GUEST SPEAKERS

Awards
The Best of All, OECD/CELE 4th Compendium of Exemplary Educational Facilities (2011, Fuji Kindergarten)
Prize of Architectural Institute of Japan for Design (2008, Fuji Kindergarten)
Japan Institute of Architects Award (2008, Fuji Kindergarten) (2015, Sora no Mori Clinic)
AR Award 2004, the Architectural Review (Echigo-matsunoyama Museum of Natural Science)
Good Design Gold Prize (1997, Soejima Hospital) (2013, Asahi Kindergarten)
Global Award for Sustainable Architecture 2017, UNESCO
Moriyama RAIC International Prize 2017 (Fuji Kindergarten), Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC)
BCS Prize (2018, Sora no Mori Clinic), Japan Federation of Construction Contractors
World Architecture Festival 2018, School Completed Buildings Winner (Muku Nursery School)

Exhibitions
2004 Venice Biennale of Architecture
2013 Carnegie International
2018 Venice Biennale of Architecture “Freespace”

Publications
Takaharu + Yui Tezuka Architecture Catalogue 1-3. TOTO Publishing
Takaharu + Yui Tezuka NOSTALGIC FUTURE ERINNERTE ZUKUNFT, Jovis, 2009.
Tezuka Architects: The Yellow Book, Edited by Thomas Sherman & Greg Logan, Jovis, 2016

TED.com The best kindergarten you’ve ever seen”
https://www.ted.com/talks/takaharu_tezuka_the_best_kindergarten_you_ve_ever_seen

Awards
The Best of All, OECD/CELE 4th Compendium of Exemplary Educational Facilities (2011, Fuji Kindergarten)
Prize of Architectural Institute of Japan for Design (2008, Fuji Kindergarten)
Japan Institute of Architects Award (2008, Fuji Kindergarten) (2015, Sora no Mori Clinic)
AR Award 2004, the Architectural Review (Echigo-matsunoyama Museum of Natural Science)
Good Design Gold Prize (1997, Soejima Hospital) (2013, Asahi Kindergarten)
Global Award for Sustainable Architecture 2017, UNESCO
Moriyama RAIC International Prize 2017 (Fuji Kindergarten), Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC)
BCS Prize (2018, Sora no Mori Clinic), Japan Federation of Construction Contractors
World Architecture Festival 2018, School Completed Buildings Winner (Muku Nursery School)

Exhibitions
2004 Venice Biennale of Architecture
2013 Carnegie International
2018 Venice Biennale of Architecture “Freespace”

Publications
Takaharu + Yui Tezuka Architecture Catalogue 1-3. TOTO Publishing
Takaharu + Yui Tezuka NOSTALGIC FUTURE ERINNERTE ZUKUNFT, Jovis, 2009.
Tezuka Architects: The Yellow Book, Edited by Thomas Sherman & Greg Logan, Jovis, 2016

TED.com Takaharu Tezuka “The best kindergarten you’ve ever seen”
http://www.ted.com/talks/takaharu_tezuka_the_best_kindergarten_you_ve_ever_seen

Her multidisciplinary approach was recognized with the Jane Drew Prize in 2016, and she was honored with Architizer’s Lifetime Achievement Award in 2017 for her pioneering work, but also her engagement and contribution to the debate on architecture. In 2018, she received an Honorary Fellowship from the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, in recognition of her outstanding contributions in building science, design and education. The same year in October, she received the ECC Architecture Award 2018 for her contribution both as an architect and educator, and in November an Honorary Fellowship from The Royal Institute of the Architects of Ireland.
Odile Decq has been teaching architecture for the past 25 years. In France, she was Head of l’École Spéciale d’Architecture (ESA) in Paris from 2007 to 2012, after teaching there for 15 years. Following this experience, she created her own school in 2014 now located in Paris : the Confluence Institute for Innovation and Creative Strategies in Architecture, accredited by the Royal Institute of British Architects.
In 2018, Odile Decq has been invited to create two installations (“Phantom’s Phantom”, “Time-Space-Existence”) during the 16th annual Biennale of Architecture in Venice, and an ongoing tour exhibition about the studio’s work “Horizons”, started at the House of Arts in Ostrava (Czech Republic).

