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21-12-2017

C-Biom.A end-of-term Crits, Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia / IaaC, Barcelona Spain.
Venue: IaaC Barcelona
Critics: Areti Markopoulou; Maria Kuptsova; Kunaljit Singh Chadha; Valentina Toscano; Marcos Cruz

8-12-2017

Interview by Elizabeth Pagliacolo for the Azure magazine, Toronto Canada.

7-12-2017

BiotA Lab exhibits at Biofabricate 2017, New York USA.
Venue: New Lab

Chief Organiser: Suzanne Lee

Exhibition curator: Amy Congdon

Exhibits: BiotA Lab / Shneel Malik - Viscous Biomaterials for Application in Architecture; BiotA Lab / Hoda Eskandar Nia, Eleni Dourampei, Yuan JHuang, Ziwei Zhao with Dr Paolo Bombelli and Dr Brenda Parker - Architecture Biophotovoltaics

BiotA Lab / Shneel Malik

Viscous Biomaterials for Application in Architecture

BiotA Lab / Hoda Eskandar Nia, Eleni Dourampei, Yuan JHuang, Ziwei Zhao

with Dr Paolo Bombelli and Dr Brenda Parker

Architecture Biophotovoltaics

Photo credit: Core77

5-12-2017

Workshop/seminar session with Bartlett students held at the Shukhov Lab, Moscow Russia.
Venue: Shukhov Lab

Organiser: Elena Mitro

Photo credit: Shukhov Lab

December 2017

Published interview "La imperfeccion como oportunidad" (by Martin Cobas), in Entrevistas 3, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo Uruguay, pp.70-91

Editor: Sandra Moresino

Other interviews: Giancarlo Mazzanti, Pekka Korvenmaa, Felipe Correa, Francesca Zampollo, Jose Rosas Vera, Benoit Peeters, Marcelo Ferraz

27-11-2017

Interview by Carlos Aguirre Diez for the Radio Circulo - Circulo de Bellas Artes, Madrid Spain.

Venue: The Bartlett School of Architecture

23/24-11-2017

Jury member of the selection panel for the Professorship 'Bildnerische Gestaltung und Entwerfen' Leopold-Franzens University, Innsbruck Austria.
Chair: Prof Marjan Colletti
Members: Prof Barts Lootsma (Dean); Prof Kristina Schinegger; Prof Gabriela Seifert-Kavan; Clements Plank; Rames Najjar; Maria Sadner; Verena Rauch; Simone Rautschek; Prof Marcos Cruz

15-11-2017

Interview by Jordi Vivaldi and Chiara Cesareo for the journal IaaC Bits / Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, Barcelona Spain.

Venue: IaaC Barcelona

26-10-2017

Interview by George Bull for the Bartlett Review, London UK.

Venue: The Bartlett School of Architecture

19-10-2017

Keynote lecture at the Stone Design Show, Antalya Turkey.
Host: Osman Arayici

10-10-2017

Lecture 'Bio-integrated Design', as part of the Future Making / Future Materials talks, Royal College of Art, London UK.
Venue: Royal College of Art
Speakers: Chris Lefteri and Marcos Cruz
Moderator: Evan Raskob
Organisation: MA Design Products and the School of Design

05-10-2017

BiotA Lab / rC7 MArch Architectural Design, Bartlett UCL, London UK.

Start of Biotechnology and Architecture Lab 2017/18 - Extreme Environments
Tutors of rC7: Prof Marcos Cruz, Richard Beckett, Javier Ruiz
Thesis tutor: Shneel Malik
Students: Qi Cheng; Tian Du; Wenxuan Li; Yufei Lin; Dian Liu; Yixin Liu; Junpeng Lyu; Chen Shen; Lingwei Shi; Xiaoqi Wang; Yanghui Yan; Xiaoqing Yu; Kexin Zhang

04-10-2017

C-BIOM.A - computation, bio-materials and architecture

Kick start of Marcos Cruz studio MAA 02, at Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia / IaaC, Barcelona Spain.

Tutor: Marcos Cruz

Synthetic Biology: Nuria Conde Pueyo

Students: Catalina Puello; Johana Monroy; Shalini Brahma; Zina Alkhani; Antoniette Elchidiac; Evelina Ilina; Fabio Rivera

29-09-2017

Unit 20 MArch Architecture, Bartlett UCL, London UK.

