ENG 8 GAIÁS, CITY OF CULTURE 10 ARCHITECTURE 12 THE CITY OF CULTURE IN FIGURES 13 GAIÁS CENTRE MUSEUM 14 LIBRARY AND ARCHIVE OF GALICIA 15 CINC. NEW TECHNOLOGIES BUILDING 16 GAIÁS CENTRE FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP (CEM) 17 HEJDUK TOWERS AND OUTDOOR SPACES 18 FOREST OF GALICIA AND GREEN AREAS 19 CULTURAL PROGRAM 20 EVENTS 21 MAP 6 GAIÁS—CITY OF CULTURE cidadedacultura.gal GAIÁS, CITY OF CULTURE The City of Culture presents itself as a driver to promote innovative projects in the field of culture, entrepreneurship and technology, and a point to connect Galicia to the rest of the world. Built on the top of Mount Gaiás, one of the hills surrounding Santiago de Compostela, this city that seems to emerges from the earth stands as an architectural icon of modern Galicia, in dialogue with the centuries- GAIÁS CENTRE LIBRARY AND old Compostela, a World Heritage site and MUSEUM ARCHIVE OF destination of the Way of Saint James. Its beauty and versatility GALICIA render this the perfect venue They preserve the bibliographical Open to the public since the year 2011, the to host temporary exhibitions, and documentary memory of City of Culture of Galicia was inaugurated performing arts shows and large- Galicia, and they act as the head scale events. of the public network of libraries by the then Prince and Princess of Asturias, and archives. now their majesties King Felipe de Borbón and Queen Letizia, of Spain. This powerful infrastructure, surrounded by nature areas, houses these four buildings: 7 GAIÁS—CITY OF CULTURE cidadedacultura.gal GAIÁS CENTRE CENTRE FOR GREEN AREAS FUNDACIÓN CIDADE FOR ENTREPRE- CULTURAL On the slopes of Mount Gaiás DA CULTURA DE NEURSHIP INNOVATION grows the Forest of Galicia, with GALICIA over nine thousand native trees. It hosts the Galician Agency for (CINC) The complex is managed by The Literary Garden, Lake Park Cultural Industries (AGADIC), the Foundation for the City of Headquarters of the Foundation and Whale Park offer green which aids in the development Culture of Galicia, a public sector for the City of Culture and of spaces for visitors to enjoy. of the cultural sector, a space for the Agency for Technological institution dependent on the co-working, a business incubator Modernisation of Galicia Galician Department for Culture. and an area for state-of-the-art (Amtega), centralising the The presidency of honour of the technology enterprises. technical services of the Galician Board of Trustees corresponds Administration. to the president of the Xunta. Its cultural program is supported by the Gaiás Fund for Galician Business, comprised of financial contributions by major Galician companies. 8 GAIÁS—CITY OF CULTURE cidadedacultura.gal ARCHITECTURE The Xunta called for an International the architect overlapped this grid on the top Architecture Award in 1999 in order to build of the hill. Starting from this concept, the the City of Culture of Galicia. Twelve proposals original project consisted of series of buildings by renowned national and international connected by means of streets and a plaza as architect teams were submitted, and finally, a point of union evoking the motif of a scallop eleven entered the competition after Santiago shell, the symbol of pilgrimage. Calatrava withdrew. The participants were: Ricardo Bofill, Peter Eisenman, Manuel Gallego Jorreto, Annette Gigon and Mike Guyer, Steve PETER EISENMAN Holl, Rem Koolhaas, Daniel Libeskind, Juan Navarro Baldeweg, Jean Nouvel, Dominique A renowned international architect and a Perrault and César Portela. The design by member of The New York Five, Eisenman’s Eisenman Architects was selected, according career has earned him the Golden Lion at the to the jury, due to its conceptual and visual Venice Biennale of Architecture in 2004, the uniqueness and y its exceptional attunement Wolf Prize in Arts and the Medal of Honour of with the site. the American Institute of Architects in New York. As a teacher, he has taught at some of the Eisenman conceived the project as a city world’s most prestigious universities, such as in itself. Inspired by the historic centre of Harvard, Cambridge, Princeton and Yale. Compostela and the five pilgrimage routes in the medieval city leading to the cathedral, 9 GAIÁS—CITY OF CULTURE cidadedacultura.gal 10 GAIÁS—CITY OF CULTURE cidadedacultura.gal IN FIGURES Each year cultural activities participants in cultural events activities to Since the opening foster entrepreneurship More than two million visitors participants in since the opening activities at the 2M Centre for Entrepreneurship people working at the complex Support to 100 entrepreneurship 500 projects business, institutional and group events attendees to external events participants in didactic visits 11 GAIÁS—CITY OF CULTURE cidadedacultura.gal GAIÁS CENTRE MUSEUM The 43-metre high façade, like a powerful wave cultural institutions, including the MoMA in New of glass and quartzite rising to the sky, and the York, the Victoria & Albert Museum in London, the architectural strength of its inner spaces render Amsterdam Rijksmuseum, the Musée d’Orsay in Paris, this building a work of art in itself. Its