EXPERIENCING URBAN SPACE

MARTA!

sorry i didnt make it in on friday but i was so so tired and i managed to do some work here!

There are some links that you've found which are absolutle gold!!!

EXPERIENCING URBAN SPACE

Moroccan women in the neighbourhood of Lavapiés (Madrid)

PEOPLE IN LAVAPIES

HOW PEOPLE ARE INTERACTING IN LAVAPIES

Those two articles are amazing for what i think the project is going to develop into. Each article explains a really inportant theme in the Lavapies district and i think taht we can us it to inform our designs and create a place that is for the people of the Lavapies district.

So well done there Marta! Your a star!

And Joe man im glad you pickked up on the dog walking idea! i think it would be a really good detail for the regenration on the urban space, maybe not somehting that we completly focus on but definatly something to look into!

byyeeee guys

Alex

P.S
Let me know whats your thinking, start a bit of initial designs next weak, star small and build up!

ARCHITECTURE IN SPAIN-

- GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM BY FRANK GEHRY BILBOA /SPAIN

So Bilbao is a big inidustrial center, that formally looked like an industrial center, but has left several rounds of Urban planning and development looking quite posh... sometimes so posh and clean it´s scary.The opening of Frank Gehry's spectacular Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao in 1997 called internatioinal attention to the city, fuelling its development as a tourism destination. The Guggenheim is awesome... the building is beautiful... the most obvious example of architecture as art that I have seen in my life. The giant cat made out of flowers could really spice up any town.

http://www.archiplanet.org/buildings/Guggenheim_Bilbao.html

LAVAPIES

http://madridailyphoto.blogspot.com/2006_12_01_archive.html


Still Lavapies, because it is the quarter where life appears more naked. It is a very centric area of Madrid, old part of the city and very special. Inhabited by immigrants and other border's way of life. We can still hear public conversations and also fights at Plaza de Lavapies. Antiheroes of capitalism having supper with Baco.

MATEDERO MADRID PROJECT

http://www.congresomovilidad.com/eng/venue.htm

Programming will focus on promotion, communication, production and inter-disciplinary training in the fields of plastic arts, visual arts, stage arts, music, literature, architecture, town planning, design, fashion, gastronomy and new media.

SHOPPING CENTRE IN MADRID-PRINCIPE PIO

http://www.gomadrid.com/shopping/centro-comercial-principe-pio.html

EXPERIENCING URBAN SPACE

Moroccan women in the neighbourhood of Lavapiés (Madrid)

http://habitat.aq.upm.es/boletin/n8/acve-eng.html#Piepag1


This article is really interesting, it talks about the experience of women in lavapies...

marta

PEOPLE IN LAVAPIES

HOW PEOPLE ARE INTERACTING IN LAVAPIES

http://www.expatica.com/es/life_in/feature/Madrid-neighbourhood-becomes-global-crossroads.html


SOME QUOTES...

A lawyer from Niger sits on a terrace advising a Pakistani businessman, a Japanese and a Mexican woman discuss their joint activities in an anti-racist movement, and immigrants walk the streets with their Spanish wives and children.

"People tend to stick to their own kind," Thierno says. "Senegalese, for instance, spend their time watching television with other Senegalese in flats rented by Senegalese."

Elderly Spanish residents who have seen the neighbourhood change radically sit on benches in the central square and watch people from all over the world pass by.

Marta

Communities.

Hey ladies and gents,

I have been thinking we should try and find out how intermixed the different communities, nationalities ect are in Lavapies. From the videos of the neo nazis ect i think it would be a good idea to find out how well these groups communicate. Because communication could be an area we can look into I think, and trying to pehaps improve communication and community.

it may be a case where we have to just monitor this when we are there i dont know but its defo an area i think i worth looking at. please leave comments on this post with what you think.

Cheers.

Joe

MMM..INTERESTING...NEW DESIGNS IN MADRID

HAVE A LOOK...

http://blog.2modern.com/2008/07/caixa-forum-in.html

Their remodeling of the old Central Electric station of Madrid, a building designed in 1899 by Jesus Carrasco-Munoz Encina and Jose Battle, is the talk of the town. - now the building is open and has become a new landmark for the capital of Spain..

