MIDIS Archi - Javier Pena

Concéntrico: Urban Innovation Laboratory

Tuesday 9th December 2025
From 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM

Campus HEAD
Bât H., Salle 1.20

Avenue de Châtelaine 7
CH-1203 Genève

As part of the MIDIS ARCHI conference series, you are cordially invited by the Interior Architecture Department of HEAD to attend the lecture/presentation by Javier Peña Ibáñez, who will present his book Concéntrico: Urban Innovation Laboratory.
The presentation will take place on Tuesday 9 December 2025, from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM.

Javier Peña Ibáñez

Javier Peña Ibáñez (b. 1985, Logroño) is an architect based in Madrid, working as a curator, researcher, educator, and consultant in the fields of architecture, design, and urbanism. He is the Director of Concéntrico, the International Festival of Design and Architecture in Logroño, and focuses on the management, curation, and promotion of cultural projects.

Concéntrico: Urban Innovation Laboratory looks back at the first decade of the international festival Concéntrico in Logroño, Spain, which since 2015 has commissioned more than 150 interventions in public space. Conceived as a living laboratory, the festival explores how architecture and design can strengthen communities and foster direct dialogue between designers and citizens.
 

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