Kick-start of 2017/18
Tutors: Prof Marcos Cruz; Prof Marjan Colletti; Javier Ruiz

Students: Shi Qi Tu; Yi Liong; Fadhil Fadhil; Yinghua Chen; Daryl Brown; Cristina Manta; Yulia Amaral; Christina Grytten; Daniel Krajnik; Egmontas Geras; Hong Lien Tran; Hsin Fang Tasi; Naomi de Barr; Sophie Tait; William Ashworth; Yan Cheung; Levent Ozruh; Tobias Petyt; Jevgenij Rodionov; Howell

Photo credit: Alexander Semenov (Cyanea Nude)

NATURE 2.0
 CONSTRUCTING THE AVANT-GARDE
In a time of radical change, we architects are asked to develop a new attitude in which design adjusts to a new world order, determined by environmental transformations, socio-political confrontations and technological advances. We need to rethink our practice in search of a new disciplinary Avant-garde that is in tune with the challenges of the 21st century.
This year's field trip across the vast Russian landscape, from Saint Petersburg to Moscow, will act as departure point for our investigations. Historically, we will take the Constructivist legacy as a key inspiration for how to break away from outmoded or simply obsolete traditions. We will delve into its visionary approach, investigating the proclaimed social agendas, and explore the conceptual and formal influence that this pivotal movement had on so many leading contemporary architects. Most notably, Deconstructivism finds some of its roots in early 20th century Soviet Constructivism...
As one of the few real Avant-garde moments of our history, Constructivism was obsessed with abstract and dynamic compositional values that were embedded within a mechanistic culture. Today, however, we live in a post-digital era where cultural and technological parameters have fundamentally shifted. Instead of 'machine' we have machine-learning, AI (artificial intelligence) and robotisation. In parallel, 'nature' has taken on a new role on the frontline of design, research and innovation.
Unit 20 has looked for many years into nature as source of inspiration and subject of design. We have explored it with the use of physical model making and advanced digital tools, searching for new environmentally-driven designs that are typologically and tectonically novel.
This year we are asking students to define the emergence of their own architectural Avant- garde. We will embrace design paradigms that look at nature 2.0 as an open toolbox of and for innovation and area of action. We will explore nature’s extraordinary geometric and material complexity; find environmentally-sensitive solutions in the extreme climate of Russia; work with its unpredictable and adaptable intelligence; and make use of its immense beauty. Programmatically we will focus on projects that will tackle various critical contemporary issues: from artificial to natural, from mobility to housing, from industry to landscape, from high-tech to low-tech, from State to Church... The projects will be sited in Saint Petersburg - Russia’s cultural hub and imperial city (for 4th years), and Moscow - Russia’s sprawling capital of mighty power (for 5th years).

29-09-2017

Filmed Interview: Marcos Cruz on future architecture for the Venice Biennale, Bartlett UCL, London UK.

Interview by Tom Kovac

26-09-2017

BiotA Lab at B.PRO Final Exhibition, London UK.

GOLD AWARD for Bioreceptive Hydrogel Photovoltaics (tutors: Prof Marcos Cruz and Dr Chris Leung with support of Dr Brenda Parker, Dr Paolo Bombelli, Prof Mario Carpo and Oliver Wilton)

HONOURABLE MENTION for Bioreceptive Acoust Wall (tutors: Prof Marcos Cruz and Javier Ruiz with support of Ruby Law, Paul Bavister, Gary Grant and Shneel Malik)

Installation design: Javier Ruiz, Marcos Cruz; Richard Beckett

Students: Hoda Eskandar Nia; Wei Ziwei Zhao; Mirella Eleni Dourampei; Yuan Huang; Hao Ding; Jeng-Ying Li; Idil Seren Yucel Inal; Sara Eljamal; Marisa Dewi; Yi Li; Sung Min Rhee; Ciao Xiao; Mia Leyi Qi; Jian Zhou; Lingyu Gou; Xinyu Wu; Gang Mao; Xu Si; Bowen Zhang; Shengtao Luo; Mu-Ching Tsai

BIOTA LAB EXHIBITION SPACE

BIORECEPTIVE HYDROGEL PHOTOVOLTAIC COMPONENTS

Hoda Eskandar Nia; Wei Ziwei Zhao; Mirella Eleni Dourampei; Yuan Huang

BIORECEPTIVE ACOUSTIC PANEL WITH MOSS GROWTH

Yi Li; Sung Min Rhee; Ciao Xiao; Mia Leyi Qi

Photo credit: Chris Leung

14-09-2017

Lecture at International Symposium 'Polycephalum City', Tallinn Architecture Biennale 'BioTallinn', Estonia.
Venue: Balti Jaam Pavilion
Speakers (Day 1): Lucy Bullivant (moderator); Bart Lootsma; Marco Poletto; Marcos Cruz; Mitchel Joachim
Speakers (Day 2): Emmanouil Zaroukas (moderator); Rachel Armstrong; Areti Markopoulou; Heather Barnett; Renee Puusepp; Matias del Campo