BELOW, LOOK AT THIS WEB PAGE AND THE VIDEO, SHOWS THE INSIDE OF THE BUILDING ABOVE.

http://vernissage.tv/blog/2008/03/07/caixaforum-madrid-by-herzog-de-meuron-architects-madrid-spain/

http://landscapeandurbanism.blogspot.com/2008/02/vegitecture-caixa-forum-madrid.html

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could be useful...BUSINESS IN SPAIN

http://www.andalucia.com/property/furniture.htm

CIVIL COURT FOR MADRID BY ZAHA HADID

look at this guys...INTERESTING....

http://www.inhabitat.com/2008/03/17/civil-court-for-madrid-from-zaha-hadid/


Marta

"Possibly think about using this to inform an area of the plaza, dog drinking fountains, dog food dispensers for a euro etc etc!"

mate this is a good idea we may want to "probe" i think this could be an interesting area to pursue as it is clear that it builds relationships between each other. I like it alot.

joe

RETAIL. LAVAPIES

YO,

HAS ANYONE FOUND ANYTHING TO DO WITH RETAIL IN LAVAPIES IN PATICULAR? WHAT SHOPS THERE ARE, WHAT STALLS ARE AT THE MARKET? ANY SUPERMARKET?

LET ME KNOW.

CHEERS

JOE

FURNITURE DESIGN -SPAIN

THIS LINK BELOW IS REALLY COOL, TALKS ABOUT HOW AN INTERIOR DESIGNER CALLED DANIELE` PERNA WAS INSPIRED BY the design of THE NEW TERMINAL AT IN MADRID BARAJAS TERNATIONAL AIRPORT DESIGNED BY RICHARD ROGERS (a british architect) .

http://www.dezignare.com/newsletter/dperna.html


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EXPLORING MADRID-

HEY LADIES AND GENTS, SORY COULDNT BE IN TODAY...LONG STORY...!BUT i GOT SOME INTERESTING STUFF ...ENJOY.....



http://www.esmadrid.com/en/portal.do?TR=C&IDR=645
above, background about madrid


http://www.esmadrid.com/en/portal.do?TR=C&IDR=595
above, ARCHITECTURE IN MADRID, really cool, MUST READ THIS LINK.
"The most interesting architectural happening in Madrid is La Castellana axis"
Architects: Mansilla + Tuñón



http://www.esmadrid.com/en/portal.do?TR=C&IDR=312
above, The GRAN BARAJAS AIRPORT.
The futuristic design and light-filled spaces of the new terminal reflect Madrid´s position as a major international destination and Europe´s gateway to the Atlantic.


http://www.esmadrid.com/en/portal.do?IDM=501&NM=2&TR=C&IDR=233
Above, this web page is really cool , you must DEFINATLY LOOK AT THIS.
Madrid will have a NEW CONVENTION CENTRE in 2010
The future International Convention Centre, which will be located in the new financial and business area in the north of Madrid, will spread out over 70,000 m², will have a 15,000 m² exhibition area and will be located inside a 62,000 m² urban park. The project will provide Madrid with the largest and most avant-garde convention centre in Spain.


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PEPSI COLA BOTTLING COMPANY -MADRID 1965

http://www.scripophily.net/emmama19.html

RETAIL IN SPAIN-

HEY READ READ..........

http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Cortefiel-SA-Company-History.html

In this page there is some info about the history of retail of the CORTEFIEL SA company in madrid..

http://www.aedecc.com/ingles/SChistory.asp

on this above page, talks about the history of shopping centres in madrid, in the 70s to the 90s...


http://www.aedecc.com/ingles/SChistory_2000.asp

above, from 2000 onwards...realy interesting...must read.

IMPORTANT QUOTE FROM SITE : Another trend is that shopping centres have become instruments for the urban planning of the periphery and the centre.



MORE MORE.......................

BELOW, Adolfo Dominguez S.A.

