Leandro Madrazo is a professor at La Salle School of Architecture, Ramon Llull University in Barcelona and director of the research group ARC Engineering and Architecture La Salle since its creation in 1999, and coordinator of the A-PLACE project co-financed by the Creative Europe programme of the European Union (2019-23). He graduated with a degree in architecture from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia (1984), and later studied as Fulbright scholar in the Master of architecture programmes at Harvard University and the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) where he obtained a master’s degree (1988). From 1990 to 1999 he carried out his teaching and research work in the Department of Architecture and CAAD at ETH Zürich, where he obtained his PhD (1995). His teaching activity encompasses diverse fields, including architecture theory and representation, art and media, housing studies and design methodology. He has coordinated the European research projects HOUSING@21.EU “Emerging forms of housing and living in 21st century” (2003–2006), OIKODOMOS “A Virtual Campus to promote the study of dwelling in contemporary Europe” (www.oikodomos.org) (2007–2009, 2010–2011), and OIKONET “A global multidisciplinary network on housing research and learning” (2013-2016). He has been co-coordinator of the research project PROHABIT (2015-2018) “Multidisciplinary analysis of the lived environment to promote the implementation of the right to the city”, co-funded by the RecerCaixa programme. He has been co-responsible of the UMVA “Unidad Móvil de Video Arquitectura” programme, carried out in conjunction with the Loop Festival, from 2012 to 2017.

Last update: April 26th, 2021

Kathrin Golda-Pongratz is an architect, urbanist and urban researcher with a Ph.D. from Karlsruhe University. She is a professor at the Universitat Internacional de Catalunya and lectures and publishes internationally. Her research focuses on urban memory, urban culture(s) and public space, Hispano-American urbanism, postcolonial urbanization, non-formal urbanism, and place-making strategies. The recent book (with J.L. Oyón and V. Zimmermann) “John F C Turner. Autoconstrucción. Por una autonomía del habitar” (Pepitas de Calabaza, 2018) was distinguished with the FAD Award (Thought and Criticism) in 2019. Her documentary film “Ciudad Infinita –Voces de El Ermitaño”, portraying a self-built neighbourhood in Lima/ Peru, was launched in October 2018. Her experience expands into curating and cultural transmission. She currently curates the programme “Paradigma Mur. Berlín–Barcelona // 1989-2019 // 1961-2021 //“ at the Born Centre de Cultura i Memòria. Member of the Institut dels Passats Presents at Barcelona’s city council (IPP), of Deutscher Werkbund (dwb), the German Academy of Urban and Regional Planning (DASL) and Academia Europaea (AE).

Last update: November 11th, 2019

Denise Araouzou is an interdependent curator, researcher and writer. Currently, she is a junior curator of Mediterranea 19: School of Waters (BJCEM) while at Ki-Culture she is coordinating an upcoming exhibition on the climate crisis. Her research-based practice interweaves architectural theory, urban studies, social sciences, contemporary art practices and environmental studies. She is learning to cultivate and promote ecological sustainability in curatorial and art practices. She has an MA in History of Art from the University of Glasgow.

Last update: April 22nd, 2021

She’s currently the deputy director and chief curator at Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art, Budapest.

Previous Positions

2013 –2016 chief curator (collections, exhibitions and scientific research) Ludwig Museum – Museum of Contemporary Art

2013 head of exhibitions, Museum of Applied Arts, Budapest

2009 – 2013 head of collections, Ludwig Museum

2008 – 2009 chief curator (collections and exhibitions), Ludwig Museum

2008- Lecturer at Pázmány Péter University (contemporary art)

2006 – 2008 deputy director, Ludwig Museum

1995-2017 editor, Balkon, Contemporary Art Magazine, Budapest

1997-2006 chief curator (collections and exhibitions), Ludwig Museum

1994-1996 curator, Ludwig Museum, Budapest

1992-1993 curator, Hungarian National Gallery, Contemporary Art Collection, Budapest

Academic Studies and Professional Training:

2010 “Promoting Tolerance through the Arts”, International Visitor Leadership Program, organized by the U.S. Department of State, USA

1999 “Central and Eastern European Museum Professionals Workshop”; professional training organized by The Museum of Modern Art, New York

1994 “Contemporary Art in the International Context of Exhibitions and Museums”; professional training organized by the Institut für Kulturwissenschaft, Wien

1985-1992 MA degree in History of Art / Hungarian Linguistics and Literature, ELTE (Eötvös Loránd University), Budapest

Professional Membership

2015- Jury member for Hungarian Pavilion / Venice Biennial

1996- Member of Hungarian Section of AICA

Awards

2012 Németh Lajos-díj (Hungarian state award for art historians, art

theorists and art critiques)

Last update: November 11th, 2019

Maria Solé Bravo is an architect by the Escola Tècnica Superior d’Arquitectura de Barcelona. She has worked in Spain, Belgium, and the USA combining at times her architecture practice with some transdisciplinary projects. She is an associate at BIG, Bjarke Ingels Group and has recently relocated from NY to Barcelona to open BIG´s new office in Catalonia. She has been a guest teacher and lecturer at Harvard and Columbia Universities in the US and IaaC and Elisava in Spain among others.

Last update: November, 2019

Milan/Berlin/Baku-based curator and museum specialist experienced working with leading cultural institutions in Europe and USA on cultural diplomacy, education and exhibition projects (V&A Museum, UK; GWU Textile Museum and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, USA; Islamic Art Museum of Berlin, Germany; Pinacoteca di Brera, Italy; National Academy of Sciences, Italy; UNESCO, Goethe Institut, etc.). Founder of Ta(r)dino 6 Art Platform that promotes contemporary art from Azerbaijan and beyond. With a gallery in the historic old city of Icheri Sheher, and a vintage flat near the urban core of Baku’s downtown, the platform fills in the niche in providing art professionals the opportunity to explore their ideas in depth. Programs to date include commissioned site-specific artworks, artist talks, professional coaching and workshops by local and international artists and curators to help grow Baku’s emerging art community and to support the discourse on Azerbaijani contemporary art.

Last update: November 11th, 2019