NEWS on ReD's Disonancias Project with IMAR

In the scope of the Disonancias initiative, ReD's collaboration project with IMAR has been mentioned in some publications. Selected references about this work will be added in this post.

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23.11.2007 : EL PAIS
"Disonancias lleva la creación a 9 empresas"
T. G. CRESPO - Vitoria - 23/11/2007
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"Nueve artistas y colectivos de creadores participarán en la segunda edición de Disonancias (www.disonancias.com), iniciativa que impulsa proyectos vinculados con el tejido empresarial. Hasta julio de 2008, empresas e instituciones como Dorlet, EITB, Sarkis, Imar o Teknalia acogerán y ayudarán a que tomen forma propuestas que buscan "innovar en la innovación", como explicó el director de Disonancias, Roberto Gómez de la Iglesia. (...) Hay propuestas conceptuales, como las de Mariano Maturana y Consol Rodríguez para el Polo Garaia de I+D; proyectos para un tejido urbano sostenible, como los de Ania Bas y Tecnalia, o propuestas de nuevos materiales como Daniela Bersham y la empresa Sarkis o el estudio ReD y la fábrica Imar."
Read complete article here
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29.11.2007 : DIARIO Noticias de Álava
"Artistas y empresas vuelven a unir sus fuerzas en el proyecto Disonancias"

"(...) Un total de 23 creadores, la mayor parte de ellos englobados en colectivos procedentes del Estado y de países como Portugal, Alemania o Chile, toman parte en esta iniciativa que también reúne a nueve firmas de distintos campos productivos. (...) El colectivo ReD, compuesto por Marta Malé y José Pedro Sousa, apoyará el proceso de innovación de la sociedad Imar, instalada en la localidad vizcaína de Ortuella, mientras que Ana Bas hará lo propio en Tecnalia, de Zamudio. (...)"
Read complete article here.
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ReD Lecture @ ESAD (Portugal)

Following an invitation by OutrosMercadus, ReD lectured at the Art and Design School (ESAD) in Matosinhos in the scope of the opening event of the "OutrosMercadus '06 Award" exhibition. Introduced by ESAD's director José Simões, the lectured started with ReD principals describing the studio's understanding about the impact of digital technologies in architecture, establishing some connections with the field of industrial/product design. This introduction was followed by short descriptions of some works in academia and in practice. However, the main part of the lecture was specifically dedicated to describe in detail the digital design processes behind the production of the MCity design project. Involving CAD/CAM technologies and computing programming, these processes where decisive tp generate and fabricate this project designed by ReD, which won the first edition of the OutrosMercadus Award. This work is featured at the "1st OutrosMercadus Award" exhibition, displayed at ESAD, until the 21st of December.
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You may check more information about this project in this blog here: 1 2
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ReD featured in "Boletim 178"

"Boletim" is the monthly professional document published by the portuguese Ordem dos Arquitectos (OA). The last edition (n.178) presented the World Day for Architecture event at OA, where ReD received the awards of the "Arquitectar o Ambiente" competition.
Following there's a transcript of part of the article:
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"No passado dia 1 de Outubro o Presidente da Ordem, Manuel Vicente, convidou todos os membros, colaboradores e amigos da OA para uma sessão solene “entre pares” para assinalar a data e um brinde para marcar o final do mandato 2005/2007.
(...) No final da Sessão Solene foram entregues os Prémios do Concursos “Arquitectar o Ambiente”, promovido pela Labicer – patrocinador do Dia Mundial da Arquitectura 2007, que distinguiu em com o 1º Prémio a proposta “Sample Box”, dos Arqtos. José Pedro Sousa e Marta Alemany (dos Red Research+Design) (ver mais em “Concursos”, pág.6)."
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Image of the article.
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ReD receving the competition Award.
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ReD Lecture @ IAAC (Spain)

ReD lectured last friday at the Institut for Advanced Architecture of Catalonia (IAAC) within the lecture series of the Master of Advanced Architecture 2007/08. The lecture was introduced by IAAC's director Vicente Guallart.

ReD will lecture at IAAC next Nov. 23 (Spain)

Continuing with the Lecture Series 2007 - 2008, IaaC offers open to public conferences in its facilities at Poble Nou. Qualified specialists coming from different fields of knowledge share their experiences and projects with the students and public.

ReD meeting with IMAR to start R+D collaboration

As part of the trip to Bilbao to attend the Disonancias Seminar, ReD met with the team from IMAR, the basque company specialized in perfurated and expanded sheet-metal, to plan the start of a 9-monthes research project. This collaboration emerges from the Disonancias Call for Artists, where ReD was selected as the team to work with IMAR.

