Protect your trade marks, designs, and inventions
In today’s market place, the protection of intangible assets is essential to ensure market differentiation and positioning, with the goal of offering better products and…
Sandra Bestraten (COAC): Accessibility as a challenge in the sector
What is the state of the sector? The sector is in a moment of opportunity but also of transition. Sustainability is very important and also…
Guillem Costa (COAC): “Sustainability: we are aware of where we need to go and are well-prepared”
What is the state of the sector? We had a very big drop in 2008. Our volume of activity dropped by 80%, and this is…
Xavier Vilajoana’s Interview (President of Construmat): “Our aim at Construmat is to stay a relevant resource for the industry.”
After the enormously successful return of Construmat, how are you approaching the 2024 edition? We are going ahead with great excitement and confidence after…
Casas pasivas en Morelia/ México. Morelia tiene un clima muy moderado (Happy climate), que permite la construcción de casas pasivas con cristal simple y sin la necesidad de poner una recuperación de calor, foto M.Wassouf
The Passivhaus, the Passivhaus Standard and the nZEB, a convergence towards quality construction
By Micheel Wassouf – CEO Energiehaus Arquitectos. It may not be as intriguing as a police novel, but the acronym nZEB (Nearly Zero Energy Buildings) has captivated the world of construction in 2018, still leaving us to wonder how the film will pan out. Meanwhile, another key player, the Passivhaus standard, is becoming more and more prominent in Spain.
Interview with Jesús Gracia, a delegate of Civil Works in Catalonia for the Construction Department of the company Sorigué
By Miriam Giordano. We spoke with the representative from Sorigué, winner of the BBConstrumat Award in the "Infrastructure Construction Works" category for the Les Hortes de Caldes and Plaça del Sindicat Car Park, on site at works being carried out right now: the new ICL salt loading and transport terminal in the Port of Barcelona.
Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality in the Industrial Sectors
By Carlos Timoner, architect and professor of VR, AR and MR at the Polytechnic University of Cartagena. The incorporation of augmented and virtual reality technologies into companies' daily processes is already a fact that is radically changing the way in which productive processes are being carried out.
We spoke to Lacol, cooperative, that won the 2019 BBConstrumat Awards in the “Constructed Work – Architecture” category
By Miriam Giordano. We spoke to Lacol, an architects' cooperative, which in 2018 completed the La Borda project, a cooperative housing project that won the BBConstrumat Awards in the "Constructed Work - Architecture" category.
The evolution of the enclosure and the challenges it faces
By Ione Ruete, architect and Director of BBConstrumat. Choosing the enclosure of a building is taking a decision that will determine its envelope and, therefore, its exterior image, but above all it will permanently determine the degree of interior comfort of its spaces.
Interview with Pasqual Bendicho, architect and founder of SUMO Arquitectes
Interviewed by Miriam Giordano. We spoke with Pasqual Bendicho, architect and founder of SUMO Arquitectes, together with his two partners Jordi Pagés and Marc Camallonga. In a joint venture with Yolanda Olmo in 2014, they carried out the Vil·la Urània project, recognised with a Commendation from the BBConstrumat 2019 Awards in the category of Built Work of Architecture.
Aeropuerto Jewel Changi de Singapur de Safdie Architects | Foto: Suhaimi Abdullah / Getty Images
Biophilia and architecture: trend or necessity?
By Silvia Pujalte, Landscape Architect. And what would biophilia have to do with architecture and building? Biophilic design may sound like science fiction to us, but it is nothing more than trying to incorporate elements of nature in the spaces we inhabit.
‘Arena' by Benoit Maubrey © B. Maubrey
Urban Screen, Media Facades and Media Architecture – what they are and what is the current state-of-the-art
By M. Hank Haeusler researcher, educator and designer. Urban screens, media facades and media architecture have propelled themselves from a small and often overlooked filed of light architecture into a global phenomenon over a period less than ten years.
Interview with Mr. Rajendra Jagtap, Chief Executive Officer at Pune Smart City Development Corporation
Interview by Miriam Giordano. Mr. Rajendra Jagtap, Chief Executive Officer at Pune Smart City Development Corporation, explains us how Pune city is rapidly developing as metropolitan city with a Smart City Plan.
Entrevista a Salvador Fernández Capo, Director General de Operaciones en España y México de Cementos Molins
Cementos Molins es uno de los principales expositores de la próxima edición de Barcelona Building Construmat. Fundada en 1928, es un referente del sector de la construcción, líder en la fabricación de cementos de aluminato de calcio y portland, así como de sus productos derivados: prefabricados, morteros especiales y hormigones.
“Technology is a fundamental ally in the construction of the Sagrada Familia”
Interview with Fernando Villa, Building and Technology Director of the Sagrada Familia, by Miriam Giordano Some of the Sagrada Familia's large beams will be used as features of the common areas at BBConstrumat 2019, and shall be removed and reused after the trade show days. We talk about this initiative and the challenges of building the temple with Fernando Villa, Building and Technology Director of the Sagrada Familia.
“Expanded architecture advocates an architecture that is able to confront global challenges”
Interview by Miriam Giordano. We interview Ricardo Devesa, architect, professor and director of the congress "Logics of Innovation and Change", to be held at BBConstrumat 2019's Talks Arena.
Architecture and Design without Barriers
BBConstrumat 2019, in its "Interior Lovers" programme of conferences and workshops, aims to shine the spotlight on current interior design trends that converge the uses of various types of areas, such as Retail, Contract, Living spaces and Office work spaces, thus breaking down their spatial and conceptual barriers.
Female Architects. Oblivion is Full of Memory
By Daniela Arias Laurino, Architect The forgotten women are inextricably linked to the manipulations and dominations to which the memory is submitted as a result of the various forms of representation of the past.
Interview with Salvi Plaja, Director of Design for Grupo Simon
Interviewed by Miriam Giordano. In the Espacio Simon 100, where exciting, immersive light presentations invite visitors to discover the brand's history and innovation; we interviewed Salvi Plaja, Director of Design for Grupo Simon
Green façades or why to garden vertically
By Silvia Pujalte, Landscape Architect. Today green façades are an increasingly common resource to replace the lack of greenery in corporate buildings, hotels, restaurants or even in residential buildings, where every metre counts, and horizontal gardening is not always affordable.