His research in architectural theory examines how concepts are formed, transformed, and disperse into architecture and the wider sensorium. His design research examines the range of meanings and senses forming the complexity of conceived, perceived, and lived spaces. In Delhi he will be researching with global partners aspects of urban prototyping for high-density urbanism and how this can transform everyday life. His recurring theoretical sources include Felix Guattari and Henri Lefebvre. His recent PhD students have examined topics including Spatial Alterity in Beirut, Decolonizing Textile Design in Mexico, and Cognitive Capitalism in Chicago.

Education

PhD. Architectural Theory, Georgia Institute of Technology.
M.Sc. Architectural Theory, Georgia Institute of Technology.
M. Arch., Harvard University GSD.
B.Des.Hons Architecture, University of Florida.

Teaching and Research Interests

History of Modern Architecture and Urbanism, Contemporary Theory in Architecture, Media-Philosophy, Recombinant Urbanism, Critical Theory and Continental Philosophy, Qualitative Research Methods

She served as vice dean of science and research at the faculty from 2005 to 2007, has been a visiting assistant professor at the Graz University of Technology and a visiting professor at the University of Zagreb, and has taught in Italy, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain, Liechtenstein, Turkey, and Bosnia and Herzegovina. In addition to her teaching, she has received several first prizes and awards in national and international architectural and urban design competitions, led a number of international research and professional projects, published articles and books in Slovenia and abroad, held numerous international conferences and workshops, edited several publications, and prepared more than twenty exhibitions.

She has been a member of some European projects, such as the Erasmus + program: RE-BUILT (Strategic Partnership 2018 “Rehabilitation of the built environment in the context of smart cities and sustainable development concepts for knowledge transfer and lifelong learning) and thinkMOTION (Mechanism Digital and Equipment Biblioteca Europeana). She has been a member of some national projects such as CARTIS_CART (Structural and structural characterization of urban areas developed by the Interuniversity Consortium ReLUIS and Department of National Protection) and PRIN (research projects of the Italian Ministry). She has been scientific manager of the Agreements with the Municipality of Rocca D’evandro, San Pietro Infine, Villa Santa Lucia, etc., for the study and survey of the historic building heritage. Member of the Scientific Committee of the International Multiconference DREAM Silesian 2019 and the Fourth edition of Metroarcheo (International Conference of metrology for archaeology and cultural heritage), IEEE 2018.
Member of the International Scientific Board Journal “Architecture Civil Engineering Environment” ACEE. published by the Silesian University of Technology-ISSN: 1899-0142. Editor of Springer publication. Reviewer for IGI Global Hershey, Pennsylvania (USA); RA – Restauro Archeologico (Firenze University Press); Nexus Journal; Springer Journal; etc..
She has participated in numerous national and international conferences as chair and speaker.
The main topics of the research are:
The use of Geographical Information Systems (GIS) for small historical towns and the buildings;
The History of Cassino town and its urban development before and after the war. Its relationship with the Abbey of Montecassino.
The small historic towns date back to the middle age
The survey of post-industrial sites in Southern Lazio and Silesian Region.
The interdisciplinary research, related to the use of digital tools such as mechatronic hybrid rover equipped with sensors for the survey of areas inaccessible to humans and to remotely control the survey process.
The analysis of natural phenomena such as wind and solar exposure on the historic buildings
Digital photogrammetric survey by drone of cultural heritage.
The use of BIM tool for the enhancement of historic buildings.
She is authors of more than 70 national and international publications.

She has served as the Vice Dean for International Affairs at the School of Architecture at Universitat Politècnica de València (2014–2016) and has chaired AULAhna agreement between hna (insurance group) and UPV (2014–2019). Since 1995, she has been teaching Studio courses at UPV and she has taught at Leibniz University in Hannover, Architectural Association in London and Virginia Tech in US, TU Berlin, BOKU Vienna, Sapienza Universitá di Roma and IUAV in Venice. Together with Carlos Gómez, she has designed different buildings, among them Massanassa Auditorium and Massanassa Town Hall, and more recently, the office is dedicated to incorporate gender perspective into planning in cities like Castelló, Valencia or Benissa. This work has been awarded by Generalitat Valenciana in 2017. Now, together with Carlos Gómez, she is writing a Guide to incorporate gender approach into planning in Comunitat Valenciana. She has participated in 2nd Canary Islands Biennal in 2009 and she has lectured and written extensively on gender mainstreaming and feminism in architecture and urbanism. Together with Carlos Gómez, she has also participated in international exhibition ‘On Stage! On Women and Men in Landscape, Architecture and Planning’ in Hannover (2011), Valencia (2012) and Vienna (2014). In 2018, also together with Carlos Gómez, she was invited to participate in 2018 Venice Biennale Spain Pavilion Meeting on Architecture with the event ‘free[LEARNING]space’.

