Javier Fernández Contreras (Granada, 1982) is an architect and doctor in architectural theory from the Higher Technical School of Architecture of Madrid (ETSAM). Since 2018, he has been the director of the School of Space Design / Interior Architecture at the Haute École d’Art et de Design (HEAD – Genève), in Switzerland. His work explores the relationship between architecture, systems of representation and media, with a specific focus on the role of interior spaces in the construction of contemporaneity.
Contreras is director of several research and master's programs, among which stand out MAIA (Master of Arts in Interior Architecture) and Scènes de Nuit, a platform that investigates the relationship between night and architecture. His recent publications include the books 'Manifiesto de Interiores' (Puente Editores, 2022), and Nocturnal History of Architecture (Spector Books, 2024).

At the end of the masterclass there will be a dinner-colloquium with the speaker at the Barhaus restaurant. You can sign up by sending an email to comunicacio.tar@coac.net. Dinner price €22.

The AVANTGUARDA cycle is divided into four main sections: environmentalism, experimentalism, communicationism and academicism. The format of these four sections and on different days will be that of a conference [C], a debate group [G] and a master class [M] per month.

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