TURKEY SPAIN ARCHITECTURE MEETING Istanbul, 27 March 2012 REGISTRATION FORM COMPANY DETAILS COMPANY NAME: ADDRESS: RTA OFFICE, REAL TIME ARCHITECTURE Passatge de Domingo, 2 entresuelo 1ª 08007 Barcelona, Spain TELEPHONE: 00 34 934674977 FAX: 00 34 937835257 E-mail: info@rta-office.com WEB: www.rta-office.com CONTACT PERSON: PERSON ATTENDING TO THE MEETING LANGUAGES: Ms. Simona Assiero Brá Mr. Santiago Parramón Spanish, English, French POSITION: International Projects Department POSITION: Chief Architect RTA-Office (Real Time Architecture Office) is a branch of Santiago Parramon architectural office, which since 1991 has its headquarters in Barcelona (SPAIN). Since the development of their work recognized at the local level, the architectural office begins around the year 1999 to show its global claim. COMPANY INFORMATION: First in prestigious publications around the world, then in conferences in the USA and Europe and later in competitions, projects and buildings, his work started to be recognized internationally. Santiago Parramon's first contact with China occurred in 2000 when the magazine World Architectural Review selected his work to be included in its publication No. 75 and published 35,000 copies (World Architecture Review 2000-06, n.75, Monographic Parramón & Associates). Since then the office has devoted particular attention to this Asian country and it has continued to publicize its work. 1
In 2006 Santiago Parramon (RTA-office) was selected by the Spanish government to represent the Spanish architecture in China. Together with seven other renowned Spanish Architects he presented his works and projects in the cities of Shenzhen and Tianjin. After the liberalization of the Chinese market for the implementation of architectural services firms, he founded Santiago Parramon Office Architectural Consulting Co. Ltd. This is the first WOFE (wholly owned foreign enterprise) of Spanish architecture in China, with 100% Spanish capital. Having thoroughly investigated the potential of this market, Santiago Parramon (RTA-office) decided to settle permanently in China, to be close to its customers and works. In 2009 he opened his workshop in Shanghai, where collaboration between Western and Chinese architects and designers together with Barcelona office, allows developing singular large scale projects worldwide. The Shanghai office already has a lot of experience, has grown rapidly from a team of 4 people to one of 15, has been invited to compete in China with the most prestigious international firms in competitions for the development of new districts and buildings in cities like Tianjin, Suzhou, Shenzhen and Hainan Island and has built its first building in China in the city of Jinhua, whose work has been completed in February 2011. Since many years RTA-office already jumped from local to global. Our offices started working closely and globally. Last step was the establishment of collaboration with a large office in Istanbul, through the direct presence of RTA Architects in the Turkish office. The collaboration puts together the great experience in design field of RTA-Office with the renowned experience in detailed design and construction field of our partners in Istanbul. 2
RTA with its Partner has achieved its first success in Turkey, where has been selected in the short list for the second phase of the competition for the new City Hall, Cultural Center, Shopping Center and Market in the city of Manisa. We believe our team is only one, working in different locations and with a great capacity of response to projects from different countries. This is our future: think globally, understand the contemporary condition and act on it. To live a global architectural experience. 3
Public Architecture X Equipments (civic centers, museums, education centers, etc.) X Commercial Architecture X Industrial Architecture Tourism Architecture X Landscape Architecture X Urban Planning X Health Centers Residential X Sport facilities X Restoration X Airport, Rail installations. COMPANY DESCRIPTION Others: (please specify) Cultural (museums, art centres, creative centres, universities, theatres, operas, forum buildings etc.) Please give more information about yourself below (company, strongest areas of expertise, references etc.): RTA-Office develops projects all around the world, thanks to its two offices in Barcelona and Shanghai. It offers to its costumers a sophisticated design and tries to create unique projects that have a distinctive character that always stand out for their quality. RTA-Office seeks the uniqueness of their designs and at the same time it looks for its execution, leading every step of the project, from design to construction. 4
Its team tries to treat each project with equal attention, as if they were sculptures, pieces that belong to the art world, whatever their size. Please give information on the architectural competitions participated and please list awarded projects, if any: HKDI_International Architectural Design Competition for the Hong Kong Design Institute, 2006 BAAD_ International Architectural Design Competition for the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, 2007 Honorable Mention International Urban Design Competition, Museum Tower in Manhattan, 2007 International Architectural Design Competition for the Central Library Headquarters and Cultural Centre at Dun Laoghaire, Dublin, 2007 International Architectural Design Competition for the Metropolitan Infographic Center, 9th Arquine Competition, Mexico, 2007 International Architectural Design Competition for the Sheffield Festival Centre, RIBA, London, 2007 Competition by Invitation (6 shortlisted firms): Nanhe Town, Urban Planning Design, Tianjin, China 2008 Competition by Invitation (3 shortlisted firms): South China University of Science and Technology Construction, New Campus in Shenzhen, Shenzhen, China 2008 Barcelona Pavilion Expo 2010,Shanghai, China 2009 Competition by Invitation (4 shortlisted firms): Kasen Boao Coast Project, Tourism Resort Project, Hainan Island, China 2009 Competition by Invitation (4 shortlisted firms): Shuzhou Hi-Speed Railway New City, Masterplan and Architectural Design Offices and Hotel, Suzhou, China 2009 Second prize Kaoshiung Port Cruise Terminal Internationai Competition, Taiwan, 2010 Award: WA awards 9th cycle 5
Block 39 Centre for promotion of Science International Competition, Belgrade, Serbia, 2010 Honorable mention Reserva de Biosfera New Buiding Competition, Lanzarote, Spain, 2011 Troya Museum International Competition,Troya, Turkey, 2011 Municipality building, Commercial Center and Market Place International Competition,Manisa, Turkey, 2011 Shortlisted second stage Competition by Invitation (4 shortlisted firms): Masterplan Wujia Town area Mianyang Sichuan Province, China, 2011 Competition by Invitation (4 shortlisted firms): Dalian Urban Planning Museum, Dalian, China 2011 Yenikapi - transfer point and archeo-park area International Competition, Istanbul, Turkey, 2011 Telecommunications Tower in Çamlica hill, Istanbul, Turkey, 2011 Competition by Invitation (3 shortlisted firms): Jiangsu Cultural Center, Jiangsu province, China, 2011 Competition by Invitation (4 shortlisted firms): Jinan High-tech science and technology culture center and square, Jinan City, Shandong Province, China, 2012 AWARDS: Honourable Mention in BAAD - Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, Israel, 2007 Honourable Mention in Block 39 Centre for promotion of Science, Belgrade, Serbia 2010 WA World Architecture awards 9th cycle with the project Kaoshiung Port Cruise Terminal, Kaoshiung, Taiwan, 2011 Shortlisted second stage in the international competition Municipality building, Commercial Centre and Market Place, Manisa, Turkey, 2011 6
TYPES OF COOPERATION SOUGHT Direct customers. Direct assignments through public or private companies (real estate, construction companies, developers etc.) Invitation to bidding contests. INTENDED PROJECTS Public and private projects of design of new development areas or redevelopment of existing areas. Landmark buildings related to the field of culture and art. Residential buildings. HAVE YOU HAD ANY RELATION OR PREVIOUS CONTACT WITH TURKISH COMPANIES? Yes. 7