Francesc Gasch
Founder & Editor, Mainifesto
Founder and Editor of Mainifesto. Barcelona-based designer writing about architecture, design, technology and culture, with responsibility for the publication’s editorial direction and standards.
Articles by Francesc Gasch
Lisbon’s Santo António Primary School poses a sharp conservation question: preserve the evidence of gender segregation, or keep making children inhabit it?
L.A.’s ADU boom turns parking into homes. But fair conversion must protect renters, support accessible travel, and share the costs of change.
The EU’s unsold fashion destruction ban tackles disposal, not overproduction. Can repair, alteration and resale change the economics of excess?
Miami’s hurricane-resistant automated library expands access. But does 24-hour borrowing strengthen public service—or excuse withdrawing librarians?
An offline habitability standard could make doors, heating and lighting work without cloud services—and make disconnection a right, not a luxury.
AI can bring unbuilt architecture into public view—or turn conjecture into history. Wren’s unrealised cathedral reveals what responsible images must disclose.
Repairable Fairbuds challenge disposable audio. Can designers balance replaceable batteries, comfort and moisture protection without compromising performance?
SOM’s Cunningham Pier proposal tests whether luxury investment can deliver a genuinely public waterfront—or just a promenade designed to sell.
Coperni’s reported closure raises a harder question: who funds fashion’s material experiments, and what lets their discoveries outlive the label?
Holst’s completion of an Adjaye-designed Oregon library challenges signature authorship. Here’s how architectural credit should change when teams do.
