Festival Concéntrico 2026 Announces Three Selected Urban Installations From Its International Open Calls | ArchDaily
Summary
Festival Concéntrico 2026 announces three selected urban installations from international calls, expanding its reach to Barcelona with new stage designs for the Cruïlla festival.
Why It Matters
This festival highlights innovative urban design and architecture, fostering community engagement and ecological awareness. The selected projects reflect a global interest in reimagining urban spaces, making it relevant for architects, urban planners, and cultural enthusiasts.
Key Takeaways
- Concéntrico 2026 received 466 proposals from 41 countries, showcasing global interest in urban innovation.
- Three winning projects focus on ephemeral, ecological, and symbolic themes, translating theoretical concepts into practical installations.
- The festival expands to Barcelona, integrating architecture with music and community through stage designs for the Cruïlla festival.
Save this picture!Shade, Breeze, Cooling. Urban Installation, Concéntrico 2026. Image © noof groupWritten by Antonia PiñeiroPublished on February 19, 2026 Share ShareFacebookTwitterMailPinterestWhatsappOrhttps://www.archdaily.com/1038871/festival-concentrico-2026-announces-three-selected-urban-installations-from-its-international-open-calls Clipboard "COPY" CopyConcéntrico is an urban innovation laboratory that invites reflection on the city through architecture and design. Since 2015, it has carried out more than 180 interventions in Logroño, Spain. The new 2025/2026 season of the festival expands on this experimental spirit with three international calls for proposals that bring the ideas in the book Concéntrico: Laboratorio de Innovación Urbana (Park Books, 2025) into action. Through these calls, the organization seeks to explore further three lines of research, the ephemeral, the ecological, and the symbolic, to imagine different ways of inhabiting the city. The winning projects from this edition's calls for entries will be developed, built as urban installations, and presented in the exhibition during the festival, taking place in Logroño from June 18–23, 2026.+ 14 This year, the organization received 466 proposals from 41 countries, reflecting strong interest in experimental practices in public space. An international jury selected the winning projects for the three calls: Ephemeral Agents, Urban Ecologies, and Identity & Fiction. Play, climate, and collective moveme...
