Eco-Friendly Pop-up Architecture
About Me
A course by Izaskun Chinchilla Moreno , Architect
About the video: About Me
Overview
“I studied architecture at Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Madrid. Although I acquired a solid technical background, after graduation I was thrown into a very competitive environment in which it was extremely difficult to get commissions similar to the projects we did at school. After ten years of participating in lots of competitions (I won more than 30 awards), the financial crisis hit - about the same time I became a mother. I finally decided to take a proactive role in the construction of my own projects. In 2014, I presented a proposition to the City of Dreams Pavilion Competition in New York, where competitors were intended to actually build their own pavilion with the support of volunteers. In this lesson, I want to share with you how that experience has allowed me to introduce stronger environmental aspirations in my designs by using repurposed materials and embracing a circular economy. I will also talk about how to take control of aspects like funding or the accomplishment of different projects.”
In this video lesson Izaskun Chinchilla Moreno addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Eco-Friendly Pop-up Architecture. Learn to design small scale installations from scratch by exploring the principles of circular economy.
Partial transcription of the video
“About me Hi, my name is Izaskun Chinchilla and in this lesson, you'll know me and my work better. I studied architecture at the public university in Madrid. Although my father is a doctor and he tried making us love anything related to medicine, he didn't succeed. I used to love to play with Lego toys, building crazy caravans of Gypsy people that were traveling in a sort of circus craziness. In this school, I discovered that my favorite combination of subjects was aligned with architectural studies. I loved the period that I spent in the architectural school. But I have to confess, that I w...”
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Course summary for: Eco-Friendly Pop-up Architecture
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Architecture, Spatial Design, Upcycling
Izaskun Chinchilla Moreno
A course by Izaskun Chinchilla Moreno
Izaskun Chinchilla studied architecture at the Polytechnic University of Madrid. After graduating with an honors degree and an award for best academic record of her class, she went on to start her own architecture studio, Izaskun Chinchilla Architects in Madrid. Her work applies environmental protocols in a contemporary architectural context.
Izaskun has worked with clients in the public sector like the Spanish Ministry of Public Work and the Madrid Council, as well as companies such as IKEA, G’vine, Sunbrella, and El Corte Inglés. She is the recipient of numerous awards throughout Europe and the United States. Some of her most notable designs include Organic Growth Pavilion in New York City, “Cosmowomen. Places as constellations” in Rome, and the VIP Room for ARCO in Madrid. She has also taught architecture in different universities like the Madrid School of Architecture, Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, and the Geneva University of Art and Design.
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