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Lecture:Learning from... Madrid

United Kingdom Architecture News - Nov 28, 2014 - 13:23   2303 views

Lecture:Learning from... Madrid

Ricardo Espinosa, photographer. Campus of Justice, Madrid. From the book Ruins of the Present. A 21st Grand Tour. 2014

4 December 2014, 6:00 pm 
Presented in French
Free Admission

In the aftermath of the global economic crisis, Spain is now paying for its lack of urban policy, particularly in the construction industry. The credit crunch curbed the frenzy of construction and left behind a vast territory of incomplete urban spaces. Architect, editor, and architectural curator Javier Arpa Fernández presents a lecture reflecting on how alternative future patterns of urbanisation might be conceived, planned and inhabited.

The Learning From… series takes its title from Learning From Las Vegas (1972), Robert Venturi, Denise Scott Brown and Steven Izenour’s influential publication, which analysed the commercial strips and architectural symbolism of Las Vegas in order to understand urban sprawl. In this spirit, the series brings together experts to explore specific urban conditions and their relevance to the future development of cities.

Lecture:Learning from... Madrid

Ricardo Espinosa, photographer. Ciudad Valdeluz, Guadalajara. From the bookRuins of the Present. A 21st Grand Tour. 2014

Lecture:Learning from... Madrid

Ricardo Espinosa, photographer. Olympic Stadium, Madrid. From the book Ruins of the Present. A 21st Grand Tour. 2014

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