Lecture: Stones & Beams. Antón García- Abril April 25, 2011

Lecture: Stones & Beams. Antón García- Abril
Ensamble Studio, Madrid, Spain

Monday, April 25, 6:00 p.m.
Instituto Cervantes Auditorium
31 W. Ohio St.
Free and open to the public

This lecture focuses on Ensamble Studio works. This studio develops architecture that uses technology with new insight, from local site specific proposals to global synthetic systems. Topics include structure and space, assembly and material, effective processes of construction and maximum expression with fewer resources. The scale of the projects range from small installations and interventions in historical buildings to the design of towers, collective housing systems and cities.

Antón García-Abril, (Madrid, 1969) is a European PhD Architect and Associate Professor in the School of Architecture of the Polytechnic University of Madrid (E.T.S.A.M.-U.P.M.). He received the Spanish Academy Research Prize in Rome in 1996. In 2000, he established ENSAMBLE STUDIO, leading a team in search for architectural application of conceptual and structural experimentation. He has been a visiting professor at the Graduate School of Design of Harvard University and Cornell University among other universities in America and Europe.

For more information, please visit: www.ensamble.info