The Making of Making (Architecture)

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This catalogue shows the exhibition The making of making (architecture) by MIAS architects, exhibited at the Design Museum of Barcelona. The exhibition analyses the design processes of MIAS studio, founded by Josep Mias in 2000 and proposes a route for the design process through seven concepts: Between lines, Everything could happen, Oniric spaces, Assemblage, Architecture to take away, X-RAYS and Ripped Surfaces. These concepts appeal to the most basic actions of the creative and productive process of study. 'Deeply honed and exquisitely crafted, this prolific demonstration is a study in the making of making architecture, through its earliest and slightest emergence as marks on a plane, to its flights in space as a drawing without paper, to its rigorous rehearsal as an investigation of assembly and composition' -Bob Sheil With Contributions by Peter Cook, Izaskun Chinchilla, Bob Sheil, Josep Mias and Marina Povedano. Published by Actar Publishers & Ajuntament de Barcelona, Museu del Disseny In English & Catalan

Josep Mias was trained at the ETSAB (Barcelona School of Architecture) before becoming an associate architect in the office of Enric Miralles from 1990 to 2000. He then founded MIAS, his own architecture and urban planning agency in 2000 in Barcelona. Josep Mias is also a Professor of Architectural Practice at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, and a visiting Professor at UNISS in Sardinia (Italy). MIAS agency develops innovative experimental projects that combine sustainable technology and state-of-the-art construction practices. Following MIAS recent monographic room at Centre Pompidou, MIAS has rapidly gained international recognition, and the Parisian museum has acquired a total of 42 models, 14 sketches and 18 engravings for the Permanent Collection.