Has served as the Vice Dean for students’ affairs at Architectural Projects department (2004–2012) and since 2017, he is responsible for UPV Campus Buildings at Universitat Politècnica de València. Since 1992, he has been teaching Studio courses at UPV and he has taught at Virginia Tech in US, TU Graz, RWTH Aachen, Sapienza Universitá di Roma y IUAV in Venice. Together with Eva Alvarez, he has designed different buildings among them Massanassa Auditorium and Massanassa Town Hall and more recently, the office is dedicated to incorporate gender perspective into planning in cities like Castelló, Valencia or Benissa. This work has been awarded by Generalitat Valenciana in 2017. Currently, together with Eva Alvarez, he is writing a Guide to incorporate gender approach into planning in Comunitat Valenciana. He is also interested in photography and he has participated in 2nd Canary Islands Biennal in 2009 and he has been finalist is Premio Fundamentos in photography by COAM in 2010. He has lectured and written extensively on school buildings in Spain and on gender mainstreaming into architecture and urbanism. Together with Eva Alvarez, he has also participated in international exhibition ‘On Stage! On Women and Men in Landscape, Architecture and Planning’ in Hannover (2011), Valencia (2012) and Vienna (2014). In 2018, also together with Eva Alvarez, he was invited to participate in 2018 Venice Biennale Spain Pavilion Meeting on Architecture with the event ‘free[LEARNING]space’.

She serves as IPHS Editor for Planning Perspectives and as Asia book review editor for Journal of Urban History. Her books include: Adaptive Strategies for Water Heritage (2020), The Routledge Planning History Handbook (2018), Uzō Nishiyama, Reflections on Urban, Regional and National Space (2017), History, Urbanism, Resilience, Proceedings of the 2016 IPHS conference (2016), Port Cities: Dynamic Landscapes and Global Networks (2011), Brussels: Perspectives on a European Capital (2007), European Brussels. Whose capital? Whose city? (2006), The Capital of Europe. Architecture and Urban Planning for the European Union (2004), Rebuilding Urban Japan after 1945 (2003), and Cities, Autonomy and Decentralisation in Japan. (2006), Hauptstadt Berlin 1957-58 (1991). She has also published numerous articles in peer-reviewed journals, books, and magazines.

As a registered member of AIAPP (Italian Association of Landscape Architect within IFLA Europe) she has been working since 1997 as a professional in landscape architecture, specialized in design and active/inventive conservation of historical sites and gardens; planning, design and management of layered landscapes; archaeological site and park landscaping.
She has investigated topics in the field of landscape architecture, especially focusing on the design of historical open space systems, and archaeological landscape projects, and given lectures and seminars, as well as participated in many international congresses in the mentioned areas..
She wrote more than one hundred contributions (books, essays and articles) focusing on various landscape topics, especially planning, design and inventive conservation of historical gardens, and archaeological site landscaping.

He has exhibited his work widely, most notably at Storefront for Art and Architecture, New York City; KunstWerk, Berlin; Rotterdam Architecture Biennale, Venice Biennale of Architecture; MOMA in New York; Hong Kong/Shenzhen Urbanism Biennale, Wroclaw Museum of Architecture, and the Gallery of Fine Art in Ostrava. Segal is the author of Space Packed: The Architecture of Alfred Neumann (Park Books, 2017), among other books and articles. He holds a PhD from Princeton University and two degrees, M.Sc and B.Arch, from Technion – Israel Institute of Technology.

With this approach, and in the conviction that the real challenge lies in the management of complexity, his architecture employs method as an analytical tool capable of giving the process the necessary rigour and efficiency to reformulate the model. Concretely, he is committed to establishing rules of the game that are governed by flexible systems, a context that allows him to formulate as many questions as possible and, by means of a balanced blend of research and discovery, identify the precise, unique answer to all of them. With this methodology, and considering monomateriality, geometry and efficiency as fundamental values of his work, Ferrando manages to produce solutions that not only never repeat forms, but are also not predictable, thereby achieving the most appropriate and ingenious architectural outcome for each circumstance.

