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"Siza is a titan of the XX century and a great architect of the XXI century.At his 83 years we can consider him a young architect because the head is very well furnished, very fresh and very natural.It is a luxury to work with a creator of this magnitude".
This is how Cris Gabarrón, president of the Cristóbal Gabarrón Foundation, defines Álvaro Siza, architect who is honored at the III International Congress of Art, Architecture and Heritage - Space and Landscape organized by the International Chair of the Arts 'Cristóbal Gabarrón' and The Degree in Architecture of the Catholic University of Murcia.
For Cris Gabarrón, the presence of Siza in Murcia and UCAM, and the project he is carrying out with Cristóbal Gabarrón is a great opportunity: "We have created a research team in the UCAM (GEODA) in which a group Of teachers and students are monitoring a project that Siza is doing in the Region of Murcia. We will put in value this participation of Siza, which is very important for the Region and a luxury for this University for the possibility of doing The follow-up from the origin of the project to the end ".
Álvaro Siza is one of the most important figures of the world architecture in the last decades.
According to Cris Gabarrón, his excellence is precisely in its simplicity: "From his work we can emphasize that it is the simplicity made art and the treatment of spaces." This congress is about space and landscape and Siza knows how to perfectly mark those two important elements: Space that is created in an already created landscape ".
In addition, he sent a message to students and professors attending the congress: "Siza is a beacon to be followed. The Cristóbal Gabarrón Foundation and the UCAM want to point the way to the young people who will be the architects of the future and who see What Siza is a great architect and why he has succeeded and can follow his example. "
Estrella Núñez, Vice Chancellor of Research at UCAM, stressed the importance of students living the congress as an opportunity to open new horizons beyond their own training: "Our young University is already taking its place in the organization of important congresses as In this case it is a tribute to the great architect Siza and we see that it is a new opportunity so that there may arise themes of collaboration to carry out research projects and that the students themselves palpen that research spirit of professors and professionals " .
With space and landscape as background, Francisco Burgos, architect of Estudio Garrido & Burgos, was in charge of making the first presentation on one of the most important works in which he has embarked: "It is a project developed during ten Years that consisted of the burial of a large area of ​​the M-30 of Madrid, near the river, to develop a large park.This experience was born with the purpose of recovering the presence of the landscape in the city as a stage of public space " .
Inauguration of the exhibition in homage to Siza, in the Almudí Palace
This afternoon, at 20:30 hours all participants in the congress will move to the Palacio Almudí de Murcia where the opening of an exhibition in honor of the Portuguese architect will take place.
At the event, which will be attended by Alvaro Siza himself, an exhibition will be officially open to the public in which projects, models, photographs and original drawings of the honoree can be viewed.
Tomorrow, Álvaro Siza's lecture at UCAM
The second day of the conference will feature a lecture by Álvaro Siza himself (11:00 hours) in which he will present the project 'Casa para un artista'.
Subsequently (12:30 hours), Luis Chillida Belzunce will offer a presentation entitled 'Intervenciones artísticas y paisaje'.
The congress will conclude with a panel of experts at 4:00 pm in which they will talk about the Gabarrón Center of Artistic Creation for Mule designed by Siza.
Source: UCAM
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