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GALA OPENING: Peggy Guggenheim Museum >> | ||
PRESS CONFERENCE at the U.S. Pavilion >> | ||
RECEPTION honoring Autodesk's patronage >> | ||
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BIENNALE DI VENEZIA Official Site >> | ||
ARCHITECTURAL RECORD Official Site >> | ||
A+D MUSEUM Official Site >> | ||
KONTREAL PRODUCTIONS Official Site >> | ||
PBS - e² sustianability series Official Site >> | ||
AUTODESK Sustainability CenterOfficial Site >> | ||
A+D MUSEUM Official Site >> | ||
BANGKOK [code] KMUTT Official Site >> | ||
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GABRIEL GOMEZ-AZPEITIA is a Mexican architect with a Master’s Degree on Bioclimatic Design from the University of Colima (1990), a Diploma on Environmental Management and Sustainable Planning on Urban Systems from ITESM (1992) and the Doctorate on Architecture at UNAM (2000). He has been Professor in the Faculty of Architecture and Design at the University of Colima, since 1983. In 1992-93, he directed the Ecological Planning of Land Use for the Mexican State of Colima, the first of its kind in Mexico. He is a visiting professor and lecturer in many universities and in professional organizations in Mexico, Panama and Spain. He has been a consultant and instructor in Environmental Impact Assessment and Ecological Planning of Land Use in Mexico and Panama. Since 2001, he coordinates the Master Degree program in Bioclimatic Architecture at "ISTHMUS" in Panama and at University of Colima. Currently he is Editor-in-Chief of Palapa, a journal of scientific research on architecture. GABRIEL GÓMEZ-AZPEITÍA es arquitecto mexicano. Obtuvo la licenciatura en Diseño Bioclimático en la Universidad de Colima en 1990, el diploma en Administración Medioambiental y Planeación Sostenible en los Sistemas Urbanos por el Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey en 1992 y el doctorado en Arquitectura en la Universidad Autónoma de México en 2000. Desde 1983 es profesor en la Facultad de Arquitectura y Diseño en la Universidad de Colima. En 1992-1993 dirigió Planificación Ecológica del Uso de la Tierra para el Estado Mexicano de Colima, la primera de su tipo en México. Ha sido professor invitado y conferenciante en muchas universidades y organizaciones profesionales en México, Panamá y España. Ha sido asesor y entrenador en La Evaluación del Impacto Medioambiental y la Planificación Ecológica del Uso de la Tierra en México y Panamá. Desde 2001 coordina la licenciatura en Arquitectura Bioclimática de la Escuela de América Latina y el Caribe ISTHMUS en Panamá y de la Universidad de Colima. Actualmente es jefe de redacción de PALAPA, una revista de investigación cientícca de la arquitectura. |
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RAISA BANFIELD is an architect and environmental activist. She acquired her masters degree in architecture from the University of Panamá in 1993 and her postgraduate study in Business Administration at the Centro de Esudios Superiores of the Asociación Panameña de Ejecutivo de Empresas de Panamá in 1994. She founded and directs an architectural and design firm since 1994. She is a member of the Panamanian Society of Engineers and Architects, and a member and founder of several environmental activist groups in Panama, such as the Association of Neighbors and Residents of Clayton (the former US base), the Committee in Defense of Urban Forests, and the Pro City Alliance. She hosts a weekly TV program, “Caring for the Planet 3,” that addresses subjects of diverse environmental matters. Currently she writes and lectures to groups and organizations on matters of development and its impact on the environment. She is currently the Director of Projects and Participation at the Center of Environmental Repercussion in Panama. |
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EDUARDO MANUEL GONZALEZ CRUZ is a Venezuelan architect (1975) and a specialist in Environmental Affairs (1978) at the School of Architecture at the University of Zulia (LUZ), Maracaibo, Venezuela.. He acquired a CEAA in Architecture, Environment and Energy in 1991 at the School of Architecture in Marseille-Luminy, France. He received the Doctorate in Fuels and Energy Production from the Paris School of Mining in 1997. He is professor and PPI-I researcher at the University of Zulia. He won the National Prize of Research in Housing (1997), and was Director of the Research Institute at the School of Architecture and Design, University of Zulia (1998-2001). He is the deputy coordinator for the doctoral program in Environmental Sciences at the Politechnical University of Madrid and the University of Zulia (2005-2007). He has participated in several domestic and international conferences and congresses. He has served as a visiting professor in several universities in Spain and Latin America. His main works include Climate Project and Architecture (Editorial Gustavo Gili, Mexico, 1986) and “Keeping Cool, Basic Architectural Principles to Avoid Overheating in Buildings,” PLEA Notes 6, 2001, as well as various articles in specialized, international refereed journals. |
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MEDERICO FAIVRE is an Argentine specialist on the environment, the preservation of national legacy and architectural innovation on the basis of limited resources. He has won 18 prizes and 7 national and international first prizes. His studies have appeared in books and magazines in Argentina and abroad and his designs have been exhibited in several museums. He is a professor of Architectural Design at the University of Buenos Aires and has taught undergraduate and graduate courses in numerous universities. He is a member of the Competition Judges and Advisors of the Central Society of Architects and of the Argentine Federation of Architectural Societies. He was president of the Environmental Commission of the Central Society of Architects and currently is advisor for the City Foundation in Urban Studies and Environment. He was an evaluator of CONICET and beginning in 1997 served as an evaluator of the National Council of Science and Technology. He has written on the issues of municipal growth in Argentina and he studies issues of ecology affected by architectural design. |
