NOVELTY

The assembly of the cover of the April Fair begins 2025 which will have more than 28.000 light bulbs and which is being installed for the first time after the Christmas period

By AndaluNet Fair on 9 January, 2025

●The emblematic Chilean pavilion of the 29, neo pre-Columbian and Art Deco style and designed by Juan Martínez Gutiérrez, It has served as an influence on the project of architect Pablo Escudero Gispert and will be the great entrance portico of the next edition of this Seville Festival.

• The delegate of Major Festivals, Manuel Ales, has pointed out that “this is the first year that this installation begins to be assembled after the Christmas holidays.”, thus allowing traffic to be freed between the Remedios neighborhood and the southern part of the city., thus responding to a historical demand for mobility in Seville”

9, January, 2024. The delegate of major festivals, Manuel Ales, has presided over the act of collation of the first tube on the cover of the April Fair in Seville and which this year has as its protagonist the Chilean Pavilion of the Exhibition of 1929.

The traditional event took place in the space occupied by a cover that will feature 28.000 led bulbs, 30.537 meters of tube and 3.777 m2 of paneling. In the same way, The cover will have dimensions of 40 meters width, 40 tall and 5,70 deep.

traffic cuts

The delegate of Major Festivals pointed out at the event that “this is the first year that this installation begins to be set up after the Christmas holidays.”, thus allowing traffic to be freed between the Remedios neighborhood and the southern part of the city., thus responding to a historical demand for mobility in Seville”.

For all this, Traffic in the assembly section of the Antonio Bienvenida cover will be closed from Monday 13 January from 20 hours, From that moment on, the turn from Flora de Indias was prevented.. On the other hand, You can access Flota de Indias Avenue from Antonio Bienvenida with the turn enabled between Gitanillo de Triana and Pepe Luis Vázquez streets..

The cover

With it, Alés has given the starting signal to the assembly of a cover for the April Fair 2025 which has as its protagonist the Chilean Pavilion of the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929. This emblematic neo-pre-Columbian Art Deco cataloging building was designed by Juan Martínez Gutiérrez in 1927, It is the current headquarters of the Seville School of Art.

The cover, designed by architect Pablo Escudero Gispert, It is inspired by this fundamental building of the exhibition of the 29 next to the Guadalquivir river, the San Telmo Palace and the Lope de Vega Theater.

In the same way, The delegate has highlighted the role of the Chilean Pavilion in the history of Seville, “icon of the neo-pre-Columbian style and with Art Deco reminiscences that permeates numerous pavilions in this key exhibition for the history of the city and a fundamental building in the city's architecture..

On the other hand, Alés has thanked “to the prestigious architect for knowing how to capture like no one else this place that is the emblem of Seville for a fundamental celebration for the soul and life of every Sevillian. With albero on our feet our youth grew and we lived some of the best moments of our lives, as well as the delegation of Major Festivals for their efforts in organizing a Festival of 2025 which will be unforgettable and thanks to all the Sevillians for making this Seville Festival their own, which will bloom again in spring”.

In the same way, Alés has stressed that “thanks to the openness of ideas in the Rules of the Cover Contest, It has been possible to present and choose this design chosen by the jury of experts and based on the Chile Pavilion, which is not in a regionalist style like most of the buildings in the exhibition, but it is classified as avant-garde framed in Art Deco. This aspect of stylistic change gives the cover dynamism and greater differentiation and particularity in its designs.”, the delegate has finished.

The Chilean pavilion

The cover is inspired by the Chile Pavilion of the Ibero-American Exposition of 1929, emblematic work that stood out for its neo-pre-Columbian style design with innovative and avant-garde influences of Art Deco. Granted as a symbolic representation of Chilean identity and culture, This pavilion became a focal point of interest during the international event.

The Pavilion was built of concrete with a tower of 50 meters and which is reflected by two in the design of the Cover. It is therefore the largest in surface area of those built by the countries participating in said exhibition., and which today houses the School of Art and Higher Design of the Junta de Andalucía.

As the author has pointed out, Pablo Escudero, “The composition of the façade is distinguished by an impressive central arch inspired by one of the windows and the interior lobby of the building., leaving the whole framed by a variety of volumes and shapes, giving rise to the two imposing and very recognizable side towers”.

Author biography

Pablo Escudero Gispert (Seville, 11 August 1984) is a technical architect and interior designer born and raised in Seville, where I have lived in both Los Remedios and Triana. He has a diploma in Technical Architecture and has a Master in Interior Design, both at the University of Seville.

His professional career began in an architecture studio, where he worked for ten years developing Execution Projects for Officially Protected Housing and collaborating in construction management.. Nevertheless, the economic crisis of 2014 led him for a time to redirect his career towards the tertiary sector.

From 2018, He is responsible for the budget area in a Sevillian company specialized in ephemeral architecture closely linked to the events and advertising sector.. In this role, manages and executes projects throughout Spain and, occasionally, in different countries in Europe.