programming the Uffizi Gallery in Florence, The Prado, Thyssen- combines exhibitions, shows, performing arts and Bornemisza and Reina Sofía museums in Madrid, family entertainment; as well as other large-scale among other important centres in Spain and abroad. events and trade fairs. As well as exhibitions, the museum also hosts The aim of its programming is to provide visibility to performing arts shows, such as ‘Escenas do Cambio. Galicia’s cultural and artistic expressions, connecting Festival de Inverno de Teatro, Danza e Arte en Acción; Galician creators to the rest of the world. Ever since and WOMEX, the most important world music festival; it opened in 2012, it has hosted exhibitions such as as well as Spin, the largest university entrepreneurship ‘Gallaecia Petrea’, ‘Orinoco. Journey to a lost world’, event for Spain, Portugal and Latin America. ‘Fresh Water. When Water Becomes Art’, ‘Codices. Famous artists such as Paquito D’Rivera, Noa, Gregory Medieval Jewels from Galician Cathedrals’, ‘The Porter, Silvia Pérez, Cruz, Chick Corea, Carlos Núñez, Way. The Origin’,’ Con-fío en Galicia. Dressing Galicia, Cristina Pato and the Real Filharmonía de Galicia, Dressing the World’, ‘José Suárez. Living Eyes That among many others, have performed at the Gaiás Think’, ‘CineGalicia 25’, ‘Camilo José Cela (1916-2016). Centre Museum. The centennial of a Nobel Prize’, and ‘From Tree to Chair’. Despite its short history as of yet, the Gaiás Centre Museum has collaborated with prestigious international 12 GAIÁS—CITY OF CULTURE cidadedacultura.gal LIBRARY AND ARCHIVE OF GALICIA Head of the network of Galician public libraries, the archive system. Its mission is to receive, guard Library of Galicia gathers, preserves and disseminates and make available to citizens all public or private all the bibliographical heritage of the Community and documents in any type of format which must be facilitates its access, either on-site or in a virtual format. preserved for their value. In addition, the Archive of A key element for cultural activities related to books, Galicia safeguards documents issued from the activities reading and libraries, it functions as a legal deposit, of the Xunta and its dependent bodies, ensuring citizen preserving a copy in its installations of everything access thereto. published in Galician, Galicia or by Galician authors. The building of the Library and Archive of Galicia offers Its modern facilities make it the right place to a study room open to the public, equipped with a preserve high-quality documentary and bibliographical powerful wifi network and a digital consultation service. collections, such as the cultural legacy left by Isaac In addition, it hosts the ‘Xosé Neira Vilas’ auditorium Díaz Pardo, works and prints by Luis Seoane, Basilio in which an extensive programming of events is Losada’s library, works by Carlos Casares and the developed centred on the letters. complete Cartography of Galicia, among other The Library and Archive of Galicia are also home to collections. It regularly organises exhibitions and research and working teams from institutions such as provides its facilities as a showcase to give visibility the Real Academia Galega or the Consello da Cultura to prestigious bibliographic collections, such as the de Galicia. incunabula of ABANCA. The Library of Galicia shares this building with the Archive of Galicia, a reference for the Community’s 13 GAIÁS—CITY OF CULTURE cidadedacultura.gal CINC. NEW TECHNOLOGIES BUILDING This building houses the headquarters of the policies in the field of information and communication Foundation for City of Culture of Galicia, the institution technologies and innovation and technological responsible for the management of the complex, and development. also hosts the Agency for Technological Modernisation This ‘technopole’ in the City of Culture is completed by of Galicia (AMTEGA), which makes it the ‘technopole’ the presence of leading companies which have set up of Mount Gaiás. units to develop innovative projects on Mount Gaiás. The CINC operates as the ‘digital heart’ of Galicia, With an area of 7,500 square meters, the CINC the point from which a team of 200 technologists building consists of seven levels which house offices, manage Galicia’s digital administration. The Integral a staff cafeteria, two multi-purpose rooms and a large Data Processing Centre of the Xunta de Galicia conference hall for multiple events. (CPDI) is located on the building’s premises, serving 1,400 educational centres, 600 social and healthcare centres, 322 judicial entities, 1,500 pharmacy offices, more than 90,000 public employees, as well as other administrations and universities of Galicia. AMTEGA, which is dependent on the Presidency of the Xunta, is the public agency whose basic objectives are the definition, development and implementation of 14 GAIÁS—CITY OF CULTURE cidadedacultura.gal CENTRE FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP (CEM) This building offers a creative environment for entrepreneurship event in Spain, the TEDxGalicia talks entrepreneurs to develop their projects with the and the Emprende Gaiás-Sixto Seco awards.