Program tribute 9.30 -14 hours. Hall of the ETSAB. Months of dialogue, presented by faculty in the

The events took place at the ETSAB and the CCCB and the collaboration of the COAC and TMB Professionals architecture and culture paid tribute to Manuel de Solà Morales On May 10, a professional seixentena architecture paid tribute to Manuel the watch hut de Solà Morales, internationally renowned architect who was Professor and Professor the watch hut of Urban Planning at the School of Architecture (ETSAB), where he founded and directed the Laboratory of Urban Barcelona .
More than sixty personalities linked to the world of architecture and culture in general participated on May 10, in homage in honor of the architect and urban planner Manuel de Solà-Morales, disappeared on 27 February . Solà-Morales was Professor of Urban Planning at the School of Architecture of Barcelona (ETSAB), and founder and director of the Laboratory of Urban Barcelona since its creation in 1968. The events the watch hut were organized by the Laboratory Urban Planning, Department of Urban and Territory and ETSAB, Polytechnic University of Catalonia. Barcelona Tech (UPC), together with the Center of Contemporary Culture of Barcelona (CCCB) and in collaboration with the College of Architects of Catalonia (COAC) the watch hut and the Metropolitan Area of Barcelona (TMB). The day of tribute was divided into two parts. The first took place from 9:30 am to 14 pm in the ETSAB. Throughout the morning, and through four months of dialogue, numerous colleagues, architects and international personalities from the world of culture, they reel off the multifaceted profile of Solà-Morales as a teacher, researcher, communicator and professional of architecture. In the afternoon, the theater hosted the CCCB, at 19.30, the commemorative event in which the architects Oriol Bohigas, Joan Busquets and Rafael Moneo they explain the close relationship maintained Solà-Morales Barcelona .
Manuel de Solà-Morales (Vitoria, 1939 - Barcelona, 2012) Architect and urban planner of international renown, Manuel de Solà-Morales was one of the most lucid voices on the evolution of urban and contemporary architecture. Disciple of Ludovico Quaroni in Rome and Josep Lluís Sert at Harvard, also emphasizes the theoretical and teaching. Professor of Urban Planning at the School of Architecture of Barcelona (ETSAB), and founder and director of the Laboratory of Urban Barcelona since its creation in 1968. Manuel de Solà-Morales gave courses in urban design numerous universities worldwide, and received several awards nationally and internationally. Author of many studies, the watch hut articles the watch hut and exhibitions, among his recent books include Ten lessons Barcelona Things Urban. He was also editor of several collections and architecture magazines. The task of his professional office has been very influential in Barcelona's urban planning, especially in the transformation brought about during the Olympics and the seafront with the completion of the Wood Wharf. Also noteworthy is the construction of the center Illa Diagonal with Rafael Moneo, and our projects in other European cities, such as the revitalization of the Atlantic front of Porto, the transformation the watch hut of the port area of Saint-Nazaire, in Brittany and the intermodal station of Leuven, Belgium. As a frequent collaborator of the CCCB, Manuel de Solà-Morales presided over the European Prize for Urban Public Space in 2008. The architect's the watch hut career and his numerous publications were recognized with several awards, including the including the March Award for research (1970); the Puig (1981), the National the watch hut Prize for Urban Planning (1983), the City of Barcelona Award (1986); the Spanish Architecture Biennale (1994); FAD (! 995); Iberia FAD (1999); the watch hut Narcis Monturiol Award (2000); Grand Prix of Planning (2000); Catalonia Urbanism Award (2004) and the Cross of St. George in 2009. For its part, the COAC has this year decided to award posthumously the watch hut the Gold Medal in Manuel de Solà-Morales, the highest award gives the organization in recognition of long and fruitful career architect, has contributed decisively to give personality and renowned Catalan architecture.
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