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The general director of Urban Agenda and Architecture Iaqui Carnicero has chaired the Selection Committee of the Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism BEAU where the curatorial proposal Me-dio Pla-zo by Mara Gonzlez Garca Juan Jos Lpez de la Cruz and ngel Martnez Garca-Posada has been chosen for its next edition which will have its headquarters in Seville and is promoted by the Ministry of Transport Mobility and Urban Agenda Mitma with the support of the Superior Council of the Colleges of Architects of Spain CSCAE and the ARQUIA Foundation the XVI BEAU.Selected from a total of five finalist proposals Me-dio Pla-zo is articulated around the present-future binomial and the capacity of architecture and urbanism to respond to current needs - social environmental and productive balance - from solutions that go beyond the immediate.As highlighted by the committee of experts the proposal highlights the double opportunity of architecture and urbanism to respond to present challenges but also to perceive and enunciate the still unpublished concerns that tomorrow will be visible in our habitat and our territory.Therefore in line with the objectives of the Quality of Architecture Law that came into force on June 16 the curatorship of this sixteenth edition is aligned with the promotion of a new architectural culture more responsible supportive and sustainable which optimizes resources and has a greater impact on improving peoples quality of life.We are the architecture we live inThe proposal of Me-dio Pla-zo is aligned with the general motto of the Biennial We are the architecture we live which on this occasion underlines the intimate correspondence between architecture and the collective and individual development of its inhabitants and appeals to the ability of this discipline to contribute to reversing our impact on the ecosystem and habitability from respectful and sustainable formulas. In this sense Me-dio Pla-zo proposes to think about how this condition begins to be built from the actions of the present which end up influencing our future habitat.We are the architecture we live in in tune with the motto of the Venice Architecture Biennale 2023 the Laboratory of the Future emphasizes the ability of Architecture to be a mediator between nature and the human being defining at every moment our way of perceiving the world.Selection CommitteeAfter a complex deliberation the committee of experts has underlined the high level of development and quality of the selected project as well as the other four finalistsTo be to play to liveCurators Diego Jimnez Lpez Vincent Morales Garoffolo Juana Snchez Gmez and Juan Antonio Snchez Muoz.Vast territoryCurators scar Cruz Garca Javier Lzaro Tirado Pablo Paradinas Sastre.Presences of the futureCurators Mara Dolores Palacios Daz and Federico Soriano Pelez.Towards a local-global balanceCurator Hctor Navarro Martnez.This committee of experts has been led by Iaqui Carnicero general director of Urban Agenda and Architecture. The rest of the members of the jury are Marta Vall-llosera Ferrn president of the Superior Council of Colleges of Architects of Spain Sol Candela Alcover director of the Arquia Foundation Iigo Garca Odiaga architect appointed by the Ministry of Transport Mobility and Urban Agenda and Eugeni Bach Triad architect and curator of the XV BEAU.Selected curatorial teamMara Gonzlez Garca Juan Jos Lpez de la Cruz and ngel Martnez Garca-Posada have been teaching staff at the School of Architecture of Seville for seventeen years and between the three they have covered the different disciplinary tasks of construction teaching and research obtaining numerous national and international awards for their professional practice.Likewise they have collaborated in the dissemination of architectural thought through the publication of multiple texts in specialized media of recognized prestige. His professional experience also includes the organization of various meetings and exhibitions around architectural practice research and its intertwining with other areas of thought and culture such as the series of four editions of the interdisciplinary seminar Common Actions in which intellectuals artists or architects from the cultural academic and professional fields have participated or the international congress dedicated to the Danish architect Jrn Utzon.For almost two decades together they have proposed the need for concomitance between academic research and professional projects and have been committed to the dissemination of architecture as a means for this discipline to reach society.About BEAUSince 1991 the Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism BEAU throughout its fifteen editions has aimed to collect disseminate and promote architectural achievements that are considered worthy of being highlighted as cultural and professional elements useful for knowledge historical reflection and research of Spanish architectural work.Since its first edition the Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism has been integrating a set of activities specifically related to Architecture organized by the various collaborating institutions an open call for the selection of the best works of architecture and urbanism made by Spanish architects in the previous biennium an exhibition and a catalog with the proposals selected in each of its categories by the Jury of each edition and a program of activities linked to the itinerancy of the exhibition by various centers of national and international relevance.The XVI Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism will offer a careful selection of the activity carried out by Spanish architects during the biennium 2021 and 2022 and will emphasize bringing the content of the Biennial closer to society.
