The Grid and the Park

Adrián Gorelik (Mercedes, Buenos Aires, 1957) is an architect trained at the University of Buenos Aires, where he also obtained his doctoral degree in history. He is a researcher of the Argentine research council (CONICET) and full professor at the Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, where he has directed the Centro de Historia Intelectual. He has held the Guggenheim Foundation fellowship and has been a fellow of the Wissenschaftskolleg in Berlin. In 2012 he held the Simón Bolívar professorship at the University of Cambridge. He was member of the board of directors of the journal Punto de Vista and is currently part of the editorial committee of Prismas. Revista de Historia Intelectual. He has published widely on urban and intellectual cultural history, architecture and urban thought in Argentina and Latin America. His books include La sombra de la vanguardia. Hannes Meyer en México, with Jorge F. Liernur (Buenos Aires, 1993; Santiago de Chile, 2019); La grilla y el parque. Espacio público y cultura urbana en Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires, 1998), Miradas sobre Buenos Aires (Buenos Aires, 2004); Das vanguardas a Brasília. Cultura urbana e arquitetura na América Latina (Belo Horizonte, 2005); and Correspondencias. Arquitectura, ciudad, cultura (Buenos Aires, 2011). He is an influential voice in public debates regarding urban policies and culture in Buenos Aires.