7th Lecturers

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Bet Capdeferro

Lecturer 7

Ramon Bosch and Bet Capdeferro are graduate architects of the Escola Tècnica Superior d'Arquitectura de Barcelona (ETSAB). Bet Capdeferro followed the Masters in Landscape Architecture from the Fundació Politècnica de Catalunya. ln 2003 they founded the office bosch.capdeferro arquitectures in the town of Girona. Their professional activity has progressed in parallel to teaching in Barcelona, Zurich and Girona, supporting from the fields of theory and research the development of design and construction processes. Their work has been recognized with the FAD prizes and selected in several editions of the European Landscape Biennial. They were awarded with the Young Catalan Architects Prize in 2002 and Girona's Architectural Prize in 2010 and in 2012. ln 2011 they were awarded with the Interior Design ASCER Ceramics Award and the Emerging Architect Special Mention of the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe.

Alex Giménez

Lecturer 7

Alejandro Giménez Imirizaldu, architect and town planner. Studied in Barcelona ETSAB and was professionally raised by Beth Cali, Manuel Solè Morales, Enric Miralles and Manuel Ruisánchez amongst others. Teacher at Barcelona Architecture School Town Planning department, Pompeu Fabra and Salamanca Universities. Runs his own practice since year 2000 in a Wide range of fields that include ephemeral architecture and exhibitions, furniture and interior design, building and restoration, urban and land art and, mainly, town planning studies. Founder and director of RACONS PÚBLICS, an internatonal competition that has is running its third edition in Barcelona, and the first in Bilbao, dealing with small scale urban issues that require creative tools and approaches other than the formal.

SueAnne Ware

Lecturer 7

Dr. SueAnne Ware is a Professor of Landscape Architecture and the Deputy Dean of Research at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. Her awarded built projects, scholarly and professional publications, have contributed to a growing discourse in landscape architecture and design research. Ware with Julian Raxworthy, co-authored: Sunburnt: Australian Practices of Landscape Architecture, Amsterdam: Sun Publishing (2011). Her design project, the SIEVX Memorial, Canberra (2007-2008), examines the plight of a group of 400 "illegal" refugees, mainly Afghan and Iraqi women and children, who drowned off the coast of Australia. It was recently awarded a National AILA award for design innovation.

Jorg Sieweke

Lecturer 7

Jorg Sieweke (b.: 1968) is a registered landscape architect and urban designer in Berlin. His design practice _ scapes has received numerous prizes and awards. He published widely e.g. Atlas IBA Hamburg to help conceive the agenda for the IBA 2013. Sieweke taught at various schools in Dresden, Berlin, and Stuttgart, since 2009 he serves as Assistant Professor at the University of Virginia. He directs the design-research initiative ParadoXcity investigating the particular adaptations of Delta Cities struggling for stability in swampy ground. Comparative research on New Orleans and Venice allow critical insights in the ongoing process of modernization and the urban metabolism.

Ana Luengo

Lecturer 7

Higher degree in Landscape Architecture from the University of Evora (Portugal) where she conducted her doctoral thesis, Bachelor of Architecture from the University of North London (England), Master in Gardening and Landscape architecture (UPM) and Master in management and maintenance of parks, gardens and public spaces (Centro Superior de Arquitectura Fundación Antonio Camuñas de Madrid). She is a member of the Spanish National Committee of ICOMOS (International Council for the defense of Monuments and Sites), Cultural Landscapes Committee ICOMOS / IFLA, and representative of the Spanish Association of Landscape in EFLA and IFLA. She has been lecturer in several universities (Technical School of Architecture of Madrid, Universidad Europea de Madrid, University of Granada, etc..). She is founding partner of CITEREA landscape architecture office, specialized in studies landscape, environment, spatial planning and design. They developed activities and projects for which she has received awards both in Spain and in Other countries (Belgium, France, Italy, etc..). Author of numerous articles and publications, the last of them The World Heritage Cultural Landscapes, published by UNESCO (2012).

