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El presente artículo reivindica el valor intangible de la Arquitectura, y para ello ilustraremos este pensamiento con un reciente proyecto en la huerta de Murcia: Aunque el encargo original consistía en proyectar una nueva casa moderna que reemplazase a dos ruinas existentes, puesto que ambas mostraban una fuerte relación con el huerto, además de otros valores que van más allá de su materialidad, finalmente la familia entendió que las ruinas requerían ser rescatadas. Para ello se siguió la regla de aprovechar los detalles deficientes de las viejas construcciones y transformarlos en oportunidades mágicas, además de incluir en el nuevo hogar la noción de ruina como parte de su historia. The present article claims for an intangible value of Architecture, and we will illustrate this way of thinking with a project that we have just finished in the orchards of Murcia: Although the original commission consisted of designing a new modern house to replace two existing ruins, since both of them had a strong relationship with the orchard, besides other values that go beyond their materiality, finally the family understood that the ruins needed to be preserved. To do it we followed a set of rules to take advantage of the poor building details in the old constructions and to transform them into magic opportunities, as well as adding in the new home the notion of ruin as part of its history.

In this paper, I question architecture in relation to the notions of “immaterial” and “virtual”. The cityscapes where architecture is placed become increasingly liquid, marked by immaterial structures, flows and landscapes. How does architecture fit critically in this scenario? I will consider two ways to discuss the role of the immaterial related to architecture: first, in the case of media buildings; secondly, in those forms of architecture which imbibe immateriality, focus on and represent it, as in the Sendai Mediatheque (Ito) and in the Fondation Cartier (Nouvel).