#01 Esch Sintzel Architekten (CH), Arquitetura Entre Vistas ABROAD

“Arquitetura Entre Vistas” is about to take off. On this second season, the podcast is travelling “ABROAD”. Our first stop is at Esch Sintzel Architekten atelier’s (Zurich, Switzerland) alongside the architect Philipp Esch. Did you know housing is different from flats? Next time you look at a floor plan, try to look at it with a forensic interest, think of it as an imprint of the everyday life. (Why have I never thought of this before?) Now think of the Palladio's villas. There you have completely pure plans that are not spoiled by toilets, by kitchens... it's just an arrangement of rooms. (Where would you place a toilet in a Palladio's villa?). “Floorpans have to be more open, less determined. Spatially, very much determined, but functionally not much determined.” “Beauty is the most sustainable quality of architecture” but sometimes we have to talk about it using other terms. “We constantly find ourselves promoting architectural qualities without talking about them but instead talking about facility management and architecture as an hidden agenda”. And that's ok. Maybe we should pay more attention to the background. Maybe we should lower our standards. Guest: Philipp Esch - Esch Sintzel Architekten (Zurich, Switzerland) Host: Ana Catarina Silva (Porto, Portugal) Upload your references to: arquiteturaentrevistas.com Instagram @arquiteturaentrevistas Follow for more thoughts on architecture.