{"id":2878,"date":"2015-09-30T11:30:48","date_gmt":"2015-09-30T10:30:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ociohogar.com\/blog\/?p=2878"},"modified":"2015-10-06T09:04:27","modified_gmt":"2015-10-06T08:04:27","slug":"joaquin-torres-mediatico-arquitecto-y-disenador-mas-de-cerca","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ociohogar.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/30\/joaquin-torres-mediatico-arquitecto-y-disenador-mas-de-cerca\/ ","title":{"rendered":"Joaqu\u00edn Torres, medi\u00e1tico arquitecto y dise\u00f1ador, m\u00e1s de cerca."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>OcioHogar ha tenido el placer de entrevistar a uno de los arquitectos m\u00e1s conocidos en Espa\u00f1a. Llamado el \u201carquitecto de los famosos\u201d, Joaqu\u00edn Torres es fundador del Estudio A-cero, junto con Rafael Llamazares. Un arquitecto muy medi\u00e1tico que ha conseguido acercar el dise\u00f1o y promover el gran trabajo de su firma. La cual es una de las m\u00e1s conocidas en Espa\u00f1a y en el extranjero.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-singlepic-image \" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ociohogar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/fotos-posts\/ocio-hogar-joaquin-torres.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/www.ociohogar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/fotos-posts\/ocio-hogar-joaquin-torres.jpg\"\n\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.ociohogar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/fotos-posts\/thumbs\/thumbs_ocio-hogar-joaquin-torres.jpg\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"28\"\n\t\t\tdata-title=\"Joaqu\u00edn Torres\"\n\t\t\tdata-description=\"\"\n\t\t\ttarget='_self'\n\t\t\tclass=\"shutterset_c888e4bcebf5271e67257ae95204adc6\">\n\t\t\t<img class=\"ngg-singlepic\"\n\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ociohogar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/fotos-posts\/cache\/ocio-hogar-joaquin-torres.jpg-nggid0228-ngg0dyn-600x600x100-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg\"\n\t\t\talt=\"Joaqu\u00edn Torres\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Joaqu\u00edn Torres\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twidth=\"600\" \t\t\t \/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p><strong>OcioHogar-<\/strong> El hecho de ser hijo de Juan Torres Pi\u00f1\u00f3n, un afamado empresario relacionado con el mundo de la construcci\u00f3n. \u00bfPudo ser uno de los motivos que le llevaron a interesarse por la arquitectura?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Joaqu\u00edn Torres<\/strong> &#8211; Mi padre ha estado metido en el mundo de la empresa desde que tengo uso de raz\u00f3n pero su labor era m\u00e1s de gesti\u00f3n y m\u00e1s como ingeniero, nunca desde un punto de vista creativo\u2026 Es m\u00e1s, creo que a \u00e9l le hubiera gustado que hubiese cursado ingenier\u00eda de caminos. Pero yo por vocaci\u00f3n pero tambi\u00e9n por reafirmaci\u00f3n, pues desde muy joven decid\u00ed que quer\u00eda ser arquitecto, ten\u00eda muy claro que no quer\u00eda trabajar para mi padre y sus empresas. Jam\u00e1s he realizado un proyecto para ACS, ni para ninguna de las empresas de mi padre.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><strong>OH-<\/strong> En su opini\u00f3n \u00bfqu\u00e9 es lo que hace que un dise\u00f1o tenga \u00e9xito?<\/p>\n<p><strong>J.T &#8211;<\/strong> El \u00e9xito es algo relativo. Para m\u00ed el \u00e9xito de un dise\u00f1o radica en transmitir a mi cliente mi seguridad y mi \u201cpasi\u00f3n\u201d por ese dise\u00f1o y que el cliente quede complacido.<\/p>\n<p><strong>OH-<\/strong> En el estudio A-Cero realizan arquitectura de edificios y tambi\u00e9n dise\u00f1o de interiores \u00bfson dos facetas que van unidas o se deben separar?<\/p>\n<p><strong>J.T &#8211;<\/strong> Yo creo que la arquitectura no termina en las fachadas de un edificio. El dise\u00f1o es global y nadie mejor que el creador del espacio para completar el dise\u00f1o. Pero evidentemente se puede separar aunque considero que va en contra del proyecto global.