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2021 Re-materializing Housing Workshop
Contents Report
Academic Body Members
Carme Pinós
Founder and Director, Estudio Carme Pinós, Barcelona, Spain
Carme Pinós founded her own studio in 1991 after winning international recognition for her work with Enric Miralles. Since then, Carme Pinós combines working as an architect with teaching. She has been guest professor at several higher education institutions, including the University of California, Berkeley, the Università Iuav di Venezia (IUAV) in Venice, the University of Illinois Chicago, the University of Columbia in New York, l’Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne and Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design (GSD), among others. Her most significant recent work includes the design of the MPavilion 2018 in Melbourne, the CaixaForum Cultural and Exhibition Centre in Zaragoza, Spain, the Massana School of Arts, the Departments Building of the Vienna University of Economics and Business and the Cube Towers in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Stuart Smith
Director, Arup Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Stuart Smith is the director of Arup Berlin where he leads a multidisciplinary design group. Throughout his years in the firm, he has worked with renowned institutions across the globe, such as the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) and Herzog & de Meuron, and collaborated with notable artists, including Ai Weiwei on the 2012 Serpentine Pavilion and Doris Salcedo on the Shibboleth installation at the Tate Modern. Smith has experience working on both traditional projects and cutting-edge initiatives with specialists in the fields of sustainability. His projects explore new and innovative uses for preexisting materials and techniques and include projects such as the Wikihouse 2.0, a demonstration of an experimental self-built house and The Circular Building, a prototype to test the principles of the circular economy in the built environment. Smith is also a member of the Board for the Holcim Foundation.
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