what’s news RocaGallery Firsteditionof ‘Interior design breakfast meetings’ Professional meetings on the changes in interior design TheRocaBarcelonaGallerywelcomed,forthefirsttime,a seriesofeventsoninteriordesignaimedatprofessionals ofthesector.Themeeting,heldinthesecondhalfof 2015,wasdividedintotwocomplementarysessions,with a breakfast-networking format, chaired by the architect IgnasiPérezArnal.Withausefulandpracticalapproach, adebatewasheldontheneedspresentedtointerior designprofessionalsduringtheperformanceoftheirwork andhowthisisaffectedbytheevolutionoftastesand trendsindecoration.Theeffectofnewtechnologieswhen approachinganinteriordesignprojectwasalsoanalysed indepthduringthesebreakfastmeetings. Corporatevision Thefirstsession,entitled‘10keyquestionsfor5key institutions’, includedtheparticipationoffiveimportant interiordesignassociationsandgroupsthatprovided Firstbreakfastmeeting-networkingeventinthepresenceofthemaininstitutionsofdesign. ageneralviewofthesituation.Thedebatecovered questionsrelatedtotheenvironment,socialchangesand Theexperience dailylivesand,asaresult, inthedesignoftheirdomesticenvironment. newtechnologiesandtherevolutioninmaterials,matters ofprofessionals thathaveaninfluenceontheworkofinteriordesigners, ParticipatinginthissecondsessionwasJosepBohigas, amongothertopics.Thissessionwasattendedby Thesecondsessionwasentitled‘Interiorsforliving. architect and curator of exhibitions such as Pisos Piloto, theBusinessAssociationofWindowDressers,Visual ManuelHormigó, CEOof IN>STOREandchairmanofthe MerchandisersandCommercial InteriorDesigners Interiorsforselling. Interiorsformaking’. Init,topicsrelated (ASEMAIC),ArquinFAD,theSchoolofInteriorDesigners tosocialchanges,thehabitsofyounggenerations,the RetailDesignInstituteSpain;andAffonsoOrciuoli,CEO andDecoratorsofCatalonia(CODIC),theGeneral newtypesoffamiliesandtheappearanceofdifferent of RBFD- McNeelBrazil (RedeBrasileira de Fabricaçao CounciloftheOfficialSchoolsofInteriorDecoratorsand formsofwork,suchasremoteworking,werediscussed, Digital) andprofessor atthe IEDandSchoolofArchitecture– Designers(CGCODDI),andtheBarcelonaDesignCentre beingveryimportantfactorswhendesigningthespacesof UICBarcelona. (BCD). a home.Alsotaking a prominentplace wasthe reflection Thisserieswillcontinuethroughout2016withnewtopics ontheimportanceofelectronicdevicesinconsumers’ ofcurrentaffairsintheworldofhomes. Newsflash The founderofWonderwater,aninitiativespecialisedinprojects forthesustainableuseofwater. “Urban Plunge” Withershasselectedthefiveinternationalprojectsthatbestillustratetherolethatdesignandarchitecturecanplayin exhibition the transformation of these spaces. Following on from this,drawings,modelsandphotographsareshownfrom+Pool explores the (Family & PlayLab), in NewYork; ThamesBaths (Studio Octopi)andKing’sCrossPondClub(Ooze & Marjetica recovery of urban Potrč), both in London, CopenhagenHarbourBaths (JulienDeSmedtArchitects)inCopenhagenandFlussbad (realities:united)inBerlin.Furthermore,theadaptationof rivers andports theexhibitioninBarcelonaincludesanunpublishedprojectdevelopedespeciallyfortheexhibitionbythestudioOAB Pictureofthe“UrbanPlunge”exhibitionattheRocaBarcelonaGallery. (OfficeofArchitectureinBarcelona),ofthearchitectsCarlos competitionorganisedbyRoca.Theyareprojectselaborated andBorja Ferrater. Itisa bridgeoverthe BesósRiverthatbystudentstorecoverthePortVell and theBesósRiver in On26January,theRocaBarcelonaGalleryinauguratedthe wouldusewaterfromtheseatocreateafullysustainable ordertocreatesustainableleisurespaces. exhibition ‘ChapuzónUrbano’ (‘UrbanPlunge’), adisplay bathroomspace. ‘UrbanPlunge’displaysprojectswithnewandinnovative thatexploresvariousnationalandinternationalarchitecturalBesides these prominent projects, ‘Urban Plunge’ displays ideasthatenrichenourrelationshipwithurbanportsand projectsthataimtorecoverandtransformurbanriversand severaldesignsdevelopedbystudentsfromthe Escola rivers,therebymakingcitiesmorepeople-orientated.The portsinto newleisurespaces,thereby challenging our way of TècnicaSuperiord’ArquitecturadeBarcelona, UPC; the exhibitionreflectsonhowtheattitudetowateraffectsquality thinkingaboutwater.Theexhibition,whichcouldbevisited SchoolofArchitecture,UIC-Barcelona;theEscolaSuperior oflifeinurbancentres. at theRocaLondon GallerybeforecomingtoBarcelona, is d’ArquitecturalaSalle, URL andtheEscolaTècnicaSuperior curatedbyJaneWithers,aBritishdesignconsultantandco- d’ArquitecturadeReus, URV,withintheframeworkofthe 12