ECUMENÓPOLIS. Session XIV. Urban landmarks. "The Freaky Story of the Funky Skyscraper"

Enigmatic, solitary traveler and imaginative inventor, the documentary that follows the path proposed by Fisac, from the beginning at La ​​Mancha (setting a world which is then reflected in his work as "chicken foot" chair ) until his arrival in Madrid and its projection as one of the most influential, complex and misunderstood architects by Franco time and years of political transition to democracy. His work includes about 400 works, many of them in Madrid, with a boundless ingenuity, moderation, research materials such as concrete, spirituality and closeness in churches like Santa Ana or the Dominicans, and consummate mastery of the profession of architect in a masterpiece such the Centro de Reproducciones Hidrográficas on the banks of the Manzanares River.

This is the premiere in Spain of film, in a session that will participate director Andrés Rubio talking with Marc Aureli Santos architect about the figure of Fisac ​​and how to make city-based architectural landmarks and buildings ad.

This session will have a zero row with:Carme Pinós, Jaume Valor y Ricardo Devesa.

Free admission.

Date.- Monday, April 16, 2012. 19:30 - 22:00 h.
Venue.- Auditorium COAC. Pl. Nova 5. 08002 Barcelona

From Wikipedia:

Ecumenopolis (from Greek: οικουμένη, meaning world, and πόλις (polis) meaning city, thus a city made of the whole world; pl. ecumenopolises or ecumenopoleis) is a word invented in 1967 by the Greek city planner Constantinos Doxiadis to represent the idea that in the future urban areas and megalopolises would eventually fuse and there would be a single continuous worldwide city as a progression from the current urbanization and population growth trends. Before the word ecumenopolis had been coined, the American religious leader Thomas Lake Harris (1823–1906) mentioned city-planets in his verses, and science fiction author Isaac Asimov uses the city-planet Trantor as the setting of some of his novels.

Doxiadis also created a scenario based on the traditions and trends of urban development of his time, predicting at first a European eperopolis ("continent city") which would be based on the area between London, Paris, and Amsterdam (or the Blue Banana).