CITIES CONNECTION – Page 8 – Cities Connection Project

28 September, 20152 October, 2015

X.Bustos supports the Launch of Catalan-Architects.com

Xavier Bustos, architect and Cities Connection Project co-director, supports the recent launch of Catalan-Architects, the seventeenth platform under the World-Architects umbrella.
It’s not a coincidence that the twenty catalan offices selected by CCP curators are present in the platform. Catalan-Architects recognizes the amazing quality of buildings and landscapes produced in the region anchored by Barcelona.

To parse just what it is that creates the distinctive architecture of Barcelona and the Catalan region, Xavier Bustos give his point of view in this article by discussing three areas—education, cultural initiatives, and awards—that intertwine to impact Barcelona’s admittedly distinctive architecture. In 3×3: Snapshots of Catalonian Architectural Production he presents three examples in each area to give readers a general idea of the field, while acknowledging the complexity of architectural production in the region.

Piso Piloto Exhibition. Arquitectes de Capçalera (ETSAB)

6 February, 201511 February, 2015

_Export BARCELONA catalogue edition

_Export BARCELONA ‘Social Housing in Urban Context’ includes the publication of a catalogue edited by dpr-barcelona that contains the information about the twenty selected works, incorporates Augmented Reality and contextualizes the selected projects in a historical timeline of reference works. The catalogue is also intended to be the most up to date compendium of recent and prominent Catalan social architecture.

The catalogue you can find below includes texts by Ferran Mascarell, Conseller de Cultura de la Generalitat de Catalunya, Antonio Hodgers, Conseiller d’État de Genève, Vicente Guallart, chief architect of the Barcelona City Council and Xavier Bustos and Nicola Regusci, the project curators.

4 February, 20155 February, 2015

_Export BARCELONA LAUNCH

Tomorrow, 20 Catalan architectural works will be presented at the Geneva Pavillon SICLI, highlighting examples of social housing architecture within the framework of the Cities Connection Project (CCP). Under the lema _Export BARCELONA ”Social Housing in Urban Context‘, the exhibition will run until 22nd March at the Geneva Pavillon SICLI (Route des Acacias, 45). This event represents a valuable opportunity for the internationalization process of Catalan architecture and, in particular, for the social housing typologies of Barcelona.

Together with the Catalan architects that will travel to Geneva, during these days the event will also count on the presence of: Jordi Sellas (Director General of Creation and Cultural Industries at Generalitat de Catalunya), Madeline Carey (Advisor on Cultural Affairs at Generalitat de Catalunya) and Josep Font (Department of Culture at Generalitat de Catalunya) from Barcelona, and Joëlle Comé (Conseill de Culture de l’Etat de Genève), Francesco Della Casa (Cantonal Architect Etat de Genève), Daniel Starrenberger (president of the Fédération des Architectes Suisses – FAS), Antoine Robert-Grandpierre, (President of the Maison de l’Architecture) and Vincent Lusser (Promotion des Grands Projects – DALE) who will join us in Geneva.

PROGRAM_THURSDAY, FEB. 5 / PAVILLON SICLI

17h00 Press Conference with the presence of Mr. State Councillor A. Hodgers

18h00 Exhibition Opening

18h30 Vernissage

18h45 Conference of Vicente Guallart, Chief Architect of the City of Barcelona

19h30 Aperitif

28 January, 201528 January, 2015

20 Catalan works will be exhibited in Switzerland

On 5th and 6th February, twenty Catalan studios will travel to Geneva (Switzerland), representing a broad cross section of the social housing models that have been built in Barcelona over the last ten years. Twenty selected works will be exhibited in the Geneva Pavillon SICLI under the title _Export BARCELONA ‘Social Housing in Urban Context’ until 22nd of the same month, thanks to the collaboration between the Cities Connection Project and the Maison de l’Architecture.

