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Presentation and discussion at BioSalon, Central Saint Martins, London UK.
Location: Futuro House, Central Saint Martins
Host: Carole Collet (Director Design & Living Systems Lab); Karen Gaskill (Head of Innovation, Crafts Council)
Support: Crafts Council and Central Saint Martins
Participants: Jane Scott; Amy Congdon; Robert Kesseler; Guillian Graves; Claudia Pasquero; Tom Eliis; Natsai Chieza; Kieren Jones; Andy Gracie; Marlene Huissoud; Karen Gaskill; Carole Collet; Marcos Cruz
1-12-2015
Unit 20 crits at the Bartlett School of Architecture, London UK.
Critics: Susanne Hofmann, Richard Beckett, Seda Zirek, Malca Mizrahi, Marcos Cruz
27-11-2015
Jury member of Tile of Spain Awards in Architecture and Interior Design, The Spanish Ceramic Tile Manufacturers’ Association ASCER, Castellon Spain.
Host: ASCER
Jury: Victor Lopez Cotelo (Chair), Laura Andreini; Isabel López Vilalta; Édgar González; Ramón Monfort; Marcos Cruz
Host: ASCER
Jury: Victor Lopez Cotelo (Chair), Laura Andreini; Isabel López Vilalta; Édgar González; Ramón Monfort; Marcos Cruz
25-11-2015
marcosandmarjan's Alga(e)zebo commended at the Architectural Review_Emerging Architects Award, London UK.
http://www.architectural-review.com/buildings/algaezebo-by-mam/10000189.article?blocktitle=AR_EA-Commended&contentID=15071
Host: AR_EA
Location: Barbican London
http://www.architectural-review.com/buildings/algaezebo-by-mam/10000189.article?blocktitle=AR_EA-Commended&contentID=15071
Host: AR_EA
Location: Barbican London
Alga(e)zebo
Design team: marcosandmarjan
Manufacturer: Formstaal / CSI, Stralsund Germany
Engineering: Bollinger, Grohmann und Schneider, Vienna Austria
Photobioreactor: Richard Beckett / DMC London with UCL Algae (special thanks to Dr Saul Purton, Marco Lizzul, Lamya A Haj, Laura Stoffels, Joanna Szaub; Joanne Field at the Culture Collection of Algae and Protozoa, Scottish Marine Institute)
Photo credit: Virgilio Ferreira
Architects Journal's review:
The three-dimensional concrete maze, known as 10 Cal Tower, was designed by the up-and-coming Bangkok-based studio to bring together children and adults.
Located on the Bangsaen Beach, 100km south of Bangkok, the red concrete staircase tower reimagines the traditional playground and creates a meeting place.
The practice was handed the £10,000 prize at an event at the Barbican Centre in London last night (24 November).
Japan-based Hiroshi Nakamura and NAP picked up two ‘highly commended’ awards for its forest chapel and bird’s nest treehouse.
Marcosandmarjan architects (MAM) was the only UK-based practice to win an award. It received a commendation for its Cor-ten installation on Euston Square Gardens entitled Alga(e)zebo.
The awards were judged by architects David Adjaye, Peter Cook and Odile Decq.
25-11-2015
Marcos Cruz and Marjan Colletti present at the Architectural Review_Emerging Architects Think Tank, London UK.
Host: AR_EA
Location: Grimshaw Architects London
Moderator: Christine Murray (editor)
Host: AR_EA
Location: Grimshaw Architects London
Moderator: Christine Murray (editor)
19-11-2015
Lecture 'Bio-receptive Design' at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts / KADK, Copenhagen Denmark.
18/19-11-2015
End-of-term Crits at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts / KADK, Copenhagen Denmark.
Host: David Garcia
Host: David Garcia
16-11-2015
Marcos Cruz and Richard Beckett on BiotA Lab - interview by Rose Eveleth for The Atlantic magazine, New York USA.
12-11-2015
Marcos Cruz and Richard Beckett on BiotA Lab - interview by Meg Miller for Fast Company magazine, New York USA.
