ReD Lecture @ University of Brighton (UK)

Invited by Neil Leach, ReD lectured at the Faculty of Arts and Architecture at the University of Brighton.

ReD @ "Jornadas da Inovação" in Lisbon (Portugal)

Invited by the Portuguese Innovation Agency (ADI), ReD participated in the "3th Jornadas da Inovação" at the International Lisbon Fair (FIL) in Lisbon.

Featured in the section dedicated to the new portuguese technology-based companies, ReD presented a series of images illustrating the diversity of the works and services developed by the office in the last 3 years. Using individual light-tables, ReD also presented 4 physical objects produced by CAD/CAM technologies: a rapid-prototyping model of the XURRET System, a 1:1 scale sample of the MORSlide plywood panels, a wooden model of the Skyshelf and an acryclic laser-cut prototype of the FlyingCarpet.

The reaction of the visitors was extremely positive. By seeing the pictures and experiencing the physical objects, visitors could realize the design and material potential raised by the use of new digital technologies in architecture.

Through this exhibition ReD had the opportunity to establish a wide-range of personal and business contacts towards the development of future projects and collaborations.

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Image 1: ReD's stand at the "new technology-based companies" area.
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Image 2: Physical objects presented by ReD: MORSlide panels, FLyingCarpet prototype, XURRET System model and SkyShelf model.

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Image 3: Panorama of the Jornadas de Inovação Fair (source: http://www.adi.pt/)

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Image 4: Portugal Minister for Science, Technolgy and Higher Education, together with Portugal Minister of Economy and the President of the Portuguese Innovation Agency (ADI) visiting the New Technology-Based Companies area at the fair (source: http://www.adi.pt/)
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Visit ReD at the "3 Jornadas de Inovação" in Lisbon (Portugal)

ReD @ PortugalNow Exhibition (USA)

Invited by Carla Leitao (professor at Cornell University and co-founder of AUm Studio), ReD participated in the Portugal Now: Country Positions in Architecture and Urbanism Exhibition in New York. According to the organization, "this event is the third in a series of conferences and exhibitions organized by the College of Architecture, Art, and Planning at Cornell University. The series explores some of the most intriguing currents in contemporary architecture, landscape architecture, art, and urbanism in different parts of the globe. Portugal Now will examine examples of emerging contemporary Portuguese architectural practices and how they contend with global political, economic, and social realities."

Source: Photos from the PortugalNow website, showing the MCity project panels in the 1st plane.

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ReD's R&D proposal winner at DISONANCIAS

ReD's application to develop a 8-month R&D collaboration with the Basque company IMAR was selected in the DISONANCIAS international Call for Artists.
DISONANCIAS is a platform that liaises and promotes relationships between artists and companies, research centres or public organisations in order to foster innovation in all its aspects and transmit to society the importance of developing creative environments. This year DISONANCIAS international Call for Artists presented 9 basque companies to host creative collaborations with artists. In this context, ReD decided to enter this competition to propose a collaboration with IMAR, a basque company dedicated to applications for perforated sheet metal and expanded metal, which has develop important works for famous architects like Herzog&Meuron. After a selection process that involved an interview with the DISONANCIAS's jury and IMAR's representative, ReD's R&D proposal was selected, and should start in November.

ReD wins Competition "Arquitectar o Ambiente"

ReD, Research + Design, the studio founded by IAAC's faculty members Marta Malé-Alemany and José Pedro Sousa, won the architecural competition "Arquitectar o Ambiente", promoted by the Portuguese company Labicer, with the support of the Portuguese Architects Association. The competition challenged participants to design a temporary installation for the Departures Terminal of the Lisbon Airport, showing innovative applications of Labicer's recycable material 'Vitrakem'. ReD submitted 2 projects, which were both awarded in the competition: "Flying Carpet", an installation that explored Vitrakem as a structural and cladding material, got a Special Honorable Mention, while "Sample Box", an installation that exposed the different colors of the Vitrakem Catalogue, was awarded the 1st prize. The winning entry will now go into fabrication, in order to be installed at the Lisbon Airport in January.

