About the program
Concéntrico: Urban Innovation Laboratory reflects on the first decade of the international Concéntrico festival in Logroño, Spain, and the 150 projects and designs commissioned for it. The festival’s aim is to serve as a laboratory searching for creative ways of using architecture and design to strengthen communities and to support the dialogue between designers and citizens.
The exhibition offers a unique meditation on the transformation of cities and the relevance of architecture and design in the twenty-first century. It introduces meaningful ways to address and engage with pressing urban issues—from identity and heritage to temporariness, collectivity, ecology, play, and domesticity—through the lens of selected Concéntrico commissions since 2015.
The exhibition is structured around seven themes: Identity and Fiction; Heritage and Symbolism; Temporary but Social; Collective and Cooperative; Urban Ecologies; Playable Cities; and Domesticating Public Space.
Organized by MAS Context and the Instituto Cervantes of Chicago in collaboration with Concéntrico.
