Facility Management in high-mountain refuges is both complex and unique. On 25 September, we will hold an event dedicated to this area of Facility Management.

In 2026, coinciding with Barcelona’s designation as World Capital of Architecture and the International Union of Architects Congress, the 1st Barcelona Facility Management Congress 2026 will take place on 25, 26 and 27 November. It is being jointly organised by the Catalan Facility Management Association, Barcelona City Council, the Architects’ Association of Catalonia (COAC) and the Government of Catalonia.

Facility Management (FM) is the discipline responsible for managing built environments and their supporting services throughout their entire life cycle.

Following the Congress, we will present the book Facility Management and Architecture, which will address FM in sparsely built environments—including high-mountain refuges—for the first time.

Facility Management in high-mountain refuges presents unique and complex challenges, making strategic management particularly important alongside day-to-day operations.

For this reason, on 25 September we will hold an event dedicated to this area of Facility Management. Organised in collaboration with the Aragonese Mountaineering Federation (FAM), it will take place at the Cap de Llauset high-mountain refuge in the Posets-Maladeta Natural Park.

Programme

16:00 — Welcome and introduction

16:10 — Tour of the refuge

16:30 — Round-table discussion

• Sergio Rivas, Head of Mountain Refuges at the Aragonese Mountaineering Federation (FAM)
• Alejandro Royo, architect of the Cap de Llauset Refuge
• Adrià Casajuana, architectural adviser to the Catalan Refuges Committee of the Federation of Hiking Organisations of Catalonia (FEEC)
• Raquel Benavides, Sports Department of the General Council of Aran
• Lluís Florit, Director of Aigüestortes i Estany de Sant Maurici National Park
• Antoni Olivella, First Vice-President for Heritage at the Hiking Club of Catalonia (CEC)

The discussion will be moderated by Lluís Dalmau, a member of the Scientific Committee of the 1st Barcelona Facility Management Congress 2026.

18:00 — Conclusions

18:30 — Group photograph and closing remarks

You can register through this link.

Places are limited. Advance registration is required, and attendees must have received booking confirmation from the ACFM. We recommend bringing an identity document.

If you would like to use any of the refuge’s services during your stay, such as meals or accommodation, please remember to book them separately through the refuge’s website.serving works of art that, very often, exist within other works of art.