Concéntrico 06

Concentrico is Logroño’s International Festival of Architecture and Design that proposes to reflect on the urban environment and the city. The new edition, Concéntrico 06, will be held from September 3 to 6, 2020.

The Festival invites visitors to tour the city through installations, exhibitions, meetings, activities and performances that create a connection between the squares, streets, courtyards and hidden spaces that usually go unnoticed in their daily lives.

This week we have presented the programme and the poster of the sixth edition of Concéntrico, a graphic summation of the projects that we will enjoy at the festival. 14 interventions, 4 exhibitions, meetings and activities. The entire programme can now be consulted in detail on the website. See you in Logroño from September 3–6, 2020!

Urban interventions
Since 2015, the festival has brought together 59 urban installations in its five editions, in addition to the 14 performances that will be held this year.

– Gregor Schneider: Kreuzweg. Plaza del Mercado, in collaboration with Goethe Institut Madrid.
– Iza Rutkowska: Equestrian Statue. Espartero monument, in collaboration with the Polish Institute of Culture.
– StoreyStudio: Courtyard of Reflections. Plaza San Bartolomé.
– Jordi Gali with Jérémy Paon and Julien Quartier: Arcos. Plaza Santiago, in collaboration with the Institut Français.
– KOGAA: Circo aéreo. Calle Mayor car park, in collaboration with the Czech Centre.
– Mecanimo: Banquín. Gran Vía.
– Taneli Mansikkamäki: Across Boundaries. Courtyard of COAR, in collaboration with the Ibero-American Institute of Finland.
– Attila Kim + Bogdan Ciocodeica: Fiesta. Plaza Revellín, in collaboration with the Romanian Cultural Institute.
– Anna & Eugeni Bach: Sticks & Stones. Calado San Gregorio.

Winners of the calls:
– Ignacio Hornillos + Javier F. Contreras: Prismarium. Pavilion of the Festival.
– Silvia Bachetti + Agnese Casadio: Arch Play. Muro de la Mata, in collaboration with the Istituto Italiano di Cultura.
– Alejandro Ramirez: LAN-4. Viña Lanciano of Bodegas LAN.

Guest schools:
– Toledo School of Architecture: Hex Pansiva. Library of La Rioja.
– La Rioja School of Design: Eureka. Gardens of the Esdir.

Exhibitions
The exhibitions have extended the focus to new international contexts, in 2020 we explore architecture and its natural cycles with the Reverb Pavilion of the Polish studio Centrala and Fundacja Beç Zmiana in an exhibition that began in the Polish pavilion of the Venice Biennale; or the design of the Finnish with Tuomas Kuure in the Esdir.

– The Pavilion of Reverberations: Centrala. Logroño City Council, a production by Fundacja Beç Zmiana with the support of the Polish Institute of Madrid and the Culture Unit of Logroño City Council.
– Life is a lethal experiment: Tuomas Kuure. Esdir, in collaboration with the Ibero-American Institute of Finland.
– Concéntrico 06 Open calls. COAR
– LAN Packaging Design. Bodegas LAN-Esdir
And the associated exhibition ESDIR - TFE at the Escuela Superior de Diseño de La Rioja.

The programme is completed in each edition with other activities, such as meetings and conversations with the support of Spanish Cultural Action and Creative Europe.

Since 2015, Concéntrico has been organised by the La Rioja Cultural Foundation of Architects and Javier Peña Ibáñez, creator of the initiative, in collaboration with the City of Logroño and the La Rioja Government. Garnica, Bodegas LAN and Acción Cultural Española are the main partners. The festival is also supported by the partner institutions Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda, Goethe-Institut Madrid,  Institut français, Czech Centre, Polish Institute of Culture, Istituto Italiano di Cultura, the Ibero-American Institute of Finland, and the Romanian Cultural Institute.