Alfredo Brillembourg Lecture: Radical Urbanism: A Search for a New Architecture Francis Soler set up his private practice in 1985. Its activities are extremely varied: from facilities to housing and from studies to urban development. The office takes part in major competitions for public projects both in France and abroad and in consultations by invitation.…
Philippe Rahm Lecture: Thermodynamics cities Francis Soler set up his private practice in 1985. Its activities are extremely varied: from facilities to housing and from studies to urban development. The office takes part in major competitions for public projects both in France and abroad and in consultations by invitation. As much attention is given to…
Eva Franch Lecture: Anger, Impossibilities and Objects Eva Franch is an architect and founder in 2003 of OOAA (office of architectural affairs). Since 2010, Franch is the Executive Director and Chief Curator of Storefront for Art and Architecture. She studied at TU Delft and earned an M. Arch from ETSAB-UPC, and an M. Arch. II…
Benjamin Barber Lecture: If Mayors Ruled the World: City, Metro Region & Province – What is the appropriate level of Urban Governance? Francis Soler set up his private practice in 1985. Its activities are extremely vari: City, Metro Region & Province – What is the appropriate level of Urban Governance?ed: from facilities to housing and…
Francis Soler Lecture: The Art of the Opposition. Francis Soler set up his private practice in 1985. Its activities are extremely varied: from facilities to housing and from studies to urban development. The office takes part in major competitions for public projects both in France and abroad and in consultations by invitation. As much attention…
Maria Sisternas Lecture: Everyday city. Francis Soler set up his private practice in 1985. Its activities are extremely varied: from facilities to housing and from studies to urban development. The office takes part in major competitions for public projects both in France and abroad and in consultations by invitation. As much attention is given to…
Mosè Ricci Lecture: Learning from Detroit. Mosè Ricci (Florence, 1956) -Emeritus of Italian Art and Culture since 2003- is Full Professor of Urbanism at the University of Genoa and of Lanscape Architecture at the University of Trento. He graduated in architecture in 1982 at La Sapienza University of Rome (Italy). He became Researcher Professor (1984),…
Massimo Banzi Lecture: Open sourcing innovation. Massimo Banzi is the co-founder of the Arduino project. He is an Interaction Designer, Educator and Open Source Hardware advocate. He has worked as a consultant for clients such as: Prada, Artemide, Whirlpool, V&A Museum and Adidas. Massimo started the first FabLab in Italy which led to the creation…
Simon Schleicher Lecture: Bio-inspired Mechanisms – Designing with flexibility. Simon Schleicher is an architectural designer, researcher, and educator from Germany. He received a Masters degree from MIT in Architecture and a Bachelors degree from the University of Stuttgart. At the moment, Simon is working as Research Associate at the Institute of Building Structures and Structural…
Ethel Baraona Lecture: It’s the economy, stupid. Ethel Baraona Pohl ia a critic, writer and curator. Co-founder of the independent publishing house dpr-barcelona and editor at Quaderns, her [net]work is a real hub linking several publications and actors on architecture and theory. Working as contributing editor for different blogs and magazines, she has written articles…