Two weeks ago, we had the opportunity to participate in this event on Architecture and Communication at ETSAM. We revealed the meaning of communicating for us, similar to “opening holes” to connect separate rooms.

Here you can find some of the diagrams we presented and a link to the full video of our talk. YouTube.

1st PRIZE!!! MADC has won the architectural competition organized by COAM for the renovation of the Pio XII Education Center, Parla (Madrid). The proposal is part of the Spanish Program to Promote the Renovation of Public Buildings (PIREP) – MITMA, designed within the Recovery Plan for Europe #NextGenerationEU.

Check other award-winning proposals here:

MADC ranked among the Spanish architects’ 100 most influential accounts on Twitter, via according to Topinfluencers.es. Via UAAAP/CSCAE.

February 15th we will be lecturing at the Tampere School of Architecture, Finland. We will talk about Architectural Design, Education and Culture, a really interesting lecture series directed by Rosana Rubio and Fernando Nieto. The talks can be followed online.

Link here!

Tomorrow November 16th, we will lecture at the School of Engineering and Architecture of Zaragoza University, lecture series 2021-22. The title of our presentation is Last Chance for Architecture, an overview of our recent projects in their urban context. Thanks to Belinda Lopez Mesa for the invitation. We are very excited to collaborate with a public university like UNIZAR (@Arquitectura_UZ; @unizar) in this and upcoming projects.

In recent months we have moved offices, and although we have not finished the move and we are missing more plants (and more books), we want to share this first image with all of you 😊 Here you can find new contact information: https://madcandpartners.com/contact/

Runner-up, 2021 June. We thank the jury for the good appreciation. The jury’s report states: “The structure as the main design process, the architectural model as a tool for the void research, the freehand sketch as the genesis of the idea. Interesting skylight across the longitudinal section, allowing natural light to reach the basement and setting a visual relationship with the church at the same time”. We’ll carry on handling books 😊

MADC has participated in the Mobility Observatory First Symposium, organized by El Español and Invertia. Specifically, the session “Challenges for a new city model and sustainable mobility“, held on Tuesday, November 24, 2020, had the participation of renowned experts: Miguel Hernández, Director of Strategy for DCN (North Castellana District); Martha Thorne, Dean of the IE School of Architecture and Design; Flavio Tejada, director of Arup Cities in Europe; Guillermo Maldonado, CEO of TEMA Grupo Consultor; Javier Torralba, president at Bream Spain; Miguel Ángel Díaz Camacho, architect, and director at MADC. President of the Sustainability and Architecture Association (ASA).

Link to the video.

Link to the symposium.

It’s official!!! 1st PRICE!!! Together with Ruiz-Larrea & Asociados we have won the competition for the renovation of this magnificent historical building, Paseo de la Castellana 19, Madrid. 2020 June (more information coming soon).
Architects: Antonio Gómez, César Ruiz-Larrea, Gorka Álvarez, Miguel Ángel Díaz Camacho.
Collaborators: Almudena Antolín Moreno, Emilio García Navarro, José María González Luzardo, Olga Tykhonova, Zoltan Valbuena Berrio.
Engineering: Calter, JG Ingenieros, Proskene.
Render: ManuFacturas. Manuel Monteserín.

We are very happy to announce that MADC will be giving a workshop and seminar on “City Branding” at Karel de Grote University College, Antwerp (Belgium). This South Campus of KdG accommodate 5.500 students and 500 employees starting from academic year 2016-2017. KdG. Nationalestraat 5, 2000 ANTWERPEN, 2019, May 6-10th.

It’s official!!! The proposal “Thousand Suns Library”, submitted by MADC, has finally been the winner of the competition for the creation of a new Public Library in Villaverde, Madrid. The competition has been addressed by the Madrid City Council and organized in collaboration with COAM. Read more here: COAM / EL PAÍS / METALOCUS

Models: Almudena Antolín Moreno / Visuals: Zoltan Valbuena Berrio.

Next Wednesday, February 13th, MADC will be lecturing at ETSASS, UPV, ETSA San Sebastian, as part of the seminar and conference program “Productive Neighbourhoods”. The “Architectural Design Studio” course is run by Ibon Salaberria and Jon Muniategiandikoetxea, on this occasion students must solve the regeneration of an industrial area with lot of potential for urban transformation, as it is strategically located in the city centre of Zarautz.

Today we attended the implementation of the CSCAE Observatory of Architecture, a new tool for the Spanish sector around the 2030 Urban Agenda. The observatory has the endorsement of the 2030 High Commission and UN-HABITAT among others. MADC and the Architecture and Sustainability Association (ASA) will lead the working group City and Sustainable Territory, together with a large group of collaborating institutions and companies.

NEW BOOK!!! Today “Architecture and Climate Change” is published, a book co-edited by Arquia Foundation and Catarata Publishers with illustrations by Clara Nubiola and written by MADC (only Spanish version for now). This book is the result of many years of research and real environmental-friendly building processes It also integrates the learning experience accumulated during the six years that MADC ran the Master in Architecture & Energy (2010-16 ESAYT, Madrid).