Biennale’s Golden Lion for the Spanish Pavilion

The Spanish Pavilion at the 15 Biennale di Venezia was awarded the Golden Lion. The Cultural Factory in El Matadero Madrid, designed by Ángel Borrego Cubero /Office for Strategic Spaces, has been selected to be part of the Spanish Pavilion at the 15 Biennale di Venezia – Architecture (May 28 – Nov 27, 2016). The pavilion, curated in this edition by Iñaqui Carnicero and Carlos Quintans, is titled “Unfinished” and gathers 55 selected architecture works, 7 photography series and 12 entries to the call for ideas.

New docu-series about Professor Isasi’s classes

Justo Isasi, Professor at Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid: “We architects think in lines, that is, musicians think in notes, painters in colors and those who who write think in arguments. But we, almost inevitably, have to think of lines. So this lesson is mostly about Intelligence and Imagination. And for that, we have to make lines … ”

This is the first episode of a series of 6 videos titled “Pensar a rayas/ Thinking in lines”. It is an initiative by Angel Borrego Cubero and produced voluntarily and non-profit by OSS in collaboration with ETSAM. The series will be disseminated with the collaboration of Plataforma Arquitectura and Archdaily.

 

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