SUSAS Exhibition 24-09-23>09-11-23
Architectures on the Waterfront is a dive into the archive of the collection of the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture – Mies van der Rohe Awards that shows those architectures made near the water.
The exhibition, first on show at the Maritime Museum of Barcelona, sails out to Shanghai. especifically the Shanghai Urban Space Art Season 2023.
SUSAS 2023 features the theme “METro-BIOSIS” as an embodiment of the idea of harmony between humanity and nature. 20 exhibition areas distributed throughout the city of Shanghai, with their unique demonstrations and activities, showcase the ecological philosophy and methodology of Shanghai, boost the construction of ecological networks and the creation of excellent ecological spaces. These efforts work to improve the life of citizens who may enjoy clearer sky, cleaner water and more vegetation.
Architectures on the Waterfront will be presented in the Main Exhibition Area from 24 September to 9 November.
Port spaces constitute one of the territories where the transformation of the contemporary European city has shown with more intensity. As a result of the collaboration with Arquitectes per l’Arquitectura, a selection of 68 works from the EUmies Awards archive tells us with images, audiovisuals and models the particular stories of these architectures that build new spaces for the city’s relationship with water.
The panorama that the successive editions of the Prize defines proposes the game of multiple readings and, just as it was done with publications such as ATLAS or exhibitions such as Spanish Architectures, Chronicle from Europe, each filter that is applied generates a new look, a piece of new information. This is now the architecture of European waterfronts.
The exhibition has been cocurated with geographer Francesc Muñoz, director of the Urbanization Observatory (UAB), and it also includes a virtual visit and a catalogue.
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