CATALOGUE EDITION
The event _Export BARCELONA ‘Social Housing in Urban Context’ includes the publication of a catalogue, published by dpr-barcelona, with information about the twenty selected works, incorporating Augmented Reality and contextualizing the selected projects in a historical timeline of reference works. The catalogue is also intended to be the most up to date compendium of recent and prominent Catalan social architecture.The catalogue includes texts by Ferran Mascarell, Conseller de Cultura de la Generalitat de Catalunya, Antonio Hodgers, Conseiller d’État de Genève, Vicente Guallart, chief architect of the Barcelona City Council and Xavier Bustos and Nicola Regusci, the project curators.

EXHIBITION AND INAUGURAL CONFERENCE
The exhibition will start on February 5th with an inaugural conference presented by Vicente Guallart, Chief Architect of the City of Barcelona, and will be attended by Antonio Hodgers, Conseiller d’État de Genève, and Francesco Della Casa, Architecte cantonal, representing Swiss institutions, and by Jordi Sellas,Director General for Creation and Cultural Industries. The event on 5th and 6th February will also include interviews, discussion meetings between professionals and institutions from Barcelona and Switzerland, with visits to emblematic buildings of Geneva’s collective housing history. The exhibition will run until 22nd March at the Geneva Pavillon SICLI (Route des Acacias, 45).

CITIES CONNECTION PROJECT
The event _Export BARCELONA ‘Social Housing in Urban Context’ is part of the Cities Connection Project, which regularly connects outstanding architecture from two European regions via a “back and forth” event that on this occasion has selected Geneva and Barcelona. The first phase of the exchange, _Import GENEVA ‘Building Geneva: projects versus challenges’, took place in Barcelona from 13th to 24th November 2014 at the Arts Santa Mònica Centre de la Creativitat. The Cities Connection Project (CCP) aspires to annually connect European architecture that is committed to the current social reality, while breaking away from mass media.

NEXT EDITIONS
For future editions, the Cities Connection Project will link cities like Marseille, Zurich, Berlin and Brussels. The aim of the Cities Connection Project is for each event to be the catalyst for an ongoing dialogue between architects from the selected cities.

14 November, 201415 December, 2014

Import GENEVA closing event at Mies van der Rohe Pavilion

On 14th of November the Barcelona Pavilion opened the doors to the architects participating in the two exhibitions of Cities Connection Project interchange. The forty selected architects spent the evening at the Pavilion to close the first phase of the Cities Connection Project, called _Import GENEVA. The second phase will take place in the SICLI Pavilion of Geneva in February 2015, when the Catalan architects will show their projects, under the title of _Export BARCELONA.

The closing event counted on the presence of the swiss Conseiller d’État, Antoni Hodgers; the Genevan cantonal architect, Francesco Della Casa; the head of the Barcelona City Council, Vicente Guallart; and the Director of Fundació Mies van der Rohe, Giovanna Carnevali, who dedicated a message of support to the project and to the European architecture.

As founders Xavier Bustos and Nicola Regusci said, the aim of Cities Connection Project is for each event to be the catalyst for an ongoing dialogue between architects from the selected cities. “We imagine a future with a wide European network of connections between professionals and institutions, a neuronal system capable of generating a critical and open-minded vision about the projection of our cities”, Bustos and Regusci acknowledge. Last year, Cities Connection Project connected Barcelona to the Swiss region of Ticino with the theme “Architecture and Territory”. This year it has been the turn of Geneva and future editions are already planned Berlin, Zurich and Brussels.

14 November, 201415 December, 2014

L’Arts Santa Mònica acull les reflexions de 40 arquitectes catalans i ginebrins

Una quarantena d’estudis d’arquitectura de Barcelona i Ginebra s’han reunit aquest matí al claustre de l’Arts Santa Mònica per reflexionar sobre la situació que viu l’arquitectura en ambdues ciutats, en el marc del Cities Connection Project. “Normalment, l’arquitecte es tanca al despatx i aquestes trobades li permeten veure què fan els altres i veure que hi ha semblances, però també diversitat”, ha assegurat el comissari de la iniciativa, Nicola Regusci. Després d’una breu roda de presentacions, els arquitectes han discutit sobre les condicions laborals de la professió, i sobre la normativa i els models de ciutat que hi ha a banda i banda dels Pirineus.

