Concéntrico & Friends Book Tour and Conversation
On the occasion of the launch of the book Concéntrico: Urban Innovation Laboratory, Javier Peña Ibáñez, director of Concéntrico, the international architecture and design festival in Logroño (Spain), will be our guest. Together, we will reflect and exchange on more than a decade of experimental practices in public space.
26 March 2026 14:30 - 17:00
The launch and conversation will be led by Javier Peña Ibáñez, founder and director of Concéntrico, together with collaborators including visual artist Willem de Haan and Alessandra Covini, architect and partner at Studio Ossidiana. The discussion will explore temporary architecture, urban experimentation, and public space as a testing ground for social, ecological, and cultural innovation.
There will be an opportunity to chat over a drink starting at 17.00
This event is made possible thanks to the support of the Instituto Cervantes in Utrecht.
Language: English | Location: Nieuwe Instituut | Entrance: Free
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Concéntrico: Urban Innovation Laboratory. Edited by Nick Axel, Javier Peña Ibáñez. Published by Park Books, 2025. Available at NAi Booksellers.
Concéntrico 2026
Nieuwe Instituut contributes to the 2026 edition of Concéntrico with a special presentation of Multiform by Gabriel Fontana. Building on their collaboration at the 2025 Venice Architecture Biennale, curator Amanda Pinatih and Fontana have developed a new activation of the game that explores alternative fields of play in collaboration with local schools and their students.
The project is supported by the Embassy of the Netherlands in Madrid.