The first stage of the construction works of the Bicentenary Cultural Center is about being completed. A series of tests that the lights placed in the dome of the former Post and Telegraphs Palace are undergoing this week represent the completion of the first stage of the construction works. The opening ceremony of this first stage will be held on May 24, within the frame of Argentina´s Bicentenary celebrations.

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The Stidio is awarded with a special mention between sixty submissions in the competition for the new Ministry of Foreign Affairs building in Buenos Aires. The call for the competition for the new construction, established a big challenge on several scales. Firstly, it meant a great commitment locate a new building in proximity to a highly significant piece of architecture such as the San Martín Palace. It also showed the need to propose a building with programs, uses and varied access in a place with a very particular geometric configuration of levels.

Within the frame of Argentina Bicentenary festivities, publishes two documentary books about its major projects. The first one refers to the development of the project for the Bicentenary Cultural Center in the former Post & Telegraphs Palace. The publication combines Graciela Silvestri texts and Facundo de Zuviría photographs and talks about the complex process related to the execution of a project of this complexity and magnitude.
The second book is dedicated to the “Aduana de Taylor” Museum project, consisting in the restoration of the remains of the ancient “Aduana de Taylor” and Buenos Aires fort, to become a brand new museum.  The publication also refers to the transformations undergone by the urban surroundings of the project. The historical research and the texts were in charge of the specialists Fernando Gandolfi, Eduardo Gentile and Ana Ottavianelli.
The books are available on selected bookstores in Argentina. For further information about availability :  Asunto Impreso: www.asuntoimpreso.com

After the inauguration of the first stage of the construction work, in the context of the Argentinian Bicentenary festivities, the “Bicentenary Cultural Center” is open to the public for a week, up to May 30. During this week the public will be allowed to go around the restored areas of the former Post and Telegraphs Palace. Afterwards, the building will be closed in order to continue with the following stages of the construction. For further information visit the official website of the Argentinian Bicentenary: www.bicentenario.ar

The Studio was invited to participate in the sustainable construction edition of Green Drinks. On his presentation, architect Nicolás Bares referred to the sustainable issues and its implementation on the design practice. To illustrate his presentation he took examples from B4FS experience in Argentina and overseas projects. Other lectures were given by the architects Carlos Grinberg, President of Green Building Council of Argentina and Leo Lotopolsky, active member of Argentina Green Building Council.

For further information about Green Drinks visit: www.greendrinks.org

Architect Nicolás Bares lectures about the Faculty of Architecture and Urbanism Master in Architecture at the "Universidad Nacional del Litoral".

Architect Nicolás Bares lectured on March 18 in the context of the Master in Architecture presentation, recently opened at the FADU-UNL.

The conference was an open class focusing on different scales and complexities that take on in the contemporary culture, the architectural projects. The architect explained that facing the situation requires interdisciplinary teamwork, processes to bring out new ideas and renovated design tools. He stated that to give an answer to the mentioned requirements, there must be an origin in the undergraduate education, a proper specialization and in the post graduate studies and a commitment in the development of the professional practice.

Finally, he developed concepts related to design exploration using the examples of the following projects: the housing projects undertaken for the government of Singapore, the headquarters of the College of Architects of Puerto Rico, Argentinian Post Service Headquarters and Bicentenary Cultural Center.