El context polític i econòmic

Els arquitectes també han interpel·lat les autoritats presents al ‘Meeting’: el Conseiller d’État, Antoni Hodgers, i l’arquitecte cantonal de Ginebra, Francesco Della Casa, els quals han coincidit que “més que econòmics, els problemes de Suïssa són polítics”. Nacho López de Lagula arquitectes reflexionava sobre si la recerca tipològica en habitatge és valorada pels promotors i per la seva banda, l’arquitecte català Santi Ibarra ha assegurat que “el fet que l’arquitecte municipal de Ginebra hagi explicat com funcionen els concursos internament seria insòlit aquí perquè falta transparència”.

Sobre la taula allargada que separava els arquitectes catalans dels ginebrins, s’han pogut observar publicacions que havien portat els professionals d’alguns dels seus projectes més destacats. Vint dels projectes suïssos es poden veure a l’exposició _Import GENEVA fins al 23 de novembre a la Sala Balcó de l’Arts Santa Mònica.

Propera parada: Ginebra

L’exposició _Import GENEVA s’emmarca dins de la segona edició del Cities Connection Project que, fugint d’una arquitectura mediàtica, pretén ser un aparador de l’arquitectura funcional i compromesa amb la realitat social que es fa avui dia. El projecte, impulsat pels arquitectes Nicola Regusci i Xavier Bustos, va néixer en 2013 amb el desig d’establir una xarxa de connexions culturals entre Barcelona i la ciutat convidada. A principis de febrer de 2015, tindrà lloc la segona fase de l’intercanvi, en què els vint arquitectes seleccionats presentaran els seus projectes a Ginebra en el marc de la mostra _Export BARCELONA.

14 November, 201415 December, 2014

The Fundació Mies van der Rohe supports the Cities Connection Project

The Fundació Mies van der Rohe true to its commitment to architecture, society and culture supports the Cities Connection Project.

On 14^th of November the Pavilion Mies van der Rohe will open the doors to receive the architects participating in the two exhibitions, _Import GENEVA and _Export BARCELONA, and the representatives from Barcelona’s City Council (Ajuntament de Barcelona).The event will be followed by the official Presentation of _Export BARCELONA taking place in February 2015.

As the Director of Fundació Mies van de Rohe, Giovanna Carnevali, said “This is a great opportunity for the Fundació to show its support for this project, launched and led by young architects from Barcelona, and to encourage them to continue this great adventure of connecting Barcelona with other European cities”.

The Fundació highlights that swiss architecture has a great reputation, thanks to its technical detail, the creativity of its practitioners and the influence of its schools. Therefore, Giovanna Carnevali has no doubt that Swiss architecture belongs within European culture, and as she told to CCP founders “we must not forget that architecture is a great ambassador of culture”.

13 November, 201415 December, 2014

Francesco Della Casa inaugura _Import GENEVA en el Arts Santa Mònica

El arquitecto jefe del Cantón suizo de Ginebra, Francesco Della Casa, ha inaugurado esta tarde la exposición _Import GENEVA en el claustro del Arts Santa Mònica, en Barcelona. Bajo el título “Geneva collective housing”, el arquitecto cantonal ha hecho un repaso por la historia de la vivienda colectiva y social en Ginebra, a través de algunos de sus proyectos más emblemáticos. El centenar de asistentes que ha acudido al evento también ha podido disfrutar de la exposición _Import GENEVA, que se puede ver hasta el 23 de noviembre en la Sala Balcó del Arts Santa Mónica.

