“We make our buildings and afterwards they make us”
The Archimachine is a moving object suspended in space and time. A metaphor ofa mutation of the country where every single gear is a key piece for its functioning. Asurrealist spaceship where thecountry and its symbols floating weightless. Amicrocosm that transports the imagination.
17 illustrations of fantastic machines representing 17 countries whose gears aremade and operated by architecture. Mechanisms suspended in time and space thatproduce and process culture.
The architecture is a complex system able to influence and affect our way of life. Weare in part the result of the spaces we inhabit. Is certain the influence of architectureand structure upon human character and action. We make our buildings andafterwards they make us. A kind of exemplification of Genius Loci concept that refersto a location's distinctive atmosphere, or a "spirit of place".
This illustrator project is a metaphor of how the architecture is a fundamental keypiece in the construction of identity of places and of people that inhabit them.This mechanized representation of architecture presents a narrative exploration of acountry and its culture. The colors and the architectural symbols participate in theeffort of a surrealist description of a nation.
