29.10.14

Ciclo de Conferencias Espacios para Arquitectas

El pasado 27 de Octubre tuve el placer de participar como ponente en Espacios para Arquitectas, una serie de encuentros que reflexionan sobre las mujeres arquitectas y su situación en la actualidad. Comparti la mesa redonda con Aurora Adalid, Inés Sánchez de Madariaga y Benedetta Tagliabúe, unas mujeres arquitectas con muy interesantes ideas y reflexiones a compartir. Las Jornadas que se tiene lugar en la sala Roca Gallery de Madrid han sido comisariadas por Ariadna Cantis y Martha Thorne, a las que agradezco no solo que me invitaran sino también que mantengan viva el debate por una mejor y mas igualitaria situación dentro de la profesión.

http://www.roca.es/noticias-y-eventos/ferias-y-eventos/eventos/espacios-para-arquitectas


Last Tuesday 27th of October, i had the pleasure to be part of a roundtable in Espacios para Arquitectas, a series of conferences reflecting on women architects and their situation nowadays in Spain. I shared this roundatble with a group of woman architects, Aurora Adalid, Inés Sánchez de Madariaga y Benedetta Tagliabúe, who shared very interesting ideas and reflections. This conferences are taking place in Madrid Roca Gallery, being curated by Ariadna Cantis y Martha Thorne, to who I thanks not only their invitation but also to keep alive the debate for a better and egalitarian situation in our practice.

Image of the event by Roca Gallery

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15.10.14

Exposicion Canales & Lombardero

Desde el 16 de Octubre al 2 de Noviembre se expone el trabajo de Canales & Lombardero y Politics of Fabrication en el Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporaneo de Sevilla en la exposicion " Arquitecturas Dispuestas: Preposiciones Cotidianas" organizado por Marta Pelegrin + Fernando Pérez de Mediomundo Arquitectos. Ven a verlo.

From the 16th of October to the 2nd of November the work of Canales & Lombardero & Politics of Fabrication will be exhibited in the Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo in Seville (Spain) in the exhibition "Arquitectura Dispuesta: Preposiciones Cotidianas" curated by Marta Pelegrin + Fernando Pérez de Mediomundo Arquitectos.Come to visit it!

 http://www.caac.es/actividades/proyectos/adpc14inf.htm


28.9.14

Politics of the Neoliberal Block

New academic year and brief in the Architectural Association

Politics of the Neoliberal block in Santiago de Chile colonial grid
“Architecture is the language of substantial immobility”, Juan Borchers

Intermediate Unit 8 continues exploring the political implications of working with large urban blocks within the ever expanding urbanization of Latin American metropolises through their characteristic city grid. This year the unit moves to Santigo de Chile, a prototypical reference to neoliberal urban development for being the first city to suffer the socio-political consequences of the Chicago Boys’ economic ideas. Even though Santiago is now shifting towards a more socially committed urban agenda, reflected in a number of public works, the city still relays on independent private entities creating a continuous disconnection between public and private interests within the regular colonial grid. From this paradoxical disconnection, the unit will explore the potential of large urban buildings as “substantial immobilities” within the continuous system of capitalist reproduction performed by the gridded city. The unit will work on individual design proposals for a 120x120m urban block within Santiago’s regular grid to be share by public and private premises.

The structure of the course will revolve around a formal research on this urban block, interrogating spatial, organizational, material and contextual aspects in three interrelated phases.
1. Material: Inspired by the richness of Chilean material culture, studies on rough material possibilities will be conducted understanding the expression of its natural state, structural logic and organic morphology at multiples scales.
 2. Form: Critical studies on Latin-American and European urban block examples will be used to understand formal and spatial organization to be extrapolated as preliminary systems of spatial relations. Diagrams will articulate and structure the programmatic content of the block through successive iterations.
3. Field: Research on socio-cultural and economic aspects that will inform the block programmatic brief. This research will be accompanied by a reading of the city through a collection of maps, photographs and video fragments that will be used for filling the block with content.

12.6.14

Decimocuarto articulo en la Ciudad Viva: Vivir en la ciudad global del siglo XXI

En mi ultimo articulo en la revista web La Ciudad Viva titulado "Vivir en la ciudad global del siglo XXI" abordo el tema de la vivienda en la ciudad de Londres, ya tratado en un anterior articulo sobre las residencias en garajes en la periferia de Londres, y el nuevo concepto desarrollado en el ultimo libro de Saskia Sassen "Expulsions: Brutality and Complexity in the Global Economy" que difiere del proceso de gentrificacion habitual en la ciudad post-industrial. http://www.laciudadviva.org/blogs/?p=24165

The last article I wrote for the web magazine Ciudad Viva titled "Living in the global city of the twentieth-first century" address the issue of housing in the City of London, already discussed in a previous article about the residences in garages on the periphery of London, and the new concept developed by Saskia Sassen in her latest book "Expulsions: Brutality and Complexity in the Global Economy", which differs from the usual process of gentrification in the post-industrial city. http://www.laciudadviva.org/blogs/?p=24165

18.3.14

Articulo en revista 180

Recientemente hemos publicado el articulo "Contextualizando lo digital.Una reflexión a propósito del taller Politics of Fabrication Laboratory desarrollado por la Architectural Association y la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso" en el numero 32 de la Revista 180 (pp.30-35) sobre nuetsro trabajo en Politics of Fabrication en La Ciudad Abierta, Valparaiso, Chile.

Recently we have published the article "Contextualizing the digital. A reflection with regard to the workshop Politics of Fabrication Laboratory developed by the Architectural Association and the Pontifical Catholic University of Valparaiso" in the number 32 of the magazine Revista 180 (pp.30-35) on our work at Politics of Fabrication in the Open City, Valparaiso, Chile
 http://arlared.org/?p=1282

18.1.14

ArquitectAs - Women Architects- 1er Congreso de Investigación en Arquitectura y Género / 1st Symposium on Architecture and Gender

Desde esta semana se abre el call for papers para el 1er Congreso de Investigación en Arquitectura y Género que se celebrara en ETSA Sevilla , Universidad de Sevilla, el 27 y 28 de Marzo de 2014. El plazo de entrega de trabajos es hasta el 21 de Febrero de 2014, de donde el comite cientifico seleccionara 10 trabajos a ser presnetados en el Congreso. El resto sera parte de la publicacion asociada al congreso.

El Congreso Arquitectas contara con la asistencia de la Directiva ejecutiva del Premio protzker Martha Thorne, asi como un grupo de arquitectas andaluzas:Elisa Valero, Cristina Goberna, Paula V. Álvarez, Eva Luque y Marta Pelegrín. Todavia esta por confirmar una invitada que vendra de Europa a compartir su experiencia personal como arquitecta.

Para mas informacion pueden consultar la pagina web http://arquitectas.tumblr.com/, y el call for papers.

The call for papers is open for the 1st Symposium of Architecture and Gender Research to be held at ETSA Seville, University of Seville, 27 and 28th  March 2014. The deadline is the 21st of February 2014. From all the submissions just 10 entries will be selected to be presneted at the Symposium. The rest will be part of a publication associated with the conference.

The Key note speaker for the Congress will be the executive directive of the Pritzker Prize Martha Thorne, as well as a group of Andalusian women architects: Elisa Valero, Goberna Cristina, Paula V. Alvarez, Marta Luque and Eva Pelegrin. A European women architect guest will be confirmed soon. She will share her personal experience as an architect.

For more information please check the website http://arquitectas.tumblr.com/, and the call for papers.