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Vázquez Consuegra architectural office has won first place in the competition for the construction of the town hall of Montegiorgio on the remains of the former Convent of San Francesco, as well as the architectural rehabilitation of one of the few surviving buildings of the convent complex, the Panfili Staircase. The main objective of the winning proposal is to enhance the value of the two main surviving historic buildings that belonged to the convent complex of San Francisco, the old church and the Panfili Staircase (Pio Panfili, architect and painter of the 18th century). To achieve this, it is proposed to demolish the buildings constructed in the 1950s attached to the church and to create a new public space between the two existing buildings.

Issue 50 of the magazine EGA Expresión Gráfica Arquitectónica publishes an extensive interview with Guillermo Vázquez Consuegra by Ricardo Hernández Soriano and Jorge Molinero Sánchez. It deals with topics such as the importance of drawing in the creative process, Vázquez Consuegra’s relationship with Rossi, Távora, Soto de Moura and Siza, or the evolution in the forms of representation throughout his trajectory, among others. The magazine EGA Expresión Gráfica Arquitectónica is a four-monthly publication edited by the Departments of Graphic Expression of Spanish universities, which focuses on graphic expression in architecture. You can download the complete issue number 50 as well as the specific interview in the following link.  

“San Telmo and Atarazanas. History of a resistance” is the title of the next conference of Vázquez Consuegra, in which he will reflect on the processes of working on the existing. Organised by the University of La Sapienza and the Royal Academy of Spain in Rome. 9 April at 17:30h at the Reale Accademia di Spagna, P. San Pietro in Montorio 3, Rome. For further information.

The Social Housing in Vallecas, a work completed in 2012 and winner of several awards, including The Chicago Athenaeum Museum International Architecture Prize, The Plan Award, the NAN Architecture Prize and the Ibero-American Architecture Biennial Prize 2014, has been published in the latest monograph on housing in Spain published by Arquitectura Viva. More information about the publication.

Caixaforum Sevilla is listed as one of the museums highlighted for its “amazing architecture” by Arquitectura y Diseño magazine in its web version. Caixaforum Seville, completed in 2017, has received multiple awards, such as the DNA Paris Design Awards, ArchDaily’s 2018 Best Building of the Year Award, The Chicago Athenaeum Museum International Architecture Award, among others. To read the full article: “The museums with the most amazing architecture in Spain: discover the 8 cultural gems from north to south”.

On 17 January, the main stakeholders in the refurbishment of the Archaeological Museum of Seville met. Members of the Vázquez Consuegra team, the construction company Ferrovial, the Ministry of Culture and the management of the museum itself visited the building in an event that symbolises the start of work on one of the most important museums in the country. Guillermo Vázquez Consuegra won the National Ideas Competition for the refurbishment of the Seville Archaeological Museum in 2009.  

The project for the restructuring and regeneration of the Ex-Manifactura building in Gemona del Fruili (Udine, Italy) for its conversion into a Sports Business Creation Centre under the name “Sportland Life Factory” is being drawn up. The building was built after the earthquake of 1976 according to the design of architect Emilio Mattioni, a member of the “Studio di Via Mazzini” architectural office in Udine and one of the leading exponents, together with Renzo Agosto and Gianugo Polesello, of the “Architecture Group” that made the Venice School internationally famous in the 1970s and 1980s. The Vázquez Consuegra architectural studio, together with architect Sandro Pittini, Pool Engineering s.r.l., T14 Associati and geologist Davide Serravalli, will carry out the conversion of Mattioni’s building, after winning the tender promoted by the Gemona City Council in 2022.

Last October saw the inauguration of the first phase of the Business Creation Centre of the University of Alicante, a work carried out by Vázquez Consuegra. The building revolves around the presence of office-laboratory modules for science and technology-based companies, versatile and flexible spaces equipped with as many facilities as required depending on their nature, with the possibility of being increased or replaced in the future. It is a U-shaped building, with a main body at its head, which houses the common areas of the centre, such as the lobby, the cafeteria/restaurant and the service areas corresponding to the company laboratories. The Alicante Science Park has created a virtual tour of the entire building, in which you can explore each space, floor by floor, through the following link: Access to the CEE virtual tour

The V Biennale di Architettura di Pisa, held between 13 and 29 October, has awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award to architect Guillermo Vázquez Consuegra. An award dedicated to those who, during their profession and through their work, have been attentive to the search for the construction of urban meanings always inspired in people’s quality of life. The jury has emphasised the architect’s ability to combine in his works major themes such as social balance and the understanding of the city as a place for meeting and relationship, all of it carried out with a high degree of aesthetic sensitivity. Attachments Laudatio Luca Lanini_Per Guillermo Vázquez Consuegra (268 kB)