30-10-2015
Lecture 'Bio-receptive Design' at the National Taiwan University, Taipei Taiwan.
Host: Shih-Yao Lai
Host: Shih-Yao Lai
29/30-10-2015
Jury member for the Taiwan Taoyuan Airport Terminal 3 International Design Competition (Stage 2), TTIA / Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, Taiwan.
Competition Coordinator: Barry Cheng
Jury members: Chu-Joe Hsia / Chair (National Taiwan University); Michael Speaks (University of Syracuse, USA); Gene Kwang-Yu King (King Shih Architects, Taiwan); David Steward (IATA, UK); Shannon Hsien-Heng Lee (National Taiwan University); Lin Pang-Soong (Taiwan Design Centre); Jerry Dann (Taoyuan International Airport Corporation); Yung Sung Wen (Taoyuan International Airport Corporation); Erik Kriel (Landrum & Brown, Australia); Fong Kok Wai (Changi Airport Group, Singapore); Marcos Cruz (University College London, UK)
Rendering of Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners proposal
First prize:
Representative Tenderer : CECI Engineering Consultants, Inc., Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Joint Tenderer : Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (United Kingdom)
Ove Arup and Partners Hong Kong Limited (United Kingdom)
Fei and Cheng Associates (R.O.C.)
Second prize:
Representative Tenderer : Bio-Architecture Formosana (R.O.C.)
Joint Tenderer : Van Berkel en Bos U.N. Studio B.V. (Netherlands)
April Yang Design Studio Limited (U.S.A.)
Taiwan Engineering Consultant Group (ROC)
Third prize:
Representative Tenderer : Foster + Partners Limited (United Kingdom)
Representative Tenderer : Foster + Partners Limited (United Kingdom)
Joint Tenderer : Ricky Liu and Associate Architects + Planners (ROC)
MAA Group Consulting Engineers (ROC)
22-10-2015
Marcos Cruz and Richard Beckett presentation and exhibition of BiotA LAB at BIOFABRICATE conference, New York City.
Venue: Microsoft Centre, TimeSquare, NYC
Organisers: Suzanne Lee
Organisation team: Suzanne Lee; Amy Congdon; Annelie Koller; Emma van der Leest
Speakers: Rob Carlson / Bioeconomy Capital; Jasmina Aganovic / Mother Dirt; Tal Danino / MIT; Miranda Wang / BioCellection; Thomas Landrain / pili Bio; Christina Agapakis / Ginkgo Bioworks; Rodrigo Martinex / IDEO; Dan Grushkin / The Wilson Centre; Ellen Jorgensen / Genespace; Eleonore Pauwells / The Wilson Centre; Karen Ingram / Artist-Animator; David S.Kong / Lincoln Lab-MIT; Marcos Cruz & Richard Beckett / BiotA Lab; Eric Klarenbeek / Studio Klarenbeek; Christophe Guberan / Studio Guberan; Danny Cabrera / Biobots; Oded Shoseyow / CollPlant; Matthew Markus / Pembient; Camille Delebecque / Afineur; Isha Datar / New Harvest; Oron Catts / SymbioticA; Andras Forgacs / Modern Meadow
12-10-2015
BiotA Lab / rC7- rC5 MArch Architectural Design, Bartlett UCL, London UK.
Kick start of Biotechnology and Architeture Lab 2015/16
Tutors of rC7: Marcos Cruz, Richard Beckett, Chris Leung, Javier Ruiz
Tutors of rC5: Guan Lee and Vicente Soler
Students: Zhili Wang; Nan Huang; Yi Lui; Yue Li; Chih Hsu; Jiaui Liu; Julie Hagopian; Xinhe Lin; Kwon Kooyoung; Mohit Jotwani; Huang Qian; Jiang Yuxin; Hong Chong; Yeguang Ma; Shiyi Sun; Sanika Mohite; Yucong Xiao; Tang Zheng; Xinyi Zhou; Zeng Qungyue
09-10-2015
C-BIOM.A - computation, bio-materials and architecture
Kick start of Marcos Cruz studio MAA 02, at Institute of Advance Architecture of Catalonia / IaaC, Barcelona Spain.
