De-alienating the home
Gonzalo Herrero + Pati Santos – Central Saint Martins
Pasaje Chimenea – Concéntrico 08
Since 2020, architects Gonzalo Herrero and Pati Santos have been leading the research DE-ALIENATING THE HOME through their Design Studio at Central Saint Martins in London. For this edition of Concéntrico, they will present part of this research that explores contemporary domesticity in response to questions of ecology and well-being. Their installation and performance, developed in conjunction with students from Central Saint Martins, seeks to break with the modern canons of domestic space, inviting the public to question its limits and definition, and in doing so to seek a new connection between people and the planet through these spaces. The passageway next to the former tobacco factory will be transformed into a surreal home where visitors and passers will become residents of an unexpected domestic space. A space is inhabited by unusual objects and furniture that invite people to question the function for each room, its limits, and the agency these and themselves have in their definition.
This project is supported by the British Council through the Department of Architecture, Design and Fashion; Central Saint Martins, University of Arts of London, through the Knowledge Exchange Impact Fund; and the Spanish Embassy in the United Kingdom.
Gonzalo Herrero & Pati Santos - Central Saint Martins
Founded in 1932, Central Saint Martins in London is part of the University of the Arts London, one of the world’s leading art and design universities. The BA (Hons) Architecture degree programme focuses on the social scale of architectural education and practice, promoting direct engagement with real-world social, cultural and political conditions in the contemporary urban landscape.
Gonzalo Herrero is an architect and curator in London. He currently works as curator of the Museum of the Future in Dubai and Associate Lecturer at Central Saint Martins. Previously he worked as a curator at the Royal Academy of Arts and the Design Museum, both in London.
Pati Santos is an architect based in London. She is an Associate Lecturer at Central Saint Martins and Director of the architectural practice The Good Thing, whose work focuses on design to improve health and wellbeing, primarily in the domestic space.
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