Press references:

Labicer: arquitectar o ambiente / Observatório do Algarve / Arquitectura.pt / IAAC

"Habitar Portugal 2003-05" exhibition in Bratislava under construction (Slovakia)

ReD installs the "Habitar Portugal 2003-05" Exhibition in the Design Factory gallery spaces, in Bratislava (Slovakia). An installation team from the company Perfactory came from Germany and, with the help of the Design Factory production team, assembled in three days the exhibition structure and materials produced by Procedes. During this time, un unexpected problem was overcomed when, in one space, a totally new wooden structure had to be invented and mounted to avoid perfurating the existing false ceiling.

01 Sequence of the installation process of the suspended aluminum structure, following the plan marked in the ground.

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02 Sequence of the installation process of the printed fabrics in the aluminum structure.

03 Photo of the Perfactory team with ReD principals and

ReD Lecture @ "Road to Wonderland" (Portugal)

Organized by the Northen Section of the Portuguese Architects Association, "Road to Wonderland" consists on a series of lectures by young portuguese architectural studios. ReD presented its work in the 4th session, together with E-Studio, Pedro Campos Costa, Patrícia Barbas, André Eduardo Tavares. Commenting (in portuguese) on ReD's lecture, architectural critic Bruno Baldaia wrote:
"A apresentação do ReD começou por assinalar como campo de convergência da actividade do atelier, o desenho e as ferramentas do desenho. A transformação dos instrumentos do projecto com a introdução do desenho assistido por computador tem construído um espaço de trabalho fértil em anos recentes (desde Gehry com o desenho enquanto modelação, ao espaço do desenho como ferramenta conceptual do projecto em Eisenman), constituindo-se como um espaço autónomo de investigação, ainda que pouco percorrido por arquitectos em Portugal. Uma introdução genealógica ao tema ancorada na oposição entre o pavilhão de Barcelona de Mies enquanto produto do desenho planimétrico, e o Guggenheim de Bilbau de Gehry como produto da modelação, leva-nos até um conjunto de workshops e cursos em que se trabalha sobretudo a consciência do meio (medium?) enquanto possibilidade conceptual. O estudo de optimização da construção do banco para exterior Xurret projectado por Àbalos&Herreros, confirma que a multiplicidade de campos por onde se move o ReD constrói-se em torno de âmbitos distintos procurando estabilizar e aprofundar os sistemas de trabalho do/no atelier. Os projectos a seguir apresentados, a reforma de um apartamento em Barcelona), a instalação das exposições M-City no kunsthaus de Graz (de Peter Cook e Colin Fournier), e Horror Vacui no Pavilhão de Portugal em Lisboa, aparecem como manifestações construídas do trabalho em atelier, como oportunidades de materialização de ideias em torno dos processos da sua própria concretização. Estes processos existem num meio eminentemente tecnológico e partilham a sua ética, frequentemente refém da proeza e do next big thing como estratégias de sobrevivência. Ainda assim a exposição M-City parece mais próxima de uma conformação dos objectos aos corpos (ainda humanos) que os usam do que do relato dos seus processos de materialização, apesar de ser igualmente evidente que a importância iconográfica dos cones de penumbra e da topografia invertida do piso inferior procura um diálogo taco-a-taco com o projecto de Cook, menos preocupado portanto, com a congruência do discurso proposto enquanto totalidade, do que com a sua persistência na nossa memória enquanto imagem, enquanto feito."


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NEWS on: ReD's Technology-Based Business Plan

26.04.2007 : JORNAL DE NEGÓCIOS
"Universidades à frente nas Novas Empresas Tecnológicas"
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In this article about the new portuguese technology-based companies, ReD is highlighted together with 4 other firms - Bioalvo (pharmacy), Fibersensing (monitoring sensors), Timebi (software), Fluidinova (chemical engineering).

