Proyecto fotográfico de investigación sobre el programa de colonización del INC. En un afán de visibilizar lo que fue el programa de colonización del Instituto Nacional de Colonización desarrollado en las décadas de 1940, 1950 y 1960, episodio que supuso uno de los principales movimientos migratorios interiores de la España del siglo xx, los autores de este proyecto han visitado […]
Precedentes. Compañía General Española de Coches Automóviles E. de la Cuadra (1898-1901). La “Compañía General Española de Coches Automóviles Emilio de la Cuadra, Sociedad en Comandita” era una empresa española que había sido fundada en Barcelona en septiembre de 1898 por el militar español, capitán de artillería e ingeniero industrial Emilio de la Cuadra Albiol. Estaba situada en la calle […]
Del María Moliner, Asiento: 2. Lugar en que está asentada una cosa = emplazamiento; 3. Cualquier cosa que se sirve o se utiliza para sentarse sobre ella; 12. Firmeza o inmovilidad de una cosa que queda bien apoyada en un sitio = estabilidad. Sentarse: 1. Tomar postura que consiste en descansar con las nalgas apoyadas en algún sitio; 2. Colocar […]
El premio Europeo de Solà-Morales reconoce cada dos años las mejores investigaciones universitarias en el campo de la urbanística para obtener el título de doctor (PhD). Actualmente los arquitectos españoles y portugueses cuentan con dos convocatorias de concursos de tesis que comparten como premio la edición de la tesis ganadora en la colección arquia/tesis de la Fundación Arquia: 1. La […]
ACCESIBILIDAD El cubo de hormigón encajado en un desnivel, tiene dos superficies de uso, una interior que es la sala del centro social, en la cota más baja y otro plano superior, prácticamente al nivel de la carretera y que es un banco en medio de un jardín con unas estupendas vistas de la playa de Carnota y la ría […]
Después de que el Gobierno de España decretara el estado de alarma el pasado sábado 14 de marzo de 2020 nos hemos visto confinados en nuestros domicilios convirtiéndolo en el epicentro de nuestras vidas. Dos semanas más tarde, el 3 de Abril, el asesor en envolventes arquitectónicas Marcos Ruiz Julià, lanzaba el primer sondeo destinado a arquitectos para medir el […]
Escapa, desconecta y disfruta de esta cautivadora colección de casas contemporáneas, todas ellas diseñadas con la relajación en mente. Y respira… Phaidon presenta Living on Vacation, la esencia de las escapadas destilada en un libro sosegado. Transmitiendo el espíritu de un refugio, Living on Vacation es una inspiradora muestra de espacios diseñados exclusivamente para el retiro y el rejuvenecimiento, desde islas […]
Para celebrar el Día Internacional del Libro, tan atípico, desde veredes, arquitectura y divulgación queremos repasar las publicaciones realizadas para que puedas recordarlas y reseñar aquellas que hayas leído o te interesaría leer. Esperamos que así este periodo que nos ha tocado vivir sea más llevadero. Sin preámbulos os dejamos las 30 publicaciones seleccionadas, como se suele decir ni son […]
La Escuela de Arquitectura de la Universidad de Navarra, junto con la Cátedra Madera, promueve este concurso internacional en el que se premia el Proyecto Fin de Carrera (PFC) que, por su calidad, innovación, originalidad o creatividad, resalte la utilización de madera y los aspectos de sostenibilidad dentro de un proyecto arquitectónico. PREMIO Se concederá un premio al PFC que […]
A la vista de la auténtica situación de emergencia sanitaria, social y económica que estamos viviendo, el Consejo de Administración de ASEMAS, considera que en estos momentos debe ser una prioridad de la Mutua la atención, el servicio y el apoyo a la profesión en todas sus facetas. Con esta intención y con motivo de la PANDEMIA por COVID-19, el Consejo […]
Tras el protocolo publicado por los Consejos Superiores de Colegios de Arquitectos y Aparejadores ha analizado de una manera eficaz la aplicación de estas obligaciones en la situación de la pandemia por el coronavirus. Desde Asemas, Mutua de Seguros y Reaseguros a Prima Fija os recomendamos que leáis el documento, “Obligaciones recogidas en la legislación, relacionadas con la seguridad y […]
Concéntrico is Logroño’s International Architecture and Design Festival and it is open to all citizens and visitors. It aims to discover and rediscover spaces of interest in the city’s historic downtown. The Festival invites attendees to visit these places through installations that create a connection between interior patios, hidden spaces and plazas that typically go unnoticed in day-to-day life. Each installation […]
Ya está abierta la inscripción para el 2º Fórum Internacional de Construcción con Madera, que se celebrará los días 4 y 5 de junio de 2020 en el Palacio de Congresos Baluarte (Pamplona). Como ya sabéis, el Fórum de Construcción con Madera de España está organizado por la plataforma internacional Forum Holzbau, que desde hace 25 años promueve la construcción con […]
The refurbishment of vallirana 47 is based on the idea of hybridization. we worked in a way that is both continuous and disruptive. The interiors contain a density of layers of perception and information, which provides meaningful complexity and vibration. Vallirana 47 is a quite anonymous and discreet building. its value doesn´t lie within any singular identity, but in the sense of […]
La campaña ASEMAS, marcando la diferencia, explora y pone de manifiesto las principales diferencias que existen dentro del sector de los seguros de responsabilidad civil profesional (RCP) y con los que los profesionales de la arquitectura, en este caso los arquitectos, se pueden encontrar. Las primas de actividad, los diversos profesionales (abogados, peritos, etc) puestos al servicio del asegurado son […]
