Eco-Friendly Pop-up Architecture
Funding
A course by Izaskun Chinchilla Moreno , Architect
About the video: Funding
Overview
“Most architectural projects are funded by a client who either calls you or gets to know you through a competition. But when you are just starting a career, these two options are difficult to realize. In this lesson, I will talk about other, more unusual options that might allow you to build your first full-scale works. In particular, I will explain to you how crowdfunding works in the field of architecture.”
In this video lesson Izaskun Chinchilla Moreno addresses the topic: Funding, 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
“Funding Most architectural works are funded or commissioned by clients, sometimes public ones or private ones. This is a major difficulty for most young people when they do their first building or first construction. They don't have clients, so it's difficult to do full-scale work. In this lesson, we're going to learn how to promote your own architecture. I'll teach you what I know about crowdfunding as an alternative way to fund your own projects. I have been working as an architect for almost 20 years. This experience allowed me to see how difficult it has been for me to actually get some...”
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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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