Presentation of Quaderns AIR/ARIA/AIRE, catalog of the Catalonia in Venice project, the Catalan pavilion of the 17th Venice Architecture Biennale, with the Dean of the COAC, Assumpció Puig and the Director of the Institut Ramon Llull, Francesc Serés.

Air/Aria/Aire is curated by Olga Subirós and includes an urban research developed by 300.000 km/s, with contributions of Maria Arnal, Míriam Garcia, Josep Perelló, Xavier Querol, Jordi Sunyer, et al.

Janet Sanz, director of the Ecology, Urban Planning and Mobility Area and Second Deputy Mayor of Barcelona, Mercè Rius, General Director of Transport and Mobility of the Ministry of Digital Policies and Territory of the Generalitat de Catalunya, and Mar Santamaria and Pablo Martínez, co-founders of 300.000 km/s will participate in the sessions moderated by Olga Subirós.

Online registrations here

In-person registrations here

The project Mercè has been selected to be presented and exhibited at Tabakalera in Donostia on the 13th and 14th of october in the context of the VII Encuentro Cultura y Ciudad. This edition focus the future of culture in the context of post-pandemic crisis and the formulation of concrete proposals for the future.

The International Congress is a biennial activity of the Fundación Arquitectura y Sociedad in Pamplona that wants to promote a debate on architecture and the city, overcoming the barriers that limit this discipline to the architectural field.

We will discuss about the ‘Shared city and public goods’ in the framework of the session ‘Shared city and nearby city’ on Friday September 10 at 10 am.
The congress will also feature the sociologist Saskia Sassen, the Nobel laureate economist Mohan Munasinghe or the Pritzker prize-winning architect Anne Lacaton.

Presentation day of the atelier 2021-22 Building futures with cities, led by Mar Santamaría and Pablo Martínez at EPFL-ENAC on Monday September 6 at 12p.m., via zoom ID 670 7321 9190.

Tomorrow at 12:00 from the Iniversità luav di Venezia, we will be talking about our work at “air/aria/aire”, the project curated by Olga Subiròs for the catalan participation at the Venice Biennale.

“ALL THAT IS URBAN MELTS INTO AIR”

On Friday July 2, we will be presenting Mercè in the Hybrid Knowledge forum.

The forum will be held from June 30 to July 3 at Etopia, Centro de Arte y Tecnología.

It is a forum around the impact of the omnipresence of artificial intelligences in our societies that seeks to create a framework for meeting, experimentation and training of different groups (students, researchers, artists, teachers, activists, journalists …) interested in the hybridization between humanities, science and technology.

This session is the third of Cicles Metropolitans of the Barcelona Demà: Compromís Metropolità 2030 process.

The debate is joined by Isabello Anguelovski, Pablo Martínez (co-founder of 300.000 km/s), Sandra Carrera, Jordi Valls and Narcís Berberana. The topics addressed are
– Climate emergency: This involves identifying the main dangers to resilience and posing challenges to reduce and / or adapt to them. Recognition of the urgent need to achieve these goals requires the close collaboration of the administrations and actors of the metropolitan area to forge a new workspace and consensus.
– Environmental emergency: A metropolis that seeks to reduce pollution, and generate a change in the ways of living, consuming and producing in order to reduce the negative impacts on the environment and people.
– Healthy territories: A metropolis that guarantees physical, mental and social well-being, and that raises its articulation at the supra-municipal level in order to provide the territory with the resilience necessary to become a comfortable and safe place for the development of all kinds of activities, putting people at the center and with the aim of reducing vulnerabilities.

Join us in the New Generations Festival (2021)

New Generations is a European platform that investigates the architectural profession and the changes around it through a network of some of the most innovative emerging architecture studios and practices, providing a new space for the exchange of knowledge and confrontation, theory and production. Since 2013, New Generations has involved more than 500 practives from over 20 European countries in its cultural agenda through festivals, exhibitions, open calls, video-interviews, workshops, and its new online media platform.

We’ll be at the speakers corner at 18:00 (1st of July) with Lucia Tahan, Scott Lloyd, TEN and Nicholas Korody.

We are participating in the S+T+ARTS Urban Fest, that explores perspectives, visions and collaboration frameworks from all over the world.

European projects shaping our cities (14:00-14:45)

Mar Santamaria VarasUrban planner and co-founder of 300.000 Km/s (Moderator)
Mariona CíllerCo-founder & Co-director, SokoTech.
Denis RoioFounder e cto, Dyne.org
Giulia TomaselloArtist, Future FLora and Alma Project

There are many examples of artists, technologists and scientists who are shaping our European cities. They bring new perspectives, solutions and awareness about topics relevant for society, often not addressed by the people in charge. What’s the vision behind these creative artworks / interventions? What are the approaches taken and the impact generated? How are these professionals collaborating with businesses, engineers and scientists to make this change happen?

In this session. successful artists and technologists will share with us their experience and advice in building great products and services thanks to strong collaborations and a clear vision.

Each speaker brings its own project and answers the questions above referring on how their work is shaping cities today and the cities of the future.

We will participate in the international conference Proceed With Care 2019 ‘Living with tourism’.

Under the patronage of UNESCO Croatian National Committee, the conference will explore and overcome the Challenges and Threats of the Emerging Conflict between Overtourism and the Safeguarding of Heritage Cities, Monuments and Landscapes.

Mar Santamaria, 300.000 Km/s co-founder will be one of the keynote speakers.