"(...) Ainda que a sigla indique foneticamente “vermelho” em inglês, significa Research+Design. Com uma ponte em Barcelona, tendo em conta que é na cidade de Gaudi que assenta uma das promotoras do projecto – Marta Malé-Alemany –, a ReD (a empresa ainda está por criar) diz-se vocacionada para “o projecto, investigação e serviços nos sectores da arquitectura, construção e design industrial”. A sustentar a aposta, o projecto recorre a tecnologias digitais para testar, desenvolver e implementar os conceitos mais imaginativos da arte de construir e projectar construções. Após três anos de experiência prática de colaboração entre os promotores, a empresa está em fase de consolidação, mas tem já trabalhos desenvolvidos e em curso nos Estados Unidos, Áustria, Espanha, Portugal e Itália. No “portfolio”, inclui o desenvolvimento de maquetas para Frank Gehry. As parcerias a angariar para o estabelecimento do projecto empresarial passam por financiamentos bancários, canais comerciais e entidades do sistema científico e tecnológico. (...)"
Read complete article here.





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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.

ReD visit the FARNSWORTH HOUSE

ReD principals visited one of the icones of the 20th Century architecure, the Farnsworth House designed by Mies Van Der Rohe.

ReD speaks at the MMFX Symposium (Indianapolis, USA)

ReD presented the studio work as invited speaker in the MMFX - Manufacturing Materials Effects Symposium, organized by Kevin Klinger and Branko Kolarevic at the Indianapolis Museum of Art (USA). The MMFX Symposium assembled leading thinkers, designers and manufacturers from around the world to closely examine collaborative design and production practices based on innovatove and experimental process of material exploration. Together with ReD, the Symposium counted with the participation of important actors in the field like Mick Eekhout (Octatube, UT Delft), Gramazio and Kohler (ETHZ), Mark Goulthorpe (dECOi), Marc Simmons (Front), William Zahner (Zahner Metals), Shohei Shigematsu (OMA NY), Achim Menges (AA), Chris Sharples (sHOP) etc.
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More information on the Symposium can be found here.

01 Photo of the roundtable discussion with the presence of ReD principals.

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ReD completes Lecture Tour in Poland

ReD have completed a lecture series through Poland that included the cities of Varsaw, Gdynia, Posnan, Wroclaw and Krakow, which was supported by the FTA Foundation. In 5 days, ReD gave 5 lectures in 5 different cities, which turned out to be an intensive but very grateful experience throughout the country.

PUBLICATIONS: ReD Interviewed by OUTROSMERCADUS. (Portugal)

ReD was interviewed in April by OUTROSMERCADUS, discussing themes like the architecture panorama in Portugal and the studio particular design approach. ReD was the winner of the 1st OutrosMercadus prize for Ephemeral Architecture, promoted by the company in association with the Portuguese Architects Association and the POrtuguese Center for Design. The complete interview, titled "the ambiguity lived in contemporary architecture" can be read here.

ReD speaks as a guest studio in the Talk20 event hosted by the Institute for Advanced Architecture in Catalonya (IAAC).
Talk20 is an event that concists in a series of short presentations of 20 slides each, selected and narrated by a hybrid roster of students, educators and professionals working across fields of art, architecture and landscape. Talk20 is not a lecture but a gathering, an informal exchange of ideas within and without the design community.
More information in http://www.talk20.org/

ReD's MCity Project wins "OutrosMercadus" Award

ReD was declared the winner of the 1st edition of the "OutrosMercadus" Award, promoted by the design company OutrosMercadus, the Portuguese Centre for Design and the Portuguese Architects Association. Comprizing a 10.000 Euros prize, this award is dedicated to recognize the excelence in ephemeral architectural projects. Here is the official award release (in portuguese):

