Frugal architecture: the new realism

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Where
Institut Français Barcelona
Adress

Carrer De Moià, 8, 08006 Barcelona

Schedule
Wed 28 May · 16:00 - 20:00
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Symposium on Joyful and Creative Frugality

This seminar will bring together professionals and experts involved in this approach—architects, designers, academics, manufacturers, economists, sociologists, and more—to identify best practices within this ecosystem and lay the foundation for future cross-border collaborations with a Mediterranean perspective.

Frugal architecture is a building and living approach that embraces a responsible attitude toward the environment. It focuses on ecological, low-energy, and environmentally-friendly design, prioritizing the renovation of existing structures over new construction. Its goal is to create energy-neutral, or even energy-positive, buildings under the guiding principle that "less is enough."

Frugality in architecture is rooted in the conscious use of natural resources, simplicity, and sustainability, with an inspiring principle: "the future is ancestral." It is structured around four key axes: responsible land use, energy conservation, the selection of biologically and geologically sourced materials, and the recovery of traditional knowledge, integrated with new, more efficient design and construction methods.

Afternoon

Type of activity
Debates and conferences
Type of public
Professional
All publics
District
Sarrià-Sant Gervasi
Organizing entity
Institut Français de Barcelone
Collaborators
EUNIC, COAC
Language
English
Spanish
Catalan
Mode
In-person
Mode of access
Free entrance with prior registration
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