The BAQ 2014 wants to expand the vision of architecture, expanding its focus to move from the fragmentary and to global, from the dogmatic to the complex, from the anthropocentric view to a more complete ecological view, integrating our discourse with from other disciplines.
It is presented as an exercise in focus and blur, which seeks the critical questions necessary to alter our perspective towards a more comprehensive and simultaneous with an expanded global awareness that feed back our assessment of the individual and the near, the global and collective.
The Biennial takes place in three actions: Confrontation Event, Academic Event and Cultural Event. In this edition the Academic Event of the BAQ2014 will be held in the Agora of the House of Ecuadorian Culture, event called:. " From the house to the city, from the city to the house"
The schedule of lecturers attending the XIX Pan-American Architecture Biennial of Quito BAQ2014, happening on November 17 to 21, is closed. Amongst the confirmed lecturers we have:
Salvador Rueda, Spanish Biologist. Director of the Ecologic Urban Agency in Barcelona. He bids on sustainable cities, applying this concept on Barcelona and Vittoria through the design of eco neighborhoods and superblocks. It translates in a better urban quality; while reducing the environmental impact.
Gyaw Gyaw Architecture workshop. Working in a conflict region between Thailand and Burma which receives refugees from neighboring towns. They use local materials to build community schools and hospitals for them.
Alexander Brodsky, Russian Architect, sculptor and artist. Considered as one of the best architects in Russia. He manages to create an invisible line between artistic installation and architecture. He is also known by his paper architecture.
Anupama Kundoo Indian Architect. Started her own studies on architecture in Auroville, India, advocating for a ´´whole world´´ focus in housing practices. Immerging in brick´s details, of how to build the structures; proposing architectural solutions that bring socio-economic benefits of the local area through an holistic and contextual focus of sustainability.
Rahul Mehrotra, Indian Architect, urban planner and educator. His works develop in different scales, from interior design to architecture and urban planning, being an activist in Mumbai´s slums.
Juan Herreros, Spanish Architect, considered one of the most influential architects of modern practice. He makes an effort to highlight the multifaceted and multidisciplinary nature of architecture.
Fadhila Maamar of Spain, licensed on philology. Great intercultural mediator, bids for the urban coexistence and works by achieving consensus between cultural conflicts for a better coexistence.
These and other worldwide experts will have as a common goal to contribute their knowledge and nourish the topic of this Biennial, named 'from the house to the city, from the city to the house', giving it the same path and importance throughout Latin America that this event had from its beginning.
For more information on our lecturers in BAQ2014, click here.
When.- From 17 to 21 November de 2014.
Where.- Quito, Ecuador.