Photo credit: Claudia Pasquero

13-09 to 27-10-2017

BiotA Lab exhibits at Tallinn Architecture Biennale 'BioTallinn', Estonia.
Venue: Museum of Estonian Architecture

Curator: Claudia Pasquero

Participants: BiotA Lab, London; Experimental Architecture Lab, Newcastle; Ecologic Studio, London; IaaC, Barcelona; Urban Morphogenesis Lab, London; Linkscale; Heather Barnett
Pavilion: Gilles Retsin

VISCOUS BIOMATERIALS FOR APPLICATION IN ARCHITECTURE

Algae-laden hydrogel scaffolds: Shneel Malik - Supervision Prof Marcos Cruz and Dr Brenda Parker

Bioreceptive Biophotovoltaics: Hoda Eskadar Nia; Eleni Dourampei; Yuan Huang; Ziwei Zhao - Supervision Prof Marcos Cruz and Dr Chris Leung with support from Dr Brenda Parker (UCL) and Dr Paolo Bombelli (Cambridge)

Photo credit: Shneel Malik

29-06-2017

C-Biom.A group exhibits at 'Living (in) Future Cities exhibition - End of Year Exhibition', Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia / IaaC, Barcelona Spain.
Venue: MUHBA Oliva Artes, Poblenou
Organisation: Mathilde Marengo; Maria Kuptsova
Supervision: Marcos Cruz
Students: Jessica Dias; Thorahafdis Arnardottir; Noor Elgewely; Yasamin Khalilbeigikhameneh; Inthat Useasakaree; Nikolaos Argyros; Christopher Wong

Hyper-articulated Mycomorph

Jessica Dias

Inlucent Resin and Cellulose Manifolds

Noor Elgewely

Photo credit: Jessica Dias; Noor Elgewely

23-06-2017
Opening of Unit 20 exhibition at Bartlett Summer Show 2017, London UK.
Guest opener: Ross Lovegrove

Venue: 22 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0QB

Unit 20 tutors: Marcos Cruz; Marjan Colletti; Javier Ruiz
Installation design: Javier Ruiz; Marcos Cruz; Marjan Colletti
Unit 20 installation with work of: Matthew Pratt; Patrick Mawson; Helen Siu; Tom Bush; Mon Thi Han Han; Man Chung Wong; Ching Yiu Wong; Shi Qi Kiki Tu; Yi Liong; Fadhil Fadhil; Yinghua Chen; Daryl Brown; Cristina Manta; Yulia Amaral

Photo credit: Marcos Cruz

16-06-2017

Final Crits of C-Biom.A / Marcos Cruz Studio at the Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia / IaaC, Barcelona Spain.

Students: Jessica Dias; Thorahafdis Arnardottir; Noor Elgewely; Yasamin Khalilbeigikhameneh; Inthat Useasakaree; Nikolaos Argyros; Christopher Wong
Assistant Tutor: Nina Jotanovic

Technical Support: Khunaljit Chahda
Synthetic Biology: Nuria Conde Pueyo
Critics: Manuel Gausa, Martyn Dade-Robertson, Areti Markopoulou, Maria Kuptsova; Mathilde Marengo; Maite Bravo; Carmelo Zappula

Photo credit: Marcos Cruz

14/15-06-2017
External Examination, Royal academy of Fine Arts / KADK, Copenhagen, Denmark.

06-06-2017
Presentation at VISION 2017 Future of the Built Environment, London UK.

Venue: Olympia London

Theatre: Materials Innovation & Technological Insights

01-06-2017

Presentation at the Responsive Matter conference: De L'impression 3D 'a la matiere 4D, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris France.

Organisation Committee: Dominique Peysson, Samuel Bianchini, Emanuele Quinz

Speakers: Eduardo Kac (artist); Roger Malina (Chair of Physics, University of Texas); Jerome Bibette (Director of Biochemistry, ESPCI); Stefane Perraud (artist); Teresa can Dongen (designer); Benoit Roman (Director of Research, CNRS); Corentin Coulais (University of Amsterdam); Jean-Marc Chomaz (physician, Ecole Polytechnique Paris); Aurerie Mosse (designer); Dominque Person (artist); Emile de Visscher (designer); Ianis Lalemand (artist); Lia Giraud (artist); Jeanne Vicerial (designer); Selma Lepart (artist); Marcos Cruz (Bartlett).

