Architect and ESARQ School of Architecture professor Ignasi Pérez Arnal won the public request for bids to design this sustainable pavilion at the 2008 International Expo in Zaragoza. It is shaped like a Spanish botijo or drinking vessel and made of straw, clay and bamboo.
The UIC Rector opened the SIMAE International Architecture Conference on Wednesday, 9 April 2008. For three days, distinguished speakers will read papers and analyse the impact of new technologies on architecture before more than four hundred professionals.
A two-day workshop on the most technologically advanced software is preparing the way for the inauguration of the International Architecture Conference to be held on 9 April 2008. The conference will be attended by more than 400 professionals, who will analyse the impact of new technologies on the field of architecture.
Alejandro Zaera, one of Spain's best known architects on the international scene, will attend the event, to be held on 9-11 April 2008 at the UIC.
"La ESARQ me ha enseñado a mirar y a entender qué significa la arquitectura. Sus diferentes departamentos me han mostrado las diferentes opciones y especialidades dentro de la Arquitectura y gracias a ello he podido dar con la trayectoria profesional con la que me siento realizado. Gracias a la cercana relación entre alumnos y profesores, el trabajo diario se ve fortalecido y la llegada al mundo profesional se ve como un reto, no como un miedo."
Eduard Moix
Architecture. Promotion 2007