Category: CITIES CONNECTION

Within the framework of the Architecture and Construction Week – SAC of the Higher Polytechnic School of the University of Girona, on Tuesday, November 5, 2024, at 7 p.m., the Girona Demarcation of the COAC and Cities Connection Project will present the closing conference of the exhibition “BWA+BCN+LUX+GEST_ architectures in transition” with the participation of two architecture studios present at the exhibition; Barrio-Peraire Arquitectura i Paisatge (Barcelona) + Karbon’ Arquitectura i Urbanisme (Brussels). The speakers will explain the works that we can find in the exhibition and others linked to the theme that drives it.

Karbon’ Arquitectura i Urbanisme (Brussel·les)
Hubert Lionnez: arquitecte i urbanista, professional i professor a la Facultat d’Arquitectura La Cambre Horta de la ULB. Treballa a Karbon’ Architecture & Urbanisme, una cooperativa que aborda projectes a múltiples escales: mobiliari, arquitectura i planificació urbana i regional.

Barrio-Peraire Arquitectura i Paisatge (Barcelona) 
barrio· peraire arquitectura i paisatge is a Barcelona studio founded in 2010 by Berta Barrio and Josep Peraire. The studio's work focuses on urban transformation, land regeneration and public facilities. The main motivation is to improve people's quality of life through the improvement of domestic and urban spaces, from a gender perspective and with environmental awareness.

Inaugural conference ‘BWA+BCN+LUX+GEST_ arquitectures en transició’, with Nil Brullet Arquitectura (Barcelona) + Anouck Pesch Arquitectes (Luxemburg)

The Girona Region of the COAC and Cities Connection Project organize on Thursday October 10, at 19 h, the inaugural conference of the exhibition “BWA+BCN+LUX+GEST_ arquitectures en transició” with the participation of two architecture studios present at the exhibition; Nil Brullet Arquitectura (Barcelona) + Anouck Pesch Arquitectes (Luxemburg). The speakers will explain the works that we can find in the exhibition and others linked to the theme that condueix it.

Anouck Pesch Architects
After studying architecture at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich (ETH) and working in Zurich for two years, Anouck returned to Luxembourg in 2014, initially working as a freelance architect. In 2018 he moved to the creative and cultural center Creative Hub in Differdange, to set up the architecture office Anouck Pesch Architectes.

We work together on projects of all functionalities and scales for private and public clients. Challenging standards, preserving existing buildings as much as possible, a keen interest in built heritage, meticulous attention to detail and the challenge of finding the most sustainable, yet affordable solution are some of the principles that guide us in our work. With a passion for wood construction and the benefit of Anouck’s experience in this field in Switzerland, we often propose wood constructions.

Nil Brullet Arquitectura

Nil Brullet holds a degree in Philosophy from the University of Barcelona and in Architecture from the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC). He is currently a doctoral student at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. He is director of the studio Nil Brullet Arquitectura and co-director of the studio Brullet de Luna Arquitectes. Beyond his practical activity, he develops theoretical research in the field of artificial intelligence applied to architecture and is a member of the Protos research group.

The inaugural conference took place on October 2, 2024 at 12:30 at the IED Kunsthal in Bilbao. Four architects from each of the city-territories that are represented in the exhibition presented their work and participated in a panel discussion moderated by Nicola Regusci and Xavier Bustos. From Brussels-Wallonia, Benjamin Robinson, Artau Architectes; from Barcelona Tomeu Ramis, Flexo arquitectura, From Luxembourg, Philippe Nathan, 2001 Architectures, and from Bilbao, Ibon Salaberria, Beste arkitektura.
Photos by @zerikusi

Introduction by Marta Sola, Leku Estudio and Open House Bilbao

Benjamin Robinson, Artau Architectes

CCP07 | BILBAO | ROUND TABLE

The Architectures in transition exhibition before making a stop à Bruxelles for the second CCP07 event was invited to participate in the Open House Bilbao festival at the European Institute of Design, IED Kunsthal. For the opening of the exhibition a conference-debate was held with the participation of Tomeu Ramis, Flexo Arquitectura Barcelona, Benjamin Robinson, Artau Architectes Liège, Philippe Nathan, 2001 Luxembourg and Ibon Salaberria, Beste ArkiteKtura Bilbao.

The exhibition of works has a cumulative and summative condition that adds good practices of those cities through which it travels. In this case, the exhibition, composed of 20 projects from Brussels-Valona, 20 projects from Luxembourg and 20 from Barcelona, will incorporate Basque projects that will become part of the traveling exhibition.

For this edition, the focus is on social responsibility and the reuse of heritage, bringing together transitional architecture projects – quality architecture that favors the reuse of existing spaces, the reuse of materials, sustainable construction systems and materials, energy-efficient new-build buildings and mixed-use programs that, in a way, contribute to the clustering of activities without dispersing them, while promoting the well-being of users.

These projects pave the way for the transition to a more ethical building culture, with controlled environmental and social impacts.

By opting for rehabilitation rather than demolition, by using sustainable and environmentally-friendly construction systems, and by reusing building materials, architects are beginning to realize their essential role as socially responsible players.

For several years now, building culture has been undergoing a transition towards more responsible, environmentally-friendly architecture. This vital transition in architecture will be long and full of obstacles, but it will be irreversible.

It offers a gaze from the perspective of social responsibility and giving local heritage a new life during the Barcelona Architecture Weeks 2024

The central event is the grand opening of the exhibition that showcases the 60 public architecture projects selected from the participating regions in this 7th edition of CCP. The event connects Barcelona with Brussels-Wallonia, Luxembourg and the French region of Grand Est, and is followed by a series of short conferences by architects from several cities and a subsequent wide-ranging debate between all the participating architects and the public institutions involved.

Apart from the opening ceremony, which will take place on June 13 at 7 p.m., the exhibition will be open until June 28 at MUHBA_Oliva Artés usual opening hours

As part of the travelling exhibition “Cities Connection Project 06. Shared living spaces”, luca is inviting three architectural practices from the three cities represented in the exhibition – Wallonia-Brussels (BXL), Basel (BSL) and Barcelona (BCN) – to present their work and discuss it with their Luxembourg counterparts.

Speakers

Júlia Dubois, architect and communications manager,  arqbag.coop (BCN)

Balàzs Földvàry, architect and founding partner, Atelier Neume (BSL)

Valentin Piret, architect and founding partner, CENTRAL (BXL)

Moderation

Jean-Paul Carvalho, architect and founding partner, Carvalho Architects (LUX)

Philippe Nathan, architect and founding partner, 2001 (LUX)

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