Drawing is synonymous with thinking. Numerous authors, artists and architects have pointed this out throughout history. Jørn Utzon evoked this idea when he drew a man whose inkwell was his own brain. Similarly, Juhani Pallasmaa recalled it in his essay The thinking hand. Every stroke of an architectural drawing thereby confirms that the discipline begins with the simplicity of a hand that draws.

The exhibition Drawings of architectures stems from Primitivo González’s passion for architecture. For more than 25 years now he has been putting together an astonishing selection of drawings, notes, sketches and drafts. His interest in collecting is not driven by a search for specific pieces, but rather by a desire to trace the moment when different architects first give shape to their ideas. Neither the signature nor graphic perfection is as important as the dialogue between multiple thoughts. As Leopoldo Uría recalls in the catalogue text, collecting is also a cultural and creative act, where the whole is constructed through interrelationships rather than isolated pieces. In this regard, these graphic pieces enjoy dual status: they are the beginning of a design process, and at the same time works of art with their own value. Each sketch is part of a broader map: a cartography of modern and contemporary architecture, traced from fragments that reveal the diversity of ways of designing.

The layout of the room reinforces this interpretation. The long tables display the drawings as if they were a large shared board, where modern masters and more contemporary architects engage in dialogue on the same surface. The light is concentrated on this work surface, evoking the intimate atmosphere of the studio, where time seems to stand still.

This exhibition does not merely display drawings: it invites visitors to come into the space in the mind where architecture begins.