Tutor: Marcos CruzSynthetic Biology: Nuria Conde Pueyo
Students: Kunaljit Chandha; Nina Jatonavic; Wilton Machado Neves; Yessica Gabriela Mendez Sierra; Mehmet Yilmaz; Zunabath Abdul Majid
05-10-2015
Unit 20 MArch Architecture, Bartlett UCL, London UK.
Kick start of 2015/16
Tutors: Marcos Cruz and Marjan Colletti
Students: Andreas Koerner; Giota Kotsovinou; Jia Jian Saw; Patrick Mawson; Tom Wong; Selina Yau; Vivian Wong; Mon Thi Han; Daniel Coley; Goerge Bolwell; Chris Falla; James Mills; Matthew Pratt; Firas Saad; Vicent Yeong
To travel has been one of the quintessential activities of human kind. From ancient times people have embarked on journeys to trade goods and knowledge, discover new worlds, and conquer new land, all of which has shaped the political map of the planet as we live in now. One of the most important and influential international routes was the silk route that linked the Far East with Europe for centuries, and which has allowed for an extraordinary exchange of cultures and commodities.
Today, technology has allowed for unprecedented fluxes of people to commute locally and travel globally. From sophisticated communication systems, to the planning of supra-urban infrastructures, the explosion of the tourist industry and trade relationships, our history is more than ever a reflection of the capabilities (or restrictions) of people’s mobility. This year, Unit 20 will explore Persia, a culture that has been in the heart of the silk route and historically one of the major cultural hubs. But albeit being a place defined by great mobility, it was locked and isolated in recent times due to an international embargo that was only just recently lifted.
The unit will look at the future potentials and challenges of this extraordinary country with its new-invigorated dynamism. Students will study the exuberance of Persian architecture with its ornamentation and elegance and create visions for its future. Unit 20 will be on route to Isfahan, a city of unmatched beauty and historic ambiance that has been considered for centuries as Half of the World. Students will focus on the implications of people’s mobility, travel and communication and delineate future trajectories of this fascinating place.
28-09-2015
BiotA Lab at B.PRO Final Exhibition, London UK.
BiotA tutors: Marcos Cruz; Richard Beckett; Javier Ruiz
Installation design: Marcos Cruz and Richard Beckett
Students: Cheng-Hsiang Lew; You Han Hu; Shneel Malik; Jiang; Dan Lin; Sunbin Lee; Zhixiong Yang; Soo Hyung Kim; Chae Ah Ahn; Chen Wen; Sul Ah Lee; Taehyun Lee; Chang Lui; Yuxi Lu; Xia Chen Wei
16-09-2015
Marcos Cruz interviewed and featured in BBC EARTH - 'Incredible Buildings Inspired by Nature' by Michelle Douglass, UK.
25/28-08-2015
Jury member for the Taiwan Taoyuan Airport Terminal 3 International Design Competition (Stage 1), TTIA / Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport, Taiwan.
Competition Coordinator: Barry Cheng
Jury members: Chu-Joe Hsia / Chair (National Taiwan University); Michael Speaks (University of Syracuse, USA); Gene Kwang-Yu King (King Shih Architects, Taiwan); David Steward (IATA, UK); Shannon Hsien-Heng Lee (National Taiwan University); Lin Pang-Soong (Taiwan Design Centre); Jerry Dann (Taoyuan International Airport Corporation); Yung Sung Wen (Taoyuan International Airport Corporation); Erik Kriel (Landrum & Brown, Australia); Fong Kok Wai (Changi Airport Group, Singapore); Marcos Cruz (University College London, UK)
Shortlisted Tenderer:
Representative Tenderer : CECI Engineering Consultants, Inc., Taiwan (R.O.C.)
Joint Tenderer : ．Rogers Stirk Harbour + Partners (United Kingdom)
．Ove Arup and Partners Hong Kong Limited (United Kingdom)
．Fei and Cheng Associates (R.O.C.)
