Model. Barcelona Architectures Festival 2023

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Model. Barcelona Architectures Festival is a space for reflection and celebration that shines a light on experimental architecture and asks us to rethink how we wish to live together moving forward, thanks to experimental new city models and visionary ideas about the future of urban life.

Launched by the Barcelona City Council and the Catalan Architects’ Association (COAC), the yearly festival aims to transform the urban space into a platform for architectural talent and up-and-coming designers. It wants to turn the city into a meeting point for leading thinkers from around the world and, more significantly, architecture into a forum for exploration and inspiration for all its citizens.

The cornerstone of the 2023 edition of Model. Barcelona Architectures Festival will be the notion of radical empathy. The power of radical empathy in design, architecture and city making will be addressed from multiple perspectives including research, dissemination, experimentation and celebration spaces.

Radical empathy goes beyond sympathy and understanding. It encourages individuals and communities to tackle the needs and experiences of others in a profound and authentic way. In the context of architecture and design, it implies designing spaces and buildings that do not just respond to the needs and desires of their users but which also strive to address social, cultural and environmental issues in a transversal way. Radical empathy in architecture creates spaces that not only carry out practical functions but which also have a positive impact on the communities they serve, helping to bring about a fairer, more inclusive, more just and more sustainable world, both today and in the future.

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