After the good chapter of yesterday, today the third In Treatment by Javier, a tour in Rotterdam passing through the Netherlands, visiting the inescapable Kunsthalle by Rem Koolhaas, among others. Our Friday In Treatment [> 2] METALOCUS. Good weekend! j2b

While we were walking in the direction to our destination, my friend was remembering parties and trips we had gone together; in the meanwhile, we spoke about all the old school and university colleagues.

Almost trembling for the emotion we felt cause of the proximity of our purpose, magazines and raining classes in University, drops and words that show us the space secrets and what lay inside, the myth growing up by the fact to be sooner in front of it... And in those classes, the ilusion of pupils of third year, dreaming about the moment they could discover all those learnings...

Access to kunsthalle from the Avenue. Photography © Javier Sancho Andrés.

A suddenly stream made us wake up, taking us down from the “remember” cloud we were floating... and left us in front of itself. It was so unexpected, that my friend could not speak. I had already been there, but still was awesome to find it again, between two worlds, the park in its back, silent, and the huge avenue. We were not alone, also another groups of people were mute looking at it. After the first impact, we get through the central cut, and got lost in its world of bending plans, magic lights, wooden beams or wood of beams... And in the stairs, the picture of the one who made that possible, not only him, also the team who can make this things real, which stands almost forever.

A jump in time, but not in the architecture ideas. Sunny morning, bycicle and free day. What could I do? Some friends, choose a way and the endeavor to discover all the city corners. The water duct show us the direction and we drive between lots of people who want to enjoy the sun, till we arrive to our forbidden place, consider for many a damned place, as many humans lost there their lives cause of war. In one of the limits, close to mountain and triangular balcony buildings, there´s a place where the students enjoy their time in one of the segments of the circular crown, full of social spaces, conformed by cantilevers that fly through the interior garden... some of them speak, others read, washed their clothes...

Circular courtyard inside the dorm. Photography © Javier Sancho Andrés.

What a concert! We were expecting for it all the week and we were certain we have enjoy it: after leaving our office, we took the U-Bahn, walk through the interior of one of the fourth and start to listen. Even we got lost for a moment in our dreamings, cause close to it there´s a place, “Arena”, which looks like “Matadero” in Madrid; The four pieces, lay down close to the Donau and give the wellcome to many passangers who land in the airport. Part of the industrial skyline that confirms the entrance to the city from the southeast, their interior keeps housing, gyms, malls...and also many of “interests”.

And in the basement, are we. And with us, the music and the certain to repeat the experience...

IN TREATMENT - METALOCUS.

DIRECTOR: JOSÉ JUAN BARBA. COORDINATION: INÉS LALUETA. ORGANIZATION: INÉS LALUETA, PEDRO NAVARRO. GUESTS SECOND SEASON: JOSÉ JUAN BARBA, JAVIER SANCHO, FRANCISCO PELAEZ, MICHAEL MORADIELLOS, MELISSA SCHUMACHER, VERÓNICA ROSERO, AINHOA MARTÍN.

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Javier Sancho Andrés (Madrid 1981) es Arquitecto por la ETSAM de Madrid. Tras finalizar y debido a las muchas ganas que teína (y tiene) de conocer Mundo, emprendió su camino tomando la Arquitectura como baluarte. 

Tras colaborar en 2008 con JDS  en Dinamarca, posteriormente MECANOO en Holanda (2008_09), Herzog & de Meuron a través de FM arquitectos para el BBVA, Moral Arquitectura y J. García Rubio mientras realizaba el MPAA en la ETSAM de Madrid (2009_10), reside desde el 2010 en Viena, donde ha colaborado con Berger+Parkkinen, illiz architektur y actualmente en Toifel Arch.

Ha sido profesor ayudante en la cátedra de Gallegos en la ETSAM durante el MPAA y  colabora en otro Blog de arquitectura, Arquitectitis. Desarrolla por igual sus ideas junto a Davinia Ros Bonanad en dAja, plataforma ecológica y arquitectónica.

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