46|REPORTAJE “TOPIAS, utopias becoming real”, the central topic of the 8th Edition of the Interna- tional Architecture Festival Eme3 in Barcelona 45 projects, from 17 nationalities, will participate in the various sections of the festival. Debates and talks will be focused around the recovery of public spaces for new uses, and also around how what was impossible until the moment in architecture, urbanism and design is starting to be a praxis in evolution with and for the society. They will take place in the Fabra i Coats of Barcelona. F rom 27 to 30 June 2013, the Fa- bra i Coats and the Sant Andreu District will host the eighth in- ternational Architecture festival, Eme3. The aim of the festival is to discover, understand and share new forms of architecture and planning relating to the realities of today’s societies, through the reflection and exchange between pro- fessionals involved and the audience. “Topias, utopias becoming real”, me- aning the passage of utopia to reality, will be the central theme of this year, analysing areas such as: new uses for urban public spaces (from self-mana- gement, empowerment and projects of collaboration); housing in situations of crisis (political, economical and environmental) and demographic evolution of the working space, for example co-working as a new space-model. The Fabra i Coats’ enclosure was chosen as the site, as several buildings and outdoor spaces exist there, many of which are not in-use. Eme3 will stimula- te its cultural dynamism, not only during the festival, but also throughout the month of July. During this month, the exhibition will remain open and many open activities proposed by neighbours and associations will be held, such as dances, concerts, workshops, video projections, etc. The festival will host the exhibition Share-it and Build-it, which involves interventions and workshops, debates and dynamic talks about architecture and society, alongside the participation of renowned professionals in the field of architecture and art. The international collective MAP13 was selected from the call for projects in the Build.it category with the project BRICK- TOPIA. This consists in the construction of brick domed structures in the court- yard outside the precincts of the Fabra i Coats old factory, employing traditio- © gravalosdimonte © gravalosdimonte