Representative Tenderer : Bio-Architecture Formosana (R.O.C.)
Joint Tenderer :．Van Berkel en Bos U.N. Studio B.V. (Netherlands)
．April Yang Design Studio Limited (U.S.A.)
Representative Tenderer : Foster + Partners Limited (United Kingdom)
July 2015
BiotA Lab wins funding from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to develop the research project 'Computational Seeding of Bio-Receptive Materials'.
Call: Design the Future
Call: Design the Future
Research team: Dr Marcos Cruz (PI - Bartlett/BiotA), Richard Beckett (Bartlett/BiotA), Dr Sandra Manso (UPC), Dr Chris Leong (Bartlett/Interactive Lab), Bill Watts (Bartlett/Max Fordham LLP)
Industrial Partner: Laing O'Rourke
Strategic Advisory Board: Andrew Minson (British Precast); Elinor Huggett (Max Fordham LLP); Richard Sabin (Biotecture); Prof Marc-Olivier Coppens (Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering, UCL); Prof Nima Shokri (Multiphase Flow and Porous Media Research Group, University of Manchester); Prof Mark Miodownik (Institute of Making, UCL); Johanna Gibbons (landscape architecture); Stephen Ridell (CIT Development); Prof Antonio Aguado (UPC Barcelona); Prof Alan Penn (Dean Bartlett, UCL); Peter Scully (B-Made Bartlett, UCL); Prof Peter Bishop (Bartlett, UCL / Allies and Morrison); Dr Paolo Bombelli (Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge); Dr Marco Lizzul (Algae@UCL).
Industrial Partner: Laing O'Rourke
Strategic Advisory Board: Andrew Minson (British Precast); Elinor Huggett (Max Fordham LLP); Richard Sabin (Biotecture); Prof Marc-Olivier Coppens (Centre for Nature Inspired Engineering, UCL); Prof Nima Shokri (Multiphase Flow and Porous Media Research Group, University of Manchester); Prof Mark Miodownik (Institute of Making, UCL); Johanna Gibbons (landscape architecture); Stephen Ridell (CIT Development); Prof Antonio Aguado (UPC Barcelona); Prof Alan Penn (Dean Bartlett, UCL); Peter Scully (B-Made Bartlett, UCL); Prof Peter Bishop (Bartlett, UCL / Allies and Morrison); Dr Paolo Bombelli (Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge); Dr Marco Lizzul (Algae@UCL).
9-07-2015
BiotA Lab / MArch GAD rc7 Final Crits at the Bartlett School of Architecture, London UK.
Critics: Martyn Dade-Robertson; Marin Sawa; Natsai Chiesa Audrey, Stephen Gage, Yael Reisner; Chris Leong; Richard Beckett, Javier Ruiz, Marcos Cruz
Critics: Martyn Dade-Robertson; Marin Sawa; Natsai Chiesa Audrey, Stephen Gage, Yael Reisner; Chris Leong; Richard Beckett, Javier Ruiz, Marcos Cruz
26-06-2015
Bartlett School of Architecture Summer Exhibition opening, London UK.
Guest opener: Carmen Pinos
Unit 20 installation with work of: Selina Yau, Jonathan Wilson, Vincent Yeung, Giota Kotsovinou, Andreas Koerner, Vivian Wong, Jianze Hao, Shiqi An, Maria Esteban Casanas, James Mills, JJ Saw, Firas Saad, Wiktor Kidziak, Daniel Coley
Photo credit: Marjan Colletti
19-06-2015
Final Crits and exhibition of Marcos Cruz Studio in the MAA 02 at the Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia / IaaC, Barcelona Spain.
Students: Tobias Grumstrup, Irina Shaklova, Natalie Alima, Alessio Verdolino, Chung Kai Hsieh, Mohamad Yassin
Critics: Manuel Gausa, Stephen Gage, Areti Markopoulou, Silvia Brandi, Ricardo Devesa, Maite Bravo
Final exhibition
Alessio Verdolino
Tobias Grumstrup
Natalie Alima
Photo Credit: Filippo Poli
10/11-06-2015
External examiners for the MArch Architecture / Unit 20 at the Bartlett School of Architecture, London UK.
