Manuel Blanco, a professor at the School of Architecture of the Polytechnic University of Madrid, is the curator of the exhibition A City Called Spain, which is on at the National Sculpture Gallery in Goudi until 8 November.
Through 80 works by architectural practices, the exhibition presents the landscape of contemporary Spanish architecture in the first decade of the 21st century, highlighting the richness and urban diversity of Spain, as well as the quality of its recent architectural output.
The centrepiece of the exhibition is an installation in the form of a plan of a geographical map of Spain, on which models, photographs, drawings and videos show the exact geographical location of the buildings.
Spain’s architectural landscape is presented as if it were a single city containing every type of building, including housing, museums, ports, parks and offices.
The buildings on show include the Museum of Memory in Andalusia, the chemistry building of the University of Alcalá, the cemetery of a remote village at the southernmost tip of western Spain, Carlos Ferrater’s contemporary classic tower, and several works by Calatrava.
The exhibition A City Called Spain is organised by SEACEX and the National Gallery as part of the Spanish presidency of the European Union, with the aim of promoting contemporary Spanish culture.
For more information, visit: www.nationalgallery.gr
Text: Katerina Latoufi (Architect)
