![Avantguarda | [M] Masterclass | Javier F. Contreras · 'interiors, architecture and media in the 21st century'](https://www.arquitectes.cat/sites/default/files/mcj_carrusel_01.jpg "Avantguarda | [M] Masterclass | Javier F. Contreras · 'interiors, architecture and media in the 21st century'")
Avantguarda | [M] Masterclass | Javier F. Contreras · 'interiors, architecture and media in the 21st century'
Javier Fernández Contreras (Granada, 1982) is an architect and doctor in architectural theory from the Higher Technical School of Architecture of Madrid (ETSAM). Since 2018, he has been the director of the School of Space Design / Interior Architecture at the Haute École d’Art et de Design (HEAD – Genève), in Switzerland. His work explores the relationship between architecture, systems of representation and media, with a specific focus on the role of interior spaces in the construction of contemporaneity.
Contreras is director of several research and master's programs, among which stand out MAIA (Master of Arts in Interior Architecture) and Scènes de Nuit, a platform that investigates the relationship between night and architecture. His recent publications include the books 'Manifiesto de Interiores' (Puente Editores, 2022), and Nocturnal History of Architecture (Spector Books, 2024).
At the end of the masterclass 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.
The AVANTGUARDA cycle is divided into four main sections: environmentalism, experimentalism, communicationism and academicism. The format of these four sections and on different days will be that of a conference [C], a debate group [G] and a master class [M] per month.
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![Avantguarda | [G] Debate group | Vicente Molina + Beatriz Borque + Flexo Arquitectura · 'where are we going?'](https://www.arquitectes.cat/sites/default/files/gdm_carrusel_01.jpg "Avantguarda | [G] Debate group | Vicente Molina + Beatriz Borque + Flexo Arquitectura · 'where are we going?'")
Avantguarda | [G] Debate group | Vicente Molina + Beatriz Borque + Flexo Arquitectura · 'where are we going?'
We will see the challenges of the future that contemporary cities face, if from architecture and urban planning we can imagine optimistic scenarios escaping from this dystopian vision with a lack of resources such as water and a polluted atmosphere.
Vicente Molina, architect of mtres studio in Madrid, is director of training courses on architecture and how to work with artificial intelligence.
Beatriz Borque, architect and landscape designer for the Escola Técnica Superior d'Arquitectura de Barcelona (ETSAB) and the École National Supérieure de Paysage de Versailles (ENSP), is currently working on several architecture and landscaping projects. In addition to his professional practice in the studio, he also works in the theoretical and academic field.
Flexoarquitectura is a studio founded in 2002 by Tomeu Ramis, Aixa del Rey and Bárbara Vich, which since 2017 has been directed by Tomeu Ramis and Aixa del Rey. A study based in Barcelona interested in the capacity of any project to make sense within a particular cultural context utilising the resources – both conceptual and narrative- and the constrictions -technical, economical and material- as the opportunities from which to build the project’s strategies.
At the end of the debate there will be a dinner-colloquium with the speakers at the Barhaus restaurant. You can sign up by sending an email to comunicacio.tar@coac.net. Dinner price €22.
The AVANTGUARDA cycle is divided into four main sections: environmentalism, experimentalism, communicationism and academicism. The format of these four sections and on different days will be that of a conference [C], a debate group [G] and a master class [M] per month.
#COACTarragona
![Avantguarda | [C] Conference | Takk · 'Architecture and co-existence'](https://www.arquitectes.cat/sites/default/files/ctk_carrusel_01.jpg "Avantguarda | [C] Conference | Takk · 'Architecture and co-existence'")
Avantguarda | [C] Conference | Takk · 'Architecture and co-existence'
Takk is an architecture and design studio based in Barcelona. Founded by Mireia Luzàrraga and Alejandro Muiño, their projects investigate how architecture can catalyze the development of more democratic lives by incorporating feminist thought, ecology and politics into spatial practices.
His work has received recognitions such as the COAM award, the 'Temps de les Arts' award and the FAD award.
His works are developed both in the public and in the private sphere. Among Takk's clients are FRAC-Centre Val de Loire, IVAM (Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno), Barcelona City Council, FAD (Foment de les Arts i el Disseny), FITUR (Tourism Fair) or CA2M (Centro de Arte 2 de Mayo), and for international brands such as Vitra, Swatch, Hermès or Moncler.
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.
The AVANTGUARDA cycle is divided into four main sections: environmentalism, experimentalism, communicationism and academicism. The format of these four sections and on different days will be that of a conference [C], a debate group [G] and a master class [M] per month.
#COACTarragona
![Avantguarda | [C] Conference | Arqbag · 'Subject / Matter / Air'](https://www.arquitectes.cat/sites/default/files/cab_carrusel_01.jpg "Avantguarda | [C] Conference | Arqbag · 'Subject / Matter / Air'")
Avantguarda | [C] Conference | Arqbag · 'Subject / Matter / Air'
Arbag are an architecture cooperative that promotes new models of relationships between people, habitability and territory. They understand architecture as the transversal management of energy, environmental, economic and social resources. We notice and value the process and not just the result.
They apply a scientific method of work to all types of projects they develop. The purpose of this methodology is to detect indicators, collect data, generate content, parameterize and socialize the objectives, in order to propose strategies based on an objective, transversal and collective vision.
They understand sustainability from an affordable and accessible condition. They are committed to approaching, participating, sharing knowledge and empowering users, building tools for decision-making and collective learning.
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.
The AVANTGUARDA cycle is divided into four main sections: environmentalism, experimentalism, communicationism and academicism. The format of these four sections and on different days will be that of a conference [C], a debate group [G] and a master class [M] per month.
#COACTarragona