Concéntrico: Urban Innovation Laboratory

Concéntrico: Urban Innovation Laboratory reflects on the first decade of the international Concéntrico festival in Logroño, Spain, and the 150 projects and designs commissioned for it. The festival’s aim is to serve as a laboratory searching for creative ways of using architecture and design to strengthen communities and to support the dialogue between designers and citizens.

The exhibition offers a unique meditation on the transformation of cities and the relevance of architecture and design in the twenty-first century. It introduces meaningful ways to address and engage with pressing urban issues—from identity and heritage to temporariness, collectivity, ecology, play, and domesticity—through the lens of selected Concéntrico commissions since 2015.

The exhibition is structured around seven themes:

• Identity and Fiction
• Heritage and Symbolism
• Temporary but Social
• Collective and Cooperative
• Urban Ecologies
• Playable Cities
• Domesticating Public Space

The exhibition also highlights the four installations that have been supported by MAS Context since 2022: Intersect by Germane Barnes, Stone Wall Stand In by Design With Company, Public Utilities by Outpost Office, and Crop Top by BairBaillet.

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Monday, September 29, 2025, 5:30PM
“Concéntrico: Ten Yeas Reflecting on the City Through Contemporary Practices”
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Wednesday, October 1, 2025, 6PM
Opening reception with Javier Peña Ibañez

Monday, October 20, 2025, 6PM
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ExhibitIon credits

Organized by: MAS Context and the Instituto Cervantes of Chicago in collaboration with Concéntrico
Curated by: Iker Gil
Collaborator: UIC School of Architecture
Printing: American Color Labs
Installation: Brad Bloecher, Ken Byron, Iker Gil, Julie Michiels and Javier Peña Ibañez
Partner program: The exhibition is presented within the context of SHIFT: Architecture in Times of Radical Change, the sixth edition of the Chicago Architecture Biennial.

Concéntrico: Urban Innovation Laboratory and its public programming is partially supported by the Instituto Cervantes and by the UIC School of Architecture.