Students: Jonathan Wilson, Jianze Hao, Shiqi An, Maria Esteban Casanas, Wiktor Kidziak
Examiners: Marta Malé-Alemany; Perry Kulper; Richard Rose-Casemore; Peter Wilson; Wolfgang Taschapeller; Geoff Manaugh; Barbara Campbell-Lange; Charles Rice
10/11-06-2015
External examiners for the MArch Architecture / Unit 20 at the Bartlett School of Architecture, London UK.
Students: Jonathan Wilson, Jianze Hao, Shiqi An, Maria Esteban Casanas, Wiktor Kidziak
Examiners: Marta Malé-Alemany; Perry Kulper; Richard Rose-Casemore; Peter Wilson; Wolfgang Taschapeller; Geoff Manaugh; Barbara Campbell-Lange; Charles Rice
4-06-2015
Presentation and table discussion at symposium Techno-Liberation / Can Technology Contribute to Social Equality?, University College London, London UK.
Organisers: Klara Aylin Wenten; Emilia Lischke
Speakers: David Wood / London Futurists; Judy Wacjman / LSE; Marcos Cruz / Bartlett
Moderator: Jack Stilgoe / UCL
8-05-2015
UNIT 20 final Crits, Bartlett School of Architecture, London UK.
Critics: Theo Spyropoulous (Minimaforms/AADRL), Moyez Alwani (Aga Khan), Andrei Martin (PLP Architects), Michael Pelken (Laing O'Rourke), Lena Vasileva (P+Studio), Isaie Bloch (Erogatory), Andy Bow (Foster and Partners); Dirk Krolokowski (Rogers Stirk Harbour), Bob Sheil (Bartlett UCL), Marjan Colletti, Marcos Cruz
Presentation and table discussion at symposium Techno-Liberation / Can Technology Contribute to Social Equality?, University College London, London UK.
Organisers: Klara Aylin Wenten; Emilia Lischke
Speakers: David Wood / London Futurists; Judy Wacjman / LSE; Marcos Cruz / Bartlett
Moderator: Jack Stilgoe / UCL
8-05-2015
UNIT 20 final Crits, Bartlett School of Architecture, London UK.
Critics: Theo Spyropoulous (Minimaforms/AADRL), Moyez Alwani (Aga Khan), Andrei Martin (PLP Architects), Michael Pelken (Laing O'Rourke), Lena Vasileva (P+Studio), Isaie Bloch (Erogatory), Andy Bow (Foster and Partners); Dirk Krolokowski (Rogers Stirk Harbour), Bob Sheil (Bartlett UCL), Marjan Colletti, Marcos Cruz
Theo Spyropoulous, Moyez Alwani, Marcos Cruz, Isaie Bloch, Roberto Bottazzi
Photo credit: Marjan CollettiBiotA Lab launch at the Bartlett School of Architecture, London UK.
