In 2014 we won the 1st COAM Prize for The Competition and in 2015 we won the COAM Prize with Special Mention by Factoría Cultural Madrid. The COAM Awards are given annually by the Architects Association from Madrid and are among the most important architecture awards in Spain. Thanks to these two awards, we now participate in the exhibition and catalog “COAM Award for Contemporary Architecture of Madrid 2005 – 2016”. It opens tomorrow, September 29, 13: 30h, at the COAM in Madrid with the presence of Yves Saint-Geours, Ambassador of France in Spain, Manuela Carmena, Mayor of Madrid, Jose Maria Ezquiaga, Dean of the COAM, Edgar Gonzalez, Curator of the exhibition.
Author: Guillermo Pérez
Factoria Cultural Madrid at Open House Madrid’17
Factoría Cultural at Matadero Madrid has been included in the Open House Madrid’17 program, within the MADE in ETSAM tour. The visit is scheduled for October 1 at 12:00h and will be guided by Angel Borrego Cubero, author of the space design.
Research Award at the XIII Spanish Biennial of Architecture
Research Award at the XIII Spanish Biennial of Architecture and Urbanism ( XIII BEAU, Bienal Española de Arquitectura y Urbanismo) “Historia de la Escuela” (The School History) a research conducted by Ángel Borrego Cubero within the Research Group Emergent Practices of the Architectural Design Dept. of the School of Architecture from Madrid – ETSAM. Authors: Ángel Borrego Cubero (coordinator) Juan Herreros, Emilio Tuñón, Jacobo García-Germán, Lina Toro, David Archilla, Alberto Pieltaín, José María Sánchez, Juan Paulo Alarcón Carreño (scholarship MPAA). Collaborators on behalf of Office for Strategic Spaces: María Ángeles Peñalver Izaguirre, Simona Rota.
Publication in AMC Le Moniteur
AMC – Le Moniteur (FR) #249/ March 2016, features our project “Factoría Cultural Matadero Madrid” on pages 96-99.
Finalist at the 13th Spanish Architecture Biennale
Factoría Cultural en el Matadero Madrid (Cultural Factory at the Contemporary Art Center El Matadero) is one of the 20 shortlisted buildings at the XIII Bienal Española de Arquitectura y Urbanismo. There were 449 entries from which the jury selected 22 awards, 20 shortlisted and 59 selected buildings. Photo: Simona Rota
Angel Borrego Cubero appointed Leading Professor at Master of Architectural Communication
Angel Borrego Cubero has been appointed a Leading Professor of Audiovisual Project, carried within the Master of Architectural Communication (MACA) of the ETSAM – UPM, which starts in February 2016.
4th Prize at design competition Espacio Mahou
The entry “Mensaje en una botella” (Message in a bottle) by Office for Strategic Spaces won the 4th Prize in the competition for the upcoming Espacio Mahou, organized by Mahou San Miguel with the collaboration of the Architects’ Association from Madrid (COAM). Out of 160 entries, 5 offices only were selected as finalists to go to the second stage of the competition, Office for Strategic Spaces – OSS being one of the five.
Credits. A project by Office for Strategic Spaces/ Author: Ángel Borrego Cubero/ Architecture Team: Ana Isabel Alonso, Pablo Fernández Cueto, Belén Relloso/ Consultants: Xavier Aguilo – BAC (structure), Alex Ivancic- Aiguasol (sustainability)
Jesús Cerezo – Envolventes Arquitectónicas (glass)
Exhibition at ICO Museum
Angel Borrego Cubero takes part at the exhibition “EXPORT. Spanish Architecture Abroad” to be held between February 23rd and May 17th at the Museum ICO (Zorrilla 3, Madrid). The exhibition is curated by Edgar González and is accompanied with a catalogue.
Factoria Cultural, a nominee at the European Architecture Prize Mies van der Rohe
The Cultural Factory Matadero Madrid, whose design and construction have been achieved by Angel Borrego Cubero along with his Office for Strategic Spaces, was nominated to the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture Mies van der Rohe 2015.
Key speaker at Master in Architectural Advanced Projects
On September 30th, 2014, at 10.30 AM, Angel Borrego Cubero’s lecture “External Affairs” will open the 6th edition of the Master in Architectural Advanced Projects at the School of Architecture ETSAM, Madrid.