ReD @ DISONANCIAS Seminar in Bilbao (Spain)

Between November 20 and 22, ReD travelled to Bilbao to attend the Seminar on Methodologies organized by Disonancias. This event gathered and presented all the artists and basque industrial companies, launching the start of their collaborative research projects. In this context, ReD and IMAR had the chance to explain the nature of the project that both companies will develop together until July 2008. At the end of the Seminar, the Disonancias 2007/08 initiative was oficially presented to the press at the Diputación de Álava (Vitoria) by:
- Hernando Lacalle, Director of Economy from the Department for Innovation in the Diputación Foral de Álava
- Josu Ocariz, Director of Innovation in SPRI
- Roberto Gómez de la Iglesia, Director of DISONANCIAS and Managing Director of Grupo Xabide
- Alvaro Castro, artist selected for DORLET
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The press dossier can be downloaded here.
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Image 1: Group photo of the artists selected for the DISONANCIAS 2007/08 initiative, together with some of the managers from the participating companies. ReD principals, MMA and JPS, are sitting in the front row behind the panel, whle Jon Viteri, manager of IMAR, is standing-up in the back (2nd from the right).

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Image 2: Press conference in Vitoria (Diputación Foral de Álava).

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ReD featured in Portuguese Television

Red was featured in the last "2010 Magazine" in the RTP2, the 2nd chanel of the Portuguese National TV. Dedicated to weekly review Science and Technology in Portugal, this edition focused on the recent "Jornadas de Inovaçao" exhibition that happened at the International Lisbon Fair (FIL), promoted by the Portuguese Innovation Agency. Together with 1 company and 1 university, ReD was mentioned in the program as an example of how scientific knowledge can be transfered into practice. The program showed ReD's stand at FIL, an interview with JPS, a movie done in the offcie and some images of other ReD's works.
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An online video of this "2010 Magazine" can be seen here. Select "Video on Demand", and in the videos list search for the program in the date: 20.11.2007. ReD is featuref at 9.20 min.

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Screen-shots of the 2010 tv program.

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ReD will lecture at ESAD next Nov. 26 (Portugal)

ReD will give a lecture at the Escola Superior de Artes e Design (ESAD) in Matosinhos, Porto, on the 26th of November, at 18h. This presentation is part of the opening cerimony of the OutrosMercadus 2006 Award dedicated to Ephemeral Architecture projects. In its first edition, ReD

won the 1st prize with the M-City project, installed in the Kunsthaus Graz (Austria). Photos of this project will be featured in the exhibition at ESAD, from 26/11 to 21/12.

ReD Lecture @ University of Brighton (UK)

Invited by Neil Leach, ReD lectured at the Faculty of Arts and Architecture at the University of Brighton.

ReD @ "Jornadas da Inovação" in Lisbon (Portugal)

Invited by the Portuguese Innovation Agency (ADI), ReD participated in the "3th Jornadas da Inovação" at the International Lisbon Fair (FIL) in Lisbon.

Featured in the section dedicated to the new portuguese technology-based companies, ReD presented a series of images illustrating the diversity of the works and services developed by the office in the last 3 years. Using individual light-tables, ReD also presented 4 physical objects produced by CAD/CAM technologies: a rapid-prototyping model of the XURRET System, a 1:1 scale sample of the MORSlide plywood panels, a wooden model of the Skyshelf and an acryclic laser-cut prototype of the FlyingCarpet.

The reaction of the visitors was extremely positive. By seeing the pictures and experiencing the physical objects, visitors could realize the design and material potential raised by the use of new digital technologies in architecture.

Through this exhibition ReD had the opportunity to establish a wide-range of personal and business contacts towards the development of future projects and collaborations.

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Image 1: ReD's stand at the "new technology-based companies" area.
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Image 2: Physical objects presented by ReD: MORSlide panels, FLyingCarpet prototype, XURRET System model and SkyShelf model.

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Image 3: Panorama of the Jornadas de Inovação Fair (source: http://www.adi.pt/)

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Image 4: Portugal Minister for Science, Technolgy and Higher Education, together with Portugal Minister of Economy and the President of the Portuguese Innovation Agency (ADI) visiting the New Technology-Based Companies area at the fair (source: http://www.adi.pt/)
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Visit ReD at the "3 Jornadas de Inovação" in Lisbon (Portugal)

ReD @ PortugalNow Exhibition (USA)

Invited by Carla Leitao (professor at Cornell University and co-founder of AUm Studio), ReD participated in the Portugal Now: Country Positions in Architecture and Urbanism Exhibition in New York. According to the organization, "this event is the third in a series of conferences and exhibitions organized by the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning at Cornell University. The series explores some of the most intriguing currents in contemporary architecture, landscape architecture, art, and urbanism in different parts of the globe. Portugal Now will examine examples of emerging contemporary Portuguese architectural practices and how they contend with global political, economic, and social realities."

Source: Photos from the PortugalNow website, showing the MCity project panels in the 1st plane.

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