The book M_A_R_A_V_I_L_L_A_S, written by Víctor Olmos, was published in February 2024. It is a revision and a written summary of the doctoral thesis that the author defended at the ETSAM in 2010 under the title ‘Vivencias y Divisiones. El Gimnasio Maravillas de Alejandro de la Sota’ https://oa.upm.es/6587/

The British art critic John Berger used to say that going letter by letter through the words in a language he did not know had the sensation of walking along the grooves of a poem, of crossing the territory of poetry. M-A-R-A-V-I-L-L-A-S aims to do exactly that. By breaking down the name of the iconic building we are invited to explore its architecture from every angle, knowing in advance that we will never fully understand it.