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Title: 
Premature Architecture
Date: 
10-05-2022 / 18-09-2022
Place: 
Lantegia, BAT Espazioa
Artist(s): 
Valcárcel Medina, Isidoro (1937- )
Curator(s): 
Guzmán, Ktristine (1974- )
Produced by: 
Azkuna Zentroa - Alhóndiga Bilbao
MUSAC - Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León
Type: 
Exhibition
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Summary: 
Premature Architecture comprise a collection of town planning and building proposals drawn up by Valcárcel Medina between 1984 and 1992 which, to quote him, “evidence the absolute contradiction extant between the most immediate reality of urban space and the structures pretending to configure it.”
At first sight, the pieces look like architectural drawings with their corresponding technical solutions, hand drawn pictures of different buildings similar to those made at that time. However, their titles (Tower for suicides, Building for the unemployed, Colony of shacks) make it obvious they are not typical projects but rather conceptual or unrealisable, not because of a lack of construction development, but because they would require another era and way of thinking to be feasible.
This exhibition curated by Kristine Guzmán displays 30 of these projects where the 2007 National Plastic Arts Award winner reveals the capacity of architecture to propose different ways of living and uses of spaces, enabling debates affecting politics and society.
Related activities: 
From the drawing board to the volume. Premature Architectures game of models
Conversation with Isidoro Valcárcel
Publication: 
Premature Architecture [Catalogue]
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