Description
Crossed Gazes
Book Summary
This book proposes a unique dialogue between lived experience and the professional gaze, offering an intimate and disciplinary exploration of the Casa Carvajal. Through the voices of prominent architects such as Alberto Campo Baeza, Alejandro Gómez García, and Eduardo Delgado Orusco, and the visceral perspective of its inhabitant, Cristina Rodríguez de Acuña Martínez, the work reveals how inhabiting a space transforms both the space itself and the person occupying it. A profound reflection on lived architecture.
What is it about?
Crossed Gazes is a book that brings together two ways of understanding the same architectural space: the Casa Carvajal. On one hand, the direct and emotional gaze of its inhabitant, Cristina Rodríguez de Acuña Martínez, who has lived in it and transformed it through her daily presence. On the other, the disciplinary vision of several renowned architects, who analyze the work from their technical and aesthetic knowledge. The result is a crossing of perspectives that enriches the understanding of architecture as a vital experience and a professional creation.
Main themes
- The relationship between the inhabitant and the architectural space
- The mutual transformation between the house and those who inhabit it
- The professional gaze on architecture versus lived experience
- Casa Carvajal as an architectural and human case study
- The dialogue between emotion and discipline in the perception of space
Who is it recommended for?
This book is aimed at architects, architecture students, photographers and photography lovers, as well as anyone interested in the relationship between built space and human experience. It will also be of great interest to those who appreciate residential architecture, unique houses, and reflections on inhabiting as a transformative process.
What this book offers
- A dual and enriching perspective on the same architectural space
- Reflections from prestigious architects on Casa Carvajal
- An intimate and personal look at how inhabiting transforms architecture
- An interdisciplinary approach connecting architecture, photography, and personal experience
Technical specifications
- Author: Rodríguez de Acuña Martínez, Cristina
- Publisher: Ediciones Asimétricas
- Language: Spanish
- Subject: Photography and photographers, Architecture, Palaces, mansions, manor houses
- Collection: Photography
- Binding: Hardcover
- Edition date: April 2020
- Number of pages: 142
- Weight: 875 g
Editorial review
Crossed Gazes offers an original and unusual approach to the world of architecture, combining professional rigor with the emotion of inhabiting. The inclusion of authoritative voices from the architectural field alongside the direct experience of the inhabitant makes this work a valuable document for those who seek to understand architecture not just as a technical discipline, but as a lived space. A book that invites us to reflect on how our homes shape us as much as we shape them.