The three professors from MIT will discuss themes such as the potential role of infrastructure to be objectified into monuments, el concept of the “Real City”, which deals with the notion of theme park as city in present-day China, and the impact of size, speed, and environment in one monolith single program projects that can be found in the contemporary city.
This activity is part of the reciprocal symposium “Considering Cities” that emerged from an agreement between MIT Department of Architecture and IE School of Architecture and Design. The event started last October 7th in the campus of MIT in Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA) with a series of short presentations given by IE Professors, Javier Quintana, Josemaría de Churtichaga and Ricard Frigola, and a discussion moderated by Martha Thorne.
Venue and date of the event:
(MADRID) Tuesday November 8 at 19:00, Campus de IE, Serrano 105.
(SEGOVIA) Wednesday, November 9 at 13:00h, Campus de IE University, Refectorio, Cardenal Zuñiga 12.
