The vision of Juan Granara on the advances in MINI

The architect Juan Granara, of Monoblock —studio to charge of the design of MINI— was visiting recently the work and shared his vision on the state of advance of the project, his decisions of design and how begins to materialise the original idea in the territory built.

In this instance, more than a technical update, the interesting is the reading that does of the project in work: how MINI begins to show his character, how read the decisions of design in real scale and how the constructive process goes confirming (and adjusting) the initial ideas.

To continuation, share some of the most notable points that arise of his visit:

1. The work begins to reveal the identity of the project One of the appearances that stands out Juan is how, to measure that advances the construction, MINI begins to “appear” like complete architectural object. No longer it is only an idea or a representation, but a physical presence where the scale, the proportions and the materials begin to read in set.

2. The importance of the scale like decision of design In his route, goes back on a central concept of the project: the scale. MINI Works knowingly with a scale contained, where each decision goes back more sensitive. According to his gaze, this does not limit the project, but it obliges it to be more precise in each detail.

3. The material like part of the identity Another key point is how the materials begin to define the character of the project in work. No like revestimiento, but like structural part of the identity of MINI. The reading in place allows to see how these decisions, taken in plan, translate in atmosphere and real presence.

4. The relation among interior and external Juan puts emphasis in how the project works the transition among interior and external, generating intermediate situations that are not entirely a thing neither the another. In work, these transitions begin to take form and to show his role inside the general experience of the project.

5. The process like part of the design One of the most interesting appearances of his gaze is how the project does not understand like something enclosed, but like a system that follows evolving. The work no only executes decisions: also it puts them to test, adjusts them and in some cases redefines them.

6. The coherence of the concept in work Finally, stands out how the original concept of the project maintains recognizable in this stage of construction. Further of you adjust them own of the process, MINI conserves a clear line of design, what allows that the initial idea keep on being readable in his materialisation.

The visit of Juan contributes a valuable gaze in this moment of the project: when MINI leaves to be only a design to start with to consolidate like space built.

Thank you, Juan and squad of Monoblock, by his contribution to this incredible project!