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CLEMENCIA ESCALLON GARTNER is a Colombian architect and specialist on urban design. She has served as General Director of Housing and Urban Development – Ministry of Economic Development, Director of the Bogotá Center Plan, Deputy Director of Expansion and Regional Ordinance of the Administrative Department of District Planning and Director of the Department of District Communal Action. In the private sector she has served as Executive Director of Urban Services of Development (Corposur Corporation), and Director of the Center of Applied Community Studies (CECA). She is a consultant for the United Nations Program for Development (PNUD), as well as for the Municipality of Bogotá, Colombia and San Pedro Sula, Honduras. Likewise she serves as a consultant for social housing programs in Bogotá and Cali, Colombia, and urban renewal in Barranquilla. She is a professor in the School of Architecture of the University of Los Andes and a member of the research group Administration and Design for Social Housing. She is the author/co-author of numerous publications on urban affairs, social housing and citizens’ participation in public affairs. |
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following the devastation brought by hurricane Katrina. Kobe graduated with honors in Environmental Design from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena and founded Eight Inc. in 1989. Kobe leads Eight Inc. in its sustainable design projects internationally for clients such as The Nature Conservancy, and has lectured about architecture and environmental design at the Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, the California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco is a board member of Art Center College of Design. |
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OLGA RODRIGUEZ SAM is a Panamanian architect and holds a MA in Regional and Urban Planning from New Delhi, India. She combines her academic activities with her professional endeavors, focusing on environmental impact studies and urban housing development. She serves as a consultant for organisms like the Ministry of Housing, among others entities. She is also the representative for the Panamanian schools of architecture in international negotiations and accords in Central America. |
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LUIS CARLOS HERRERA SOSA is a Mexican architect. He acquired his Master’s in Bioclimate Architecture from the ISTHMUS Escuela de América Latina y el Caribe in 1989, and a second MA from the School of Architecture at the University of Colima in 2001. He is a doctoral candidate in Architecture at PIDA. He has participated in numerous international congresses. For 15 years he has been a professor at the Instituto Superior de Arquitectura y Diseño in Chihuahua. He has also been a visiting professor in several universities in Mexico and Latin America. In 2005 he won the State Prize in Housing Design. His main publications include Yearbook of Bioclimatic Architecture 2005 (Editorial Limusa, Mexico, 2005), “Impact on Water Consumption by Cooling Equipment in Arid Regions of Mexico,” PLEA Notes, Geneva, Switzerland, 2006. He studies thermal analysis and the consumption of energy by architectural materials and their impact on the emission of CO2 in the environment for both the private sector and the State of Chihuahua, Mexico. |
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MANUEL TRUTE is a Panamania architect and urban studies expert with extensive experience in planning in Panama, with emphasis on current urban legislation, as well as the creation of control instruments designed specifically for sensitive areas in the Panamanian urban context. He obtained his degree from the School of Architecture and Urban Studies at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil. He completed postgraduate studies in Population and Sustainable Development at the Cairo Demographic Center, Egypt. He was a main promoter of the project for an open public space along the coastline of Panama City. Currently he works as director of the project “Study of Urban and Environmental Feasibility for the South Sector of Jaun Díaz Corregidor District” with a local firm, under the auspices of the Ministry of Housing. He is currently a professor of urban planning at two Panamanian universities. |
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ALVARO URIBE is a Panamanian expert in the preparation of planning related to the management of the Panama Canal watershed. He has been a community development advisor in Colón, San Miguelito and Arraijan. In addition, he has served as a consultant to the Ministry of Housing (MIVI), Robert Nathan & Associates, Wallace, Roberts & Todd, Dames & Moore and The World Bank. He was a consultant for urban planning for San Salvador, El Salvador. He is a graduate of the Faculty of Architecture at the University of Panama and has also done graduate work at the University of Paris and the Institute for Housing and Urban Development Studies in Rotterdam. He has written and lectured on urban planning in Panama, Brazil, El Salvador, Chile and the United States. Alvaro Uribe is currently professor of urbanism at the University of Panama and a researcher at the Center for Latin American Studies (CELA) and the Lincoln Institute of Land Policy. |
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MATTHEW BERMAN is principal of workshop/apd, a New York-based design firm which won the Global Green USA Sustainable Design Competition for New Orleans in 2006, sponsored by Brad Pitt and Global Green USA. The winning entry, "GreeN.O.LA," broke ground in May 2007 in the Holy Cross neighborhood of the Ninth Ward. In addition to writing for journals such as Architecture and The Architect's Newspaper, Berman was the co-editor of INDEX Architecture with Bernard Tschumi, and served as Associate Editor of ANY magazine with Cynthia Davidson. Berman is a Visiting Assistant Professor of Architecture at the Pratt Institute. He has lectured at the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara, Neocon 2007 in Chicago, and was the keynote speaker at the 2007 Green Brooklyn Conference. Berman is a member of the Planning Board of Asbury Park, New Jersey, where he is involved in helping the seaside resort town develop a long-term sustainability plan. |
