Que pasa na Costa 10/12/2020 “It has already held one edition in Carballo and two in Malpica. And not even the pandemic can with the singular project “The town of tomorrow”. live, but it will do so in a virtual format and with the same desire to involve children in the design of the Oak of the future.”
NH Diario 9/12/2020 “The project “The town of tomorrow”, by the architect Sandra González Álvarez, returns to Carballo two years after its first edition. And it does so in a virtual format due to the current health situation.”
El Comacal (La Voz de Galicia) 26/11/2020 “Schoolchildren participated in a project to discover their habitat through architecture and art”
“How to recover the identity of a town, and how it could be again a place of meeting and exchange are, among others, the questions that explain the birth of ‘A Vila do Mañá’, an educational project whose goal is to promote, through game, children and teenagers´ awareness of the environment in which they live, and actively witness the processes of common space’s construction, thus giving them a leading role, usually reduced to a more controlled play environment such as playgrounds. The aim of the project, signed by the architect Sandra González, and its specific development in Arzúa are detailed in a recently published book, after the participation of a group of children from the town in the experience. Educational tools used in the design of the activities in which the children participated, for which Arzúa presented itself as a “xogo da oca” gameboard, with significant spaces and of reference in each of the boxes. The stone sculpture of the cheesmaker that in the central square of Galicia pays tribute to those who craft the product that identifies the municipality of Arzua, a stage of the Camino de Santiago, the sports complex of the municipal swimming pool, the baroque hermitage of A Mota, the historic complex that, in the urban section of the French route, they form the Carmen and Dolores streets, and some emblematic palaces of the municipality are represented in that original and unpublished “xogo da oca”, formed, thus, by architectonic, urbanistic, landscaping, artistic and cultural elements that form the identity of Arzúa. They were the scenarios in which the children who participated in the project developed activities structured through six concepts -scale, perception, space, town, landscape and sustainable development- and four tools: the point, the line, the plane, and the three-dimensional element.“
Observador 15/09/2020 “So what is it about? The publication has been shared numerous times in the last few hours and seen by more than 27,000 people, but it recounts an experience of a Spanish architectural firm that took place on the first weekend of September in Arzúa, a town in A Coruña.“
Diario de Bergantiños 19/08
The Malpica plenary hall hosted yesterday the presentation of the educational program ‘A Vila do Mañá’.
Noticias da região 10/03
Architect Sandra González is the creator of the Vila do Amanhã project, with the proposal to work with children and adolescents on concepts of urbanism, public spaces, a feeling of belonging to the place, among others. The project has already been carried out in several cities in Galicia, Spain, and on the 24th, 27th and 29th of March it will take place at Sesc Santo Amaro.
La Voz de Galicia 23/09
The capital of Arousa put an end to Mobility Week yesterday with the closure of the city center to motorized traffic and an activity designed for the little ones. The Vilagarcía of the future belongs to the kids, who could imagine an urban space at their service, playing in places that are usually occupied by cars.
Diario de Bergantiños 20/07
The mayor of Malpica and the creator and director of “A Vila do Mañá”, the architect Sandra González, presented this activity yesterday at the civic center.
La Voz de Galicia 18/08/2019 ““A vila do mañá” project is an initiative of the Department of Education, of which the municipality of Malpica will be part. From July 29 to August 2, Malpica’s children will be able to participate in work and playful interventions to transform different spaces in the municipality. Kids from 3 to 15 years old will be able to enjoy the activity.“
NH Diario 16/07/2019 “Malpica City Council invites all children to idealize their city hall through the project “A vila do mañá”, an initiative of the Official College of Architects of Galicia, the Higher Technical School of Architecture of A Coruña, the Association for the Defense of Cultural Heritage Gallego and Post Architects.“
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