"A empresa Outros Mercadus realizou, em conjunto com a Ordem dos Arquitectos e o Centro Português de Design, a 1.ª edição do Prémio "Outros Mercadus – Arquitectura/Espaços Efémeros'06", com o objectivo de distinguir e promover o reconhecimento público de obras de arquitectura/espaços efémeros, levados a cabo no biénio de 2004 e 2005, sendo extensível às mais diversas áreas da cultura, como o cinema, o teatro, as exposições, entre tantas outras. O Prémio pretendeu não só cruzar outras abordagens artísticas, cujas componentes criativa e inovadora foram evidentes, mas acima de tudo premiar uma intervenção, independentemente da sua escala e do local onde estava inserida. Puderam participar neste Prémio todas as obras de arquitectura/espaços efémeros, realizados por profissionais, Arquitectos, Designers e Artistas Plásticos, com residência fixa em Portugal e que se consideraram realizadas ou em actividade no biénio 2004 e 2005, qualquer que seja o país no qual tenham sido executadas. O projecto da Exposição “M-City. European CityEscapes” 2005 de Marta Malé-Alemany + José Pedro Sousa /ReD foi o vencedor da primeira edição. Considerado pelo júri um “projecto de grande clareza conceptual, sendo indissociável a linguagem adoptada e a aplicação de tecnologias recentes”, “M-City” parte ”da exploração da espacialidade do edifício em que se aloja, integrando no desenho do espaço tecnologias digitais que suportam também a execução e produção dos diversos elementos construtivos”. Presidido pelo arquitecto João Mendes Ribeiro, o júri, composto ainda por Inês Moreira, Filipe Alarcão, Paulo Bago d'Uva e Luís Aguiar (em representação da Outros Mercadus), atribuiu ainda uma menção honrosa à obra “Caixa para Guardar o Vazio” da artista plástica Fernanda Fragateiro e duas menções às obras “Moda Lisboa 2005”, da autoria do arquitecto José Adrião, e “Metalux: duas gerações na arquitectura portuguesa recente/Bienal de Veneza 2004” da autoria da [A] ainda arquitectura, lda, dos arquitectos Luís Tavares Pereira e Guiomar Rosa com Pedro Gadanho. A esta primeira edição do Prémio Outros Mercadus concorreram 37 propostas, consideradas pelo júri de “grande qualidade e diversidade”.

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Here are some news on the web:

APCMC - Associação Portuguesa dos Materiais de Construção

OASRN - Secção Norte da Ordem dos Arquitectos Portugueses

Casa Sapo

liparq blog

NEWS on: ReD's FEIDAD Award

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2006/08/03 : Bulletins-Electroniques (Ministère des Affaires Étrangères)
"Le prix FEIDAD décerné au cabinet d'architecture ReD"

"Le cabinet d'architecture ReD, composé des architectes José Pedro Sousa (portugais) et Marta Malé-Alemany (espagnole), a reçu le prix international d'architecture FEIDAD 2005 ("Far Eastern International Digital Architecture Design"), d'une valeur de 20.000 dollars. Le prix, institué par deux (...)"
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2006/05/10 : RTP (Agência Lusa)
"Atelier Português vence Prémio Internacional Feidad 2005"

"O atelier dos arquitectos José Pedro Sousa e Marta Malé-Alemany, ReD Research + Design, venceu o prémio internacional de arquitectura e design digital FEIDAD 2005, no valor de cerca de 16.000 euros, foi anunciado. Os arquitectos portugueses venceram o prémio Far Eastern International Digital Architecture Design Award - FEIDAD 2005, promovido por uma Fundação e pela Universidade Chiao Tung de Taiwan, após (...)"
read full article here

AWARD: M-City announced Finalist of the 'Outros Mercadus' Award (Portugal)

ReD's M-City project has been included in the list of 12 finalists in the Ephemeral Architecture Award 'Outros Mercadus'. The winning project wil be announced on September 15th, 2006.The jury includes:João Mendes Ribeiro (President of the jury of the Outros Mercadus'06 Award), Luis Aguiar (Outros Mercadus Company), Inês Moreira (Ordem dos Arquitectos), Paulo Bago d'Uva (Centro Português de Design) and Filipe Alarcão (Ministério da Cultura/Instituto das Artes).

EXBHITION: ReD @ Pavillon de l'Arsenal in Paris (France)

ReD's project M-Ciy is part of a large itinerant exhibition named 'Scenographies d'Architectes'. The show has been created by the Pavillon de l'Arsenal, and will be displayed in Paris from July 6th to October 20th, 2006. ReD's M-City is included in the group of 115 projects that represent the best scenographic projects done by architects in the past decade. The exhibition has been curated by Christine Desmoulins and designed by Dominique Perrault.

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Panel with ReD's M-City Project

Physical model of ReD's M-City project, in CNC laser-cut acrylic.

