Ciudad Universitaria in ETSAM’s archives

In 2027, Ciudad Universitaria, the main campus of the Madrid Region celebrates its 100th anniversary, an event that will be preceded by a series of cultural, institutional and academic events linked to its history, its legacy and its future. As part of these events, a series of critical meetings have been planned to debate the heritage, the landscape and the architecture of the Ciudad Universitaria campus, the challenges they face and the opportunities they offer.

The first of these events will be a series of research seminars on the main architectural archives that document the buildings and urban planning of the Ciudad Universitaria campus: the archive of the Historical Service of the Architects Association of Madrid (COAM), the archive of the ETSAM Madrid School of Architecture, and the historical archive of the Complutense University. The main objective is to investigate and disseminate documentary collections of tremendous value, which will undoubtedly be of great use in the debate on the cultural heritage of the Ciudad Universitaria campus in its centenary.

The event will include an introduction to the archive by Margarita Suárez, curator of the Historical Architecture Archive of the ETSAM; lectures by professors Luís Moya and Ana Esteban Maluenda, who will present original research on Ciudad Universitaria based on material from the archive; and a round table discussion with the participation of experts in architectural archives: Teresa Couceiro, Director of the Alejandro de la Sota Foundation, and Concepción Pintado Céspedes, former Director of the General Archive of Fomento. The meeting is curated by Nicolás Mariné.

SEMINAR POSTER

18:00. Presentation

• Manuel Blanco Lage, Dean of the School of Architecture of Madrid (ETSAM)
• Fernando Vela Cossío, Vice Rector for Strategy and Academic Organization of the UPM
• Nicolás Mariné, Professor at ETS de Arquitectura de Madrid (ETSAM)

18:15-19:30. Lectures

• The ETSAM archive and Ciudad Universitaria. Margarita Suárez, Curator of ETSAM’s Historical Architecture Archive.
• Luís Moya Blanco, works in Ciudad Universitaria and their contribution to landscape. Luís Moya González, Professor of Urban Planning at the ETSAM.
• Carlos de Miguel: Photographs of Ciudad Universitaria. Ana Esteban Maluenda, Head of the Department of Architectural Composition at ETSAM.

19:30-20:00. A Conversation “Architecture in the Archives”

Participants:

• Teresa Couceiro, Director of the Alejandro de la Sota Foundation.
• Concepción Pintado Céspedes, Former Director of the Archivo General de Fomento.

Moderator: Manuel Blanco Lage

Organizers: Grupo de Investigación Paisaje Cultural (GIPC), Colegio Oficial de Arquitectos de Madrid and Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Curator of the event: Nicolás Mariné