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june 16, 2022 - World Design Capital Valencia

Opening of Àgora València, the main square of design

  • A varied program of activities will take place in this venue right in the heart of the city, to make #design known to the public. Workshops, meetings, round tables and presentations that are added to the official program of #worlddesigncapitalvalencia 2022 in the center of the city.
     
  • Miguel Arraiz, architect and project director of #worlddesigncapitalvalencia 2022, is responsible for the architectural project of Agora Valencia together with Arqueha Arquitectura y Urbanismo.
     
  • Design takes the heart of Valencia with a participatory and inclusive venue, built with ceramics and "vareta", providing its interior with thermal comfort and relating the venue to the Valencian industry.
     
  • As a vehicle and promoter of the democratization of #design, the venue hosts activities open to all audiences, the ecosystem of professionals, entities and companies with the aim of involving all citizens in #design throughout the year.

    Coinciding with its official opening to the public after two months of works in the Plaza del Ayuntamiento, Agora Valencia has unveiled today its own calendar of transversal activities for all audiences that will keep it alive as a link between citizens and the #design capital. It will be from the heart of the city that these new activities will be carried out and that will be added to the more than 200 already programmed initiatives among workshops, exhibitions, conferences and meetings throughout the Valencia Region.

    Agora Valencia is a project of #worlddesigncapitalvalencia 2022 and the Valencia City Council, which has the support of the Provincial Council of Valencia, La Marina de València and the companies Inalco, Wandegar and iGuzzini, and takes over from the pavilions that back in the day they were built in other capitals such as Helsinki or Taipei.

    Miguel Arraiz, architect, creator and project director of #worlddesigncapitalvalencia 2022, is responsible for the architectural project of Agora Valencia, together with Arqueha Arquitectura y Urbanismo, in charge of technical development, and with the advice of Cosín Estudio.

    The purpose of Agora Valencia is reflected in the materials and manufacturing of the venue and in its construction, which fuses tradition and avant-garde, crafts and industry, using only wooden rods and a material similar to ceramics known as MDi. The construction of the pavilion has seen the participation of companies such as Inalco, Wandegar and iGuzzini, and studios and professionals such as Manolo García Carpintería Artística, Radiante Creative Studio, ATG Desarrollos, Josep Martí and Quatre Caps.

    With the opening of Agora Valencia, the city celebrates with its inhabitants and visitors its status as the global epicenter of #design, and gains a new venue open to citizens as a legacy of the transformative force of #design. A place open to all of society designed to bring #design and creative talent from the entire Valencia Region closer to the general public.

    At the opening ceremony, #mayorjoanribo stated that: "Starting today, our Plaza del Ayuntamiento has a new building to admire and enjoy. Agora Valencia tells a lot about what we are, with an architecture that speaks of the Valencian industry through its ceramics, of the waves of the sea through its roof, which is, in turn, a tribute to our festivals: the Fallas. A place of shade and meeting, of comfort and information, where its #design invites everyone who passes by to make it their own. A space that also offers the first shade of the square. Moreover, its #design and architecture, the materials that compose it, guarantee a much more pleasant thermal sensation than in the rest of the square."