The festival, will be held on the weekend of September 30 and October 1, 2017 will feature the opening of more than 100 buildings and urban spaces and it is expected that the reception, is going to be even greater than in the previous edition where they received more than 40.000 of visitors.
For this third edition of Open House Madrid who welcomes some latests news such as the opening of the emblematic Castellana 81 buildings, which, as we already revealed, is undergoing a process of reform and rehabilitation under Archimania Architecture Studio, directed by the architect Ruíz Barbarín, IE Paper Pavilion by the Japanese architect Shigeru Ban who won the Pritzker Prize 2014 or the private space art gallery Solo by StudioHerreros.
In addition, visits to some of the most unique spaces of the last edition such as the Grand Lodge of Spain, the Cultural Heritage Institute "The Crown of Thorns" by Fernando Higueras, or the Buenavista Palace, are maintained.
The opening of spaces is completed with a calendar of parallel activities related to architecture and urbanism, including the Open House Congress that this year is entitled "Cities of the Future: from Rome to Mars" and will feature illustrious guests as architects or NASA scientists.
The figure of the navarrese architect, Sáenz de Oíza, will be recognized in this edition of the festival with a route that will cover part of his legacy in the city. Apart from the building at Paseo de la Castellana ,the White Towers, the ring of the M-30 and the office building on Pio XII Avenue could be visited.
Special visits are also scheduled to studies of interior design, architecture, art workshops, private homes and historical routes through the city, as it has been done in the previous two editions.
For this third edition of Open House Madrid who welcomes some latests news such as the opening of the emblematic Castellana 81 buildings, which, as we already revealed, is undergoing a process of reform and rehabilitation under Archimania Architecture Studio, directed by the architect Ruíz Barbarín, IE Paper Pavilion by the Japanese architect Shigeru Ban who won the Pritzker Prize 2014 or the private space art gallery Solo by StudioHerreros.
In addition, visits to some of the most unique spaces of the last edition such as the Grand Lodge of Spain, the Cultural Heritage Institute "The Crown of Thorns" by Fernando Higueras, or the Buenavista Palace, are maintained.
The opening of spaces is completed with a calendar of parallel activities related to architecture and urbanism, including the Open House Congress that this year is entitled "Cities of the Future: from Rome to Mars" and will feature illustrious guests as architects or NASA scientists.
The figure of the navarrese architect, Sáenz de Oíza, will be recognized in this edition of the festival with a route that will cover part of his legacy in the city. Apart from the building at Paseo de la Castellana ,the White Towers, the ring of the M-30 and the office building on Pio XII Avenue could be visited.
Special visits are also scheduled to studies of interior design, architecture, art workshops, private homes and historical routes through the city, as it has been done in the previous two editions.
Registrations and buildings.-
Most spaces do not require prior registration to access the visit. For those who require it, previous registrations can be made on the web of Open House Madrid in this link at the end of September, when all the spaces that will be opened for the event have been confirmed.
Citizen participation.-
Open House Madrid is a festival that seeks the involvement of all citizens. Therefore a key figure in this initiative is volunteering, people who will add value to the visits acting as guides and managing the visits to the spaces. The number of volunteers increases with each edition and for this year it is expected to count with 600 volunteers.
Hoping that the organization has solved in this edition the problems of organization that were in previous editions, where some volunteers, who work for the sake of architecture and disinterestedly, underwent modifications at the last moment in the buildings that had been assigned to them.
You can register as a volunteer through the following link.
Hoping that the organization has solved in this edition the problems of organization that were in previous editions, where some volunteers, who work for the sake of architecture and disinterestedly, underwent modifications at the last moment in the buildings that had been assigned to them.
You can register as a volunteer through the following link.
About Open House Madrid.-
Open House is a festival of architecture and city that takes place one weekend a year in more than 40 cities around the world. For two days, dozens of public buildings, work spaces, residences, artists' studios and architects´ offices which can not be usually visited are opened. It is a free event for the public, which promotes knowledge of the city and recognition of the value of urban space.
Open House was born in London 30 years ago. Currently the festival is also organized in New York, Chicago, Sydney, Melbourne, Rome, Vienna, Oslo, Buenos Aires, Athens, Porto, ... and Madrid.
Open House was born in London 30 years ago. Currently the festival is also organized in New York, Chicago, Sydney, Melbourne, Rome, Vienna, Oslo, Buenos Aires, Athens, Porto, ... and Madrid.
