Conference | Creating communities and changing mindsets of Josep Maria Borrell, director of IMPSOL
Within the cultural programming of the Tarragona Demarcation of the College of Architects of Catalonia (COAC) we have the opportunity to listen to the conference “Creating communities and changing mentalities” offered by Josep Maria Borrell, director of IMPSOL, a public company dependent on the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona (AMB), which promotes inclusive and quality public housing, newly built or from rehabilitations, with a gender perspective, innovation and comprehensive sustainability (social, environmental and economic).
IMPSOL has promoted the competitions, promotion and subsequent management of more than 3,700 homes in 70 developments throughout the ÀMB. During these years, the actions promoted by IMPSOL have obtained recognition for their developments, highlighting some FAD awards for architecture and opinion (2020-2021-2023), CSCAE awards for Spanish architecture (2022-2024), Beau, biau, finalist for the Mies van der Rohe Award (2021) or winners of the RIBA International Awards for Excellence in 2024.
The presentation aims to explain the methodology applied by IMPSOL to obtain quality standards and raise awareness of the values of economic, social and environmental sustainability among users through recent projects and promotions.
Josep Maria Borrell graduated in Architecture from ETSAB (2001). His final project obtained an honors qualification. He has given multiple presentations at specialized conferences, master’s degrees, university postgraduate courses, national and international housing seminars and congresses.
At the end of the conference there will be a dinner-colloquium with the speaker at the Barhaus restaurant. You can sign up by sending an email to comunicacio.tar@coac.net. Dinner price €24.
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Conference "Habitabilities" DATAAE
Within the cultural programming of the Tarragona Demarcation of the College of Architects of Catalonia (COAC) we have the opportunity to listen to the conference "Habitabilitats" by Claudi Aguiló from the architecture studio DATAAE.
Claudi Aguiló is an architect from the ETSAV, and since 2000 he has been co-founder of the DATAAE architecture studio. His work has been awarded several national and international prizes, among others: the World Architecture Award WATA 2024, the FAD Award 2017 (“City and Landscape”), the FAD de l’Opinió in 2015 and 2007, Catalunya Construcció Awards 2015, Ugo Rivolta Award 2015 (Italy), Archmarathon Awards ex-aequo Award 2014 (Italy), AJAC Awards 2012, Sacyr Innovation Award 2012, ‘SaieAward 2011 the best concrete building’ Award (Italy), ‘Green Building Challenge 2011’ selection, JAE (Young Spanish Architects) selection 2008.
At the end of the conference, there will be a dinner-colloquium with the speaker at the Barhaus restaurant. You can sign up by sending an email to comunicacio.tar@coac.net. Dinner price €22.
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Inaugural conference of the exhibition "Mutant Skin"
Inaugural conference of the exhibition "MUTANT SKIN" by the artist Jordi Nin.
MUTANT SKIN is a photographic work of archaeology of the present that seeks the migratory spaces of the city where people leave their messages. They are ephemeral spaces, which are not regulated, and where everyone feels the right to express themselves freely.
Practically all of the photographic work is made with a medium-format film camera, a Hasselblad manufactured in Sweden in 1969. None of the images are photomontages or have been manipulated.
The work MUTANT SKIN was carried out in the cities of Barcelona and Berlin between 2018 and 2023, mainly in the oldest districts of the city where the streets are of human dimensions and are enriched by the mix of people from all over the world.
Jordi Nin is a multidisciplinary artist in audiovisual, cinematographic and photographic creations and one of the pioneers in carrying out urban interventions through lighting and large-format architectural projections on emblematic buildings.
The exhibition can be seen from April 16 to May 22, in the exhibition hall.
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Conference | Necropolis Rehabilitation
The Necropolis of Tarraco, one of the best-known and best-preserved late Roman cemeteries of the Roman Empire, is immersed in an ambitious comprehensive rehabilitation project.
Under the direction of the National Archaeological Museum of Tarragona (MNAT), the team of Tarragona architects Urbana Strata (composed of Pau Jansà, Genís Boix, Amàlia Jansà, Andreu Pont, Manuel Prieto and Eduard Polo) have opted for the reintroduction of the site into the urban fabric. A project that also aims to transform the surroundings of the Necropolis, as well as promote the history of Tarraco and a new centrality in Tarragona.
In this conference, we will learn about the details of the rehabilitation and how it will affect the accesses and surroundings of the site, its gardens, the museum building and also part of the Tabacalera estate.
Speakers:
-Mònica Borrell, director of MNAT
-Amàlia Jansà, representative of Urbana Strata
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