<\/p>\n<p><strong>OH &#8211;<\/strong> Actualmente se encuentra algo m\u00e1s retirado de la exposici\u00f3n en los medios. \u00bfC\u00f3mo es un d\u00eda de trabajo para usted?<\/p>\n<p><strong>J.T &#8211;<\/strong> Decid\u00ed hace algo m\u00e1s de un a\u00f1o dejar la televisi\u00f3n y centrar la comunicaci\u00f3n del estudio en medios m\u00e1s especializados.<\/p>\n<p>Me imagino que una jornada laboral m\u00eda es como la de cualquier persona que tiene que levantar una empresa con tantos empleados. Es intensa y muy larga y llena de complicaciones que hay que resolver: dise\u00f1os, control de proyectos, control de obras, presupuestos, gesti\u00f3n de personal\u2026 En fin, multitud de aspectos que nunca tienen un final.<\/p>\n<p><strong>OH-<\/strong> En 2013 public\u00f3 su libro \u201cDetr\u00e1s de la puerta\u201d \u00bfc\u00f3mo fue la experiencia de escribir un libro? \u00bfCree que volver\u00e1 a publicar en el futuro?<\/p>\n<p><strong>J.T &#8211;<\/strong> Es un libro que relata an\u00e9cdotas de c\u00f3mo fueron los primeros 15 a\u00f1os de profesi\u00f3n. He tenido m\u00e1s propuestas y las he declinado todas pues si volviese a escribir otro libro me implicar\u00eda mucho m\u00e1s y para eso hace falta mucho tiempo y es justo de lo que yo carezco.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-singlepic-image \" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ociohogar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/fotos-posts\/silla-rest-vondom-exterior-chillout-joaquin-torres-1.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/www.ociohogar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/fotos-posts\/silla-rest-vondom-exterior-chillout-joaquin-torres-1.jpg\"\n\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.ociohogar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/fotos-posts\/thumbs\/thumbs_silla-rest-vondom-exterior-chillout-joaquin-torres-1.jpg\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"29\"\n\t\t\tdata-title=\"Silla Rest Vondom Exterior\"\n\t\t\tdata-description=\"\"\n\t\t\ttarget='_self'\n\t\t\tclass=\"shutterset_0366ec558d143bb9baca91ef2f0ccbcb\">\n\t\t\t<img class=\"ngg-singlepic\"\n\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ociohogar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/fotos-posts\/cache\/silla-rest-vondom-exterior-chillout-joaquin-torres-1.jpg-nggid0229-ngg0dyn-600x600x100-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg\"\n\t\t\talt=\"Silla Rest Vondom Exterior\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Silla Rest Vondom Exterior\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twidth=\"600\" \t\t\t \/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p><strong>OH-<\/strong> \u00bfEn qu\u00e9 o en qui\u00e9n se inspira para realizar sus creaciones?<\/p>\n<p><strong>J.T &#8211;<\/strong> El mundo del arte es sin duda una magn\u00edfica referencia y una fuente de inspiraci\u00f3n. Pero al final uno se va nutriendo de todo aquello que le sorprende, que le emociona\u2026 Una exposici\u00f3n, una escenograf\u00eda, un interiorismo, una pel\u00edcula\u2026 la vida.<\/p>\n<p><strong>OH-<\/strong> Su relaci\u00f3n laboral con Rafael Llamazares se extiende ya 19 a\u00f1os, trabajando codo a codo \u00bfqu\u00e9 tal es la relaci\u00f3n a d\u00eda de hoy? \u00bfEn qu\u00e9 aspectos se complementan el uno al otro?<\/p>\n<p><strong>J.T &#8211;<\/strong> Rafa es mi socio, mi amigo\u2026 Es una persona que siempre est\u00e1 para todo\u2026 Y nuestra relaci\u00f3n es permanente y perfectamente complementaria. Es sin duda de esas personas que siempre suman. Soy muy afortunado contando con una persona con su talento y su talante\u2026 Y no s\u00e9 c\u00f3mo le complementar\u00e9 yo a \u00e9l, lo que s\u00ed que puedo decir es que \u00e9l no solo me complementa, tambi\u00e9n me hace ser mejor arquitecto y lo que es m\u00e1s importante, mejor persona.