ESCARAVOX, TERRAZA DEL MATADERO
28/06/2012.
by Andrés Jaque Architects. Matadero Madrid. [MAD] Spain 28/06/2012
metalocus, VÍCTOR LÓPEZ-REY, ANA SEGURA.
metalocus, VÍCTOR LÓPEZ-REY, ANA SEGURA.
Matadero Madrid, Mahou Five Star present one more summer, the program of la "Terraza Matadero", imagined this time by Andrés Jaque Arquitectos, that have created two spectacular structures built on mobile irrigation systems used in large farms.
Escaravox. Andrés Jaque Architects.
Escaravox. Andrés Jaque Arquitectos.
Escaravox. Andrés Jaque Arquitectos.
Two large devices called Escaravox will work like a swiss army knive of leisure, being stage space, playground, rest and refreshment area, sound system and projection screen, and allowing all kinds of leisure and cultural activities.
Every Thursday from 21 pm Ja! offers an eclectic program for "Terraza Matadero", showing the possibilities of this new public space. In collaboration with artists, collectives and independent projects of Madrid, Ja! collective bets for the active tissue of the city with breakout sessions for everyone: live music, performance, film, games, presentations, parties, facilities, active listening. On Friday, at the same time, through the program Escaravox Populi, anyone who wants to can submit your artistic proposal, sending it to creadores@mataderomadrid.org.
Andrés Jaque Arquitectos Office, is specialized in social activation and interpersonal interaction projects, and it is evidenced by his projects: the Think Madrid Platform, the All Age City program. In adition, his work has been shown at the Venice Biennale, Gwangju Biennale in 2011, the Schweizerisches Architekturmuseum in Basel, and at IVAM among others.
The JA! collective is made by Rocío Ballesteros and Christian Fernández Mirón. Among its recents projects are included GIF Express, Minimum Concert, Urban Sustainable Intervention or Hola 2012.
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ANDRÉS JAQUE
Andrés Jaque, is the founder and principal of the Office for Political Innovation, a New York/Madrid based practice developing architectural projects that bring inclusivity into daily life. In 2014 they received the Silver Lion of the 14 Mostra Internazionale di Architettura, Biennale di Venezia and they are authors of awarded projects such as Plasencia Clergy House (Dionisio Hernández Gil Prize), House in Never Never Land (Mies van der Rohe European Union Award's finalist), TUPPER HOME (X Bienal Española de Arquitectura y Urbanismo), or ESCARAVOX (COAM Award 2013). They have also produced architectural performances and installations meant to interrogate the political frames by which architecture is practiced; including IKEA Disobedients (MoMA Collection, 2011), PHANTOM. Mies as Rendered Society (Mies Barcelona Pavillion, 2012) or Superpowers of Ten (Lisbon Triennale, 2014).
Andrés Jaque is Advanced Design Professor at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (GSAPP) and Visiting Professor at Princeton University's School of Architecture.
