Pachinko

The architect Renzo Piano gave this nickname, Pachinko, to the staircases and walkways that connect the two buildings of the Centro Botín in Santander. Inspired by the famous Japanese vertical pinball machines, the name hints at a playful chaos of lines and perspectives.

This series is an architectural study of those structures: a visual exploration of their geometry, repetition, and rhythm. Through a minimalist black and white palette, the images aim to strip the building down to its essential language—an ode to the straight line, which dominates every surface, every angle.

Rather than documenting the space as functional, these photographs reinterpret it as almost abstract—highlighting form and structure over purpose.