#  Made in the UPM, 2. \[Book presentation\] URBAN CONDENSERS Updating Heritage Areas: Madrid & Ahmedabad 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **May 12, 2023** 

 12:50PM - 12:50PM EDT 

####  pin\_drop Location 

 **RCCHU Conference Room, 26 Trowbridge St. and over Zoom**  



 

 



 

 In 2019 two siamese workshops were organized by aula coopera \[Spain/in/India\]. Under the same research topic Urban Condensers. Updating heritage areas, these took place in two different cities: Madrid and Ahmedabad. two countries in two continents. With the participation of 14 profes-sors, 8 conferences, previous trips visiting paradigmatic architectures, walking through the intervention sites in contact with their inhabitants; 50 students of various levels and seven nationalities produced different proposals for the re-activation of public space in both cities in 17 working groups. But the most fascinating of all were the immense experiences lived in situ together...

  [Check the book here](https://www.google.com/books/edition/SpaINdia_cooper_ACTioning_URBAN_CONDENSE/QwOlEAAAQBAJ?hl=es&gbpv=0)

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 [You can follow the event here](https://harvard.zoom.us/j/93081395802?pwd=eEozZ3dkRFNrV3pmYlFlM1JJT1Vrdz09)

 **Authors: Franca Alexandra Sonntag** *(Postdoctoral Fellow, Lecturer. Department of Architecture. Massachusetts Institute of Technology MIT.* *Margarita Salas Postdoc programm, ETS Arquitectura de Madrid. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid UPM.**) &* **Ricardo Montoro Coso** *(Profesor asociado. DPA, ETS Arquitectura de Madrid. Universidad Politécnica de Madrid UPM.* *Project leader, GC cooperACTioning \[spaINdia\]. DPA ETSAM UPM**)* **Guest speakers: Krishna Handa** *(Philanthropist. Founder. Brihati Foundation. Ahmedabad, India.) &* **Javier Morán Uriel *(Student. Workshop Urban condensers \[Ahmedabad\]. ETS Arquitectura de Madrid. UPM)*

 **Sponsors:** RCCHU; UPM Delegation of North America; UPMpress; ETSAM, MIT.



 

 



 

 

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