<\/p>\n<p><strong>OH-<\/strong> Usted es una persona muy polifac\u00e9tica, le hemos visto en medios de comunicaci\u00f3n, ha escrito un libro, es arquitecto y dise\u00f1ador de interiores, amante del deporte\u2026 \u00bfEn qu\u00e9 otros sectores le gustar\u00eda trabajar?<\/p>\n<p><strong>J.T &#8211;<\/strong> Me gusta mucho pintar y seguro que es una faceta que acabar\u00e9 desarrollando m\u00e1s intensivamente.<\/p>\n<p><strong>OH-<\/strong> Estudio A-Cero y usted son muy conocidos por el dise\u00f1o de casas de m\u00faltiples personajes famosos \u00bfHay alguna de estas casas que suponga un hito especial en su carrera?<\/p>\n<p><strong>J.T &#8211;<\/strong> Pues la verdad, hay una estupenda vivienda que proyectamos que aparte de tener su\u00a0 peculiaridad dentro de la arquitectura de A-cero, posee un gran peso afectivo. La casa de Fernando Hierro. Yo creo que fue una de las primeras personas conocidas a la que le realic\u00e9 un proyecto y result\u00f3 adem\u00e1s ser una excelente persona, a\u00fan a d\u00eda de hoy unos 15 a\u00f1os despu\u00e9s es un gran amigo.<\/p>\n<p><strong>OH-<\/strong> Si usted no fuera arquitecto, habr\u00eda sido\u2026<\/p>\n<p><strong>J.T &#8211;<\/strong> Habr\u00eda sido cualquier cosa pero anhelando ser arquitecto. La arquitectura es junto a mis hijos el eje unilateral de mi vida y todo tiene sentido por y para la arquitectura en mi vida.<\/p>\n<p><strong>OH-<\/strong> Para terminar:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Un color: <\/strong>Blanco.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Un material:<\/strong> Hormig\u00f3n.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Un arquitecto\/dise\u00f1ador que admire:<\/strong> Rafael Llamazares.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Un mueble que le inspire:<\/strong> la silla Barcelona.<\/li>\n<li><strong>El lugar favorito de su casa:<\/strong> el cuarto de mis hijos.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Un lugar donde vivir:<\/strong> donde est\u00e9n mis hijos.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>OcioHogar had the pleasure of interviewing one of the most well-known architects in Spain. Called the \u201carchitect of the famous\u201d, Joaquin Torres is co-founder of Estudio A-cero with Rafael Llamazares. A high-profile architect who has managed to bring the design closer to people and promote the great work of their brand. Which it is one of the most famous in Spain and abroad.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>OH-<\/strong> Being the son of Juan Torres Pi\u00f1\u00f3n, a famous construction entrepreneur. Could it be one of the reasons that led you to become interested in architecture?<\/p>\n<p><strong>J.T &#8211;<\/strong> My father has been involved in the world of business as long as I can remember but his job was management and as engineer, never from a creative point of view&#8230; Moreover, I think he would have liked me to study road engineering. However I was loyal to my vocation, since a very early age I decided I would be an architect and I was very clear that I didn\u2019t want to work for my father or his companies. I&#8217;ve never done a project for ACS, nor for any of the companies of my father.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-singlepic-image \" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ociohogar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/fotos-posts\/restaurante-hotel-indiala-puket.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/www.ociohogar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/fotos-posts\/restaurante-hotel-indiala-puket.jpg\"\n\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.ociohogar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/fotos-posts\/thumbs\/thumbs_restaurante-hotel-indiala-puket.jpg\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"31\"\n\t\t\tdata-title=\"Restaurante y hotel Indiala\"\n\t\t\tdata-description=\"\"\n\t\t\ttarget='_self'\n\t\t\tclass=\"shutterset_cad3a9c8923e051958daa2126e2a679d\">\n\t\t\t<img class=\"ngg-singlepic\"\n\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ociohogar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/fotos-posts\/cache\/restaurante-hotel-indiala-puket.jpg-nggid0231-ngg0dyn-600x600x100-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg\"\n\t\t\talt=\"Restaurante y hotel Indiala\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Restaurante y hotel Indiala\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twidth=\"600\" \t\t\t \/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p><strong>OH-<\/strong> In your opinion, what makes a design to become a success?