Exposición. Exhibition Canales & Lombardero-Madrid

Desde el 3 de Diciembre 2015 hasta el 6 de Marzo 2016 se expone el trabajo de Canales & Lombardero y Politics of Fabrication en CentroCentro Cibeles de Madrid la exposicion " Arquitecturas Dispuestas: Preposiciones Cotidianas" organizado por Marta Pelegrin + Fernando Pérez de Mediomundo Arquitectos. Ven a verlo.

From the 3rd of December to the 6th of March the work of Canales & Lombardero & Politics of Fabrication will be exhibited in the CentroCentro Cibeles in Madrid (Spain) in the exhibition "Arquitectura Dispuesta: Preposiciones Cotidianas" curated by Marta Pelegrin + Fernando Pérez de Mediomundo Arquitectos.Come to visit it!

Seminar Women in Architecture AA XX 100

Como parte del seminario organizado por AA XX 100 que tendrá lugar hoy 7 de Noviembre de 2015 en la Architectural Associaiton en la Architectural Association para conmemorar la edición de la revista AD sobre la Mujer en la arquitectura en 1975, voy a presentar la conferencia "El futuro de la arquitectura: breves retratos de mujeres en la Architectural Association". Aquí teneis un breve resumen del contenido:

"La Architectural Association es una institución bien conocida por su carácter visionario en el campo de la arquitectura, con prácticas arquitectónicas y pensadores que han configurado desde el pasado el presente de la arquitectura. Desde que entramos en el siglo XXI, la Architectural Association ha aumentado el número de mujeres estudiantes y profesores, quienes participan activamente en el cambio del campo de la arquitectura. Estas mujeres comparten activamente sus reflexiones y están comenzando nuevas iniciativas para configurar el futuro de la arquitectura. Más estudiantes están involucrados en iniciativas que desdibujan las fronteras entre el mundo académico y el mundo real a través de diferentes medios de comunicación que el práctica profesional tradicional. Mujeres dentro del cuerpo de profesorado de la escuela están totalmente comprometidas en sus prácticas con una posición crítica clara hacia la arquitectura presentándola a través de sus escritos, propuestas y obra construida. Esta conferencia tiene como objetivo presentar una visión de este fenómeno, mostrando brevemente algunas obras de estas mujeres que están cambiando la práctica de la arquitectura ".

As part of the AA XX 100 organized event today 7th of November 2015 at the Architectural Association to commemorate the AD Magazine issue on WOmen in architecture in 1975, I will be presenting the lecture "The future of architecture: Brief portraits of women at the Architectural Association".

"The Architectural Association is an institution well known for its visionary nature in the architectural field, with practices and thinkers that have configured in the past the present of architecture. Since we entered into the 21st century, the Architectural Association has increased the number of female students and staff actively involved in changing the field of architecture. These women are sharing their thoughts and starting new initiatives to configure the future of architecture. More students are involved in initiatives that blur the boundaries between academia and the real world using different media than the traditional professional practice. Female tutors are fully engaged in practices with a clear critical position towards architecture presenting it through their writing, proposals and built work. This lecture aims to present an outlook of this phenomenon by briefly showing some works of these women that are changing the architectural practice."

http://xx.aaschool.ac.uk/new/women-40-years-on/

http://www.architectsjournal.co.uk/culture/review-women-in-architecture-forty-years-on/8691819.article?blocktitle=Culture&contentID=14428

Libro- Book ArquitectAs

Finalmente el libro Arquitectas: Redefiniendo la profesión ha salido a la venta online de la editorial Recolectores Urbanos. El libro, que he editado, recoge la colaboracion de diversos autores: Paula V. Álvarez – Vibok Works, Atxu Amann y Alcocer y Maite Borjabad Pastor, Serafina Amoroso, Lia Antunes, Daniela Arias Laurino, Celia Esther Arredondo Zambrano, Caroline Bos & Tanja Kullack, Blanca del Espino Hidalgo, Marta García de Casasola Gómez, Gabriela García de Cortazar Galleguillos, Cristina Goberna – Fake Industries Architectural Agonism, Francisco Javier López Rivera, Myriam López-Rodero, Eva Luque – ELAP Los del Desierto, Ángela Matesanz Parellada, Catalina Mejía Moreno, Carmen Molina Vázquez, Zaida Muxí Martínez, Marta Pelegrín – MedioMundo arquitectos, Barbara Penner Lourdes Royo Naranjo, Mª Teresa Pérez Cano, Blanca del Espino, Dafne Saldaña Blasco, Inés Sánchez de Madariaga, Mara Sánchez Llorens, Patricia Santos Pedrosa, Eliana Sousa Santos, Martha Thorne, Elisa Valero – Elisa Valero Arquitectura y Amelia Vilaplana de Miguel.

Finally, the book Arquitectas; Redefining the practice spanish edition is sold online at the Recolectores Urbanos publishers website. The book, that I have edited, has texts of diverse authors mentioned above.

Links:
http://editorial.recolectoresurbanos.com/tienda/arquitectas-redefiniendo-la-profesion/ https://www.facebook.com/ArquitectAs-1623032214628728/?pnref=story http://distribucion.recolectoresurbanos.com/

Exposición Canales & Lombardero en Évora

Desde el 3 de Octubre al 20 de Noviembre se expone el trabajo de Canales & Lombardero y Politics of Fabrication en la Escola das Artes Departamento de Arquitectura de Évora  la exposicion " Arquitecturas Dispuestas: Preposiciones Cotidianas" dentro de la MOSTRA ESPANHA organizado por Marta Pelegrin + Fernando Pérez de Mediomundo Arquitectos. Ven a verlo.

