Transformations architecture as alchemy and Barcelona city’s transformation are some of the major attractions at one of the world’s biggest architectural event, World Architecture Festival, which starts tomorrow in Barcelona.
Transformations
The Festival’s thematic exhibition and seminar programme will be based around the theme of ‘Transformations’ and will relate to the way in which the built environment can be transformed by a combination of client commitment, architectural imagination, technological development and professional teamwork. more
Exhibition
Sponsored by HPthe 2010 World Architecture Festival thematic exhibition uses casestudies from around the world to illustrate different aspects of transformation, including: creative re-use and adaptation, regeneration, technology transfer, climate - change initiatives, social change, economic growth.
The exhibition will include filmed interviews with participants, who will also contribute to the Festival seminar programme.
Seminars
Transforming Buildings: Transforming Culture - David Chipperfield, Founder and Principal David Chipperfield Architects
Transforming Image and Meaning - Sean Griffiths, F A T::Architecture more
Architectural Practice Transformation - Philip G.Bernstein, VP Industry Strategy and Relations, Autodesk and Lecturer, Yale School of Architecture more
Shape, Space & Structure Transformed Through Digital Technology - Vesna Petresin and Laurent-Paul of Robert of Rubedo and engineers Adams Kara Taylor more
Case study, rethinking the possibilities for urban expansion: Red Location, Port Elizabeth, South Africa - Jo Noero, Noero Wolff Architects more
Transforming Art in Work and Public Space - Paul Finch, Programme Director of World Architecture Festival and Director of CABE, Alex Heath, Director, International Art Consultants, Will Alsop, Director, Alsop Architects more
Transforming Land and Site: Singapore Gardens, Singapore - Kathryn Gustafson and Mary Bowman, Gustafson Porter, Andrew Grant of Grant Associates and Paul Baker of Wilkinson Eyre more
Panel Discussions
Practice Transformation - Lead by Phillip G. Bernstein, VP Industry Strategy and Relations, Autodesk with Peter Chappell, Director, Aedas Architects Ltd, Ramon Jesus Gonzalez, Architectural Area Manager, Sener, James Austin, BIM Leader, Space Group, Elodie Hanen, Architect Project Manager, AREP Group more
Transforming Design - Paul Flowers, Senior Vice President of Design at Grohe, Blair Hutton, Senior Design Engineer at Dyson more
Keynote
Transforming Cities and Districts: Singapore and Bilbao - Ng Lang, CEO, Singapore Urban Redevelopment Authority, Ibon Areso, Deputy Mayor, Bilbao City Hall more
Arata Isozaki - one of the most influential architects practicing today, whose work blends Eastern architectural style with emerging global trends, will reflect on his illustrious career, achievements, recent and current projects more
Barcelona city’s revolution
The Festival will also feature insightful and interesting seminar and keynote on the transformation of Barcelona
Seminars
New Barcelona - Queralt Garriga, Cultural Director of the Catalan Association of Architects (COAC), Marc Zaballa, Founder and Principal, Lagula Arquitectes, Jorge Duró and Laia Mogas, Founding Directors, Dumo* Architecture more
Keynote: New Urban Paradigms, Barcelona Case Study - Josep Acebillo, Architect, CEO Barcelona Regional; Principal AuS, Professor at the Architecture Academy of Mendrisio-Lugana (Switzerland) more
The world’s biggest celebration of all things architecture gets underway next week as World Architecture Festival takes centre stage in Barcelona for the third year running from 3rd to 5th November 2010.
The annual Festival continues to build momentum, and this year has already attracted more than 1300 attendees from 85 different countries around the World.
The Festival’s thematic exhibition will be based around the theme of ‘Transformations’ and will relate to the way in which the built environment can be transformed by a combination of client commitment, architectural imagination, technological development and professional teamwork.
As well as providing a platform to meet and celebrate the work, concerns and aspirations of the global architectural community, WAF will feature a packed programme of presentations, three days of interactive seminars, 512 award entries spread over a 1690 sq ft exhibition gallery, Aecom’s URBAN SOS student competition, and inspirational keynote addresses from leading international architects.
At the heart of the festival is the World Architectural Festival Awards (WAF Awards), which will see unsung local buildings will take on internationally acclaimed projects in what is the world’s biggest architecture contest. Over 235 projects from 55 countries will go head to head at the Festival, where unlike other architectural competitions, architects will present their work in front of leading industry judges and a live public audience as they compete for the accolade of ‘World Building of the Year 2010′.