<\/p>\n<p><strong>J.T &#8211;<\/strong> Success is relative. For me the success of a design is about transmitting my safety and my \u00abpassion\u00bb for that design to the customer, and to please the customer.<\/p>\n<p><strong>OH-<\/strong> In Estudio A-cero you work on architecture for buildings and interior design. Are they tightly coupled areas of design or should be separated?<\/p>\n<p><strong>J.T &#8211;<\/strong> I think that architecture does not end on the facades of a building. The design is global and nobody better than the creator of a space to complete the design. Obviously you can separate it although I think it goes against the overall project.<\/p>\n<p><strong>OH-<\/strong> Nowadays you have reduced your exposure to the media. How is a working day for you?<\/p>\n<p><strong>J.T &#8211;<\/strong> I decided one year ago to leave television and center the Estudio\u2019s communication in more specialized media.<\/p>\n<p>My working day is like the one of any person who has to drive a company with many employees. It is intense and full of complications to be solved: design, project control, building control, budgeting, employee\u2019s management &#8230; In brief, lot of work that never has an end.<\/p>\n<p><strong>OH-<\/strong> In 2013 you published your book \u00abBehind the door\u00bb. How was the experience of writing a book? Do you think you will publish again in the future?<\/p>\n<p><strong>J.T &#8211;<\/strong> It is a book about stories I had during the first 15 years of profession. I&#8217;ve had more proposals and I have declined all of them because if I was to write another book, I would get very involved and I don\u2019t have much time.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u00a0\t\t\t\n\t\t<div class=\"ngg-gallery-singlepic-image \" style=\"max-width: 600px\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.ociohogar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/fotos-posts\/mesita-rest-vondom-exterior-chillout-joaquin-torres-rafael-llamazares.jpg\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"\"\n\t\t\tdata-src=\"https:\/\/www.ociohogar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/fotos-posts\/mesita-rest-vondom-exterior-chillout-joaquin-torres-rafael-llamazares.jpg\"\n\t\t\tdata-thumbnail=\"https:\/\/www.ociohogar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/fotos-posts\/thumbs\/thumbs_mesita-rest-vondom-exterior-chillout-joaquin-torres-rafael-llamazares.jpg\"\n\t\t\tdata-image-id=\"30\"\n\t\t\tdata-title=\"Mesita Rest Vondom Exterior\"\n\t\t\tdata-description=\"\"\n\t\t\ttarget='_self'\n\t\t\tclass=\"shutterset_d769380f520d112c14e530ca32c7c503\">\n\t\t\t<img class=\"ngg-singlepic\"\n\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/www.ociohogar.com\/blog\/wp-content\/gallery\/fotos-posts\/cache\/mesita-rest-vondom-exterior-chillout-joaquin-torres-rafael-llamazares.jpg-nggid0230-ngg0dyn-600x600x100-00f0w010c010r110f110r010t010.jpg\"\n\t\t\talt=\"Mesita Rest Vondom Exterior\"\n\t\t\ttitle=\"Mesita Rest Vondom Exterior\"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\twidth=\"600\" \t\t\t \/>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p><strong>OH-<\/strong> What or who inspires you to make your creations?<\/p>\n<p><strong>J.T &#8211;<\/strong> The world of art is certainly a great reference and a source of inspiration. But at the end we are nourished by everything that surprises you, excites you &#8230; An exhibition, an interior design, a film &#8230; life.<\/p>\n<p><strong>OH-<\/strong> Your working relationship with Rafael Llamazares extends over 19 years working closely. How is the relationship today? How do you complement each other?