2024-12-04T04:11:07-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150434742/david-chipperfield-on-fundaci-n-ria-and-regional-planning-efforts-in-northern-spain Josh Niland 2024-06-27T19:54:00-04:00 >2024-06-28T13:55:28-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/f9/f99cd81149bc4bd39ec0de2111d60793.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>A strength of Galicia, Chipperfield believes, is the extent to which technocratic versions of modernity have passed it by. &ldquo;When we were growing up, we sort of knew what progress was. It was silver and shiny. Now we&rsquo;re not so sure."</p></em><br /><br /><p>In a new interview with <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/462915/rowan-moore" target="_blank">Rowan Moore</a>, last year&rsquo;s <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/51168/pritzker-prize" target="_blank">Pritzker</a> winner <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/1777/david-chipperfield" target="_blank">David Chipperfield </a>details his work in Galicia, Spain. In this seaside locale, he says, he&rsquo;s found a restored sense of "normality" after relocating his life and family there for the summertime beginning in 2020. From there, he established his&nbsp;<a href="https://fundacionria.org/" target="_blank">Fundaci&oacute;n RIA</a>, a "little research group" that has been instrumental in helping guide a territorial plan with aims that can be applied to many core issues (a lack of transportation options, livelihood in city centers, and disused structures) plaguing other small cities in the EU and North America.</p>