35+ Building Democracy

35 years of social architecture in Spain

The exhibition is organised by the Leventis Municipal Museum with the collaboration of the Embassy of Spain in Cyprus, on the occasion of the Spanish presidency of the European Union and has travelled already to several other European capitals.

The exhibition presents a group of representative works from the period 1975-2008, focusing on the manner in which architecture encompasses and interprets the political changes brought about by the Spanish Constitution of 1978.

Visitors find themselves at the convergence of architecture, politics and society, and are led on a guided tour of a chronological path through the buildings and infrastructure projects on display. The individual identity of each reveals the architect, the contractor, as well as the time and budget required for its construction.

The ambition of this exhibition is to explain the correlation between building a democratic and social State with creating tangible public and social commodities in the recent history of Spain. Health, housing, education, transport, sports, culture and the environment are all implemented in buildings and infrastructures which transform the landscape of Spain and the quality of life of its citizens. Democracy isn’t legitimised solely by the citizens’ vote, but also by its ability to provide public commodities, and to this end, architecture plays an irreplaceable role.

The opening of the exhibition will be on the 15th of June at 19:00.