Architecture as Reparation

From Architectural Record’s 2018 Innovation Conference
Presented by Carme Pinós, Founder, Estudio Carme Pinós

Learning Objectives:

  1. Show how designers were able to repurpose a part of the city that previously had been reserved for another building type.
  2. Describe and employ the techniques used to create privacy where it was needed.

Credits:

HSW
0.5 AIA LU/HSW
This test is no longer available for credit

Presenter:

Pinos

Carme Pinós, Founder, Estudio Carme Pinós
Carme Pinós set up her own studio in 1991 after winning international recognition for her work with Enric Miralles. Since then, she has worked on numerous projects ranging from urban refurbishments and public works to furniture design. Her current projects include the Regional Office of the Generalitat in Tortosa (Spain); the architectural set composed by Gardunya Square, Massana School of Arts, a housing block and the west façade of the popular La Boqueria Market in the Historical District of Barcelona (Spain); and the Masterplan for the historic centre of Saint Dizier (France), where she is also carrying out various interventions in public spaces. Among her most significant completed recent projects are the Departments Building of the Vienna University of Economics and Business (Austria), the Cube II Towers in Guadalajara (Mexico), the Caixaforum Cultural and Exhibition Centre in Zaragoza (Spain), the metro station Zona Universitaria in Barcelona and the Crematorium in the Igualada Cemetery (Spain). In 2016 she was awarded the Richard J. Neutra Medal for Professional Excellence by the California State Polytechnic University in Pomona, in recognition of her career. She received the 2016 Berkeley-Rupp Architecture Professorship and Prize valuing her contribution to promoting the advancement of women in the field of architecture and her commitment to the community. In 2015 she was honoured with the Creu de Sant Jordi Medal, one of the highest civil distinctions awarded by the Catalan Government to individuals and organisations for their cultural and social services. She was named Honorary Fellow of the American Institute of Architects in 2011 and RIBA International Fellow in 2013 for her outstanding contribution to architecture. Her work has been widely exhibited in several galleries, museums and universities. The Centre Pompidou acquired the scale models of the Caixaforum Zaragoza in Spain, the Hotel Pizota in Mexico, and the Maison de l’Algérie of Paris. The model of the Cube I Tower currently belongs to the collection of New York’s MOMA.


Demonstrating how architecture can be used to stitch together disjointed parts of an urban center, Carme Pinós will talk about her work at Barcelona’s Gardunya Square, in the heart of the city’s historic district. The intervention includes the Massana arts and design school, a housing block, and the Boqueria market, as well as the remediation of the square.



 

Originally published in March 2019

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