Circular Economy in Construction Materials Welcome, curious minds! Today, we’re delving into the realm of sustainable construction materials and the groundbreaking concept known as “Cradle to Cradle.” Developed in the 1990s by architect William McDonough and german chemist Michael Braungart, Cradle to Cradle (C2C) is a framework for sustainable design and production. Unlike the conventional…
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We had the pleasure of participating in the Cámara de Comercio Alemana para España Sommerfest at the Eurostars Grand Marina in Barcelona. We would like to express our gratitude to the entire team AHK for organizing such a delightful evening. It is always a pleasure to connect with fellow members and exchange ideas with new partners…
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Barcelona Architectural city tour When the AMI chose Barcelona as the next for the annual Summit, we were very enthusiastic (see the previous post). It has been an honour to introduce our city and guide a group of the best international marketers in the architectural field. Barcelona is a melting pot of cultures and an…
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AMI Architect Marketing Institute Summit in Barcelona The International Mastermind summit, organized by the Architect Marketing Institute (AMI) with the collaboration of Wortmann Architects, has just concluded. A group of 20 remarkable architects, experts in Marketing in the architectural field, arrived from several different countries (U.S.A., New Zealand, and Australia most of them) to enjoy…
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Transformational Architecture – The architecture of change The term itself is surprising and raises questions. What is meant here? Architecture, buildings that are the result, witnesses, and at the same time actors of social upheaval? Or buildings as agents of transformation, in this case of their environment as well as the living conditions of their…
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Enrique Asensi’s Sculpture Park Team visit with the artist Monika y Enrique Asensi (www.asensi.de), friends of Wortmann Architects, opened the doors of their house to our team. They met each other in Valencia, Enrique’s hometown, while she was studying Spanish. When they decided to settle in this location in the middle of Macizo del Garraf,…
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WA’s suggestions what to visit in Paris Foundation Louis Vuitton The cultural center designed by Frank Gehry is intrinsically connected to Bois du Boulogne Park, due to its 12 vails, inspired by early XX century metal and glass architecture. Powerful computing capabilities were integrated into the design phase, with scale models scanned and sometimes recreated via…
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Team visit Every year Barcelona celebrates its co-patroness Santa Eulalia with a Lighting design festival. The location is Poble Nou (“new village” in Catalan), a district bordered by Mediterranean Sea. It is a very peculiar place where co-exist three souls: 19th century factories, brand-new residential buildings and 22@ (the technological and innovation district). Exceptionally celebrated…
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“Upon arriving at each new city, the traveller finds a past of his that he did not know he had: the foreigness of what you no longer are or no longer possess awaits you in foreign, unpossessed places” Invisible Cities – Italo Calvino Everyone has got lost in the streets of a city at…
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