Adolfo Dominguez S.A. is one of Spain's leading and most well-known fashion groups.

http://www.fundinguniverse.com/company-histories/Adolfo-Dominguez-SA-Company-History.html

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Plaza's In Madrid

Website showing the PLAZA's in Madrid
http://www.madrid.world-guides.com/plazas.html

PLAZA LAVAPIES
http://www.tagzania.com/item/12046

Parque Casino de la Reina [The real square]

As we have just found out, the square that we are redeveloping is not actually the Lavapies square, out square (which is in the Lavapies district) is:

Parque Casino de la Reina

It even has its own "madripedia" page which you can find the link to here:
http://www.madripedia.es/wiki/Parque_Casino_de_la_Reina

http://www.madripedia.es/wiki/Imagen:Parque_Casino_de_la_Reina_4.jpg

http://www.madripedia.es/wiki/Imagen:Parque_Casino_de_la_Reina_2.jpg

http://www.madripedia.es/wiki/Imagen:Parque_Casino_de_la_Reina_3.jpg

http://www.madripedia.es/wiki/Imagen:Parque_Casino_de_la_Reina_4.jpg

Also foud this image of alot of people with dogs in the square maybe some sort of mass dog walk? or maybe a competition organized by the locals.



Possibly think about using this to inform an area of the plaza, dog drinking fountains, dog food dispensers for a euro etc etc!

Musch love

Alex

LAVAPIES + EL RASTRO LINK

I know its another link but this is a really short, succinct, article on the Lavapies and El Rastro Area including info on flea markets and local buisness which i though be usefull for you MARTA.

http://www.softguides.com/madrid_guide/maps/madrid-lavapies-rastro.html

much love!

Alex

I placed some videos of lavapies and the life there, it really cool..gives you the feel of how the area is like....


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bibliography

these are some links you can refer to about urban design.....

Bibliography

Allen, Stan (1997). From Object to Field. In Architecture after Geometry, Architectural Design, Vol 67, No 5/6 May-June 1997. London: Academy Editions.

Castells, Manuel (1996). The Information Age: Economy, Society and Culture. Volume I: The Rise of the Network Society. Oxford: Blackwell.

De Landa, Manuel (1997). A Thousand Years of Nonlinear History. Cambridge: MIT Press.

Deleuze, Gilles and Guattari, Felix (1987). A Thousand Plateaus: Capitalism and Schizophrenia.
Trans. Brian Massumi. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.

Kelly, Kevin (1994). Out of Control: The New Biology of Machines. London: Fourth Estate.

Kelly, Kevin (1997). New Roles for the New Economy: Twelve dependable principles for thriving in a turbulent world. Wired 5.09, September 1997.

Lash, Scott and Urry, John (1987). The End of Organised Capitalism. Cambridge: Polity Press.

Lash, Scott (1994). Reflexivity and its Doubles: Structure, Aesthetics, Community. In Beck, Ulrich, Anthony Giddens and Scott Lash, Reflexive Modernisation. Cambridge: Polity.

Lash, Scott and Urry, John (1994). Economies of Signs and Space. London: Sage.

Lynn, Greg (1997). An Advanced Form of Movement. In Architecture after Geometry, Architectural Design, Vol 67, No 5/6 May-June 1997. London: Academy Editions.

Miller, Daniel (1987). Material Culture and Mass Consumption. Oxford: Blackwell.

Slater, Don (1997). Consumer Culture and Modernity. Cambridge: Polity Press.



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VERYYYY IMPORTANT AND INTERESTING..READ IT!!!!!

http://www.ub.edu/escult/Water/tress/BRANDAO.HTM

http://www.ub.edu/escult/Water/tress/making_the_urban_space__jan_verwijnen.htm

http://www.ub.edu/escult/Water/tress/mcormic.htm

http://www.ub.edu/escult/Water/tress/subirats.htm

really cool guys, read it.

marta

Translation when esteban isnt here!!

Just a link so that when we get spanish pages up we can translate them, jsut paste the web adress or the entire article.

http://www.freetranslation.com/

I know its a terrible terrible translation site i know but you kind of get the jist of it..........just!

byeeeee

Alex

business in madrid

Royal Tobacco Factory Description

(Local Name: Real Fábrica de Tabacos) Near the Iglesia de San Cayetano is the Real Fábrica de Tabacos, built in 1790. This was one of the earliest industrial establishments in Madrid, employing 800 women and foMercado Puerta de Toledo Description



Mercado Puerta de Toledo Description

A surface area of 19,000sq.m/205,000sq.ft houses 155 exclusive shops and galleries, and also provides space for exhibitions, conferences and cultural events.
Hobbies & Activities category: Convention, exhibition center; Market, shopping area
'Rastro quarter.