His work has been shown in various countries, and he has had monographic exhibitions of his work at the Venice Architecture Biennale 2014, the prestigious Architekturforum Aedes in Berlin and the Museum of Modern Art (MAM) in Rio de Janeiro. In 2016 he took part in the exhibition Unfinished in the Spanish Pavilion at the 15th Venice Architecture Biennale, winning the Golden Lion. International recognition includes winning FAD Awards and first prize in the Buenos Aires International Architecture Biennial BIABA’15, and being a finalist in the Iakov Chernikov International Architecture Award.

At the same time, he has developed an intense teaching career since 1998 as a lecturer in projects at numerous European and American universities and has lectured at prestigious international universities and congresses such as UIA’11 in Tokyo and BIAU’19 in Asunción.

An author of a number of realizations mainly related to housing environment – housing estates in Krakow (Piastowska-Reymonta, Słomiana) and Mielec (Smoczka, Ks. P. Skargi, Akacjowa, Jaworowa, Sienkiewicza-Drzewieckiego, Zygmuntowska). She participates in scientific researches and urban and architectural competitions (in 2006 the 1st award in the competition for Guidelines for the Local Revitalization Program for Krakow).
Scientific interests: history and theory of Urban Design, urban composition, morphology, and typology of urban form, contemporary city space and structure, housing. The most important published works: Contemporary idea of an urban block in town structure (on the example of realizations in Paris 1977-1997 (published in 2004 in Polish) On orientation in The Space of The City /published in 2008 in Polish, in 2013 in English/ and Tkanka urbanistyczna. Wybrane zagadnienia Urban Tissue. Selected Issues (published in 2019 in Polish).

She was at scholarships at Faculty of Architecture at Musashino Art University in Tokyo, Japan, at Prof. Minoru Takeyama (2002 – 2004), at the Faculty of Arts at Helwan University in Cairo, Egypt, (1997 – 1998), and at Muotolluinstituutti (Institute of Design) in Lahti, Finland, (1995).

She works at the Faculty of Architecture and Art at the Technical University in Liberec as a lecturer since 1999, since 2012 as Vice Dean for International Relations and since 2014 she is leading her own studio “ON THE EDGE” under Department of Urban Planning. She worked as a 3D animator for Brain Waves Systems in Cairo, Egypt and Studio Prograf in Prague in 1998 – 2000. In 2006, she worked at FUA TUL as an assistant in the studio of Japanese architect prof. Minoru Takeyama. In years 2005-2008 she was teaching Furniture and Interior design at Secondary school of Furniture Design in Liberec.

Her main interest is in futurology and future of human settlements. Her larger projects include „MOONWORM“ – Nomadic Moon Base (2017 – 2019)“MOONFLOWER BASE 2090“ (2015 – 2016) “Liberec, město s vizí” (Liberec a city with a vision) in 2011, Urban vision project, which she managed together with Jiří Janďourek, “Praha 2080” project in 2008, which she managed together with Ján Strcula, she took part in exhibitions Futura Pragensis with her project called “free_ph1” (2005 – 2006), and BASE-Virus exhibition on future of housing with her project “PARA_ZITI” (1999 – 2000). Zdena Zedníčková and Vendula Šafářová are designers of architectonic on-line computer game – virtual city ANARCHI-TEKT (2001).

The practice works in Ireland and internationally, at a range of scales including cultural buildings, libraries, healthcare, education and residential buildings, with a particular focus on place-making, context and innovative conservation.
Recent projects include the Medieval Mile Museum (shortlisted for the 2019 Mies van der Rohe EU Prize for Architecture), and Thapar University Student Residence One (finalist at the 2019 World Architecture Festival).

Following graduation she worked in OPW before joining McCullough Mulvin Architects in 1999 and became a Director in 2006. Along with the team, Ruth has worked on numerous award winning buildings in Ireland as well as leading the team with Valerie Mulvin on Thapar University in India. Ruth has lead the Butler Gallery project which was opened in August 2020 – the first new gallery in Ireland in many years. Ruth has lectured on the work of the practice in Ireland, Poland, UK, Scotland, Czech Republic, Canada (Newfoundland), Tenerife and India. She has been involved in teaching at the Department of Architecture, University College Dublin, School of Architecture DIT, Queens University, Belfast, School of Architecture University of Limerick and at the University of Dundee. She is currently a Design Fellow at UCD, working in final year, and examines on the Professional Practice Diploma course. Ruth lives with her family in a modernist house designed by her grandparents .