Francisco Leiva

Closely linked to the “Seoul 100-year Masterplan” exhibition, the event consists of building the city of the future of Seoul by explaining and demonstrating through drawing that the city is built from the place where it is located, from its geography, from the flow of water, wind...

 

This action goes beyond artistic entertainment, generating a debate among participants about the future of the city. It intends to make people understand that urbanism emerges from the place, just as creative processes can also emerge from the place. It is a way of associating a kind of intuitive process with functional results.

 

After the event, the wooden piece can be used as urban furniture in line with the biennale’s zero waste commitment.

 

Session 1. 2023. 9. 3. 1PM

Session 2. 2023. 9. 9. 4PM

 Francisco Leiva Ivorra graduated from the Valencia School of Architecture (ETSAV) in 1998, and in 2017 was awarded a Doctorate in Architecture by the University of Alicante (UA) for his thesis entitled ‘Redrawn Choreographies’. Since 1998, he and the agronomist Marta Garcia Chico, have directed the multidisciplinary team Grupo Aranea established in Alicante. Its projects seek to be deeply anchored to the place where they are located. They are characterized by the creation of places that induce social encounters, a continuous commitment to the revitalization of public space, blurring the boundaries between landscape, architecture and art. Francisco has received several awards including European Award for Architectural Heritage Intervention in 2021, The Barbara Cappochin International Architecture Award in 2015, European Prize for Urban Public Space, European Sustainable Construction Holcim Award, FAD Award City & Landscape in 2014 and FAD Architecture Award in 2010.

 

Project Team: Grupo Aranea (Rocio Fernandez Hernandez, Andres Llopis Perez)

Hand made Paper Artist in Collaboration: JAERYO Sang Won Oh