RADICAL REMAKING RESEARCH DESIGN SOCIETY
R2D4S
DR CRISTIAN SUAU
SUSTAINABILITY
DESIGN TECHNOLOGY REMAKING PLACE-MAKING PLACE-LEARNING
RESEARCH Systemic Design CONTEMPORARY Technologies Adaptive Urbanism
TEACHING
CURRICULUM VITAE DR CRISTIAN SUAU
WORLDWIDE ARTISTIC LIFE places I duration
+7 years 2 years 6-12 months less than 1 month
mapamundi [suau, 2016]
ACADEMIC CHRONOLOGY Dr Cristian Suau
Urban design prize Chile Bicentenario Bulnes Bulevard’s masterplan Santiago (2012)
Runner up prize EUROPAN 8 Norway Railway Town Hamar city (2006) Project leader & senior architect OMA Rotterdam (Holland), 2006
Foundation of ECOFABRICA Ecological design practice & think tank network United Kingdom (2011)
Foundation of RECICLARQ Ecological NGO Barcelona (2006)
GPO Director MOBILELAND co-ordinator Glasgow United Kingdom (2014)
Glasgow Project O ce [GPO] (Scotland - UK) MOBILELAND (Scotland - UK) YELLOWFIELD (Scotland - UK)
Pre-doctoral research at AAA & Department of Architecture, HUT, Finland, Spring 1991
Master in Architecture (MSc) distinction rst-class honours Faculty of Architecture, University of Chile, 1993 (*)
European Ph.D. in Architecture (PhD) Cum laude (honours distinction), Barcelona School of Architecture, Barcelona, 200 (*)
(*) Swedish National Agency for High Education recognition
(*) Swedish National Agency for High Education recognition Postdoctoral research fellow School of Architecture Chalmers University Sweden (2003-2004) Postdoctoral research fellow Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB) Barcelona, Spain (2004-2006)
Postdoctoral research fellow Faculty of Architecture, NTNU Trondheim, Norway (2004-2006)
Advanced Diploma of Postgraduate Certi cate in University Teaching and Learning (PCUTL) Cardi University (UK), 2009
2020
ADVANCED ACADEMIC PATHWAY
2010
OFFICE FOR METROPOLITAN ARCHITECTURE
Postgraduate in Environmental Planning (Pg) distinction, Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB) Barcelona, 1995
Advanced Diploma in Sustainable Architecture, Lund University (Sweden), 2002
POSTDOCTORAL
2000 Master in Urban Design (MA) distinction, ETSAB Barcelona School of Architecture Barcelona, 1997
POSTGRADUATE
Bachelor in Architecture (BSc) rst-class honours (1:1) Faculty of Architecture, University of Chile, 1991
UNDERGRADUATE
1990
START (University enrolment)
TEACHING
Project leader + senior architect OMA O ce for Metropolitan Architecture Rotterdam (2006-2007) 1. masterplan and urban design of Almere Homerus (Almere) 2. Koningen Julianaplein building (The Hague, Netherlands) 3. Fondazione Prada" in Milan (Italy) 4. Fashion showroom Prada Transformer (Seoul, Korea) Asia Link (EU), University Network for Sustainable Cities and Architecture ETSAB € 350,000 (2004)
FP7-PEOPLE-2012-IEF Marie Curie EMUVE: Euro Mediterranean Urban Voids Ecology Cardi University WSA = €221.606 scientist in charge and coordinator
Member of the COST Action TU1201 Network (2015) http://www.urbanallotments.eu/ Landacape design award Stalled Spaces programme MOBILELAND Glasgow (2014 onwards)
Regional coordinator/consultant of KLABS KA2 - Cooperation for Innovation and the Exchange of Good Practices; ERASMUS+. Fund: €997,606 Kosovo & Balkan Region (2015-2018)
TIMELINE OF ACADEMIC & ARTISTIC/PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES 2020
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TEACHING DESIGN [ARTISTIC PATH]
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RESEARCH
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RESEARCH BY DESIGN =
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interaction increases
GROUP PROCESSES
TRANSACTIONAL KNOWLEDGE
DEN
CLUB
INDIVIDUAL PROCESSES
CONCENTRATED STUDIES
HIVE
CELLS
autonomy increases
Vertical#Studio,#China,#Summer 2010
SENSORIAL EXPLORATORATIONS
IDEAS CREATE MANIFESTOES
VISIONS ADAPTATION OPEN
STRATAGEM LEISURE
GAME
SYSTEMS IMAGINATION FRAME BUILDING
t
ASSEMBLY
ENJOYMENT LUDIC
EVENTS PARTICIPATORY
m
p
PLAY-PLACE
TEST
FABRICATION
DOING MODELLING
INVENT
GAME-PLANS
design courtesy by cristian suau
EXPERIMENTATION MANUFACTURE
CRAFT
DR CRISTIAN SUAU TEACHING & LEARNING MODEL t p
THINK PLAY
RESEARCH Systemic Design CONTEMPORARY Technologies Adaptive Urbanism
TEACHING
RESEARCH TECHNOLOGY ARCHITECTURE DESIGN
TEACHING
RESEARCH BUILDING CULTURE Tectonics REMAKING SOCIAL TECH MATERIAL SENSORY DIGITAL CRAFT
TEACHING
RADICAL REMAKING TECHNOLOGY ARCHITECTURE DESIGN
RESEARCH WATER WASTE GAPS
TEACHING
arch_design
test+pilot
WATER WASTE GAPS
3DFOGTECH FOGHIVE AIRDRIP
WATER
2
RE-ACTIVATE Cristian Suau
PALLET HOUSE NOMADIC ALLOTMENTS TYRESPACE
WASTE
TIMBER – HOUSING TYPES WITH PALLETS
CRISTIAN SUAU, RESEARCH BY DESIGN PROJECTS
FABRICATING ECO-DWELLINGS
BARCELONA tyrespace applied research work – Ayala & Suau 2006
the base model - fabrication
BARCELONA IAAC spring workshop – 2006 (teachers Ayala & Suau)
armadillo - workspace the tissue as collapsible membrane workshop WSA - Suau & Catina, 2008
CARDIFF
armadillo - workspace assembly and components workshop WSA - Suau & Catina, 2008
MOBILELAND DOT TO DOT
GAPS
REMAKING THE CITY
Arquitectonics,International,Review Mind,,Land,and,Society,2009
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Cristian,Suau,/,Marga,Munar WSA
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