Della Casa también se detuvo para explicar los veinte proyectos ginebrinos que han sido seleccionados para participar en la muestra _Import GENEVA y que proponen nuevas soluciones tipológicas en torno a la vivienda. El acto también ha contado con con la presencia de Rolf Seiler, presidente de la Fédération des Architectes Suisses (FAS), Barbara Tirone, coordinadora de la Maison de l’Architecture y Josep Font del Departament de Cultura de la Generalitat de Catalunya.

La exposición _Import GENEVA se enmarca dentro del Cities Connection Project, que conecta la arquitectura de una ciudad europea con la de Barcelona a través de un intercambio de sus arquitectos más destacados. El objetivo final de la iniciativa es que cada edición sea sólo el inicio de un diálogo continuado entre la arquitectura de las ciudades elegidas. “Nos imaginamos un futuro con una amplia red europea de conexiones entre profesionales e instituciones, un sistema de neuronas capaz de generar una mirada crítica y abierta sobre la proyección de nuestras ciudades”, confiesan Bustos y Regusci.

Next stop, GENEVA

La segunda edición del Cities Connection Project finalizará con la exposición _Export BARCELONA, que tendrá lugar del 5 al 26 de febrero de 2015, cuando los 20 arquitectos catalanes seleccionados expongan sus trabajos en el Pabellón SICLI de Ginebra, gracias a la colaboración entre Cities Connection Project y la Maison de l’Architecture.

13 November, 201415 December, 2014

La exposición _Import GENEVA abrirá sus puertas hasta el 23 de noviembre

El estreno de la muestra de arquitectura _Import GENEVA “Building Geneva_Projects versus challenges” ha contado con la presencia de más de doscientos asistentes; entre arquitectos catalanes, ginebrinos, autoridades, profesionales del sector y amantes de la arquitectura. “Ha sido fantástico el encuentro , creemos que esto cambiará totalmente la relación entre ellos y con la ciudad”, ha asegurado el comisario de la exposición Xavier Bustos. La muestra es un conjunto de 20 proyectos de vivienda colectiva realizados en los últimos diez años por arquitectos de Ginebra y se podrá ver hasta el 23 de noviembre en la Sala Balcó del Arts Santa Mónica.

_Import GENEVA se enmarca dentro de la segunda edición del Cities Connection Project que, huyendo de una arquitectura mediática, pretende ser un escaparate de la arquitectura funcional y comprometida con la realidad social que se hace hoy en día. El proyecto, impulsado por los arquitectos Nicola Regusci y Xavier Bustos, nació en 2013 con el deseo de establecer una red de conexiones culturales entre Barcelona y la ciudad invitada. “El objetivo es que los arquitectos exploren nuevas miradas con las que observar nuestras ciudades, establezcan lazos profesionales y compartan su visión sobre el desarrollo urbano”, ha explicado el cofundador de Cities Connection Project, Nicola Regusci.

Esta segunda edición del Cities Connection Project concluirá con el evento _Export BARCELONA en Ginebra en febrero de 2015, dentro del cual la exposición “Social Housing in Urban Context” mostrará 20 proyectos de vivienda social realizados por arquitectos catalanes.

13 November, 201428 November, 2014

Meeting between Swiss and Catalan architects

Aside from the exhibition _Import GENEVA, the second day of the event, 14th of November is dedicated to generate synergies between Catalan architecture and Geneva.

Therefore during the day, the event will also present architectural tours, a meeting with professionals and a reception at the Mies van der Rohe Pavilion for all architects participating in the two exhibitions.

For Cities Connection Project the meeting between Swiss and Catalan architects is a highlight of the program. For instance, can we talk about a Genevan or Catalan ‘collective housing’? What do they have in common? What can Barcelona learn from Genevan architecture?

The meeting will take place at Arts Santa Mònica Centre de la Creativitat at 12:00 h and will be a kind of an exchange of professional experiences to share ideas and make new connections. The architects will share experiences in different debates and the sponsors and agents involved in the Cities Connection Project will participate.