Architecture Week is reserved in Seville a program that details some of the milestones that have transformed the city between October 7 and 13. The Official College of Architects of Seville (COAS) has already opened the registrations for each of the routes and activities that have been designed in the context of this event, which celebrates its XXII edition.
There will be 5 guided tours that will tour the different areas of the city and reveal its ins and outs, main architectural elements and historical or relevant buildings.
On Monday, October 7, the 23rd Architecture Week will be inaugurated at the headquarters, where Juan Navarro Baldeweg will give a lecture on his career and work as a creator.
In fact, the COAS exhibition hall will house the exhibition “End without end” with some of his indispensable works as well as his latest creations. It will be open until November 21, 2024.
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All the routes of the Architecture Week
For a maximum of 30 people, the routes or guided walks will be conducted by architects or architects along 5 areas of the city and are as follows:
- Puerta de Jerez – Valentín de Madariaga Foundation, on Monday, October 7. It will focus on emblematic pavilions in the vicinity of this area, the Royal Tobacco Factory or the Hotel Alfonso XIII.
- Cartuja – Caixaforum, October 8. Different venues and complexes will be unraveled throughout this day, including the Cartuja Monastery.
- The route through the neighborhood of El Arenal will be held on Wednesday, October 9 and will pass through such iconic spaces as the Teatro de la Maestranza, the Hospital de la Caridad, the Reales Atarazanas, the Galería Alarcón Criado or the Muelle de la Sal, among other places.
- For Thursday, October 10, a route around the Alfalfa has been scheduled, which includes emblematic points such as the Faculty of Fine Arts, the Casa Rueda, the Convent of Santa Inés, the Casa Espiau, the Casa Velázquez or the College of Architects of Seville.
- For the last, on Friday, October 11 in a single time slot (at 9:00 am) may be visited San Isidoro del Campo and the villages of Viar. In this case, the group will be extended to 50 people.
The rest of the visits will be available in 5 time slots. Namely: at 9:30 am, 10:30 am and 11:30 am during the mornings; at 5:00 pm and 6:00 pm in the afternoons.
Due to the reduced capacity of the guided tours, pre-registration is required through the Architecture Week website.
Street Drawing Day
This edition recovers one of the most emblematic activities: the Street Drawing Day. This is an architectural drawing activity that invites urban artists, watercolorists and drawing enthusiasts to create their creations around this year’s theme.
“Architecture / Art” will be the motto that this edition pursues to find points where both disciplines meet in an open and free way.
The activity will take place in the surroundings of the Parque de María Luisa, with a meeting point at the Glorieta de Luis Montoto, from 10 am on Saturday October 12.
Subsequently an exhibition will be held, with a date yet to be determined, with the works in question at the headquarters of the College of Architects of Seville. Registrations, in any case, should be made through the following email: jmlerdo@us.es.
Photo contest and other activities
The COAS launches in parallel the Instagram 2024 Photography Contest and Exhibition which will put the focus on the theme indicated for this edition (“Architecture / Art”). A single category, individual photo, and up to 5 snapshots allowed per participant.
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To participate, it is enough to upload the photo or photos in question to Instagram exclusively with the hashtag #ArquitecturaArte2024 mentioning @coasevilla and indicating the location of the same.
The contest kicks off on September 23 and the deadline ends on Sunday, October 27.
The best Individual Photo will dispense a cash prize of 500 € and two runners-up prizes of 100 €. The awards ceremony will be held on the opening day at the collegiate headquarters. You can consult the rules on the website of the event.
To the contest in question must be added the talks and a unique activity that completes the program of this edition: The invisible museum. The Patio de Santa Clara will hold this exhibition on October 12 from 11:30 a.m. where precious objects will be collected. The reader himself will be able to contribute his articles in this ephemeral space open to conversation.
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