The José Saramago Room of the César Manrique Foundation, located in La Plazuela de Arrecife, will host next Monday, June 17, the conference entitled 'Weaving the city', which will be given by Carme Pinós and will start at 7:00 p.m.
The intervention is included in the conference cycle 'César Manrique and his contexts', which began with the conference by Juan Vicente Aliaga and will also feature the presence of Simón Marchán, Estrella de Diego, Patricia Molins and José Luis de la Nuez Santana. This activity is part of the centenary of the birth of César Manrique that the institution that bears his name will celebrate until April 24, 2020.
According to the FCM, Carme Pinós will address in her conference the long process of urban transformation of Plaza de la Gardunya, located in the historic center of Barcelona, after the new headquarters of the Escola Massana was inaugurated in September 2017. Pinós will comment on how the project tries to sew up the hole behind the Mercado de la Boqueria, a space that has been unresolved for decades.
She will also present the MPavilion project, for which each year an international architect is commissioned to design a pavilion located in Queen Victoria Gardens in Melbourne. In 2018 it was Carme Pinós's turn. The space, designed for the spring and summer months, hosts an extensive program of cultural events during this period.
About Carme Pinós
After graduating in architecture and urban planning from the Higher Technical School of Architecture of Barcelona, Carme Pinós founded her studio with Enric Miralles, with whom she achieved international recognition, with projects such as the Igualada Cemetery. In 1991 she established her own architecture studio, addressing a vast range of projects ranging from urban reforms and public works to furniture design. "Her risky attitude and constant research have earned her recognition in the world, taking the name of Catalan architecture throughout Europe and the American continent," they highlight from the FCM.
Among her recent projects are the complex in the historic center of Barcelona that includes Plaza de la Gardunya, the Massana Art School and the rear facade of the Mercado de la Boquería; the Caixaforum Zaragoza Cultural Center; the Department Building on the WU Campus in Vienna; the Delegation of the Generalitat of Catalonia in Tortosa; and the Cube I and Cube II Office Towers in Guadalajara, Mexico.
She has received numerous awards and mentions. Among the most recent are the French International Award for Women Architects 2017- ARVHA and the ArpaFIL 2017 Award from the Guadalajara International Book Fair. In 2016, Carme Pinós was distinguished with the Richard J. Neutra Medal for Professional Excellence awarded by the Polytechnic University of California in Pomona in recognition of her professional career, and the same year she received the 2016 Berkeley-Rupp Prize for her contribution to the promotion of women in architecture and for her social commitment.
During all these years, Carme Pinós has combined her activity as an architect with teaching, being a guest professor, among other places, at the University of California, Berkeley, l'École Nationale Supérieure d'Architecture Paris- Malaquais et Paris-Val de Seine; Harvard University Graduate School of Design; Columbia University in New York; l'École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and the Università de Venezia. At the same time, she has participated in numerous seminars, courses and workshops, both national and international.
