- Vicente Guallart
Vicente Guallart is one of the most relevant emerging architects in
Spain .He was born in Valencia in 1963 and opened his studio in
Barcelona in 1992.Work
He works in the confluence of
Architecture , nature and new technologies. Some of his more relevant projects are the Denia Mountain (reconstruction of an old quarry, in an environment that hold and old Arab castle, selected for theVenice Biennale 2004), 3 ports in the North ofTaiwan that will improve the tourism in the island (winners of 2 international competitions), or the Sharing Tower in the neighborhood of la Torre (Valencia).He spent part of his time with research and educational projects as director of the new
Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IaaC), inBarcelona , that hold an international postgraduate program onArchitecture andUrbanism working in many scales “from Bits to geography”. In 2000 he co-directed with [http://www.media.mit.edu/ MIT’s Media Lab] and other research Center, the Media House Project, the prototype of an informational house, based, as first time, in distributed computation.He is author of the master Plan of the project [http://www.sociopolis.net/ Sociópolis] , an innovative housing project in Valencia that allows the urban development and the protection of the agriculture environment. He coordinates a group of international architects that will build different equipments and housing projects in this neighborhood. This project was shown in the Valencia Biennale, or the Arkitertur Zentrum in Vienna. It will be build for the year 2007.
He is co-author of the Metapolis Dictionary of Advanced Architecture [http://www.actar.com/ Actar] , HiperCatalonia or Media House Project. The Korean publishing house DD dedicates the monograph “Intelligent realities” to his work. Actar publishing house is preparing his new book “Media, Mountains and Architecture”.
He has given lectures in different Universities and Cities around the world as http://www.princeton.edu/ Princeton University] , [http://www.upenn.edu/ Upenn] , [http://www.aaschool.ac.uk/ Architectural Association] , [http://www.ucla.edu/ UCLA] , [http://web.mit.edu/ MIT] , Space (Seoul), Taipei and others.His work has been exhibit in the [http://www.labiennale.org/ Biennale di Venezia] 2002 and 2004, Archilab, Gratz, and others.
Main Buildigns and Landscapes
* Sharing Tower. Sociopolis-Valencia. 2005-2007
* Kim Hyng Yoon editing Co Headquarters. Paju Book City. Seoul. Korea (2001-2005)
* 34 apartments in Cambrils. Tarragona (Spain) (2002-2006)
* Fugee Tourism Harbour. Taiwan 2004-2007
* Batoutz Touristic harbour. Taiwan 2004-2007
* Keelung ocean plaza. Taiwan 2004-2007
* Vinaros Fish Market 2004-
* Hortal house. Commarruga. Barcelona. Spain (2001-2004)
* Denia Mountain Project. Denia. Alicante Spain (2003-
* Web Hotel. Fabrications at MACBA, (Barcelona) 1998
* Metapolitan Loft (2001-2004)
* House in the historic center of Barcelona. 1992.
* Project for the urban environment of the Plaza del Arbol in Valencia. [http://www.europan-europe.com/ EUROPAN II] . 1991Urban Plans
* Sociopolis Master Plan. 2003-2005 [http://www.sociopolis.net/ Sociópolis]
* Project of Urbanization for [http://www.sociopolis.net/ Sociópolis] . 2004-2005
* Xativa Biogolf. 2005-
* Burjasot 2005-
* Plan of Uses for the Port of Vinaros, 2001-2002
* Museum of Fashion in Valencia, 2002-2005Other Projects
* Project for the construction of a multifunctional complex (Hotel, Car Park, Auditorium, Commercial Center) in the castle quarry in Denia, 2002-
* Construction project for the south beach and services building adjacent to the Port of Vinaros, 2001-2002
* Special Plan for Protection and Interior Reform of the UA6 and UA7 in the environs of the Arabic city wall in Valencia
* Project for a Telecenter and laying-out of the main square, including the partial covering-over of the river. Ribes de Freser, 2000-2003
* 36 apartments in Cambrils (Tarragona), 2001-2004
* C/ Cristòbal de Moura. Scheme design, 1998-
* Grade 1 camp site in Pola de Gordón (León), 1999
* Competition for the covering-over of the railway line and housing in L’Hospitalet
* House of the Seven Summits, La Puebla de Vallbona, Valencia 1997
* Scape House. Housing for agricultural environments. Prototype, 1998
* Study for a plastic house. European Association of Plastics Manufacturers / European Space Agency, 1999External links
* [http://www.guallart.com/ Vicente Guallart's Website]
* [http://www.iaac.net/web/en/index.php Institute for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia]
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