28-03-2017

C-Biom.A Crits, IAAC, Barcelona Spain.
Critics: Alex Dubor; Maite Bravo; Mathilde Marengo; Maria Kuptsova; Marcos Cruz

23-03-2017

Guest Lecture 'Biointegrated Design' at Leicester School of Architecture, UK.
Venue: de Montfort University
Host: Ben Cowd and Mary Johnson

17-03-2017

BiotA Lab / rC7 Crits, Bartlett School of Architecture, London UK.
Critics: Richard Beckett; Javier Ruiz; Chris Leung; Marcos Cruz

06/08-03-2017

BiotA Lab exhibits at ECOBUILD 2017, London UK.
Organisers: ARCC/UKCIP
Venue: Excell Centre / BRE area
Sponsored: EPSRC

EPSRC funded research on bioreceptive materials (front left); Bioreceptive MPC casts (Z.Wang; Y.Jiang; X.Lin; Q.Zeng - middle back); Robotically printed hydrogel prints (J.Hagopian; S.Mohite; X.Zhou; H.Qian - back right)

Photo credit: Marcos Cruz

02-03-2017

Seminar Talk for the 1st year History and Theory at the Bartlett School of Architecture, London UK.

Host: Mario Carpo

01-02-2017

BiotA Lab exhibits at Super Material exhibition, The Building Centre, London, UK.

Organisor: The Built Environment Trust
Venue: The Building Centre, Store Street, London, WC1E 7BT

Participants: 4D printed programmable materials - Self-Assembly Lab/MIT; Prototype glass brick section, MVRDV's Crystal Houses - Poesia Glass Bricks, Delo Industrial Adhesives, TU Delft, Rosso Dotto; Transparent Wood - KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm; Bioreceptive Concrete - BiotA Lab, The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL; Silk Pavilion - Mediated Matter Group, Media Lab, MIT; Digital Grotesque Grotto - Michael Hansmeyer with the ETH Zurich and Voxeljet AG; Urban Algae Folly / Plaited Microbial Cellulose / Microbial Cellulose Structure Prototype - ecoLogicStudio, London; Shrilk Bioplastic - Wyss Institute, Harvard University; Black Graphene Radiation Protecting Paint - GraphenStone with The Grapheme Company; Torsional Stone Floor Slab - Webb Yates Engineers and Interrobang with the Stonemasonry Company and Artisteel Ltd.; Aluminium Foam - Cymat Technologies; Facade made of pollution - Made of Air, Elegant Embellishment, Berlin; Electricity-generating floorboards - University of Wisconsin-Madison; 3D Printed Steel Nodes - Arup with WithinLab, CRDM/3D Systems and EOS; Silk Violin - Luca Alessandrini with Imperial College London, Royal College of Art, Oxford Silk Group, ANLAI and Taroni srl.; Interactive Printed Graphene drum poster - Cambridge Graphene Centre, University of Cambridge with Novalia; Biologically transformed Venice Brick Fragment - Rachel Armstrong, University of Newcastle; Airflow Bioplastic - Urban Morphogenesis Lab, The Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL; Radiant Heat Basalt Fibre Concrete - Techniker, London and Cornish Concrete Products, Truro; Agar Plasticity (Bowls and Tiles) - AMAM, Tokyo; Nanocellulose Samples - Aalto University, Helsinki; Bamboo-reinforced Concrete - ETH Zurich; Stabilized Soil from Peru using Aggrebind - Aggrebind, Connecticut; Aerogel Particles - Structura; Aerogel Insulation Wall Panel - Kalwall and Structura; Fire-retardant Plywood - Specialised Panel Products; Crustic Bioplastic Casings - Jeongwon Ji, London; Coconut Husk Board - Goodhout, Delft; Bullet-proof Film - Rosso Dotto, C-Bond; Photovoltaic Transparent Glass - Polysolar; Stone Wool Insulation - Rockwool

Bioreceptive concrete facade component - EPSRC funded (panels on left) Marcos Cruz, Richard Beckett, Sandra Manso, Chris Leung, Bill Watts (components on right) Taehyun Lee, Wen Cheng, Soo Hyung Kim, Dan Lin)

Photo credit: Marcos Cruz

13-01-2017

BiotA Lab prototypes installed at Camley Street Natural Park, London, UK.

Venue: Camley Street Natural Park, Camden, 12 Camley Street, London N1C 4PW

Organiser: Karolina Leszczynska-Gogol

Installation: Marcos Cruz and Richard Beckett with Hao Ding, Yi Li, Jerry Jian Zhou, Leo Bowen Zhang, Steve Shengtao Luo, Wei Ziwei Zhao, Kyle Ciao Xiao