15/04/2016

Students from the UIC Barcelona School of Architecture, winners of the “Urban Plunge” competition

On 7 April 2016 the awards ceremony for the “Urban Plunge: New designs for natural swimming in our cities ” interuniversity competition took place. At this ceremony a project undertaken by students from the UIC Barcelona School of Architecture won first prize.

Students from the Catalan universities that participated in the competition (the Higher Technical School of Architecture at La Salle University URL, and the Barcelona School of Architecture at the UPC (ETSAB), and the UIC Barcelona School of Architecture) presented each of their projects at the Roca Barcelona Gallery, at an event that was open to members of the public.

Subsequently, the jury, consisting of Jane Withers, the exhibition curator, the architect Félix Arranz, the architect Carme Pinós, and Ariadna Miquel, an architect who was representing Barcelona City Council, publically announced the names of the winners during the prize-giving ceremony. The “Floating Water” project, created by Oriol Anglada Carbonell, Nieves Blackstad, Marta Esqueu Casals, Albert Jové Cespedes, Alexandre Martínez Llapart, Júlia Rocaspana, Monika Rovira, Laura Vall Sagarra and Sergi Viñals, won first prize. Due to its potential and demographic significance, these UIC Barcelona School of Architecture students chose the Besòs River for their project, which consists of a modular wooden system that floats along the river.

The “Urban Plunge” exhibition was open until 23 April in the Roca Barcelona Gallery.