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Montjuïc venue transformation . Barcelona

Smiljan Radić . Miquel Mariné . Beatriz Borque . César Rueda

Three major architectural projects will transform Montjuïc venue.

The future Montjuïc venue is beginning to take shape with the proposals from the winning teams of the architectural competition. Three unique monumental palaces—sustainable, avant-garde, and blending modernity with historical surroundings—will define the first phase of the renovation of this iconic city landmark. The goal is to transform it into a cutting-edge urban exhibition center for the 21st century.

This was one of the key topics discussed at this morning’s meeting of the Centenary Commission, made up of Barcelona City Council, the Government of Catalonia and Fira de Barcelona, which continues to make progress in the design of the axes of the programme of commemorative activities and the configuration of the management bodies that will carry it out.

Thus, this morning The Commission was presented with the winning architectural projects responsible for designing designing the first three major remodelling actions of the Montjuïc venue, following the decision of the jury made up of five renowned experts and chaired by the architect Josep Lluís Mateo. Key criteria included optimizing the trade fair facilities to modernize them, making them more flexible and versatile, under parameters of efficiency, digitalisation and sustainability. Continue reading Smiljan Radić et alii

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Solo Hotel . Matarraña

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The image for Solo Hotel in Matarraña, Spain, takes its shape from the remnants of a plank of hawthorn wood that was being used to make wooden pegs for one of Marcela Correa’s sculptures. This piece of wood eliminated in one fell swoop the problem of the blank sheet of paper, while allowing us to imagine a strategy to occupy the territory. The plot of land for Solo Hotel is in an unpopulated region of Matarraña in the middle of Europe. It is surrounded by low mountain chains, gray rocks, and pine groves – a wild natural landscape to European eyes. Continue reading Smiljan Radic

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Chanchera . Puerto Octay

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Chanchera belongs to that family of beautiful, small Chilean rural sheds, with wooden columns firmly buried straight into the plot, as the 120-year-old shed was slowly rotting away on the side of a country road near Osorno in southern Chile. Continue reading Smiljan Radic