Pere Buil graduated from ETSAB (Barcelona, 2000). Founder of vora arquitectura with Toni Riba, an architectural studio located in Barcelona. Their works have been published in several international magazines. They have been awarded with, among others, A+ 2011, AJAC awards 2012, San Marco Awards 2013, and selected for Arquia/próxima 2010 and 2012, ENOR 2011, FAD Awards 2012 and Spanish Architecture Biennial 2013.
He combines his professional work with teaching, curating and cultural activism.
Currently teaching project design at ETSALS (URL, Barcelona). Teacher at the Taller Vertical Workshop at ESARQ (UIC, Barcelona) in 2010 and 2012. Former assistant professor at the Masters Program in BIArch (Barcelona) in 2010-11.
Member of “aproximacions” collective, editing a quarterly fanzine on urban intervention proposals. Co-curator of “Estacions Transformadores” talks in 2008-2010 and “Sensitive Matter: Young Catalan Architects”, exhibition displayed in Lisbon, Coruña, Berlin and Barcelona between 2010-2012.
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George Ferguson: Smart Cities Must Put People First
George Ferguson is mayor of Bristol, UK. George was a past President of the Royal Institute of British Architects, was co-founder of Ferguson Mann Architects in 1979 and founded the national UK wide network of practices, Acanthus, in 1986.
He has a wide variety of experience in architectural, master planning and regeneration projects, including urban regeneration and historic building work that formed the foundation of his practice.This includes many award winning schemes such as the Bristol Millennium project with its new urban spaces, Royal William Yard in Plymouth, and his own mould breaking Tobacco Factory mixed use project and nationally acclaimed theatre that has helped kick start the regeneration of South Bristol.
He is a lateral thinker and has been a prime mover for change in attitude to planning and redevelopment in the South West Region and beyond. This led him to being awarded honorary degrees from the Universities of Bristol and of the West of England, and to being elected RIBA President (2003-2005) when he was noted for championing the causes of education, the environment and urbanism. He was appointed a CBE in the 2010 New Years Honours for services to architecture and to the community in the South West.
A co-founder of the Academy of Urbanism, he writes, broadcasts and lectures extensively on the environment, planning and architectural matters at home and abroad. He is amongst many other things a Trustee of Bristol’s Arnolfini art gallery, recently of the London based ‘think tank’ Demos and is an Academician of the Royal West of England Academy. He is also founder of the Bristol Beer Factory.
Having studied at Bristol University (three degrees including an honorary degree), Mr Ferguson has lived in Bristol for 47 years.
He declared his intention to stand as an independent candidate in the Bristol mayoral election prior to the city-wide referendum held on 3rd May 2012. Bristol was the only one of ten cities polled that voted in favour of a directly elected mayor.
Mr Ferguson ran as the Bristol 1st candidate (a party that he registered in order for the Bristol 1st logo to appear alongside his name on ballot papers) and polled 37,353 votes to Labour Candidate Marvin Rees’ 31,259 votes.
He becomes the first independent mayor to lead a major city in Britain and was officially sworn in at a ceremony held at Brunel’s Passenger Shed, Temple Meads on 19th November 2012.
Ricardo Bofill Jr. on the Future of Urbanism in India
More than 50 years after its founding, Ricardo Bofill Taller de Arquitectura (RBTA) remains at the forefront of the urban design and architectural professions. RBTA, founded in 1963 and led by Ricardo Bofill, Ricardo Bofill jr and Pablo Bofill, applies its visionary humanism and cultural intelligence in settings across the world. Centralized in a repurposed former cement factory — La Fabrica — on the outskirts of Barcelona, RBTA consists of a diverse, driven, and cohesive team of talent. Originating from over 20 countries, the staff ranges in specialty from architects and urban planners to graphic and industrial designers. This multidisciplinary and global perspective fosters a unique cultural sensitivity that informs the work of the internationally renowned architecture, urban planning and design practice.
RBTA cultivates an established, collaborative, and empowering design methodology centered upon the ongoing dialogue between the firm and the local developers and partners. Specializing in urban scale developments, transportation infrastructures, commercial ventures, and public housing, RBTA’s reverence for the nuances of a given place manifests in the ability to navigate a seemingly endless diversity of projects, staff, clients, locations, styles, and scales. The firm demonstrates a comprehensive capacity for approaching the massive urban plan and the modest domestic project with equal commitment and contextual sophistication. These clearly defined forms act as urban centers that forge meaningful relationships between an environment and its inhabitants. With a body of work spanning over 1,000 projects in 40 different countries, RBTA team continues to set itself apart from its peers.
Barcelona’s Alex Giménez: The Problem with Smart Cities
Bio: Alex Giménez is an Architect & Professor of Urbanism at the School of Architecture of Barcelona, Polytechnic University of Catalunya. Professor of the Master in Public Space, Elisava School, University Pompeu Fabra, Barcelona
