAKK-GATETES-03_tocada_sin-filtro-2-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-114068\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ME_24_04_TAK_TAKK-GATETES-03_tocada_sin-filtro-2-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ME_24_04_TAK_TAKK-GATETES-03_tocada_sin-filtro-2-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ME_24_04_TAK_TAKK-GATETES-03_tocada_sin-filtro-2-1024x780.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ME_24_04_TAK_TAKK-GATETES-03_tocada_sin-filtro-2-768x585.jpg 768w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ME_24_04_TAK_TAKK-GATETES-03_tocada_sin-filtro-2-1536x1170.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ME_24_04_TAK_TAKK-GATETES-03_tocada_sin-filtro-2-2048x1561.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">CAT SHELTER\nAfter studying stray cats in Rome\u2014where they are protected by law for their pest control benefits\u2014and the citizen groups (\u201cGattaras\u201d) that care for them, TAKK proposed this community for cats during the 2022 Festival dell\u2019Architettura di Roma. In order to nurture these mutually beneficial relationships with nature, TAKK emphasizes that design of public space must consider all species.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group article-header_intro none\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\"><p class=\"article-date\" aria-label=\"Post Date\">December 23, 2024<\/p>\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-post-title\">How TAKK Is Rethinking the Template for Architecture<\/h1><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column article-header_meta is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"summary size-regular\">For Mireia Luz\u00e1rraga and Alejandro Mui\u00f1o of Barcelona-based studio TAKK, every commission is a chance to question the norm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-sandow-byline byline size-regular\"><span>By: <\/span><a href=\"\/tag\/anne-quito\">Anne Quito<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<ul class=\"social-share\"><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fmetropolismag.com%2Fprofiles%2Ftakk-is-rethinking-the-template-for-architecture%2F\" target=\"_blank\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"M9 8h-3v4h3v12h5v-12h3.642l.358-4h-4v-1.667c0-.955.192-1.333 1.115-1.333h2.885v-5h-3.808c-3.596 0-5.192 1.583-5.192 4.615v3.385z\" \/><\/svg><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/sharing\/share-offsite\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmetropolismag.com%2Fprofiles%2Ftakk-is-rethinking-the-template-for-architecture%2F\" target=\"_blank\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"M4.98 3.5c0 1.381-1.11 2.5-2.48 2.5s-2.48-1.119-2.48-2.5c0-1.38 1.11-2.5 2.48-2.5s2.48 1.12 2.48 2.5zm.02 4.5h-5v16h5v-16zm7.982 0h-4.968v16h4.969v-8.399c0-4.67 6.029-5.052 6.029 0v8.399h4.988v-10.131c0-7.88-8.922-7.593-11.018-3.714v-2.155z\" \/><\/svg><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fmetropolismag.com%2Fprofiles%2Ftakk-is-rethinking-the-template-for-architecture%2F&#038;description=How+TAKK+Is+Rethinking+the+Template+for+Architecture\" target=\"_blank\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"> <path d=\"M12 0c-6.627 0-12 5.372-12 12 0 5.084 3.163 9.426 7.627 11.174-.105-.949-.2-2.405.042-3.441.218-.937 1.407-5.965 1.407-5.965s-.359-.719-.359-1.782c0-1.668.967-2.914 2.171-2.914 1.023 0 1.518.769 1.518 1.69 0 1.029-.655 2.568-.994 3.995-.283 1.194.599 2.169 1.777 2.169 2.133 0 3.772-2.249 3.772-5.495 0-2.873-2.064-4.882-5.012-4.882-3.414 0-5.418 2.561-5.418 5.207 0 1.031.397 2.138.893 2.738.098.119.112.224.083.345l-.333 1.36c-.053.22-.174.267-.402.161-1.499-.698-2.436-2.889-2.436-4.649 0-3.785 2.75-7.262 7.929-7.262 4.163 0 7.398 2.967 7.398 6.931 0 4.136-2.607 7.464-6.227 7.464-1.216 0-2.359-.631-2.75-1.378l-.748 2.853c-.271 1.043-1.002 2.35-1.492 3.146 1.124.347 2.317.535 3.554.535 6.627 0 12-5.373 12-12 0-6.628-5.373-12-12-12z\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\" \/><\/svg><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"mailto:?body=https%3A%2F%2Fmetropolismag.com%2Fprofiles%2Ftakk-is-rethinking-the-template-for-architecture%2F&#038;subject=How+TAKK+Is+Rethinking+the+Template+for+Architecture\" target=\"_blank\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\"><path d=\"M12 12.713l-11.985-9.713h23.97l-11.985 9.713zm0 2.574l-12-9.725v15.438h24v-15.438l-12 9.725z\"\/><\/svg><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column empty-header-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-2 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column article-header_meta is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<p class=\"has-drop-cap size-regular\"><strong>C<\/strong>an architecture wiggle out of the white box? Can cats, dogs, butterflies, and parakeets be clients of architecture? Are there new ways of building sustainably outside of the usual green design clich\u00e9s?&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">These are among the provocations of Barcelona-based TAKK, a research-led architecture practice founded by Mireia Luz\u00e1rraga and Alejandro Mui\u00f1o. Beneath the vivid pink structures and avant-garde installations that have become emblematic of the celebrated 14-year-old studio lies an earnest interrogation of the role of architects during fragile times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">Luz\u00e1rraga and Mui\u00f1o, who met while working at an architecture firm in Madrid in 2008, have been interested in alternative routes for their profession since their graduate studies at the ESARQ-School of Architecture. Exposed to contemporary theorists, the duo, who teach and lecture widely, are entrenched in modes of thinking that \u201cdecenter human exceptionalism,\u201d as they put it.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">The two designers\u2019 affinity for \u201cpost-human\u201d constituents has led to a series of public installations such as a shelter for Rome\u2019s stray cats for the 2022 Festival dell\u2019Architettura di Roma; a shared climate shelter meant for weary pedestrians and the 15 species of birds that circumnavigate Barcelona\u2019s famous La Rambla; or a curious \u201ccyborg garden\u201d perfumed with aphrodisiac plants to encourage romantic crossovers between birds, insects, and humans at a notorious urban heat island in the Matadero Madrid. Their concern for nonhumans also manifests in a 2021 home renovation project in Madrid in which a bedroom is raised on stilts to give the family cat (and a toddler) some crawl space.