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In conjunction with the 15th Madrid Architecture Week, the Norman Foster Foundation presents Architecture on Screen, a film series curated by the foundation for Sala Equis in the Spanish capital.
Since the early 20th century, both architecture and film have found ways to express new ideas and develop avant-garde languages. Avant-garde movements, such as Futurism, established a close link between art, film, and architecture. As seen in the drawings of Sant'Elia, they convey the concept of the industrial city, moving trains, and buildings inspired by hydroelectric power plants, using the machine as a metaphor.
Titled "Less Architecture, More City," the 5th edition of the International Congress of Architecture and Society will focus on the city to reflect on new forms of urbanism, exploring dimensions such as ecology, sustainable mobility, and the humanization of public spaces.
As in the four previous editions, the Baluarte-Palacio de Congresos y Auditorio de Navarra will once again host this international event on June 13 and 14. While previous editions were more focused on architecture and architects—having featured renowned international figures such as Álvaro Siza, Alejandro Aravena, David Chipperfield, and Rem Koolhaas, and gathering up to 10 Pritzker Prize winners—this year marks a shift. In fact, from its first edition, titled "More for Less," to the most recent one in 2016, "Climate Change," the event has hosted major international figures in the field.
https://www.archdaily.com/1102517/the-city-will-take-center-stage-at-the-5th-international-congress-of-architecture-and-societyJavier García Librero
At first glance, it might seem unusual to think of an architect as a highly valued professional within certain areas of the digital sector. However, upon closer analysis, we can observe the significant similarities between architecture and digital product design, helping us understand why these professionals are becoming highly sought-after profiles among industry leaders.
El Inventario de Abestudio is launching its graphic experimentation workshops with The Shadow Laboratory. Over three sessions, participants will explore the capacity of shadows to generate images that can detach from their source objects, take on their own identity, and design a new reality. They will construct and compose shadows, capturing an infinite array of possible configurations derived from the object and light beams on a flat plane.
After a long period in which photography was effectively the only language used to document architecture, moving images are increasingly gaining prominence as a way to enrich the architectural discourse.
On Thursday, May 24, at 7:00 PM, the Espai Alfaro will host the opening of the exhibition AlfaroSiza: Ideas encontradas, which brings together and exhibits, for the first time, works by architect Álvaro Siza and sculptor Andreu Alfaro. The explorations of both in sculpture, drawing, and architecture, along with the undeniable and striking relationship between their creations, serve as the exhibition's main draw.
https://www.archdaily.com/1101634/fifty-works-bring-alvaro-siza-and-andreu-alfaro-together-in-valenciaJavier García Librero
For the seventh consecutive year, the UIC Barcelona School of Architecture is inaugurating its final degree project exhibition at the iconic architectural complex of the Reales Atarazanas in Barcelona, the current home of the Maritime Museum. Titled Barcel/on/a/line. Green urban strategies from river to river, the exhibition arrives amidst an ongoing debate regarding the difficult balance between the economic and social roles of Barcelona's waterfront, which is currently strained by mass tourism. It presents proposals that connect and reprogram the open spaces along the 10-kilometer coastline between the Besòs and Llobregat rivers, aiming to strengthen its civic character and its connection to the adjacent urban fabric.
Nine projects that encourage rethinking and shaping the city from a different perspective, through artistic proposals that, by transforming spaces, spark new experiences, encounters, and interactions distinct from those generated by the traditional city. The Imagina Madrid program aims to explore the potential of art to begin imagining a different city—one designed to the scale of all those who inhabit it.
The nine sites proposed for transformation in this inaugural edition of Imagina Madrid are distributed throughout the city's periphery. They were selected for their unique characteristics, challenges, and potential, serving as testing grounds for new ways to inhabit these spaces while honoring their history and identity:
On January 31, the book Opera Chillana Digesta, recently published by Editorial Fisuras, will be presented at Casa de América in Madrid.
Opera Chillana Digesta is a large-format portfolio written and illustrated by Juan Borchers in early 1964. It is one of the most valuable Borchers manuscripts preserved in the Original Archives of the Faculty of Architecture at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile. In this manuscript, Borchers aims to synthesize the intellectual background of the project for the Cooperativa Eléctrica de Chillán building, which was nearing completion at the time. It is written in simple language—at least in comparison to other texts by Borchers—and is accompanied by beautiful drawings. Beyond presenting the architectural concept behind the project, Borchers provides insights into how this concept is embodied in the work. Among the many topics covered, the Borcherian idea of "act" and a theory of form embodied in his concept of "bastones" (staffs), conceived as differences between magnitudes, stand out.