From the 3rd of October to the 20th of November the work of Canales & Lombardero & Politics of Fabrication will be exhibited in the Escola das Artes Departamento de Arquitectura de Évora (Portugal) in the exhibition "Arquitectura Dispuesta: Preposiciones Cotidianas" included in Mostra Espanha curated by Marta Pelegrin + Fernando Pérez de Mediomundo Arquitectos.Come to visit it!

Politics of the Hyperbuilding

New Brief at the Architectural Association

Politics of the Hyper-Building 
Densifying Lima by massive vertical living 

During Peru’s Autogolpe of 1992, President Alberto Fujimori assumed control of the government and implemented a series of drastic neoliberal reforms, invoking ‘Fujishock’ across the nation. Since then the capital of Lima has witnessed an explosive urban sprawl propelled by privatisation and a new class of ‘entrepreneurs of the self’. As a result, two-thirds of this emerging precariat class is living in unplanned urban areas on the city’s margins. An alternative provision of housing is now required to support the capital’s increasing population. As small projects have made little impact within the overwhelming reality of this informal global megacity, Intermediate 8 will explore the potential of the hyper-building and new ways of designing dense, deep and mixed vertical living, countering the uncontained sprawl that jeopardises the city centre. The unit will work on individual design proposals for hyper-buildings located within the urban corridor running across the new second Lima Metro Line.

Conceived of as small self-contained boroughs, these structures will hold both civic programmes and housing for approximately 15,000 inhabitants – equating to 25 per cent of a typical district in the city – while at the same time leaving only a small footprint of no more than one hectare on the urban space. Throughout the year the unit will be divided into four interrelated explorations: material – in which creative explorations on material and construction possibilities draw on the richness of local culture as an alternative to global mainstream mass production; form – undertaking critical studies on hyper-buildings and other large-scale formal proposals to understand their spatial organisations; programme – investigating housing and different ways of living as they relate to both informal and formal vertical structures; field – research on socio-cultural and economic issues will inform other aspects of the hyper-building brief and its relation to the city through a collection of maps, photographs and video fragments.

Models by Raya Shaban, Mikolaj Karczewski , Hana Shokr, Elias Tamer and Antonin Hauterfort. Intermediate Unit 8 (2014-15)

Women in Architecture 1975 Seminario en Valencia

El pasado Viernes 22 de Mayo tuve la oportunidad de participar y presentar mi trabajo en el Seminario "Women in Architecture 1975" en la ETSA Valencia. El objetivo del encuentro era reunir una serie de expertos y coordinadores por paises que trazaran la situación de la mujeres en la arquitectura. Organizado por Eva Alvarez y Yasmin Shariff, el seminario mostró datos de diferentes países, asi como el estado de la cuestión en todo el mundo. Mi aportación fue una exposición desde la academia con una genealogía y actualización del trabajo sobre este tema, indicando una dirección destacada hacia la cuestión de la profesión sobre otros temas anteriormente tratados. Agradezco a las organizadoras su invitación y deseo que los objetivos trazados puedan desarrollarse en un futuro.

Last Friday May 22th of May I had the opportunity to participate and present my work at the seminar "Women in Architecture 1975" in the ETSA Valencia. The aim of the meeting was to bring together a number of experts and coordinators from different countries that will map the situation of women in architecture. Organized by Eva Alvarez and Yasmin Shariff, the seminar showed data from different countries, as well as the state of affairs worldwide. My contribution was a presentation on the academic field with a geneology and updated work on this issue, noting a tendency in academia towards the question of the practice over other topics previously reviewed. Thanks to the organization committee for this invitation and I wish the goals presneted will be developed in the future.

Link: https://womeninarchitecture1975.wordpress.com/may-22nd-2015-valencia-international-seminar/

Imagen de Paola Acevedo

Imagenes de Ana López

Publicacion en Revista Glamour

En el ultimo numero de la revista Glamour (21 de Abril 2015) aparece una entrevista a raíz del simposio ArquitectAs que organice en 2014 y mi participación en los encuentros "Espacio para Arquitectas" organizados por Ariadna Cantis y Martha Thorne.

In the latest issue of Glamour magazine (April 21, 2015) you can find an interview following the symposium ArquitectAs I organize in Seville in 2014 and my participation in the meetings  "Espacio para Arquitectas" organized by Ariadna Cantis and Martha Thorne.

Matrices - Second International Congress on Architecture and Gender

El pasado mes de Marzo tuve la oportunidad y el placer de poder participar en el Segundo Congreso Internacional sobre Arquitectura y Genero celebrado en la Universidade Lusofona en Lisboa. Mi participación se dividió en moderar la primera de las mesas redondas de ponentes y formar parte de la mesa redonda de invitadas (Martha Thorne, Inês Moreira y Ana Jara) el ultimo día.

Agradezco profundamente la invitación a las organizadoras Eliana Sousa Santos, Patricia Santos Pedrosa y Maria João Matos. Link: http://www.2ga.ulusofona.pt/

Last March, I had the opportunity and pleasure to participate in the Second International Congress on Architecture and Gender held at the Lusofona University in Lisbon. My participation was divided into two activities:  moderate the first roundtable of speakers and join the roundtable of guests speakers (Martha Thorne, Inês Moreira and Ana Jara) the last day.

I deeply appreciate the invitation to the organizers Eliana Sousa Santos, Patricia Santos Pedrosa and Maria João Matos. Link: http://www.2ga.ulusofona.pt/