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column article-header_content is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:50%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1707\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ME_24_04_TAK_TAKK-STAMONICA2023-02_retocada-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-114069\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ME_24_04_TAK_TAKK-STAMONICA2023-02_retocada-scaled.jpg 1707w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ME_24_04_TAK_TAKK-STAMONICA2023-02_retocada-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ME_24_04_TAK_TAKK-STAMONICA2023-02_retocada-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ME_24_04_TAK_TAKK-STAMONICA2023-02_retocada-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ME_24_04_TAK_TAKK-STAMONICA2023-02_retocada-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ME_24_04_TAK_TAKK-STAMONICA2023-02_retocada-1365x2048.jpg 1365w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1707px) 100vw, 1707px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">PINK MOUNTAINS\nAn addition to the Santa M\u00f2nica Arts Centre terrace, this large roof structure softens the climate conditions of its asphalt and concrete surroundings in Barcelona. The shaded space contains branches and a central garden that welcomes birds, insects, and pollinators while cooling the temperature of the complex.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group none\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"size-regular\">TAKK, which gets its name from a cherished album by the Icelandic band Sigur R\u00f3s, demonstrates how intractable issues like ecology, inclusivity, and feminism can be approached with imagination, ingenuity, and a sense of play. Eschewing the tropes of modern architecture, their public installations, some of which are parked at their studio-workshop in L\u2019Hospitalet de Llobregat, contain a riot of ornament, color, and textures\u2014bricolages of mussel shells, houseplants, poly foam, recycled wood, mesh, and chains.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">Their exuberant aesthetic choices are strategic, explains Luz\u00e1rraga: \u201cWe know that people will likely spend very little time with our installations and we need to capture their attention to engage them in the topic. We use bright colors and engaging aesthetics in the hopes of coaxing them to stay a little longer.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-3 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"726\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ME_24_04_TAK_MATADERO-04-retocada-726x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-114070\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ME_24_04_TAK_MATADERO-04-retocada-726x1024.jpg 726w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ME_24_04_TAK_MATADERO-04-retocada-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 726px) 100vw, 726px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">THE GARDEN FOR ROMANTIC CROSSOVERS\nPart of an exhibition shown at Matadero Madrid, this \u201ccyborg garden\u201d was designed to link humans, animals, biological entities, and technology. Through architectonic nature-based solutions like this one, TAKK hopes to encourage the rethinking of public space in relation to climate change and mitigate the heat island effect.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\" style=\"object-fit:cover;object-position:50% 50%\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"678\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ME_24_04_TAK_TAKK_The-Day-After-House_Alta-11-678x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-114071\" srcset=\"https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ME_24_04_TAK_TAKK_The-Day-After-House_Alta-11-678x1024.jpg 678w, https:\/\/metropolismag.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ME_24_04_TAK_TAKK_The-Day-After-House_Alta-11-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 678px) 100vw, 678px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">THE DAY AFTER HOUSE\nFor its renovation of a 1,184-square-foot apartment in Madrid, TAKK worked with thermal gradients rather than following traditional schemes when designing the programmatic configuration of the house, and used primarily low-CO2-emission materials like wood and natural cork. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group none\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"size-regular\">Compared with their speculative works, TAKK\u2019s built projects contain subtler, yet no less radical, provocations. For instance, the aforementioned cat-friendly apartment renovation in Madrid, dubbed \u201cThe Day After House,\u201d offers a radical rethink of sustainable living. Through a careful study of the location\u2019s natural climate and the inhabitants\u2019 routines, TAKK transformed a standard 1,184-square-foot space into a low-carbon dwelling with two living zones. The \u201cwinter\u201d area is well insulated and more finished, while the \u201csummer\u201d section was essentially left as raw space and opened to the elements. TAKK has also deployed these tactics in a low-cost home renovation in Barcelona called \u201cThe 10K House\u201d to demonstrate how building ecologically and beautifully is possible on any budget.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">From the beginning, Luz\u00e1rraga and Mui\u00f1o\u2019s architecture practice has been intertwined with their teaching careers. Luz\u00e1rraga, who is currently on the faculty of the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, says she\u2019s optimistic that the current generation of architects is more aware of their agency. \u201cWhen I was studying, architecture was a pure exercise of style, aesthetics, and composition\u2014it had no social dimension. I think the current generation is getting wiser. They have an awareness about this [ecological crisis],\u201d she explains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"size-regular\">\u201cI hope they embrace the fact that the role of architecture is no longer about building in alliance with the real estate market. As architects, we have other responsibilities and other skills.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"comment size-regular\">Would you like to comment on this article? 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