UPA - BUA architecture trip Madrid 2018 - SOLD-OUT !
MADRID, is one of the most exciting capitals in Europe. From its Arab roots to today's dynamic political centre, passing through a Christian period, the Mudejar, the Habsburgs, capital of the Spanish colonial empire of the Golden Age, the Bourbons, the Madrid baroque style of the XVlll0 Napoleon, Franco, the 1950s with the New York inspired skyscrapers ... Madrid ahora wanted to acquire architectural icons with an image of modernity signed Jean Nouvel for the extension of the Reina Sofia Museum, Rafael Moneo for the Prado Museum, Richard Rogers for the airport, Ricardo Bofill for the Congress Palace, Norman Foster for the Caja Tower, Santiago Calatrava for the future obelisk, Alvaro Siza for the Colon tourist centre and the Prado Recoletos axis, José Aranguren and Justo Gallego for the ABC museum, Herzog & de Meuron for the Caixa Forum and its plant wall by Patrick Blanc and also MVRDV, Raphael De La-Hoz, Morphosis, Foa ... To counter the upheavals of this urbanization, the city has created the Office of Wall Management, street art is officialized as a tool to beautify the city. Madrid is one of the most wooded cities in the world, with 21,000 hectares of green spaces inherited from vast estates belonging to the royal family. In the XXl0 century, the city continues to develop its green spaces. In 2003, the M3o ring road was buried to build Madrid Rio, a green corridor of 3.500 ha, which rehabilitates the banks of the Manzanares river, connecting all the parks of the city by means of 30 km of tracks designed for walkers, children, sportsmen, tourists. This modern river also has artistic fountains, exhibition platforms, a cultural centre, 34,000 new trees, 471,000 shrubs, 211,000 m2 of lawns...
... and ... the megalopolis or the pueblo? ... the azulejos brought back to life ... the traditional or creative flamenco? ... the Real or the Atlético? ... bullfighting ... rustic or gastronomic tapas ? ... jamon ... chocolate con churros ... rooftop bars …
Friday 04 May 2018
07:00
MADRID
Tarifs
Travel to MADRID 2018
Some pictures:
Madrid Barajas Airport (Rogers-Stirk-Harbour+Partners)
Atocha Station (Rafael Moneo, Saint-James)
Memorial 11-M (Estudio FAM)
Espacio SOLO (Estudio Herreros)
Carabanchel 24 (Social Housing Caranbanchel)
Logements pour Jeunes (Cesar Ruiz Larrea)
Logements pour Jeunes (Aranguren Gallegos Arquitectos)
Madrid Housing (Morphosis)
Logements av. de la Peseta (Javier Arango Diez)
Logements Valle del Boi (Borrego, Montenegro y Toro)
Carabanchel 21 (Estudio Herreros)
Carabanchel 24 (BSR)
Carabanchel Housing (Foreign Office Architects)
Logements Mendez Alvaro (Alvaro Soto, Francisco Javier Maroto)
Siège Repsol (Rafael De La-Hoz)
Caixa Forum (Herzog - de Meuron)
Museum del Prado (Rafael Moneo)
Museum Thyssen-Bornemisza (Rafael Moneo)
Colonial Office (Rafael De La-Hoz)
Centro Turismo Colon (Alvaro Siza)
Edificio Girasol (José Antonio Coderch)
Auditorio Rafael del Pino (Rafael De La-Hoz)
Fondation Norman Foster (Norman Foster)
Residential Pavillion Calle Orfila (Abalos-Sentkiewicz)
Barcelo Market (Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos)
San Vicente Ferrer House (James & Mau)
ABC Museum (Aranguren + Gallegos)
Centro Conde Duque (Carlos de Riano Lozano)
Mirador (MVRDV + Blanca Lleo)
Celosia Building (MVRDV + Blanca Lleo)
Edificio Portico (Rafael De La-Hoz)
Siège Endesa (Rafael De La-Hoz)
Parco Juan Carlos I (José Luis-Esteban Penelas, Emilio Esteras Martin)
Museum Reina Sofia (Jean Nouvel)
Public Library Ana Maria Matute (RSP)
Madrid Rio (West 8, Burgos & Garrido, Porras La Casta, Rubio & Alvarez-Sala)
Arganzuela Footbridge (Dominique Perrault)
Cascara Bridges (West 8)
Centro Cultural Matadero (Luis Bellido,..)
COAM (Estudio Gonzalo Moure Lorenzo)
Mercado de San Anton (José Del Monte, Ana María Montiel Jiménez)
