Luca Molinari

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EN/ Architect, critic, curator, full professor of Theory and Architectural Design at the University of Campania “Luigi Vanvitelli”. Editorial director of Platform Architecture and Design magazine, he collaborates as an independent author with Italian and foreign newspapers and magazines, including Corriere della Sera, La Stampa, L’Espresso, Domani, Domus, Lotus. From 1995 to 2019 he was editorial manager of the Architecture and Design for Skira publishing. He currently collaborates for Architecture and special projects with the Marsilio Group. In October 2020 Luca Molinari has been appointed scientific director of M9 Museum. In 2014 he founded his own firm Luca Molinari Studio…

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Hussam Dakkak

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EN/ Hussam Dakkak is an architect based in London. He is a partner at Studio Bound and has served as the program director of the AA Jeddah Visiting School since 2015. Hussam is an ARB registered architect holding a master’s in architecture from the Architectural Association in London. Hussam currently serves as a design and development lead for Rassmal. Hussam also serves as a consultant on a number of cultural and architectural projects with PIF and sits on the advisory board for the Royal Commission of Makkah. Hussam has lectured at LSE, Harvard University, the AA and continues his research…

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Andres Lepik

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En/ Trained as art and architecture historian at University of Augsburg he received a research fellowship 1986-1989 at Bibliotheca Hertziana (Max-Planck-Institut) in Rome for his dissertation about Architecture Models in the Renaissance. In 1994 he started as curatorial assistant at Neue Nationalgalerie Berlin, from 1996 to 2007 working as curator and head of architecture collection of Kunstbibliothek, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. From 2007 to 2010 he worked as Curator at the Architecture and Design Department of The Museum of Modern Art, New York. In 2011/12 he was Loeb-Fellow at Harvard’s Graduate School of Design. Since 2012 he is Professor for…

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DECODING THE CITY WORKSHOP

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Past unfortunate events have left Prishtina with an absence of critical urban data, which has hampered any attempts at urban analysis. This has left Kosovo with the challenge of making informed decisions around urban development. While the process of data collection has traditionally been the responsibility of central government authority, new technology and workflows have created the opportunity for architects, urbanists, and end-users to circumvent a central authority and collect their own data; creating the necessary foundations to better understand the built environment and Decode the City. This workshop will introduce three novel approaches to urban data collection across several scales,…

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Niko McGlashan

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EN/ Niko McGlashan is a researcher and educator at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, within the Leventhal Center for Advanced Urbanism in the School of Architecture and Planning. At the Center, he designs and develops toolkits for architects, planners, and designers to leverage data and computation in novel ways. His research crosses a myriad of scales and mediums; be it physical or ‘phygital’ architecture, real-time GIS through web design, digital fabrication, and a suite of UX/UI applications. For his Master of Architecture thesis at the University of Toronto, Niko designed a multiplayer video game that reflected on the often overlooked intersection…

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Leo Stuckardt

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EN/ Project Leader and Architect, Leo Stuckardt (DE), coordinates MVRDV Next, an in-house R&D group he co-founded in 2017, that focuses on experimental technologies, computational workflows, and new forms of narrative. Orchestrating collaborations with MVRDV’s design studios and developing data-driven, parametric design workflows, he helps teams to implement new design methodologies in their work, to enhance design capabilities, reducing cost, enhancing sustainability, as well as the future impact of MVRDV’s work.  With his fascination for emerging tools, software, and new media, Stuckardt – a cinefile, and musician – contributes to architectural projects from Beijing, to Mumbia, and to Amsterdam, but…

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Kristina Knauf

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EN/ Associate Kristina Knauf co-leads MVRDV’s climate group and is involved in the sustainability aspects in all of MVRDV’s projects. Before, she shaped MVRDV project processes for the Urban Studio from early acquisition stages to delivery, driving storyline, design, and the internal coordination of project development through different design phases. With a particular dedication to urbanism and resilience, Knauf champions the development of innovative methods, tools, and products that help to future-proof MVRDV’s office vision. Knauf has been integral to creating projects that provide new perspectives for future living on a larger scale, including assisting Founding Partner, Winy Maas, in…

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Aga Khan Award for Architecture announces 2022 shortlist

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20 projects in 16 countries, from Indonesia to Cape Verde Geneva, Switzerland, 2 June 2022 – The Aga Khan Award for Architecture (AKAA) today announced 20 shortlisted projects for the 2022 Award cycle.  The projects will compete for a share of the US$ 1 million prize, one of the largest in architecture. The 20 shortlisted projects were selected by an independent Master Jury from a pool of 463 projects nominated for the 15th Award Cycle (2020-2022). The Aga Khan Award for Architecture was established by His Highness the Aga Khan in 1977 to identify and encourage building concepts that successfully address…

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