X Marks the Spot

Socially-focused architectural design

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    Project entry 2014 Europe – X Marks the Spot: Socially-focused architectural design, Spain

    Spatial plan and agricultural restructure: The greenhouse city is a spatial planning that gives geographical expression to the economic, social, cultural and ecological policies of society. It is at the same time a scientific discipline, an administrative technique and a policy developed as an interdisciplinary and comprehensive approach directed towards a balanced regional development and the physical organization of space according to an overall strategy.

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    Project entry 2014 Europe – X Marks the Spot: Socially-focused architectural design, Spain

    Spatial plan and agricultural restructure: Greenhouse city plan detail: the benefits of coexistence. A natural land that grows, with greenhouses as nurseries, recovery centers of fauna and flora, and an increase in the water level of the aquifers. An agro-industrial land with a higher quality production, with better infrastructure, better pest control, better working conditions, health and safety. Communities with better quality of life, in contact with the natural environment and with an increase in their economy.

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    Project entry 2014 Europe – X Marks the Spot: Socially-focused architectural design, Spain

    Temporary spaces for public engagement: Ephemeral architecture for free education: one possible plan and section on some public space of someplace that the society would need. The program may be installed in any place due to low cost and allows regeneration and a customized approach according to the needs of the neighborhood, and promoting ethical and social responsibility.

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    Project entry 2014 Europe – Productive urban garden, Roquetas de Mar, Spain

    Productive urban garden: Creating a new ecosystem by recycling the invisible existing sources. The existing installations will serve as raw materials for the creation of a new topography. A new public space that makes use of native plant species and allows the collection, recirculation, and storage of water.

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    Holcim Awards 2014 Europe ceremony, Moscow, Russia

    Presentation of the Holcim Awards “Next Generation” 1st prize 2014 Europe for “X Marks the Spot: Socially-focused architectural design, Pujaire and Roquetas de Mar, Almería, and Madrid, Spain” (l-r): Claude Fussler, Founding member of the Board of the Holcim Foundation, France; Héctor Muñoz, Ignacio Taus, Ricardo Mayor and Hani Jaber, DAT Pangea, Madrid, Spain; and Feliciano Gonzales, CEO Holcim Spain.

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    Holcim Awards 2014 Europe ceremony, Moscow, Russia

    Members of the “Next Generation” 1st prize 2014 Europe for “X Marks the Spot: Socially-focused architectural design, Pujaire and Roquetas de Mar, Almería and Madrid, Spain” examine the poster explaining their project following the Holcim Awards ceremony.

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    Holcim Awards 2014 Europe ceremony, Moscow, Russia

    Hector Munoz Mendoza and Ignacio Taus Jimenez of DAT Pangea, Spain and winners of the “Next Generation” 1st prize 2014 Europe for “X Marks the Spot: Socially-focused architectural design, Pujaire and Roquetas de Mar, Almería and Madrid, Spain” discuss their project with Lieven De Groote and Ana Castillo of TETRA architecten, Belgium, winners of an Acknowledgement prize for “Material Flows: Construction materials recycling and logistics hub”.

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    Holcim Awards Europe 2014 media breakfast

    Hector Munoz and a team of architects from DAT Pangea (Spain) won the “Next Generation” 1st prize for X Marks the Spot: Socially-focused architectural design, Pujaire and Roquetas de Mar, Almería, and Madrid, Spain. Their portfolio of projects includes a spatial plan and agricultural restructure, a productive urban garden as well as temporary spaces for public engagement.

  • Next generation Next Generation 1st prize 2014–2015 Europe

This collection of projects was awarded the “Next Generation” 1st prize, rather than to a single project. Of significance in this regard is the group’s name “Designs for Architectural Territories” which is more than a simple designation of an architectural collaborative, but stands for a program of action – where architectural design is a method to raise and potentially solve societal deficiencies.

By Ricardo Mayor Luque, Hector Munoz Mendoza, Ignacio Taus Jimenez, Hani Jaber Avila - DAT Pangea, Madrid, Spain

Ideas: Economic & Social Empowerment

This collection of projects was awarded the “Next Generation” 1st prize, rather than to a single project.

Of significance in this regard is the group’s name “Designs for Architectural Territories” which is more than a simple designation of an architectural collaborative, but stands for a program of action – where architectural design is a method to raise and potentially solve societal deficiencies.

X Marks the Spot

Project authors

  • Project entry 2014 Europe – X Marks the Spot: Socially-focused architectural design, Spain
    Ricardo Mayor Luque

    DAT Pangea

    Spain

  • Project entry 2014 Europe – X Marks the Spot: Socially-focused architectural design, Spain
    Hector Munoz Mendoza

    DAT Pangea

    Spain

  • Project entry 2014 Europe – X Marks the Spot: Socially-focused architectural design, Spain
    Ignacio Taus Jimenez

    DAT Pangea

    Spain

  • Project entry 2014 Europe – X Marks the Spot: Socially-focused architectural design, Spain
    Hani Jaber Avila

    DAT Pangea

    Spain

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