Cassandra Pizzey • 11-12 MAY
Bathroom
11-12 May 2022
IE Tower: P.º de la Castellana, 259E (Torre Caleido) 28046 Madrid
A 19th-century house near Amsterdam, the Netherlands, forms the setting for a quirky bathroom by Bo Reudler Studio. Instead of creating a clean and clinical space that could be easily overlooked, the designer opted for a more natural approach where materials appear to be living. The characteristics of water, interaction of light and shadows, frost and decay and the ageing of materials are all covered in this space. Plasterwork circles on the ceiling mimic water dripping upwards from the bath, and another water droplet is found in the mirror hanging above the washbasin. Crooked copper pipes have been exposed and turned into a design feature, and together with deliberate cracks in the wall tiles look like the branches of a tree. Copper-inlaid tiles form the blossoms for the trees; through condensation, the copper-colour will slowly turn green allowing the bathroom to look better with age.
PROGRAM
11 MAY
10:00
Robert Thiemann
WELCOME
The ambitions of The Next Space
10:15
Juan Prego
Introducing Design Thinking
Our lead facilitator pictures the two-day journey
10:30
Kick-off
11:00
Talk 1 - Jenny Lee
People first
Why homes should be designed with people to make them sanctuaries for people
11:30
Miguel Oliveira (pCon)
Think, visualize, order
How software can support interior designers and architects to make the most of their creative design process by saving time to specify furnishings
11:45
Make-a-thon
Talk 2 - 13:00
Jaime Gonzalo
Seamless convenience
How tech can make residences more responsive to changing needs and circumstances
13:30
Gudy Herder (Eclectic Trends)
Leave No Trace
A hands-on introduction to material trends: how to make spaces tactile, inhabitable and future-proof?
14:00
Lunch at IE Tower
15:00
WOW concept Madrid
Site visit
16:30
Roca Gallery Madrid
Site visit
16:45
Talk 3 - Cara Eckholm: (Nabr)
Revolutionizing Ownership
Can the process of customizing, financing and purchasing a home be similar to buying a car – including post-purchase upgrades through an app?
17:15
Talk 4 - Lekshmy Parameswaran and László Herczeg
Caring communities
How our homes can empower us to connect, self-organise and care for each other as we live, work and age
17:45
Make-a-thon (continued)
19:30
Cocktail and day closing at Roca Gallery
12 MAY
09:30
Talk 5 - Beatriz Jacoste
Transformative food
How a revolution in food production will transform the way we design habitats
10:15
Make-a-thon (continued)
12:00
Talk 6 - Mireia Luzárraga and Alejandro Muiño
Adaptive architecture
Why spatial fluidity and ambiguity can make houses future-ready
