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On the occasion of the 75th anniversary of the construction of the German Pavilion for the 1929 Barcelona International Exposition, a series of ten lectures is being planned by the Fundació Mies van der Rohe. The objective is to foster critical reflection on the emergence of a form of architecture that was characterized by a commitment to modernity in the context of a markedly historicist panorama - as exemplified by the Exposition precinct itself - in a culturally backward country, that is, the Spain of Primo de Rivera's dictatorship.

The idea, therefore, is to utilize the Pavilion as a significant pretext on the basis of which to develop a set of considerations, interpretations and opinions in the light of recent studies and research.

The series is addressed to architects, historians, students and anyone interested in modern artistic culture and will attempt to present the 1929 German Pavilion in the contexts that made its construction possible: Berlin and Barcelona, each with its own cultural baggage, will be revisited. Taken into account will be the situation of the city that accommodated the building and the way Mies' professional career evolved to the point where he managed to define one of the emblematic works of what came to be known as the Modern Movement. To measure it with time: this might be a way to summarize our intentions.

Under the direction of Antonio Pizza and Josep Ma. Rovira

The series forms part of the Master in 'History, Art, Architecture, City'. Departament de Composició Arquitectònica, UPC, Barcelona

Dates: Friday, May 14 - Saturday, May 15, 2004
Location: CaixaForum - Av. Marquès de Comillas 6-8

Friday, May 14

9:30 Presentation
10:00 Multinationals, Schools, Laboratories, Governments and Experiments
Francesc Roca
11:00 Barcelona and Modern Urbanism: Resistance of the Urban Context
José Luís Oyón
11:45 Break
12:45 Espagne: Le Corbusiers' Trips to Spain
Juan José Lahuerta
13:15 Indications of Modernity and 'New' Architecture
Antonio Pizza
16:30 Modernity in 1929: Acceptance and Rejection of the Pavilion
Josep Ma. Rovira
17:30 The International Exposition of 1929
Oriol Bohigas
18:30 Roundtable / debate


Saturday, May 15

9:00 Mies van der Rohe and Raoul Hausmann. The Modern and the Traditional. Berlin and the Mediterranean
Bartomeu Marí
10:00 The Influence of Mies on Contemporary Architecture
Antón Capitel
10:45 Break
11:15 Mies van der Rohe: Display and Exposition Designs
Wolf Tegethoff
12:15 The Barcelona Pavilion as a Manifestation of Modern Building-Art
Fritz Neumeyer
13:15 Roundtable / debate
14:15 Closing remarks


1929: Berlín, Barcelona & Mies van der Rohe

Oriol Bohigas
Antón Capitel
Juan José Lahuerta
Bartomeu Marí
Fritz Neumeyer
José Luis Oyón
Antonio Pizza
Francesc Roca
Josep Ma. Rovira
Wolf Tegethoff