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19:00
EUROPE EUROPE 2 / FRANCESCA TORZO
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Conference
. Barcelona
Organizes
Centre Obert d’Arquitectura
Place
Sala d'Actes
Plaça Nova 5, first floor
Barcelona
Time
At 7 pm
Price
Free
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Second session of the Europa Europa 2 lecture series, led by architect Francesca Torzo, titled “Unas cuantas historias” with a presentation by Alonso Atienza, a member of the Atienza-Maure studio.
The series aims to showcase contemporary European architecture through the presentation of the work of 8 invited architects, who will, in turn, be introduced by Catalan architects.
Francesca Torzo
She founded her own studio in 2008 in Genoa. She combines professional practice with teaching: she was an assistant at Atelier Bearth at the AAM in Mendrisio from 2009 to 2017, a professor at the Bergen Arkitekthøgskole in Norway between 2017 and 2021, and since 2020, she has been leading a design workshop at the AAM in Mendrisio. She has given lectures at various international schools and cultural institutions. In 2018, she was invited to participate in the 16th International Architecture Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia, FREESPACE, curated by Yvonne Farrell and Shelley McNamara. She was also appointed president of the Maarten Van Severen Foundation in Ghent for the 2018-2019 term.
In 2020, she received the Moira Gemill Prize for Emerging Architecture. Additionally, she won the International Piranesi Award in 2018, the Italian Architecture Award in 2020, and was a finalist for the 2022 Mies van der Rohe Awards.
Sessions
23/01 Leopold Banchini (Geneva), introduced by Miquel Mariné
30/01 Francesca Torzo (Genoa), introduced by Alonso Atienza (Atienza-Maure)
06/02 Fala (Porto), introduced by Lucia Millet (cierto estudio)
20/02 Baukunst (Brussels), introduced by Carmen Torres (Sarquella Torres Arquitectes)
06/03 Kosmos (Moscow/Zurich), introduced by Laura Solsona (self-office)
20/03 Sam Chermayeff (Berlin), introduced by Igor Urdampilleta (Arquitectura-G)
27/03 LCLA (Oslo), introduced by Beatriz Borque
03/04 NP2F (Paris/Marseille), introduced by Maria Giramé (Bajet Giramé)