We relive the stories that have marked two decades of AD Mexico, such as this article originally published in 2013.
Óscar Hagerman He moved away from the city, from physical pollution, monumental architectureof the superficiality, of the towers that climb the sky, of urban projects – some scary and other Martians – and of gigantic shopping centers, to build schools, hospitals, maternalities, shelters, housing, bridges, furniture for children and adults, and designing diverse objects, such as boxes and frames so that carpenters, potters, seamstresses and other artisans can improve your life.
Óscar Hagerman It is to architecture what John Berger To literature: essential. Since it was received as an architect from the Faculty of Architecture of his dearest UNAMhe joined those who are close to the earth and live on it, that is, the poorest. Born in La Coruña, Spain, in 1936, Oscar came to Mexico when he was 15 years old, after spending time in Cuba. He left his Scandinavian part behind, but that was no obstacle to traveling several times to Sweden, the homeland of his last name: Hagerman.