Husos
In Husos, we believe
that architecture is a powerful practice of ecological and social transformation.
This is why we are interested in exploring to what extent it can contribute to
the well-being and joy of the vast diversity of sentient bodies that inhabit
this Earth. It can also serve to promote planetary health, understanding that
both issues are inseparable. We are conscious of the responsibility that this
discipline has had in the climate crisis, as well as other current social
crises.
Through the projects in
which we participate, our objective is to test possible ways to repair and
recompose territories, so that they can offer multiple possibilities to
everyone. This requires the collective construction of another material world. For us it
implies taking direct, eco-social actions while giving space to alternative
imaginaries to flourish—imaginaries with which we can all—together—dream and drive shared transformation processes.
We are interested in thinking of the architectures we create as infrastructures of desire—testing grounds capable of accompanying processes of transformation through pleasure and affect toward desirable futures.
We approach these
issues with an ongoing dialogue between investigation and design, theory and
practice. In addition to ecology studies, our journey has been enriched
by the inclusion of multispecies, decolonial, and post-heteronormative approaches.
We began twenty years ago in Madrid (2003), as an initiative of Diego Barajas
(Bogotá) and Camilo García (Cali). Our base is Madrid, and we work between
Spain and Colombia.
We have been pioneering by developing in the architectural Spanish-European context, multiscalar-multimedia
approaches (Dispersion, 2002), interspecies cohabitation activisms
(Garden Building, 2005), LGTBQ+ urban perspectives (Bear Urbanisms,
2006) and decolonial activisms (Dispersion 2002, Urbanisms of Remittances 2017, and Espacio Afro 2021, among others).
Our work is included in the permanent collections at the FRAC Centre in
Orleans, France, and the History Museum of Rotterdam. It has also received
the first
prize at the Holcim Awards for Sustainable Construction
(Gold, Europe
–
2023) and
recognition from the Zumtobel Award for Sustainability and Humanity, and the XV
Bienal Española de Arquitectura. Furthermore, it has been presented at the
Venice Biennale, the Rotterdam Biennale, the Oslo Architecture Triennale,
Matadero Madrid, the Tápies Foundation, the Bienal de Quito, the Witte de With
Museum in Holland, Archilab, Ecovisionarios, and PhotoEspaña, among others. We
are the authors of the book Urbanisms of Remittances: (Re)productive Houses
in Dispersion published by Caniche Publishers in Madrid in 2017. The book
received the Fundació Sabadell 2019 prize and is now included in the permanent
Art Collection of the Fundació Banc Sabadell in Barcelona.
We have worked on projects for various institutions and organizations,
including CA2M - Museo Centro de Arte Dos de Mayo, Centro de Creación
Contemporánea Matadero Madrid, Centro Cultural Espacio Afro, Rotterdam History
Museum, Daniel and Nina Carasso Foundation, Spanish Ministry of Culture and
Sports, Universidad del Valle, Rotterdam Biennial, Museo Nacional Centro de
Arte Reina Sofía, Oslo Architecture Triennial, Taller Croquis, and Instituto
Cervantes.
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