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JAMES DART, AIA, dArchitects New York, is a participant in HUD-funded community-based planning for New Orleans East in partnership with the Pratt Institute and ACORN Housing Corp. With Deborah Gans, he placed third in ‘High Density on the Higher Ground’ competition for post-Katrina New Orleans. Work at Bartram’s Garden, in Philadelphia, has won numerous local + national design awards. Current projects include a $4.0M multipurpose facility for the Wyckoff Farmhouse Museum in Brooklyn; Master Planning for Temple University’s Ambler PA campus; studios for the Paul Taylor Dance Company; a public library in Louisiana; private residences in throughout the US. James Dart has taught at the University of Pennsylvania and Drexel University, in Philadelphia. He is currently University Lecturer and Siena Studio director at the New Jersey School of Architecture at NJIT, in Newark. |
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ALLEN ESKEW, FAIA, Principal of Eskew + Dumez + Ripple, APC, has been involved in downtown development and waterfront revitalization efforts in Louisiana for over 30 years. As an Architect and Planner he directed the 1984 Louisiana World’s Fair Exposition design and worked with regulatory agencies. Eskew also led a large multi-disciplined team for both Phases I and II of the Aquarium of the Americas and Woldenberg Park on the New Orleans Riverfront. Pre-Katrina Eskew spearheaded masterplanning efforts for Tulane’s RiverSphere Campus, an academic complex dedicated to river research. Following Katrina Eskew was heavily involved with a number of the recovery planning efforts including the Bring New Orleans Back (BNOB) committee and the Unified New Orleans Plan (UNOP). Since 2007 he has focused on managing the planning process for “Reinventing the Crescent,” the New Orleans Riverfront Development Plan which involves a distinguished team of international and local expertise. |
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DEBORAH GANS is principal of the design firm Gans Studio, an Associate Professor at Pratt Institute, and a Visiting Critic at Yale University where she teaches studios in urbanism as well as architecture. Her projects on alternative forms of housing includes disaster relief housing for Kosovo, which won an international competition and a subsequent grant for development, and a transitional housing system designed for Common Ground Community. Her design work has been widely published and exhibited in many places, including IFA Paris, RIBA London, The Van Alen Institute, and The Architectural League of New York. Gans is currently a participant in a community based planning and design project for New Orleans East funded by HUD and executed by Pratt in partnership with ACORN, ACD and NJIT. In collaboration with James Dart, she placed third in the recent international competition sponsored by Architectural Record for reconstruction in New Orleans. |
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DREW LANG is the principal of Lang Architecture LLC based in New York. He was educated at Middlebury College and Yale University. Post Katrina, Drew initiated a community based development project in the St. Roch neighborhood of New Orleans in cooperation with the Greater New Orleans Foundation and local grass roots non-profits. Lang Architecture was selected as a finalist in the Global Green USA Sustainable Design Competition for New Orleans. Current projects include a new motel building in Brooklyn, apartment renovations, house additions, commercial office spaces and neighborhood development. in New York and New Orleans, and a Eco-Resort in Tulum, Mexico. |
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DAVID WAGGONER is principal of Waggonner & Ball Architects, a New Orleans-based architecture and planning firm. He received his undergraduate education at Duke University, and a Master of Architecture from Yale University. Planning experience includes work in China, notably for the town of Beidaihe, the Central Government’s summer retreat. Subsequent to Hurricane Katrina, Waggonner & Ball developed the Recovery Framework for St. Bernard Parish, the most devastated portion of the urban settlement. Having participated in the Bring New Orleans Back Commission’s Urban Design Committee, Waggonner led the firm’s participation in four of the thirteen planning districts in the Unified New Orleans Plan. With the support of the Dutch Government, Waggonner has continued the effort to organize a long-term panel of advisors from the Netherlands to advise the City of New Orleans about ways to integrate infrastructure, visible and invisible, with surface, ground and water. |
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AMALE ANDRAOS and DAN WOODfounded WORK Architecture Company (WORKac) in 2002. In 2005, WORKac received an AIA Design Prize; in 2006, it was selected for the "New York New Practices" prize and was one of ten international offices featured in Architectural Record's "Design Vanguard." Work has also recently won a competition for a residential development in Las Vegas called 'Green Belt City' that integrates sustainable systems as an integral part of its concept. Wood and Andraos teach at Princeton University's School of Architecture, focusing on research into new forms of green construction and the exploration of "eco-urbanism" as a model for sustainable development worldwide. This research is currently being organized as a book that reflects on the history of visionary city planning through an ecological lens while projecting radical restructurings of contemporary urban space based on theories of ecology and efficiency. Amongst WORK's recent projects are condominium buildings for Casco Viejo, Panama City and Bocas del Toro, Panama. |
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