Architect Francisco Martinez public lecture “UNDER CONSTRUCTION” / Mar 8, 16.00, National Library of Latvia

"You have to change to stay the same" (Willem De Kooning)

Public lecture held on March 8, 16.00 in the 1st floor atrium of the National Library of Latvia by architect Francisco Martinez “UNDER CONSTRUCTION” will be a presentation of the process in creating the architecture, the evolution of the architecture project through different phases, from concept until construction, in order to preserve the design ambitions.

Architect Francisco Martinez studied architecture and art at ETSAV in Valencia and at the School of Architecture of Paris La Défense. In parallel with his projects as a partner of the Kubota & Bachmann Architects, he has collaborated with Jean Nouvel (2000-2006) on the Agbar Tower project (Barcelona), and OMA (2010-2018) on the Bibliothèque Multimédia à Vocation Régionale, Caen, France. Francisco Martinez is a guest tutor at RISEBA FAD for the spring semester of 2017/2018.


The lecture will be held in English. FACEBOOK event.
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