This catalog focuses on the theme of “the Mediterranean house” investigating its operational presence in a limited historical environment: the fifties. Period characterized by the decisive influence in Spain of two masters of international architecture – Gio Ponti and Alberto Sartoris – whose ideology is based on a weighted mediation between tradition and modernity. It is a cultural project of […]
A small professional assignment has led me these days to find careers with a future. It was my first time. I confess that the information found after a first search, reaches a greater relevance in terms of the trend it draws than in terms of the information itself: upward races vs. declining races, skills vs. vocations, techniques vs. thoughts, practices […]
“What is the Mediterranean? A thousand things at the same time, it is not a landscape, but innumerable landscapes. it is not a sea, but a set of seas.” Fernand Braudel, 1985 The exhibition Imagining the Mediterranean house. Italy and Spain in the 50s on the theme of “the Mediterranean house”, investigating its operational presence in a limited historical environment: […]
There is a Latin maxim “Divide et impera”, which gave good results to the great strategists of history such as Julius Caesar or Napoleon. But this military logic is also one of the foundations of computer science and algorithmic design. A calculation methodology that faces the resolution of a complex problem by cutting it into simpler parts of the same type […]
As the name alludes, this house adopted its nickname from its distinct roof profile. ‘Sierra’ meaning both ‘saw’ and ‘mountain range’ in Spanish. A fortunate coincidence as the house is located between Madrid’s north-westerly neighbourhoods of Mirasierra (look at mountain) and Montecarmelo (Mount Carmel). The shape of the roof is a result of internal spatial requirements. Due to height restrictions, […]
“Formentera was unique. The sea, and a little rock in the sea, and I was on this out-of-the-way little rock where there was nothing. […] Being warm in the winter when it’s cold, keeping cool in the summer when it’s hot and retaining water, that’s all that’s necessary for living. The wind, the sun, the rain, was what I needed, […]
The 1st International Forum of Construction with Wood arrives in Spain, organized by the FORUM HOLZBAU platform. The next International Forum of Construction with Wood, organized by the Forum Holzbau platform, in collaboration with the Chair of Wood of the University of Navarra, will be held on 23 and 24 May 2019 at the Baluarte Conference Center (Pamplona). It is […]
Bicentennial, with the collaboration of the Community of Madrid and the Fondation Beyeler and the support of the Embassy of Switzerland and the Mirabaud Group, presents “Giacometti in the Prado Museum“,”, one of the most influential artists of the twentieth century, who conceived art as a single and simultaneous place of confluence of past and present time. Although he never traveled […]
The project consists in the transformation of a small business premises into a work space for a travel agency. Amounting to 45 square meters and located on the ground floor of a residential building, the volume of intervention is greater in height than it is in width. The ceiling allows to work up to about five meters in height while […]
Rehabilitation of industrial building and change of use as a cultural association in Móstoles. The project entails the refurbishment of a 940 m2 warehouse located in Móstoles (Madrid) and its conversion into a building that provides spaces for a cultural association and sporting activities for young students. The scheme aims to preserve the existing structure and the industrial character of […]
This 16th edition of the classic ARMED CONCRETE by JIMÉNEZ MONTOYA has tried to keep everything that could be considered essential from the previous editions, dispensing only with what for use or by regulation has become obsolete. This fantastic material has been reviewed, nuanced, complemented and modernized thanks to the work of the two authors who were already from the previous […]
· Candidates should create a workspace focused on a startup. · Students from Architecture Schools of Spain and Portugal may apply to the contest. · The candidates will opt for more than 6,000 euros in prizes and the jury will be made up of notable architects. The multinational Steelcase, specialized in the design of workspaces, has launched the ninth edition […]
The Can Ricart Municipal Sports Complex is a building located in the heart of the south Raval, in Barcelona, an area with important performances in recent years. The equipment is important for the revitalization of the neighborhood in its traditionally more degraded sector, and it has to contribute to the integration of all social sectors inhabitants of the area through […]
The CALL FOR WORKS FOR THE XI IBEROAMERICAN BIENNIAL OF ARCHITECTURE AND URBAN PLANNING IS NOW OPENO (XI BIAU). The biennial will be held in Asunción (Paraguay) in October 2019 and will show the way of living in Latin America from everyday life. Last Monday, December 17th, Casa América was presented, coinciding with the celebration of the II Ibero-American Congress […]
Intervention is a reactive architecture faced to the hostility of urban conditions in the site and to the scheduled mechanicism proper of a lifestyle inherited from the 20th Century modernity. An impersonal crossway with high traffic volume is balanced through a biophilic interior for collective meeting. Being today demands the pass towards metamodernity. The presence of a human being that […]