Marc Claramunt

Jury Rosa Barba 1, 2 , 3 and 4

Born August 9th, 1961 in Courbevoie (Hauts-de-Seine, France). Study landscape in DPLG (ENSP Versailles). He is co-founder and co-editor with Catherine Mosbach of the review Paysages Pages since 1986. Directs Phusis atelier, landscape architects in Paris since 1990. He is Landscape architect in the National committee since 1995. Associate professor of the National School of nature and landscape of Blois from 1999. He is also a delegate of the FFP at IFLA Europe Region.

Cristina Castelbranco

Landscape architect from the Instituto Superior de Agronomía. Master in Landscape Architecture at Massachusetts University. He has further studies at Harvard University. PhD in History of the Art of Gardens at the University of Lisbon (ISA). She is director of the Doctoral Program in Landscape Architecture and Urban Ecology (Universities of Lisbon, Coimbra and Porto). He is a co-owner of the studio ACB - Landscape Architecture. Member of the Scientific Committee Int. of Cultural Landscapes ICOMOS / IFLA. Has directed important restorations of historic gardens and founded the Ass. Portuguesa de Jardines y historical sites. 

Manuel Bailo

Lecturer 7

Architect by ETSAB since 1993, ph.D Architect. 2012: "Catalysts of Urbanity". Distinguished academic activities: Visiting Professor, Sam Fox School of Architecture, Washington University, St. Louis, MO, USA. (2009); Assoclate Professor of Urban Planning department at the School of Architecture of Barcelona from 1999-2000; Professor at the Master "Housing S.XXI" of ETSAB since 2007; Professor of Project design of the polytechnic School of Alicante, EPS, from 2003 to 2006. Distinguished Awards: "Munich" Store in La Roca del Vallès (2010), First prize in the "Annual Commercial Space Award" of the "9th Modern Decoration International Media Award" o China 2011, Facade Project and new access of Manresa City Council building (2008), First prize o Contractworld Award 2010, Selected for the exhibition "On-Site: New Architecture in Spain" (2006) MOMA, New York, Finalist for the Saloni Award 2009: Special Mention, Finalist for the Enor Award 2009, "Hotel Ciutat" Igualada (2004 ASCER interior Award 2004 First Prize of architecture and equipment of the IV BACC Central Counties 2006; "Sita Murt" Shop at Avinyó street ln Barcelona (2002), International Contractworld Award 2002, First Prize of interior design architecture in 2003, Nursery of Creixell (2001), FAD ARCHITECTURE PRIZE 2001, First prize AJAC 2002, parapharmacy Dr. Pasteur in Igualada (2001), FAD INTERIOR PRIZE 2001.

 

Carles Llop

Lecturer 2 and 7

PhD Architect, Professor and Director of the Department of Urban and Regional Planning at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. Member and founder of JORNET_LLOP_PASTOR Architects, with whom he has received, amongst others, the following acknowledgment: National Planning Award 2006 from the Spanish Ministry of Housing for the plan of "La Mina" neighborhood's transformation in Sant Adrià de Besos (Barcelona). The Catalonia Prize for Urban Development 2009 for the plan of economic activity of "Ca n'Alemany" in Viladecans (Barcelona). The European Prize for Urban Development 2010 (EUROPEAN URBAN AND REGIONAL PLANNING Achievement Award 2010), awarded by the European Council of Town Planners of Regions and the European Union for "La Mina" neighborhood's transformation in Sant Adrià de Besos (Barcelona). Planning Award of XI Spanish Architecture and Urbanism Biennale 2011 for the Municipal Urban Development plan of Montemeló (Barcelona).

Gilles Vexlard

Lecturer 2 and 7

Landscape Architect, co-founder with L. Vacherot landscape architect DPLG of Latitude Nord Studio, one of the most awarded Landscape professionals (National Grand Prix in Germany, in France and 1st «International Urban Landscape Award»), Professor at ENSP in Versailles.