OJALÁ. Calle San Andrés, 1. Madrid
Andrés Jaque/Office for Political Innovation

Ojalá es la respuesta arquitectónica a la diversidad social del barrio de Malasaña. Una diversidad que se manifiesta en la vida cotidiana como una acumulación de formas diferentes de conversar, de encontrarse, de comer y de beber.

El local da una respuesta a esta diversidad por medio de una estrategia de diseño: el ensamblaje de una serie de espacios en los que la arquitectura promueve relaciones diferentes con el clima, el mobiliario, la posición respecto a otras personas y la aparición y acceso a comida y bebida. Un invernadero, abierto a la calle. Una gran mesa compartida por clientes y camareros. Unas gradas que fomentan la conversación informal con desconocidos. Y una playa artificial, para la escenificación de un día a día hedonista.

El baño (neutral en género) es un salón igualmente importante. Un baño-­‐homenaje a las Smile Sessions de los Beach Boys, que permiten acceder a un espacio que congela el momento en que los chicos playeros se hicieron oscuros. Como reivindicación de la implicación del baño de Malasaña con la noche, y con su potencial para la reinvención de lo colectivo.

Todo ha sido construido con proveedores del mismo barrio, en un proceso de experimentación, que ha permitido desarrollar una versión contemporánea del terrazo in situ de 15 mm de espesor, una estructura de invernadero a partir de chapa de 1 mm y cruces de madera en el espacio, articulados con varilla de 3 mm.

Design, Coordination and Edition: Sebastian Bech-­‐Ravn, Ljubo Dragomirov, Roberto González García, Senne Meesters, William Mondejar, Jorge Noguera Facuseh, Silvia Rueda Cuellar, Jarča Slamova

Quantity Survey: Juan Pablo Prieto
Graphic Design: Jorge López Conde
Artistic Intervention Program Curator: Roberto González García
Artists: Dourone, José Ja Ja Ja, Eva Solano
Photographs: Miguel de Guzmán, Rocío Romero

Arquitectos: Andrés Jaque / Office for Political Innovation

andres jaque
www.andresjaque.net

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Office for Political Innovation (OFFPOLINN) is an international architectural practice, based in New York and Madrid, working at the intersection of design, research, and critical environmental practices. The office develops projects in different scales and media, intended to bring inclusivity into the built environment.

Currently, the office works on projects for Thyssen Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Art Institute of Chicago, Lafayette Anticipations, CA2M, Real Madrid, Colegio Reggio, and Grupo La Musa.

In 2016, OFFPOLINN received the Frederick Kiesler Prize from the City of Vienna; the office has also been awarded the SILVER LION for Best Research Project at the 14th Venice Biennale and with the Dionisio Hernández Gil Award.

OFFPOLINN’s projects have been the object of solo exhibitions at MoMA, MoMA PS1, MAK Vienna, Princeton University, RED CAT Cal Arts Contemporary Art Center in Los Angeles, the Cité de l’Architecture et du Patrimoine de Paris, and Tabacalera in Madrid. Its work has been included in exhibitions at the Art Institute of Chicago, ZKM (Karlsruhe), Tel Aviv Museum of Art, London Design Museum, Whitechapel Gallery (London), Z33 (Hasselt), the Schweizerisches Architektur Museum (Basel), Lisbon and Oslo architecture triennales, and the Venice, Chicago, Gwanju, and Seoul architecture biennales.

OFFPOLINN’s work has been published in the most important architectural design outlets including A+U, Bauwelt, Domus, El Croquis, The Architectural Review, Abittare, Arquitectura Viva, and in publications like the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, the Guardian, and El País.

Andrés Jaque
Founder Principal

Andrés Jaque founded the Office for Political Innovation in 2003. He has brought a transectional approach to architectural design; practicing architecture as the intervention on complex composites of relationships, where its agency is negotiated with the agency unfold by other entities.
Andrés Jaque is director of the Advanced Architectural Design Program at Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. He has also been visiting professor at Princeton University and The Cooper Union.
Andrés received his PhD in architecture from the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid, where he also received his M. Arch. He has been an Alfred Toepfer Stiftung’s Tessenow Stipendiat and Graham Foundation grantee. In 2018 he co-curated Manifesta 12 in Palermo.
His books include Transmaterial Politics (2017), Calculable (2016) PHANTOM. Mies as Rendered Society (2013), Different Kinds of Water Pouring into a Swimming Pool (2013), Dulces Arenas Cotidianas (2013), Everyday Politics (2011), and Melnikov. 1000 Autos Garage in Paris 1929 (2004). His research work has been included in publications like Perspecta, Log, Thresholds and Volume.