Spain - Japan: La Ciudad Intermedia

13/09/2012. International Workshop. E.T.S. de Arquitectura of Valladolid. [Valladolid] Spain 19/11 - 30/11/2012
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The next month of November will be held between Spain and Japan the International Workshop "La Ciudad Intermedia". With special guests and emerging from Japan and Spain, the group is especially appealing to know and to exchange processes of new architectures, an urban growth between the hyperdense city and the hyperbuilt city. This workshop analyzes phenomena architectural, urban and social from different contexts.

Poster of Internacional Workshop: La Ciudad Intermedia. Image courtesy of © Fundación Japón, Madrid.

Poster of Internacional Workshop: La Ciudad Intermedia. Image courtesy of © Fundación Japón, Madrid.

Japanese office. Artwork of Murasaki Shikibu. Image courtesy of © Fundación Japón, Madrid.

International Workshop: La Ciudad Intermedia. Image courtesy of © Fundación Japón, Madrid.

The Fundación Japón, Madrid, the Consejo España Japón and the Universidad Valladolid present the international workshop: La Ciudad Intermedia, which will be held in Valladolid from November 19th-30th of 2012.

It will consist of a series of lectures and a workshop aimed at students of Spanish Architecture Schools.

The work item will be La Ciudad Intermedia: designing urban structures formed by housing cells destined to cover social emergencies due to disasters or marginalization. The number of participants is limited to 20 people and aimed at students who are in their final years or enrolled at Final Year Project. 10 seats are reserved for students of the E.T.S. de Arquitectura of Valladolid and and 10 seats for students from other universities. Enrollment and accommodation are free y participants will be selected rigorously by academic records of applicants for which will be appointed a selection committee.

The objectives of the international workshop will be:

Analyze the phenomena architectural, urban and social comparing European and Japanese trajectory.
Investigate the residencial cell in relation to the phenomenon of the contemporary metropolis.
Investigate the landscape of the ephemeral architectures in contexts related to emergencies and social contingency (poverty, marginalization, natural disasters, etc.).
Concrete proposals materialize in practical working.

Direction:

Dr.Pedro L. Gallego Fernández
Dra.Pilar Garcés García.

Conferees:

D.Juan Antonio Cortés Vázquez de Parga. Architect. November 20th.
D.Norihiko Dan. Architect. November 21th.
D.Jin Taira. Architect. November 21th.
D.José Juan Barba González. Architect. November 22th.
D.Pedro L. Gallego Fernández. Architect. November 23th.
D.ª Pilar Garcés García. Professor of English Philology. November 23th.
D.Kiyosi Sei Takeyama. Architect. November 26th.
D.ª Yayoi Kawamura. Professor of Art History. November 27th.
D.Javier Ruiz Sánchez. Architect. November 28th.
D.Enric Massip-Bosch. Architect. November 29th.

Tutors of workshop of projects:

D.Pedro L. Gallego Fernández. Architect.
D.Kiyosi Sei Takeyama. Architect.
D.José Manuel González Vázquez. Architect.

Date: November 19th-30th of 2012.
Hours: Intensive with conferences in the morning or in the afternoon.
Venue: E.T.S. de Arquitectura of Valladolid, Avda Salamanca s/n 47014 Valladolid, Spain.