17 July 2025

Call for Papers. VAD 14. The Commons

“They are those little things
Left to us by a time of roses
In a corner
On a piece of paper
Or in a drawer”.

Joan Manuel Serrat ,“Aquellas pequeñas cosas”, 1971

According to the definitions found in various dictionaries, acervos are "collections of moral, cultural, or material assets that belong to a collective" (Espasa), or "(...) accumulated through tradition or inheritance" (RAE). Moliner and Larousse further define acervo as a “pile of small, shared things.” Its derivatives are telling: acerico, a pin cushion, or aceruelo, a kind of saddlebag for carrying small items. These were often collections of consumable goods—lentils and wheat, for example—among the most valued. Over time, the term has come to encompass a broader meaning: the assets, tangible or not, gathered by a community or institution, and generally made available to all its members—or sometimes, to the public.

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14 May 2025

VAD11. The archives have been selected for the ARCHITECTURE 2025 Awards of the CSCAE in the category of dissemination!

A total of 201 works have been recognised for the various forms of architectural practice, from small to large scale.

30 January 2025

Call for Papers. VAD 13. El patrimonio

El término patrimonio se asocia por lo general a bienes materiales con valor crematístico, pero aquí en este número de la revista VAD veredes, arquitectura y divulgación nos ocuparemos de ese otro patrimonio que es un valor colectivo, algo que pertenece a todas las personas por igual y que puede ser material, pero también inmaterial o intangible: es nuestra herencia cultural, la que se ha ido gestando a lo largo del tiempo y la que, conscientes o no de ello, estamos creando día a día y será transmitido a las generaciones venideras.

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