Bartlett Labs: BiotA Lab (Marcos Cruz and Richard Beckett); Wonderlab (Alisa Andrasek); Interactive Architecture Lab (Ruairi Glynn); Urban Morphogenesis Lab (Claudia Pasquero); City and Urban Infrastructures Lab (Adrian Lahoud)
Guests: Francesco Anselmo / Arup; Pedro Pablo Arroyo / Universidad Europea de Madrid; Jo Bacon / Allies and Morrison; Pete Brugon / Max Fordham LLP; Jane Butler / UCL; Alice Chilver / UCL; David Cobb / UCL; Carole Collet / Design and living Systems Lab; Marc-Olivier Coppens / UCL; Amy Croft / Sto Werkstatt; Wendy de Silva / P + HS Architects; Xavier deKestelier / Foster and Partners; Colin Dowds / Lafarge Tarmac; Tom Mole / UCL; Richard Beckett / UCL; Bob Sheil / UCL; Iain Duncan / MouseTrap Innovation Ltd; Jose Luis Esteban Penelas / Universidad Europea de Madrid; James Flynn / Make; Anne Frobeen / Samsung; Irene Gallo / Foster and Partners; David Green / Pringle Brandon Perkins + Will; Adam Grice / Make; Josef Hardgrave / Arup; Carlos Huggins / UCL; Chris Leong / UCL; Marco Lizzul / Algal Biotechnology UCL; Kimberley Steed German / UCL; Bill Watts / Max Fordham LLP-UCL; Sandra Manso Blanco / Universidad Politecnica de Catalunya; Nick McCormick / National Physical Laboratory; Chris Moore / Max Fordham LLP; Bruno Moser / Foster and Partners; Bill Nimmo / National Physical Laboratory; Irini Papadimitriou / V&A; Brenda Parker / UCL; Michael Pelken / Laing O’Rourke; Henry Pelly / Max Fordham LLP; Alan Penn / UCL; Marin Sawa / Imperial College; Ella Sivyer / UCL; Susana Soares / Southbank University of Architecture; Elizabeth Tweedale /Blueshift; Rich Walker / Shadow Robot; Ed Watson / Camden Borough Council; Jamie Davies / University of Edinburgh
Richard Beckett and Marcos Cruz
Alisa Andrasek
Ruairi Glynn
Claudia Pasquero
Adrian Lahoud
Photo Credit: Richard Stonehouse
05-05-2015
Cross-Cribs of MAA 02 at the Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia / IaaC, Barcelona Spain.
Studios: Marcos Cruz / C-Biom.A; Vicente Guallart; Jordi Pages / Luis Viu
Critics: Manuel Gausa, Areti Markopoulou, Silvia Brandi, Matie Bravo, Vicente Guallart, Jordi Pages, Luis Viu, Ricardo Devesa, Maria Kuptsova, Mercedes Montilla Garcia
22-04-2015
Filmed interview: Marcos Cruz in conversation with Bill Watts about his Sahara Project, Bartlett School of Architecture, London UK.
Production team: Per Liebeck / Director, CFC Norge-Copenhagen Film Company
27-03-2015
BiotA Lab / rc7 GAD interim juries at the Bartlett School of Architecture, London UK.
Critics: Frederic Migayrou, Andrew Porter, Natsai Chiesa Audrey, Stephen Gage, Richard Beckett, Javier Ruiz, Marcos Cruz
16-03-2015
Crits at School of Architecture Oxford Brooks University, UK.
Critics: Barry Wark, Maria Knutsson-Hall, Marcos Cruz
11/12-03-2015
Final Diploma Reviews at the Leopold Franzens Universitaet, Innsbruck Austria.
Faculty of Architecture
Critics: Volker Giencke, Oliver Domeisen, Marjan Colletti, Peter Trummer, Gaby Seifert, Bart Lootsma, Marcos Cruz, Kathrin Aste, Michael Wihart, Eric Sidoroff, among others.
25-02-2015
Seminar Talk for the MA Architectural History at the Bartlett School of Architecture, London UK.
Host: Mario Carpo
24-02-2015
IaaC-Bartlett (BiotA Lab/rC7) conjoint interim reviews at the Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia / IaaC, Barcelona Spain.
Critics: Manuel Gausa, Areti Markopoulou, Josep Mias, Silvia Brandi, Ricardo Devesa, Maite Bravo, Richard Beckett, Marcos Cruz
Photo Credit: Marcos Cruz
Photo Credit: Marcos Cruz
20/21-01-2015
Final Diploma Reviews at the University of Applied Arts / Die Angewandte, Vienna Austria.
Studio Hadid - Studio Rashid - Studio Lynn
Critics: Zaha Hadid, Hani Rashid, Greg Lynn, Sanford Kwinter, Patrick Schumacher, Klaus Bollinger, Brian Cody, Marcos Cruz
12/13-01-2015
C-BIOM.A - computation, bio-materials and architecture
Marcos Cruz supervises Thesis cluster for MAA 02, at Institute of Advance Architecture of Catalonia / IaaC, Barcelona Spain.