<\/p>\n<p><strong>J.T &#8211;<\/strong> Rafa is my partner, my friend &#8230; he is a person who is always available &#8230; And our relationship is permanent and perfectly complementary. He is certainly of that person who always adds up. I am very fortunate having someone with his talent and spirit &#8230; I do not know how I complement him, what I can say is that he does not only complements me, he also makes me a better architect and what is most important, a better person.<\/p>\n<p><strong>OH-<\/strong> You are a very versatile person, we have seen you in the media, you have written a book, as an architect and interior designer, sports fan&#8230; In which other sectors would like to work?<\/p>\n<p><strong>J.T &#8211;<\/strong> I love painting and I\u2019m sure it is a facet that I will focus on at some point. No doubt.<\/p>\n<p><strong>OH-<\/strong> Estudio A-cero and you are well known for the design of many houses of famous people. Do any of these houses represent a particular milestone in your career?<\/p>\n<p><strong>J.T &#8211;<\/strong> To be fair, there is a great housing project that apart from being a peculiarity into the architecture of A-cero, has a great emotional weight. Fernando Hierro\u2019s house. I think he was one of the first famous people that I worked for. And he also proved to be an excellent person, even today, around 15 years later; he is still a great friend.<\/p>\n<p><strong>OH-<\/strong> If you were not an architect, you would have been&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>J.T &#8211;<\/strong> I would have been anything but looking forward to being an architect. Architecture is, together with my children, the unilateral focus of my life. My life only makes sense as an architect.<\/p>\n<p><strong>OH<\/strong>&#8211; To finish:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong> A colour:<\/strong> White.<\/li>\n<li><strong> Material:<\/strong> Concrete.<\/li>\n<li><strong> An architect \/ designer who admire: <\/strong>Rafael Llamazares.<\/li>\n<li><strong> A furniture that inspire you:<\/strong> the Barcelona chair.<\/li>\n<li><strong> The favourite place of your home:<\/strong> the bedroom of my children.<\/li>\n<li><strong> A place to live:<\/strong> Wherever my kids are.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OcioHogar ha tenido el placer de entrevistar a uno de los arquitectos m\u00e1s conocidos en Espa\u00f1a. Llamado el \u201carquitecto de los famosos\u201d, Joaqu\u00edn Torres es fundador del Estudio A-cero, junto con Rafael Llamazares. Un arquitecto muy medi\u00e1tico que ha conseguido acercar el dise\u00f1o y promover el gran trabajo de su firma. La cual es una [&hellip;]<\/p>\n <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ociohogar.com\/blog\/2015\/09\/30\/joaquin-torres-mediatico-arquitecto-y-disenador-mas-de-cerca\/ \">Leer m\u00e1s<\/a>","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[323],"tags":[331,333,334,55,327,328,332,330,85,329],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ociohogar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2878"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ociohogar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ociohogar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ociohogar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ociohogar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2878"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.ociohogar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2878\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2903,"href":"https:\/\/www.ociohogar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2878\/revisions\/2903"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ociohogar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2878"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ociohogar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2878"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ociohogar.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2878"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}