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Tonight IAAC welcomed the italian architect Benedetta Tagliabue, chief architect of the EMBT office. During the session, Benedetta explained her main idea of architecture through several projects that she did, some of them in collaboration with the catalan architect Enric Miralles.

The session concluded with some questions of the students related to different aspects of the EMBT projects, ranging from the urban scale doubts until the most detailed issues.

Benedetta Tabliabue at IaaC

Lecture EMBT PROJECTS
22th of July // 18:30 // IAAC Auditorium // C/Pujades 102 BARCELONA

Benedetta Tagliabue was born in Milan, Italy. In 1963 she graduated in Venice from the “Istituto Universitario di Architettura di Venezia” in Italy.

Presently Benedetta Tagliabue teaches at the University of Architecture ETSAB (Escola Técnica Superior d’Arquitectura de Barcelona) in Barcelona and lectures regularly in architectural forums. In 2004 she received an Honorary Doctor of Arts degree from Napier University and she is a member of The Royal Incorporation of Architects in Scotland.

Tagliabue began her collaboration with Enric Miralles in 1991, with whom she founded the studio Miralles Tagliabue EMBT. Together their work includes iconic buildings and public spaces in Barcelona such as the Gas Natural tower, Santa Caterina market, and        Diagonal Mar park. Buildings in other European cities include the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh, Utrecht’s town council, and a music school in Hamburg. Under Tagliabue’s direction, the studio currently works not only within the scope of architecture, but also within that of landscape, public space, building restoration, temporary installations, and design.

During these days at IAAC it’s taking place the Globar Summer School Workshop, an activity in which students are working with 6 different squares of Barcelona. Within this frame, IAAC is proposing several lectures that will complement the aim of the workshop.