studiosanderpatelski

Where others focused on function and systems, Luis Barragán (1902–1988) focused on atmosphere. Solid walls, quiet courtyards, carefully framed views, and those unmistakable colors.

The result feels calm, almost introspective, but very precise at the same time.

His influence is still visible today, especially in architecture that aims for minimalism without losing warmth.

These three prints are available through my website.

The drawings that I make are not exact representations. They are reductions. I remove context and secondary detail to focus on structure, proportion, and the relationship between openings and solid planes.

Shadows are constructed as geometry, reinforcing form instead of atmosphere.

The buildings I draw come from different places and periods, but I treat them equally. By removing context and material specificity, they exist in the same abstract register, allowing me to focus on composition.

The process is digital, but entirely manual. I place lines one by one, adjust them, and leave them visible. So there is always a balance between precision and the trace of making.

At the same time, the drawings are not purely analytical.
I make them to be looked at. To hold together as images.

Clarity, balance and rhythm are not only structural qualities, but visual ones.

Across the work, my aim is to reduce architecture to the relationships that make it legible, and in doing so, to create something that is simply pleasing to the eye.