Galeria del Prado Description

Another shopping center is the Galería del Prado on the Plaza de las Cortes 7 with 38 shops offering exclusive goods.


Madrid 2 Description

(Local Name: La Vaguada) This is the largest shopping centere in the city. A glass construction of futuristic appearance in the district of El Pilar in the north of Madrid, it encloses a selling area containing 350 shops (including two department stores) in which all conceivable consumer needs are catered for.

Jumbo 24 Description
This 24-hour shopping center lies in the north of Madrid, at Avda. Pío XII, 2, near Chamartín Station. A complete range of food and household goods are available.


Second of May Square Description

(Local Name: Plaza del Dos de Mayo) The Plaza del Dos de Mayo is the heart of the Barrio de Maravillas, a typical quarter of Madrid bounded by Calles Hortaleza, San Bernardo, Carranza and Sagasta. Its central point was originally the Church of the Virgen de las Maravillas in Calle de la Palma.In and around the square numerous bars and cafes, mainly patronized by the younger generation. From literary cafes such as the Commercial in the Plaza de Bilbao, the Cafe de Ruiz in Calle Ruiz and El Parnasillo in Calle San Andrés to modern establishments including the Art Deco cafe El Sol de Mayo and the avant-garde Vià Láctea, every style is represented and every taste is catered for. In summer the pavement cafes round the square are busy until late at night, patronized by local people and evening strollers.

LAVAPIES OLIMPICO!

http://www.minube.com/fotos/rincon/2115



http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/view?q=LAVAPIES&uname=bberghout&psc=G&cuname=bberghout&filter=1#



http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/view?q=LAVAPIES&uname=bberghout&psc=G&cuname=bberghout&filter=1#



Lavapies Olympics!!!

Spanish website (shows you the voting pole for each sport event depicted) :
http://www.lavapiesolimpico.blogspot.com/

English website (explanation in english at: http://www.europeanvibeblog.com/tag/lavapies-olympics/ )


Here are some more links to some images (some sites are in Spanish)

1) http://www.minube.com/rincon/2729

2) http://picasaweb.google.com/lh/view?q=LAVAPIES&uname=bberghout&psc=G&cuname=bberghout&filter=1#

3) http://picasaweb.google.com/deborah.frieden/2008MadridLisbonAndToledo#5170026141294878466

Wumi

Photos of Herzog&DeMeuron's Forum in Barcelona

Hope you liiiikkkkeee!!

Alex

just some design/architecture site links that are really really cool, you can spend forever looking through them so be warned!!!

http://www.archinect.com/gallery/index.php

http://www.wired.com/

http://www.archnewsnow.com/index.htm

http://www.big.dk/

http://www.arcspace.com/

[especially look at this one it has an artice about an extension on the Prado Museum]
Rafael Moneo
Prado Museum Extention [hold ctrl and click the blue bit to be taken straight to the article]
Madrid, Spain

“The extension maintains the longitudinal nature of the old building and establishes a transverse axis from the Velázquez gate all the way to the cloister.”
Rafael Moneo

http://www.planetizen.com/search/node/madrid
[really good for urban planning]

have fun!

byeeeeee

Alex

"URBAN PROBES"

There is a fair amount of stuff that we can use to aid us with this whole "Urban Probe" thing, Im thinking dictaphones, maybe small maps that people can use to track their journey across the Lavpies area.

Maybe a list of stuff that the local population has concerns about, maybe some urban legends like childrens stories based in Madrid?? I dont know if we can take on that disposible camera idea, or do we think thats cheating? Anyway i think we could also do an orienteering style thing like leaving, i dont know, playing cards all over the Lavapies area and marking down on a map where we put them, then telling a person to collect any they see when they walk around the area so we can track the usual paths people take.

