CCP / A CONNECTOR BETWEEN CITIES
December 4th 2019.
Closing conference in COAC Tarragona led by Benoît Moritz (MSA architects from Brussels) + Pasqual Bendicho, Marc Camallonga and Jordi Pagès (SUMO from BCN)
fotos: CCP
November 29th 2019,
Nicola Regusci, Xavier Bustos and Nathalie Brison, opened the exhibition with the 20 Belgium projects in Villa Saroli _i2a in Lugano. Full house of architects from Ticino to enjoy the conference of Sébastien Dachy (MAMOUT architectes from Brussels) and the archiparty with DJ tanreb from BCN.
Closing exhibition with Jörn Aram Bihain (V+ from Brussels)
fotos: CCP
October 17-19th 2019.
Travel to Brussels with architects from Tarragona organized by COAC.
Guided visits with MSA, OUEST, AgwA and Natalie Brison (WBA)
fotos: CCP
October 17th 2019.
Intermediate conference in COAC Tarragona led by Benoît Burquel and Benoît Vandenbulcke (AgwA architects from Brussels) + Alex Gallego (GATPA from BCN)
Photos: CCP
September 19th 2019.
Opening speech in COAC Tarragona given by Xavier Bustos and Nicola Regusci (Cities Connection Project), curators of the exhibition. Opening lecture led by Jaime Eizaguirre (A229 from Brussels) + Oriol Cusidó (Taller 9s from BCN).
Photos: Jerôme Van Belle
We’re starting a series of posts updating the activity of Cities Connection Project just before and during the COVID lockdown. We have been actively searching for ways to keep triggering connections among European cities, featuring how architecture practices struggle to keep working in pandemic scenarios.
The result couldn’t be better, as we have witnessed how architecture is a driving agent in shaping cities and how much interest is between architects to learn by sharing experiences.
The adventure wouldn’t be the same without the inestimable complicity of our colleagues of Wallonie-Bruxelles Architectures, the advise of dpr_barcelona in setting hybrid strategies for exhibitions and expanding our network, and the support of the institutions and sponsors featured below. You all make possible that Cities Connection keep opening and maintaining links between Barcelona and relevant cities shaping contemporary architecture repertoire.
Don’t miss the series and stay tuned for further connections coming soon!
Photographers featured in the series: Jerôme Van Belle, CCP, Arthur Pequin, Giedrius Akelis Photography
July 8th 2021.
Opening in the Pasaka Cinema Teatre with Architektüros fondas and 3 lectures done by Lluis Cantallops, Marta Vicente and Marta Bayona (Cantallops-Vicente + Bayona-Valero from BCN), Julien Dailly (Reservoir A from Charleroi) and Gilma Teodora Gylytė (DO architects from Vilnius).
More info at wbarchitectures.be
fotos: Giedrius Akelis Photography
June 3rd 2021.
Opening in le 308_Maison de l’Architecture with architects from Bordeaux (Vincent Arné and Samira Ait Mehdi), Brussels (Thierry Decuypere and Gil Honoré) and Barcelona (Judith Leclerc, Jaime Coll, Pasqual Bendicho, Meritxell Inaraja and Oriol Cusidó), radio debat moderated by David Vernet and Sara Meunier and architecture guided visits to some representative projects.
MEZZANINE – RUMEURS17 – Cities Connection Project #10 – Rencontres. Listen here.
Le 308 – Rencontres européennes d’architecture. Read here
Photos: Artur Pequin + CCP
After being staged in Brussels at ULB – Faculty of Architecture La Cambre-Horta last October 2018 and Barcelona at Arts Santa Mònica last April 2019, the exhibition _IMPORT WB_EXPORT BCN RE-ACTIVATE THE CITY continues its itinerancy at Col·legi d’Arquitectes de Catalunya (COAC) in Tarragona.
The exhibition, curated by Nicola Regusci and Xavier Bustos in collaboration with Wallonie-Bruxelles Architectures, will be on display from the 19th of September until 14th November.
19th September 2019
Opening conference, 7.30pm, Sala d’Exposicions de la Demarcació de Tarragona: Lecture led by A229 (Import Wallonie-Bruxelles) + Taller 9s (Oriol Cusidó + Irene Marzo) (Export Bcn). The opening speech will be given by Xavier Bustos and Nicola Regusci (Cities Connection Project), curators of the exhibition.
17th October 2019
Intermediate conference, 7.30pm Sala d’Exposicions de la Demarcació de Tarragona: Lecture led by AGWA architects (Import Wallonie-Bruxelles) + GATPA (Alex Gallego + Jordi Adell + Gerard Puig + David Tapias) (Export Bcn).
The “Import WB_Export BCN. Re-Activate The City” exhibition in Barcelona ended this week, marking the closing of this edition of the Cities Connection Project. We’d like to thank everyone involved in the project and everyone who attended the exhibitions!
The project starts with the connection between Barcelona and other cities in Europe by means of a double exhibition of architecture, which serves as a meeting place to share knowledge, discuss the different city proposals and understand the architectural culture of each territory.
This fifth edition, which connects Barcelona with Wallonia-Brussels, works on the idea of reactivating projects in the city, and examining the architecture of public facilities (cultural, educational, mixed use, public spaces…) with special emphasis on the improvement of social cohesion of the city, particularly in areas with a certain level of urban degradation.
Photos by J. Van Belle & Jordi Play.
