New uses for Olot's old hospital
The City Council of Olot has launched a participatory process about the future uses of Hospital Sant Jaume. Within this process, the Garrotxa-Ripollès COAC Delegation organized a meeting to discuss the future uses of the existing building, which took place on Friday November 7th.
The event was attended by councillors Estanis Vayreda and Nuria Fite; mayor Josep M Corominas; and COAC representative Nieves Roca. They explained the possibilities for the building and the City Council's appreciation. The initial proposal is a multipurpose building, in which to centralize municipal services and continue with elderly assistance.
After the explanation of the work carried out by the City Council, during question time, there was a debate about commercial uses inside and outside the urban area and about the revitalization of the old town.
1st Rehabilitation Fair in Barcelona
CUSTOMISED ADVICE ON HOUSING REHABILITATION
The Adviser's Office is an open contact point with the public, where information and advice will be provided. COAC participates by enabling architects to assist public consultations on housing rehabilitation. Thus, citizens are able to get information and recommendations about possible improvement or maintenance actions as well as subsidies for rehabilitation works.
FAMILY WORKSHOPS
Workshops organised by COAC:
- "KAPLA Workshop: Barcelona Towers" (December 13th, from 16.30 to 18.30 pm). Construction workshop with KAPLA, for children from 6 to 12 years old. KAPLA is an educational game based on rectangular wooden pieces of the same size, with which you can build different shapes.
- "Recycle Eixample" (December 14th, from 12 to 14 pm). Workshop for children which aims to familiarize them with the Eixample, make them think about its shortcomings and possible improvements, and finally make proposals through a collective model that will be built with recycled materials.
Family workshops are free, but registration is required.
To view the full program of activities, click here.
8th edition of the Girona Region Architecture Awards
Works which address different working scales, types of intervention and environments may be submitted, and will be assigned one of the following categories: Architecture, Urbanism and Landscape and Ephemeral Spaces.
This year, the jury is led by architect Matija Bevk (Slovenia) and vocals Anna Bach (Barcelona), Xevi Bayona (Olot) and Pere Joan Ravetllat (Barcelona), accompanied by a member of the Girona Association's Board.
On this occasion the awards are:
JURY AWARD: The jury will award a prize for each category: Architecture, Urbanism and Landscape, and Ephemeral Spaces
OPINION AWARD: Works selected by the jury are eligible for the 'Opinion Award of Culture and Industry', where professionals in cultural management and communication, on one hand, and technology and industrial production on the other, choose one work.
Call for submissions ends February 6th, 2015 at 2 pm.
For any further information about the awards, please contact the Culture Department of the Girona branch. Tel. 972 412 892 or premsa.gir@coac.cat
Contest Rules 2015
CaboSanRoque exponen en La Cova
Esta exposición forma parte del ciclo expositivo "La Cova sobre la Técnica", que ha programado el Departamento de Cultura de la Demarcación de Girona para este nuevo curso 2014/2015, y tiene por objetivo dar a conocer diferentes maneras de imaginar, proyectar, componer, montar, mezclar, construir, materializar y post-producir una obra.
'Patafísica del ruido
La exposición quiere mostrar los procesos de creación de las máquinas sonoras e instrumentos de CaboSanRoque, unas herramientas con forma de collages mecánicos, que se convierten en un medio de expresión único para cada proyecto. La construcción de estos artefactos se hace siempre a partir de objetos almacenados durante años en el taller, objetos que cargan sobre sus materiales la memoria de una vida obsoleta. Es la redención de los objetos a través de la 'patafísica del ruido.
La construcción de estos collages sonoros se produce siempre a través de un proceso que relaciona la física del sonido, la metafísica del objeto y la 'patafísica, en una espiral de pasadas sucesivas alrededor del objeto concreto y el sonido.
La espiritualidad sonora de John Cage, la particular visión del mundo y la ciencia de Alfred Jarry y la rigurosa comprensión de la física del sonido de los hermanos Baschet se funden en el universo mecánico y sonoro de CaboSanRoque.
Exposición del 12 de diciembre de 2014 al 7 de febrero de 2015.
Horario de visita: Laborables, de 9 a 15 horas.
Plaza de la Catedral, 8. Girona.