This event is a call to define and shape the future of our culture(s) and the role of architecture departing from the work developed by the Fundació Mies van der Rohe in these last 25 years. Breaking New Ground is a call to define and shape the future of our culture(s) and the role of architecture departing from the work developed by the Fundació Mies van der Rohe in these last 25 years. We invite
you to our house, the Pavilion that Mies van der Rohe built originally in 1929 in Barcelona and that today represents the meeting point of culture, the people responsible for it and those who enjoy it. We will re-evaluate the relation between architecture, institutions and people according to the present moment. The celebration of the 25th anniversary of the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award, represents a fantastic opportunity to reflect on a quarter century of architecture in Europe and to stimulate a discussion about the values of Architecture. We want to raise many questions and produce a debate with those professionals and institutions that have had a strong impact on the Prize (winners and emerging architect special mentions; jury members; experts and representatives of the Advisory and Steering committees and the European architecture associations) but above all to investigate, discover and possibly break new ground through emergent architects, critics and other people involved in the new cultural scene.
