Polifactory and Círculo de Bellas Artes, in collaboration with Casa Asia, presented this conference aims to explain in a clear and entertaining story that not only represents the first spanish architectural footprint in China, but is an example of entrepreneurship and desire to overcome the Spanish community abroad.
All this through unpublished information, with original documents and photographs both old and current buildings and Spanish ceramic remains found employed.
The Abelard Lafuente´s story is linked, among others, to the figure of one of the most important Spanish entrepreneurs in Asia in early twentieth century: Antonio Ramos, magnate from Granada who introduced the cinema in China. He was the only spanish architect established in the heyday of colonial Shanghai, between 1913 and 1931, where he introduced the architectural style "spanish moorish" and built a wide variety of magnificent architecture. Lafuente died in Shanghai in December of 1931, after a life full of anecdotes, projects and trips around the world, details of wich have been discovered in the last three years in Shanghai and Madrid by Alvaro Leonardo, after a thorough investigation is still open and evolution.
In charge of Alvaro Leonardo, Spanish architect and collegiate by COACV and resident in Shanghai. He is co-founder and director of Polifactory, a multidisciplinary study that combines architecture with other areas of design in Brazil, Spain and China.
Venue.- Circulo de Bellas Artes. Alcalá 42, Madrid, Spain.
Dates.- June 14, 2012. Time: 19:00 pm.
