On May 27, 2016, as part of the conference on Sports Architecture organized by Vía Arquitectura in Madrid, José Ángel Ferrer gave a lecture on some sports projects by Ferrer Arquitectos: the Moisés Ruiz Pavilion, the “Ego Sport Center”, and the El Toyo Golf School. After the conference, there was a lively debate between the audience and all the speakers of the day, where José Ángel Ferrer made a harsh critique of the current procedures for awarding projects through competitions, both public and private, where the economic offer has excessive weight and where the architectural criteria, building operation, or solvency of the team, have less and less importance. José Ángel Ferrer believes that in addition to giving more importance to the proposals, the costs thereof should be borne by those who convene the contest, so that serious and solvent proposals can be made with the minimum required quality.
Conference on Sports Projects
