Spanish Architect Carme Pinós to Design Australia’s 2018 MPavilion
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Spanish architect Carme Pinós has been invited by the Naomi Milgrom Foundation to design MPavilion’s fifth edition, making it the first public work in Australia commissioned to a Spanish architect. The preceeding 2017 pavilion, designed by OMA / Rem KoolhaSpanish Architect Carme Pinós to Design Australia’s 2018 MPavilion
Spanish architect Carme Pinós has been invited by the Naomi Milgrom Foundation to design MPavilion’s fifth edition, making it the first public work in Australia commissioned to a Spanish architect. The preceeding 2017 pavilion, designed by OMA / Rem Koolhaas and David Gianotten, received more than 117,000 visitors and hosted 477 free events over 133 days, noted ArchDaily. The fifth edition will open to public in October, 2018. Pinós, winner of the Berkeley-Rupp Award in 2016, has led significant projects in public works, urban remodeling, social hosing, and furniture design. The Crematorio de Igualada in Barcelona, the CaixaForum Zaragoza and the Cube 2 Office Tower in Mexico, are among her noteworthy projects.Naomi Milgrom stated that Pinós «honors the responsibility of architecture to serve a community, by creating spaces that place human experience and environment at the center of her designs.» Carme Pinós commented: “It is a great responsibility to create a unique place in this special park with views over Melbourne—a city to which I have deep attachments. I am inspired by the fact that this new project will become a cultural destination for the city.” Read more