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Cevisama 2018, Feria Valencia

International Architectural Event held in Spain: Spanish Architecture Fair

15 Jan 2018

Cevisama 2018, Feria Valencia: Spanish Architecture Fair

Cevisama 2018, Feria Valencia News

SPEAKERS AT CEVISAMA FORUM INCLUDE MASTERS OF ARCHITECTURE AND PRITZKER PRIZE WINNERS RAFAEL MONEO AND SOUTO DE MOURA

• Set to take place from 5th to 9th February at Feria Valencia, the fair is matching its commercial growth with a qualitative leap in its programme of parallel events

Eduardo Souto de Moura architect:
Eduardo Souto de Moura
photo : Juan Rodriguez

Cevisama 2018 will not just be one of the best editions of the fair in recent decades from a commercial perspective. The organizers of the international showcase wanted the progress in exhibitor numbers to be matched by a qualitative leap in the programme of parallel events and, to this end, invested considerable effort in promoting the fair so as to attract genuine international architectural pace-setters to Valencia. One result of this effort is that two winners of the Pritzker Prize – an accolade considered to be the Nobel Prize of the architectural world – will be attending.

Rafael de la Hoz architect:
Rafael de la Hoz architect
photo : Miguel de Guzmán

The programme for the architecture and Design Forum, part of CevisamaLab, Cevisama’s cultural initiative, has been put together this year by eminent architect and critic Luis Fernández-Galiano and sub-titled “Material architecture”. In his own words, “Architecture is all about ideas and shapes, but both crystallize through the material. Whereas the precursor to the building is the project’s immaterial geometry, it is made real in the physical world by means of materials and techniques. This seminar is about the tangled relationship between intentions, demands, constructions and environments and, through six case studies, will look at how an architectural project becomes a material object. Six recently completed buildings will be presented by the contemporary masters responsible for them, who will explain every aspect of their construction, from the complexity of the contexts and the role of the materials used.”

Emilio Tuñón:
Cevisama 2018 - Emilio Tuñón
photo : Miguel Fernández-Galiano

Cevisama’s Architecture and Design Forum will comprise two sessions, taking place on the first two days of the fair, 5th and 6th February. The first session will bring Francisco Mangado and Emilio Tuñón together, who will talk about the two builds that earned them the most recent Spanish Architecture Prize, the Palma Conference Centre and the Royal Collections Museum in Madrid (designed by the – prematurely – late Luis Moreno Mansilla). The session will finish with a presentation by Portuguese Pritzker prize-winner Eduardo Souto de Moura, about a building he had the opportunity to build twice: the market in Braga.

Rafael Moneo architect:
Rafael Moneo architect
photo : Massimiliano Polles

The second session will bring the two practices that have been awarded the Senior Council of Colleges of Architects Medal, Catalonia-based Batlle I Roig, represented by Joan Roig, who will present two university buildings in Barcelona, and Rafael de La-Hoz, of Madrid, which will be giving a detailed description of the Rey Juan Carlos Hospital it built in Móstoles. Master architect and Pritzker prize-winner Rafael Moneo will provide the final touch to the day with a presentation on his latest build, the J. Palacios winery in El Bierzo.

Francisco Mangado architect:
Francisco Mangado architect
photo courtesy of Cevisama

Moneo’s presentation is on the Tuesday at 13.00 in the Function Room at Feria Valencia and, as with all the lectures, entry will be free of charge, with seats available on a first come first served basis.

Joan Roig:
Joan Roig
photo : Héctor Mediavilla

The detailed programme for the Architecture and Design Forum, which provides details of times and biographies of the speakers, is already available to see on Cevisama’s website (www.cevisama.com). The website also offers the facility for professionals to download their tickets and media professionals to obtain their accreditations.

Cevisama 2018, Feria Valencia images / information received 150118

Location: Feria Valencia, Spain

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Design: Alberto Campo Baeza, Architect
Andalusia Museum of Memory
photo : Javier Callejas
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Merida Factory Youth Movement, western Spain
Jose Selgas, Lucia Cano, architects
Merida Youth Factory

Centro Niemeyer, Avilés
Oscar Niemeyer architect
Centro Niemeyer

Pritzker Prize architects

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