The MAS in Collective Housing is celebrating an anniversary, and we are pleased to share our excitement at reaching 10 editions. With 256 students from 38 countries and 70 international workshops behind us, we are confident that we are on the right track, and we have now opened the application period for the next edition.
Galeria Joan Prats presents Footprints, the first exhibition by architect Josep Lluís Mateo. Through a selection of completed works and projects, the exhibition explores Mateo’s career in a non-chronological manner, seeking ways to narrate architecture through the themes inherent to his practice. Mateo’s architecture is characterized by a modernist legacy, focusing on the pursuit of light, an intense dialogue with context, and a connection between idea and material. His projects are thoughtful and strategic; they speak to space and carefully balance the relationship between the mineral and the vegetal.
Architect Tomás García Piris, CUAC Arquitectos, Granada, Spain
The Mundaneum XII_re_UNIÓN International Architecture: Necessary Architectures and Cities: re_THINKING Architecture and Urbanism in Latin America will take place at the Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Granada (ETSAG), Spain, on October 3, 4, and 5, 2018, to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the re_UNIÓN's founding (1998-2018).
On Saturday, November 24, at 12:00 PM, we will inaugurate the exhibition Mercat Sant Antoni, objeto, obra, atmósfera [Mercat Sant Antoni: Object, Work, Atmosphere] by photographer Asier Rua. Join us for a vermouth as we premiere the video of the project carried out in Barcelona.
n'UNDO proposes approaching architecture and urbanism from a different perspective, understanding that it is possible to build more and better through reduction, restraint, and reasoned declination. The theoretical framework developed aims to improve the urban and environmental landscape through a shift in professional and personal perspective, creating meeting places for those who feel engaged, while stimulating reflection, criticism, debate, and collective action.
The Smart Buildings Congress is the leading professional forum on smart buildings in Spain. It brings together the sector's key stakeholders, addressing the current state and future of smart buildings, as well as the implications for companies and professionals involved in the design, construction, and management of buildings and their facilities. The fourth edition of the Smart Buildings Congress will be held on June 19, 2018, at the COAM headquarters, the Official Architects' Association of Madrid. The Congress approaches the concept of the smart building from a comprehensive, multidisciplinary perspective. A wide range of topics will be covered, including technical and regulatory issues, as well as business opportunities, with solutions for both new construction and renovation projects. The event covers the current state and future of the sector through various formats, including research presentations, smart building project exhibitions, panel discussions, and keynote speeches. The thematic areas established for the 4th Smart Buildings Congress are: -Design, Architecture, and Engineering of Smart Buildings -Technologies and Solutions for Building Intelligence -Accessibility and Security in Smart Buildings -The User and Sociological Implications of Smart Buildings -Regulation, Standardization, and Certification of Smart Buildings -Integration of Intelligence in Unique Buildings: monumental heritage, tourism, renovation, etc. -The Impact of Digital Transformation on the Management and Maintenance of Smart Buildings -SMART BUILDING PROJECTS. Ongoing smart building projects: in the licensing phase, under construction, or already completed.
ATTENTION! Registration is now open for the Weird Space workshops + exhibition. This series explores the city through the performativity of the urban dinner-action. We are presenting three diverse and exciting workshops: Lesboanimitas, with nucbeade; Confluencia intergaláctica de subjetividades colectivas ociosas (C.I.S.C.O.), with Pablo Durango; and Sobremesa, with Cecilia Cameo + David Macho.
As part of the 'ETSAM Lectures' series, Benedetta Tagliabue, an Italian architect based in Barcelona and founder of Miralles Tagliabue EMBT, will visit ETSAM on Monday, March 5, at 12:30 PM in the auditorium.
The 14th edition of the Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism focuses on the concept of dwelling as the foundation of architecture and the humanization of the city. This idea is defined by the quality and character of spaces, whether domestic or public, urban or rural. The exhibition seeks to value environments, social life, spaces, and the proximity of places without compromising the creativity of the works. The humanization of architecture and the city is based on proximity, human scale, and spaces for both social interaction and intimacy.
Emerging from a context of economic austerity, the biennial showcases architecture that has moved away from formal excess while successfully maximizing the relationships between domestic environments, the city, and people.
