The Prize Arquia / Próxima has been for the project "Si estas paredes hablasen" of the study Serrano + Baquero
In the case of this reform for a center of aesthetics, the jury has emphasized that "the small scale or the modesty of the order does not prevent the search for a narrative capable of transforming a place that, fulfilling the functions required by the client, offers a experience for the user other than that commonly associated with these businesses. "
The Arquia Innova Award has been for "Bartlebooth, Platform of Editorial Experts" of the Bartlebooth studio.
The jury has especially valued "the creation of an operational thinking capable of generating project strategies as a result of an intelligent look at social, political and economic issues of the present moment".
Special Mention 2018 has been awarded to "Rehabilitation and extension of the Gon-Gar workshops" of NUA Arquitectures.
"The project finds in the pre-existing warehouse the opportunity to establish as a project origin a dialogue between existing and new constructions". The jury values "the decision to empty, cut and insert trying to preserve the essence of the original construction"
Opinion Award given by the festival attendees through an on-site vote, and this time it was for "La Potocine, a community and self-managed cinema room in Ciudad Bolívar, Bogotá" by Arquitectura Expanded (Ana María López Ortego)
Online voting award for "El guapo d'en Narcís" by Pau Sarquella Fábregas, Carmen Torres González, Ignasi Gutiérrez Fontcuberta, Ivanna Sanjuán Garriga, Guillem Villalta Macià.
The awards counted with 24 selected who explained their projects during the day of the 18th:
deAbajoGarcía, Adrià Escolano, Estudio rellam, Juan Miguel Martínez, Nua Arquitectures, Serrano + Baquero, Rosa Gallardo, Gonzalo Gutiérrez, Joel Padrosa, Ander Rodríguez, Carmen Torres, Arqbag, Arquimaña, Expanded Architecture, Cornago & Sánchez, Eeestudio + Zuloark, After Belonging Agency, José Aragüez, Architecture to Contrapelo, Bartlebooth, Nomad Garden, Vilaplana & Vilaplana
On October 18, the round tables were held at the Auditorio Casa del Lector (Matadero Madrid), which was transformed for the occasion by Francesca Neus Frontera Carbonell, winner of the architecture competition of the 6th arquia / upcoming Festival, thanks to her proposal PLAZA:
"Redefinition of the idea of context" moderated by Ángel Martínez García-Posada
"The magnitude of the small" moderated by Jacobo García-Germán
"Conflict as opportunity" moderated by José Juan Barba
"Operational Thought" moderated by Silvia Colmenares
"The magnitude of the small" moderated by Jacobo García-Germán
"Conflict as opportunity" moderated by José Juan Barba
"Operational Thought" moderated by Silvia Colmenares
As a culmination, a presentation by architect Carrilho da Graça and a lecture by Eduardo Souto de Moura (Pritzker Prize 2011).
