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The Ministry of Transport Mobility and Urban Agenda Mitma has presented today at the Palacio de Zurbano in Madrid the second edition of the Urban Architecture Festival TAC which renews its commitment to promote the architecture of young professionals in cities through the construction of a temporary pavilion where over a month innovative proposals for dialogue with urban environments and citizens are deployed.The presentation ceremony was attended by the Secretary General of Urban Agenda and Housing David Lucas the general director of Urban Agenda and Architecture Iaqui Carnicero the director of the Arquia Foundation Sol Candela the artistic director of TAC Urban Architecture Festival Javier Pea as well as with David Estal advisor to the mayor of Valencia on behalf of the headquarters of that city and Pablo Garca Astrain general director of Housing Land and Architecture of the Basque Country representing the headquarters of San Sebastin.In his speech the Secretary General of Urban Agenda and Housing David Lucas said that Mitma raises a series of issues that the festival brings together and exposes publicly. All of them are also included in the Law of Architecture promoted by the Ministry a regulation that manages to interconnect architecture as an essential element of social transformation.Likewise the general director of Urban Agenda and Architecture Iaqui Carnicero and promoter of the festival stressed that through initiatives such as TAC the Ministry supports the work of young architects thus giving opportunity to new talents to build one of their first works allowing at the same time to bring architecture closer to society and value our public space.With this act of presentation of the second edition the imminent launch of the call for young architects to create the temporary pavilion that singularizes the representative public space of the chosen host cities is prepared.Commitment to young talentThe festival after choosing the cities that host this celebration in each edition will begin with the publication of the call for the design of a temporary pavilion to which architects up to 45 years old are called and in which international teams can also participate.The festival seeks through the construction of a work of ephemeral architecture in each venue to print a different character to a unique space of the city during a limited period of time encouraging this public enclave to be perceived by its usual walkers in a different way and that others who normally were not users of that space revisit it.In addition to the granting of a first prize for each venue which involves the drafting of the technical project for the execution of this temporary work the rules of the contest contemplate the granting of other prizes as well as possible mentions.TAC FestivalTAC is an urban architecture festival promoted by Iaqui Carnicero general director of Urban Agenda and Architecture as a clear commitment to make visible the talent of younger architects giving them the opportunity to build one of their first works. The festival converts every year a Spanish city into a space for innovation and experimentation from the construction of a temporary pavilion.It is expected that the pavilions will open their doors in October allowing from that moment and for a month to enjoy the cultural programs they will host.Double headquarters in 2023 San Sebastin and ValnciaAs the main novelty this second edition will have a double venue. Thus Valencia and Donostia-San Sebastin the cities chosen to host TAC In October 2023 they will unite contemporary architecture and young talent with public space. Both proposals will also open a reflection on the role of architecture in the challenges facing the urban environment in the current context of climate emergency.To this end both cities seek to consolidate a cultural project associated with the installation of the temporary pavilion which includes a program of activities acts and events that nourish this space with content during the time it remains active.Donostia-San Sebastin proposes in the context of urgency imposed by climate change to explore the theme defined for the fourth edition of the Mugak Biennial Rebuild Reinhabit Rethink. All this in the midst of the emergence of organizations companies institutions groups architecture studios and new talents which propose to understand the design of spaces in terms of sustainability inclusiveness and care for the environment. These are new ways of understanding architecture and its disciplinary diversity.For its part Valencia has proposed the Las Naves Climate Agora initiative as a center for social and urban innovation that seeks to encourage citizens interest in ecological culture. The objective is to generate experiences of the neighborhoods with architecture through meeting points such as collective production workshops and exchange activities.Balance of the TAC Festival 2022The first edition of TAC held in 2022 in Granada was a great success both in terms of the call for projects in the ideas competition and for the cultural programming scientific dissemination and artistic activities that took place over a month having as its epicenter the temporary pavilion located in the Plaza de Humilladero and the Higher Technical School of Architecture of the University of Granada.The call was attended by 95 proposals from architects up to 45 years old and to which not only Spanish professionals but also from Germany Chile China and Denmark responded. The winning project was AIRE designed by PS Estudio de Arquitectura of which the jury highlighted the combination of a natural material with a great local artisan tradition with a modular structure system that offers a shelter space in dialogue with the large scale of the city.
