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2016 Feb 11

In a Place of La Mancha Whose Name Is....Orgaz: Anatomy of a Creative Encounter Between Cervantes and El Greco

6:00pm

Location: 

RCC, 26 Trowbridge. Cambridge MA 02138

RCC is pleased to announce this event, organized by the Spanish Cultural Association in Boston featuring Prof. Francisco Prado-Vilar, RCC Fellow and Scientific Director of the Santiago Cathedral Project.... Read more about In a Place of La Mancha Whose Name Is....Orgaz: Anatomy of a Creative Encounter Between Cervantes and El Greco

2015 May 11

Reconstructing Revelation: New Research on the Romanesque West Façade of the Cathedral of Santiago and the Application of Digital Technologies

12:00pm to 2:00pm

Location: 

Visualization Portal, 5th floor, UCLA Math Sciences. University of California, Los Angeles

RCC is pleased to announce that Prof. Francisco Prado-Vilar, Scientific Director of the Andrew W. Mellon Program for the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela, will deliver this talk at the University of California, Los Angeles.... Read more about Reconstructing Revelation: New Research on the Romanesque West Façade of the Cathedral of Santiago and the Application of Digital Technologies

2015 Apr 17

El Pòrtic de la Glòria en el Context Hispànic, Europeu i Mediterrani. I Jornada d'Estudis Magistri Cataloniae

9:30am

Location: 

Facultat de Filosofia i Lletres. Sala de Graus
This symposium, sponsored by the RCC, showcases the investigations of a select group of researchers awarded with Andrew W. Mellon fellowships for the Santiago Cathedral Program, a project of research and conservation focusing on the Portal of Glory of the Cathedral of Santiago, whose academic headquarters are at the Real Colegio Complutense at Harvard.... Read more about El Pòrtic de la Glòria en el Context Hispànic, Europeu i Mediterrani. I Jornada d'Estudis Magistri Cataloniae
2015 Apr 06

Coastal Resilience: Sustainable Development of the Spanish Atlantic Coast

6:30pm

Location: 

GSD Hall. 48 Quincy St, Cambridge, MA 02138

The Coastal Management Plan of Galicia is a landmark project in the Spanish context that explores a new methodological approach from the perspective of the landscape, proposes an adaptive and anticipatory planning, and elaborates strategies for the protection and planning of sustainable growth of the coastal region. Thus, it challenges the traditional urban planning approach and proposes an alternative reading of the landscape as a system of superimposed dynamics requiring a comprehensive and holistic approach. This professional project is closely linked with a broader dissertation...

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2015 Apr 06

Books That Built Democracy. Public Patronage, Civic Significance, and Regional Identity in 1980s Valencian Architecture

6:00pm

Location: 

Harvard Graduate School of Design - Loeb Design Library, Special Collections. 48 Quincy Street, Cambridge

The RCC is pleased to sponsor the closing event of this exhibition, which records the contribution of architecture to the construction of democracy and the welfare state, and to the recovery of regional identity in 1980s Valencia, Spain.... Read more about Books That Built Democracy. Public Patronage, Civic Significance, and Regional Identity in 1980s Valencian Architecture

2015 Jan 20

City Metrics: A Path to Understanding Urban Structures and Processes

Registration Closed 9:00am to 12:00pm

Location: 

RCC, 26 Trowbridge. Cambridge MA 02138

"City Metrics" will describe the value of urban performance indicators in the understanding of city morphologies and dynamics. It will introduce students to multiple metrics approaches and goals, and will examine through some case studies how these indexes inform design and policy-making decisions. 

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2014 Oct 17

Santiago Cathedral Project. RCC-Mellon Seminar in Valencia (Spain)

10:00am to 12:00pm

Location: 

Auditorio Alfons Roig, Facultad de Bellas Artes (UPV)

Francisco Prado-Vilar, PR of the Andrew W. Mellon Program on the Santiago Cathedral and RCC Fellow (Department of History of Art and Architecture, Harvard University) will offer a lecture titled "El Pórtico de la Gloria: Proyecto, Restauración y Descubrimientos".... Read more about Santiago Cathedral Project. RCC-Mellon Seminar in Valencia (Spain)

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