May be because we wanted to distinguish divisare from the web that is condemned to a sort of vertical communication, always with the newest architecture at the top of the page, as the "cover story," "the focus. Content that was destined, just like the oh-so-new architecture that had just preceded it a few hours earlier, to rapidly slide down, day after day, lower and lower, in a vertical plunge towards the scrapheap of page 2.
Our model was the bookcase, on whose shelves we have gathered and continue to collect hundreds and hundreds of publications by theme. Every Collection in our Atlas tells a particular story, conveys a specific viewpoint from which to observe the last 20 years of contemporary architecture. A long, patient job of cataloguing, done by hand: image after image, project after project, post after post.
Behind all this there is the certainty that we can do better than the fast, distracted web we know today, where the prevailing business model is: "you make money only if you manage to distract your readers from the contents of your own site. Alberto Campo Baeza. Varia Architectonica Alfredo Pirri. Time is the Best Architect Beniamino Servino. Tacuit et fecit Curves Dario Passi. Oblique Drawing Luca Galofaro. Atlas of Notes Montages. Anger of Form Scrapbook Steven Holl. Wellness Facilities and Spas.
So we began to build divisare not vertically, but horizontally. It is a different idea of the web, which we might call slow web. I'm both architect and photographer. Since I was young photography is in my life and now I can mix it with my other passion: architecture. I work with a Full Frame camera attaching Tilt and Shift lenses. Architecture by Miguel Arraiz , Arqueha.