Below is just a small jpeg of my work so far on the built fabric and mapping of the local area, it is fairly difficult to work out exactly what each building is which is why some of the groups are a bit vague, my apologys for that.



I am planning to do another two similar to this. One of an even larger area maybe including all the important historical and contemporary sites for the population of Madrid and another linking the other squares [TERTIARY SITE] to our Primary site.

Oh yeah while i think of it, if anyone finds anything about the madrid festival at the begining of November jsut stick the link or whatever on here!

byeeee guys!

Alex

Tomorrow meeting/ URBAN PROBES!!!

Hi Guys,

I am definitely in tomorrow. I have a lecture in the afternoon- in the morning I am going to spend maybe and hour or two just getting all my information together and trying to get it into some manageable format but then I think whoever is around will be a good idea to get in and have a chat.

Also I spoke with Flo, Stuart etc today and they said that we 100% need to start thinking about our "urban probes". So how are we going to engage with people in the area to get a broader picture of any needs, wants, problems etc so we can work out what we are going to do when we get back be it an installation, product, spacial design. So yeah, start thinking on some ideas of how we can get the people in the area to engage with us without asking specific questions I guess.

Cheers

Joe

Spanish Designers.

Above are some photos I took at a Spanish design exhibition at Milan design week last year. I think they give a good incite into a Spanish aesthetic and style.

All the below images are by El Ultimo Grito. They are a product/ installation/ exhibition/ furniture design company that are actually based in Berlin, and Rosario teaches around London. However they are extremely well respected Spanish designers and when I went to a lecture they gave their Spanish side was clear in the playfulness, humour, and fun they have with their designs and their process, and i like the abstract artisitc qualities and aesthetic.

Hump Bench

Children's Furniture.

Installation la casa encendida. got to link below to watch video.

http://www.elultimogrito.co.uk/



Joe

Some things. transport. sustainable spaces in Madrid

Above Madrid Judicial courts proposal by foster and partners. These are under construction in Madrid and maximise the cities natural light, and potential solar energy. An example of Madrid's movement into cultural and significant arcitechture.

Madrid airport picture above terminal 4- Richard rogers arcitechs. This is a good example from what I can see in the pride that Madrid take in there transport system. From what I have read Madrid is the second most densely populated city in Europe and also is the 4th busiest airport in the world. The Metro system is the second largest and from everything I have read seems to be extremely efficient leading the way with a few other cities. The roof of the airport is constructed from Bamboo ( a renewable resource and extremely fast growing farmed crop).

This is an outdoor vertical garden called Caixa Forum a centre for Social and Cultural Outreach Projects and a place that hosts exhibitions and forums. It is an example of how the arcitecture and planning in Madrid is being aimed to encourage community cohesion and encourage cultural participation. The vertical garden above and the image below are both implementations of greenery and aspects of "the countryside" within a city environment. I feel this is because of a lack of greenery and parkland in the city, which maybe something we come back to later.

Atocha station Madrid is a main station in Madrid and its largest- serving both suburban and more widely accessible trains.

Whether or not these designers are Spanish I think is irrelevant, but I think some of these examples show the pride that Madrid takes in its Transport system but also the cities openness to design and sustainability, and the opportunities to take risks and be creative.

Cheers

Joe

LADIES AND GENTLEMEN!!!!

Hello Boys and Girls.....

this is the first post of our epic bolg, i think were all meeting tommorrow..........dont know what time though. I dont know if everyone knows but the price has been put up to £307 from £200 pounds. If this effects anyone, or if anyone cant go because of it just let us all know as soon as possible so we can work out can do what.

Also if anyone has any work its would be really good to put it up on this blog even if its just links or excerts from a website just so we can get all our info together, and if we lose anything at least it will still be on here.

Write on here as much as possible i think it would be cool if we had a packed blog and its really easy to do aswell, even if your just writing how you want to draw something or want to discuss an idea!

sweeeet!

byee

Alex

Group Blog

Hi guys,

This is our group blog space for the project any interesting things you find, any thoughts you have, ect ect just pop up on here. I have text out the username and password to you all. I have typed in arial and font size normal.

Cheers

Joe