PUBLICATION: JPS completes 'Nuevos procesos. Nueva Arquitectura?' article series (Portugal)

JPS has completed a 12-article series for the Portuguese architectural magazine 'Arquitectura e Vida'. The series, which began in June 2005, has become a reference digital architecture in Portugal.

EXHIBITIONS: ReD's Workshop at ESAP (Portugal)

The student work of ReD's workshop at ESAP (March'06) is exhibited in the gallery of the school. The student work of ReD's workshop at ESAP (March'06) is exhibited in the gallery of the school.The student work of ReD's workshop at ESAP (March'06) is exhibited in the gallery of the school.

PUBLICATION: ReD featured @ Portuguese Newspapers (Portugal)

News about ReD's recent FEIDAD Award appears on major Portuguese Newspapers. On May 11th, the section on Culture of the PUBLICO Journal announces: 'Arquitectos Portugueses distinguidos em Taiwan'. On may 21st, the special Sunday section of CORREO da AMAÑÁ dedicates a page to ReD, with a tittle that says: 'Portugues vence FEIDAD 2005: Uma dupla de Arrasar'.

PUBLICATION: ReD featured in Arquitectura e Vida' Magazine (Portugal)

ReD's M-City project is featured in the section of Interiors of the major Portuguese magazine 'Arquitectura e Vida', in an article by Jose Nuno Beirao.

LECTURE: MMA @ Symposium in Mexico City (Mexico)

MMA participates as a speaker in the 'The Intricacy of the Surface' Symposium in Mexico City, during May 10-14. The symposium is organized by Node, with the support of 3 Universities from Mexico City (UNAM / ANAHUAC / IBEROAMERICANA) and integrates 6 other speakers (including Pritzer laureate Thom Mayne, Liz Diller, Evan Dounglis and others) in a session moderated by Alicia Imperiale.

TEACHING: MMA @ Berlage Institute Reviews (Holland)

MMA partcipates as a juror of the UN Studio + Olaf Gipser Final Reviews at the Berlage Institute in Rotterdam.

PUBLICATION: ReD featured in METALOCUS (Spain)

ReD's M-City project is featured in the April Issue of Spanish magazine METALOCUS

LECTURE: ReD lecture + reviews @ Clemson University (USA)

ReD lectures at Clemson University, within the 'Digital-Material' Spring 2006 Talks organized by Doug Hecker, Assistant Professor of the School of Architecture. Prior to this event, both JPS and MMA were invited to jury student design Reviews (Martha Skinner's and Ron Rael's studios, respectively) with a good number of Faculty members from the school and other outside professionals.

AWARD: ReD wins FEIDAD 2005 (Taiwan)

ReD's M-City project receives the "Outstanding Award" (1st Prize) in the 2006 Far Eastern International Digital Architecture Design Award (FEIDAD), with the value of 20,000$ USD.

The Far Eastern International Digital Design Award (The Feidad Award) was conferred for the first time in 2000, its aim being to encourage and honour innovative design created with the aid of digital media. In 2005, the jury which comprised Christian Bruun (Quantum Film), Greg Lynn (Greg Lynn FORM), Jacob van Rijs (MVRDV), Gerhard Schmitt (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology), Birger Sevaldson (Ocean North), and other distinguished architects, awarded the prize for the sixth time. The 2005 Feidad award includes 126 submissions by architects, students and designers from 26 different countries, exploring digital concepts such as computing, information, electronic media, hyper-, virtual-, and cyberspace in order to help define and discuss future space and architecture in the digital age. Outstanding award for the 2005 edition of Feidad was conferred to ReD Research + Design (Marta Male-Alemany, Jose Pedro Sousa), whose project had already been presented on the pages of ARCH'IT and whose work was featured in "The Storytellers" exhibit, part of the BEYOND MEDIA festival in Florence. The Design Merit Award was given to Evan Douglis, BASE4, R&Sie(n) + D, and Fabio Schillaci. ARCH'IT presents here the FEIDAD through the words of Yu-Tung Liu, chairman of the Award

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PUBLICATION: ReD featured in FRAME and in PASAJES (Spain)

Written by Anneke Bokern, the article "Attack of the Umbrellas" presents ReD's M-City project for the Kunsthaus, Graz, in the #49 March/April issue of FRAME Magazine (p.42). The project is also featured in the Spanish magazine PASAJES #74 (p.38-40)

EXHIBITION: ReD Invited for the Pavillon de l'Arsenal (France)

ReD is invited to exhibit the M-City project at Pavillon de L'Arsenal in Paris, as part of a large itinerant architectural exhibition on "Architectures Scenographies", which will show the major exhibition designs of the past decade. The exhibition will be curated by Christine Desmoulins and designed by Dominique Perrault.

