Field of Forces

Field of Forces
Concept and spatial research: Fernando Miñarro Mena. Digital visualisation of the proposed installation by the author.
An artistic research exploring how matter, energy and space self-organise into dynamic spatial systems through painting, sculpture and installation.

Fernando Miñarro Mena
Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain
About
Architect, artist and researcher exploring regenerative spatial systems through painting, sculpture and installation.
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Field of work
Architecture, Design, Urban planning, Landscape architecture, Visual Art
Project submitted
2026

I am an architect, visual artist and researcher whose practice explores the intersections between spatial culture, material experimentation and ecological systems. My work is driven by the belief that art and architecture can operate as complementary forms of research, capable of revealing new ways of understanding the relationships between matter, energy, space and time.

After studying Architecture at CEU San Pablo University in Madrid, I developed my professional experience in architectural studios in Madrid and London before focusing increasingly on artistic research. My background combines architectural design, spatial thinking and experimental artistic practice, allowing me to investigate space simultaneously as a physical, perceptual and ecological system.

Working across painting, sculpture and installation, I develop projects in which materials are not passive media but active agents that organise spatial relationships through processes of accumulation, tension, balance and transformation. Rather than producing autonomous objects, my practice constructs environments where artworks interact with one another and with visitors, generating dynamic systems that continuously evolve through perception and experience.

My current research is closely connected to regenerative thinking, systems theory and non-equilibrium processes, exploring how principles of emergence, adaptation and self-organisation can inform new spatial methodologies. These ideas are developed through both artistic production and academic research, seeking to establish dialogues between visual arts, architecture and contemporary ecological thought.

My work has been presented in solo and group exhibitions in Spain, accompanied by critical essays from art historians and curators, while my architectural research investigates regenerative spatial systems and ecological infrastructures.


Field of Forces is an interdisciplinary research project that explores how matter, energy, space and time interact to generate adaptive spatial systems. Instead of understanding artworks as isolated objects, the project investigates how form emerges through processes of accumulation, tension, instability and material reorganisation.

Developed through painting, sculpture and installation, the research uses artistic practice as a methodology for exploring spatial organisation. Painting expands into space through material density, layering and light, while sculpture investigates balance, gravity, mass and void. Together they create environments where space is continuously produced through relationships rather than occupied by objects.

The project is informed by systems thinking, non-equilibrium thermodynamics and regenerative ecological principles. These frameworks provide an alternative way of understanding spatial practice, where order is not imposed but emerges from interaction, adaptation and transformation. This perspective responds to contemporary environmental challenges by proposing spatial systems that embrace complexity instead of resisting it.

Rather than producing a finished work, Field of Forces functions as an open laboratory. Every installation becomes a prototype in which material behaviour, structural tension, light and movement operate as research tools. Visitors do not simply observe the work; they experience changing relationships between bodies, materials and space, becoming part of the system itself.

Within the LINA Architecture Programme, I aim to develop this methodology through collaboration with architects, designers, researchers and cultural institutions. My objective is to translate artistic experimentation into new forms of spatial research capable of generating installations, workshops and interventions that encourage dialogue between architecture, ecology and contemporary culture.