Category: CITIES CONNECTION

The inaugural conference took place on October 2, 2024 at 12:30 at the IED Kunsthal in Bilbao. Four architects from each of the city-territories that are represented in the exhibition presented their work and participated in a panel discussion moderated by Nicola Regusci and Xavier Bustos. From Brussels-Wallonia, Benjamin Robinson, Artau Architectes; from Barcelona Tomeu Ramis, Flexo arquitectura, From Luxembourg, Philippe Nathan, 2001 Architectures, and from Bilbao, Ibon Salaberria, Beste arkitektura.
Photos by @zerikusi

Introduction by Marta Sola, Leku Estudio and Open House Bilbao

Benjamin Robinson, Artau Architectes

CCP07 | BILBAO | ROUND TABLE

The Architectures in transition exhibition before making a stop à Bruxelles for the second CCP07 event was invited to participate in the Open House Bilbao festival at the European Institute of Design, IED Kunsthal. For the opening of the exhibition a conference-debate was held with the participation of Tomeu Ramis, Flexo Arquitectura Barcelona, Benjamin Robinson, Artau Architectes Liège, Philippe Nathan, 2001 Luxembourg and Ibon Salaberria, Beste ArkiteKtura Bilbao.

The exhibition of works has a cumulative and summative condition that adds good practices of those cities through which it travels. In this case, the exhibition, composed of 20 projects from Brussels-Valona, 20 projects from Luxembourg and 20 from Barcelona, will incorporate Basque projects that will become part of the traveling exhibition.

For this edition, the focus is on social responsibility and the reuse of heritage, bringing together transitional architecture projects – quality architecture that favors the reuse of existing spaces, the reuse of materials, sustainable construction systems and materials, energy-efficient new-build buildings and mixed-use programs that, in a way, contribute to the clustering of activities without dispersing them, while promoting the well-being of users.

These projects pave the way for the transition to a more ethical building culture, with controlled environmental and social impacts.

By opting for rehabilitation rather than demolition, by using sustainable and environmentally-friendly construction systems, and by reusing building materials, architects are beginning to realize their essential role as socially responsible players.

For several years now, building culture has been undergoing a transition towards more responsible, environmentally-friendly architecture. This vital transition in architecture will be long and full of obstacles, but it will be irreversible.

It offers a gaze from the perspective of social responsibility and giving local heritage a new life during the Barcelona Architecture Weeks 2024

The central event is the grand opening of the exhibition that showcases the 60 public architecture projects selected from the participating regions in this 7th edition of CCP. The event connects Barcelona with Brussels-Wallonia, Luxembourg and the French region of Grand Est, and is followed by a series of short conferences by architects from several cities and a subsequent wide-ranging debate between all the participating architects and the public institutions involved.

Apart from the opening ceremony, which will take place on June 13 at 7 p.m., the exhibition will be open until June 28 at MUHBA_Oliva Artés usual opening hours

As part of the travelling exhibition “Cities Connection Project 06. Shared living spaces”, luca is inviting three architectural practices from the three cities represented in the exhibition – Wallonia-Brussels (BXL), Basel (BSL) and Barcelona (BCN) – to present their work and discuss it with their Luxembourg counterparts.

Speakers

Júlia Dubois, architect and communications manager,  arqbag.coop (BCN)

Balàzs Földvàry, architect and founding partner, Atelier Neume (BSL)

Valentin Piret, architect and founding partner, CENTRAL (BXL)

Moderation

Jean-Paul Carvalho, architect and founding partner, Carvalho Architects (LUX)

Philippe Nathan, architect and founding partner, 2001 (LUX)

BALAZS FOLDVARY PRESENTATION | ATELIER NEUME

Architects meet Architects | Episode 1

From 23 February to 13 April 2024, the luca – Luxembourg Center for Architecture is hosting the travelling exhibition of the Cities Connexion Project (CCP). 

Led by architects Nicola Regusci and Xavier Bustos, CCP was created over 10 years ago with the aim of establishing a cultural connection between European cities with a significant architectural tradition. This “connection”, between two or three cities, takes the form of a travelling architecture exhibition around which events are organised to encourage exchanges between architects from the different cities represented. “Shared living spaces”
theme will be “Architectures is the theme chosen for the sixth edition of the CCP, which features projects from Barcelona, Brussels, and Basel.


To mark its visit to Luxembourg, the curators – Nicola Regusci, Xavier Bustos, and Nathalie Brison – have selected 5 projects from Luxembourg to be shown alongside the 60 other projects in the exhibition.

IT WAS A FULL – HOUSE EVENT LAST THURSDAY AT THE OPENING OF CCP06 EXHIBITION SHARED LIVING SPACES. 20 PROJECTS FROM BRUSSELS-WALLONIA, 20 PROJECTS FROM BASEL, 20 PROJECTS FROM BARCELONA + 5 PROJECTS FROM LUXEMBOURG.