LECTURE: JPS @ PhD Proposal Presentation, IST Lisbon (Portugal)

Following the academic regulations at IST, JPS presents his PhD dissertation proposal to his thesis comittee, constituted by J.P.Duarte (Arch.), Prof. Fortes (Mat.Sc.), Prof. R. Baptista (Mech.Eng.) and B.Kolarevic (Arch.), who has participated through videoconference from Philadelphia

PUBLICATION: ReD featured in JA - Jornal dos Arquitectos (Portugal)

The MCity project developed by ReD in the Kunsthaus Graz is featured in the "Jornal dos Arquitectos" N.222. This work was selected to be part of the "Virus" section, edited by Ines Moreira and Pedro Jordao and dedicated to the "Program" in architecture.

EXHIBITION: End Session of Seminar @ ESAP (Portugal)

The ESAP hostes a public presentation of the final works produced during the Seminar in Digital Architecture, and an exhibition of the drawings, animations and physical models produced during this initiative.

TEACHING: MMA @ Reviews in Ohio State University (USA)

MMA participated in the design studio reviews at the Knowlton School of Architecture of the Ohio State University.

TEACHING: ReD Starts Seminar @ ESAP (Portugal)

The ESAP School of Architecture in Porto is hosting a 4 day intensive Seminar on Digital Architecture, oriented by ReD and X-Ref. ReD's unit is dedicated to the development of digital integrated strategies for form generation and material fabrication.

PUBLICATIONS: M City Project @ Pasages Magazine (Spain)

The installation designed by ReD in the Kunsthaus is featured in a 3 page article in the March edition of the spanish architecttural magazine Pasages (pp. 38-40).

PUBLICATION: M City Project @ in ICON Magazine (UK)

Kieran Long presents ReD's design of the MCity exhibition in the march edition of ICON.

LECTURE: ReD LECTURE @ U. Minho (Portugal)

In a lecture called "Materialidade e Computaçao em Arquitectura", ReD discusses the use of digital technologies in architecture and presents recent studio works, in the Department of Architecture of the Universidade do Minho in Guimaraes, Portugal.

ReD publishes in ARCH'IT (Italy)

Invited by Paola Giaconia, ReD publishes the text "Topographies of Negotiation: Notes on ReD's Design Project for the M-City Exhibition", in the Allestimenti section of the famous italian architecture website ARCH'IT. Here is the introduction by Paola:
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"Kunsthaus Graz is hosting, until January 8th, the exhibit M Stadt - European Cityscapes curated by Marco De Michelis (in collaboration with Katrin Bucher and Peter Pakesch) which celebrates the topic of the "city", seen as one of the most complex and yet most dynamic phenomena in European civilization. The alien bubble designed by architects Peter Cook and Colin Fournier along the banks of the river Mur hosts a quite intensive and engaging exhibition design conceived by ReD Research + Design. This architecture and digital fabrication studio is directed by Marta Malé-Alemany and José Pedro Sousa who have both professional and academic experiences in Europe and in the US, and whose works were recently featured as part of "The Storytellers" exhibit within the BEYOND MEDIA festival. The two architects present on the pages of ARCH'IT the immersive and intensive exhibition design they produced in Graz, explaining how they intervened within the intricate architectural context of the Kunsthaus, how they dealt with the legacy of the building's experimental architects, how they let the building itself provoke them."

See the text here.

TEACHING: MMA @ DRL Juries in AA, London (UK)

Over 2 days, MMA participates in the DRL (Design Reserach Lab) Final Thesis reviews at the AA (Architectural Association School of Architecture) in London.