Buildings by internationally renowned architects such as Foster + Partners, Zaha Hadid Architects, Will Alsop at RMJM, and Terry Farrell & Partners (Farrells), as well as smaller practices are represented among the shortlisted projects.
A star studded super-jury of distinguished architects and renowned industry figures from around the world will again be one of the highlights, led by Arata Isozaki, one of the most influential architects practicing today, whose work blends Eastern architectural style with emerging global trends, will cast the deciding vote during the grand finale.
Our friends at Paisaje Transversal have set up a new monthly debate. In the months of September, October and November, their blog will transform into a real discussion forum. This time the focus of the analysis will be on the main opportunities and challenges which will define the Urbanism of the current century; namely, the ecology and sustainability of our cities.
During the debate they will post reflections, links and bibliographic references made by both followers and other concerned citizens as you. Hand by hand with this, Paisaje Transversal will make available a wide diversity of information in order to investigate, learn and deepen as well as promote certain points of the subject of study.
Is this picture the image of the ecological or sustainable city?
Paisaje Transversal would like to encourage every one of you to participate in this feedback. In fact, the larger the number of contributors, the more interesting will be the debate. They look forward to receiving your points and queries, as well as any kind of document to “boost” the discussion. In addition, they want to establish an open, dynamic and transparent process, in which the choice about what role is necessary to play in this complicated context will be taken by the users of the blog.
Therefore, do not hesitate to send them a brief text with some bibliographical or other type of reference to this e-mail address: paisaje.transversal@gmail.com
The FAD initiates the second edition of the award City to City.
The City to City Barcelona FAD Award aims to recognise urban processes that lead to substantial transformations in the reality of a particular city. By urban process we understand the sum of actions of varying kinds (social, architectural, educational, urban planning-related, etc) with a far-reaching impact on the city as a whole.
Candidatures are made through a participatory process. If you want to propose a city click here
We’re happy to announce that urbArAmA is finally available in Polish since last weekend. Polish was one of the major European languages we were missing in urbArAmA.
urbArAmA mówi po polsku!!!
The translation has been made by Kasia Adamowicz. Thanks Kasia for your help and patience with us!
We expect to see soon more Polish architecture lovers coming to urbArAmA to share their work and their vision on Architecture. There’s already some Polish Architecture in urbArAmA, but we’d like to see more of it.
As promised, here is a review of the strangest project we found at the World Architecture Festival: Das Urpflanze Haus-Homage to Goethe.
The Modern Movement in architecture was based primarily in Utopian Solutions to its constructed Tasks. To complete these Tasks the Moderns combined Science [ as the desire to differentiate Nature indefinitely ] with Personal Intuition, so as to inform the architect when to make an end. Modernism’s most pressing problem then was assumed to be the construction of Mass-Housing that is truly affordable by all.
Mapungubwe Interpretation Centre in South Africa, designed by Peter Rich Architects of Johannesburg, has won global architecture’s most coveted accolade of World Building of the Year at the prestigious World Architecture Festival Awards (WAF Awards) 2009.
The presentation took place during a special awards ceremony, which marked the conclusion of global architecture summit the World Architecture Festival, at the Centre Convencions International Barcelona (CCIB) on 6th November.
It’s been a year since the launch of urbArAmA Atlas of Architecture . We would like to thank you for your support and feedback during this year.
We released urbArAma to make extremely easy to share engineering and architecture projects on the Internet. With urbArmA you can easily share your own architecture projects or simply your favourite ones with a growing community, either at urbArAmA.com or at your own website thanks to our API and widgets If you haven’t done so yet, please give it a try and upload your favourite architecture project to urbArAmA, it’s extremely easy and fast. Share with us your favorite projects!
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El prestigioso arquitecto Josep Lluís Mateo, presentará su último libro Ocasiones en la galería RAS de Barcelona. El libro recoge proyectos, charlas y reflexiones del arquitecto durante los últimos cinco años. Con motivo de esta presentación, el estudio ha ideado una instalación efímera, Occasional City, que muestra maquetas y documentos de proyectos recientes.
Sobre el libro:
El libro Ocasiones está editado por Actar en castellano y en inglés y se distribuirá en más de 20 países. Recoge contribuciones de Stan Allen, Dominique Boudet, Vicente Guallart, José Luis Guerín, Marta Poch, Carlos M. Reis de Figueiredo y Jordi Teixidor.
