La promesa de lo ilimitado
2022
La promesa de lo ilimitado is a documentary photography project that examines the mass-produced architecture of residential developments in Gran Canaria. It aims to expose an unsustainable model of land consumption that neglects the unique vulnerabilities of the Canary Islands. This construction approach diminishes the island's most limited resource: land. The project critiques a commercial-driven model that replicates architectural solutions without regard for the specific characteristics of the archipelago, leading to an artificial habitat devoid of identity and posing a threat to future generations.
The project highlights the alarming trend of urbanization worldwide, where over half of the global population now resides in urban areas, a figure projected to reach 60% by 2030. While cities cover only 3% of the Earth’s surface, they consume over 60% of resources. This reality is evident in the Canary Islands, where rapid and disproportionate construction to meet residential demand has resulted in the degradation of land. The outcome is architecture that lacks identity, failing to respond to the needs of its inhabitants or its environment, leaving behind a landscape of vacant urban spaces, bare walls, debris, and mass-produced homes that strip away both individual and environmental identity.
