ReD speaks in "Ciência 2007" Event

ReD was one of the 5 new technology-based companies, supported by the portuguese Innovation Agency, invited to speak at the "Ciência 2007 - Valorização Económica do Conhecimento Científico" event. This one-day major event took place in the Alfândega Building in Porto and counted with the presence of the Prime-Minister Eng. José Sócrates and the Minister for Science, Technology and Higher Education Prof. Mariano Gago, among many other recognized people from the portuguese government and indutry.

Index: AWARDS

2007
Winner: "Dissonancias" Call for Artists
___Call for Artists competition to develop a 8 month R&D work with
___IMAR, an industrial company from the basque country, to develop
___innovative building applications with sheet metal.
___Promoted by: Dissonancias
___Place: Basque Country, Spain
Winner: 1st prize + Special Honorable Mention
___Competition "Arquitectar o Ambiente" to develop innovative
___applications with Labicer's material Vitrakem
___Promoted by: Labicer and the Portuguese Architects Association
___Place: Portugal
Winner: NEOTEC grant
___Grant to support the creation of young companies with a technological basis
___Promoted by: Agency for Innovation
___Place: Portugal

2006
Winner: “OutrosMercadus” Award for Ephemeral Architecture
___Promoted by: OutrosMercadus, Portuguese Architects Association and
___the Portugese Center for Design
___Place: Portugal
Winner: 2005 FEIDAD Award
___Far Eastern International Digital Architecture Design Award
___Promoted by: Far Eastern Foundation + NCT University
___Place: Tawian

PROFILE

ReD is a Research and Design Office in Architecture and Digital Technology established as a company in 2007 by architects Marta Male-Alemany and José Pedro Sousa , after 3 years of intensive collaboration. Operating internationally from Barcelona and Porto, ReD merges research and design endeavors both in academic and professional practice. Specialized in the implementation of advanced digital CAD/CAE/CAM technologies in architecture, ReD is committed to explore the new design possibilities that emerge from the cultural and technological context of today’s digital era.
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mission
With this agenda, ReD considers each design project as an opportunity for unique and customized architectural solutions, responding to economic, environmental, symbolic and functional goals. Free from standard modes of design and production, ReD’s projects are characterized by their innovative and unique aesthetic, spatial, structural and material qualities, which have been recognized in many international publications, conferences, exhibitions and distinctions. Without refusing the value of speculative digital explorations, the studio is deeply involved in the physical manifestation of its designs and technological investigations. This concern distinguishes ReD from many other emerging digital practices, and makes it a previleged partner to entail professional and industrial collaborations. Using extensivelly electronic communication, ReD is an open architectural practice that has the ability to organize multidisciplinary teams of specialists to face any design challenge, in any part of the world.
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work
With built projects in Portugal, Spain, Italy, Austria and USA, ReD works are regularly presented in international conferences, exhibitions and publications. Recent projects include the “Habitar Portugal 03-05” exhibition design for the 2006 Venice Architectural Biennale (invited by the Ordem dos Arquitectos Portugueses and the Instituto das Artes), a design consultancy for the catalan theatre company La Fura dels Baus, for the scenography of their new show called “Imperium”, and the exhibition design “Urban Implosions - Horror Vacui” for the 2007 Lisbon Architecture Triennale (invited by the NAi / Netherlands Architecture Institute).
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recognition
In 2006 ReD won the international digital architecture award FEIDAD 2005, and the ephemeral architecture award OutrosMercadus. In 2007 ReD was distinguished with a NEOTEC grant to develop an entrepreneurial project with a technological base with the support of the portuguese Agência da Inovação.
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PEOPLE

PRINCIPAL ARCHITECTS:

Marta Malé-Alemany
Barcelona, 1971 (Spain)
___Arch.Dip. (ETSAV, Barcelona)
___M.Sc.AAD (Columbia U., NYC)
___Ph.D Candidate (ETSAB, Barcelona)

José Pedro Sousa
Porto, 1976 (Portugal)
___Arch.Dip. (FAUP Porto)
___M.Arch. (ESARQ-UIC, Barcelona)
___Ph.D. Candidate (ISTUTL, Lisbon)


DESIGN TEAM:

Luís Sousa
___Architecture Student (ESAP, Porto), 2007-...
Tania França
___Designer (Porto, Portugal), 2007
Monica Wittig
___Architect (Philadelphia PA, USA), 2007
Shane Salisbury
___Architect (Bozeman MT, USA), 2007
João Palaio Albuquerque
___Architect (Coimbra, Portugal), 2006-07
Teddy Slowik
___Architect (Chicago, USA), 2005-06
Sarah Collado
___Architect (Barcelona, Spain), 2004-...


COLLABORATIONS:

Diamantino Pinho
___Architect (Porto, Portugal), 2004-...

CONTACTS

ReD, Research+Design Lda.
For general inquiries, work proposals, press/media requests and job applications, please use the following contacts:

ReD Porto (HQ)
Rua 31 de Janeiro, 132 - 2 Tras.
4000-542 Porto, Portugal
T +351 220131989
F +351 220131989

ReD Barcelona
C. Sant Pere Mes Alt 47 Pral.
08003 Barcelona, Spain
T +34 933152523
F +34 933152523

ReD Email:
mail@re-d.com