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03-12-2018
Shortlisted project submission INDUS - the future of water remediation for the Water Design Futures, NY USA.
Category: Systems and Infrastructure
Team: Bio-ID Shneel Malik, Brenda Parker, Marcos Cruz with Laura Stoffels, In partnership with Grymsdyke Farm
Collaboration: Timothy Ryan; Julian Rodriguez; Vivek Sanu; Jin Ziying; Ian Robinson; Dali Alnaeb; Yara Gadah; Erfan Pour Ahmad; Jingyuan Meng; Jasmina Salam; Tairan Li; Erh-Chia Hsu; Yandongxue Chen; Shankar Saanthakumar
Support: Bartlett School of Architecture and UCL Biochemical Engineering
Photo credit: Shneel Malik
30-10-2018
Guest Lecture at American University of Sharjah, UAE.
Host: Juan Roldan
19-10-2018
CRIT of Bio-ID at the Bartlett School of Architecture, London UK.
Students: Timothy Ryan; Julian Rodriguez; Vivek Sanu; Jin Ziying; Ian Robinson; Dali Alnaeb; Yara Gadah; Marie Pontais; Erfan Pour Ahmad; Jingyuan Meng; Jasmina Salam; Tairan Li; Erh-Chia Hsu; Yandongxue Chen; Shankar Saanthakumar
Critics: Brenda Parker; Anete Salmane; Javier Ruiz; Lena Asai; Marcos Cruz
Venue: Here East
Critics: Brenda Parker; Anete Salmane; Javier Ruiz; Lena Asai; Marcos Cruz
Venue: Here East
Photo credit: Marcos Cruz
10.10.2018
Guest talk at Biomaterial Platform / Fashion Department, Royal College of Art, London UK.
Host: Thomas Meany
06.10.2018
Book chapter 'Paramateriality - Novel Biodigital Manifolds' published in Architectural Materialisms - Nonhuman creativity (ed. Maria Voyatzaki), Edinburgh University Press, 2018.
Contributors: Lars Spuybroek, Julienna Preston, Jen Archer-Martin, Fernando Zalamea, Mark Burry, Pia Ednie-Brown, Luciana Parisi, Manuel de Landa, Vera Buhlman, J Parikka, Kas Oosterhuis, Marcos Cruz
03-10-2018
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: Marc Bou Assaf; Umit Ceren Bayazitoglu; Elliott Santos; Abhishek Soman; Yasmina El Helou
Synthetic Biology: Nuria Conde Pueyo
Students: Marc Bou Assaf; Umit Ceren Bayazitoglu; Elliott Santos; Abhishek Soman; Yasmina El Helou
29-09-2017
Bio-ID, Bartlett UCL, London UK.
Kick-start of 2018/19
Tutors: Prof Marcos Cruz; Dr Brenda Parker, Javier Ruiz, Nina Jotanovic,
Tutors: Prof Marcos Cruz; Dr Brenda Parker, Javier Ruiz, Nina Jotanovic,
Students : Timothy Ryan; Julian Rodriguez; Vivek Sanu; Jin Ziying; Ian Robinson; Dali Alnaeb; Yara Gadah; Marie Pontais; Erfan Pour Ahmad; Jingyuan Meng; Jasmina Salam; Tairan Li; Erh-Chia Hsu; Yandongxue Chen; Shankar Saanthakumar
Photo credit: Shneel Malik
21.09.2018
Speaker of Round table discussion at Designjunctions - London Design Festival, London UK.
Speakers: Marin Sawa, Natsai Chieza, Marcos Cruz
Moderator: Carole Collet
21.09.2018
Chair of talks at BioDesign/Here and Now - London Design Festival, Open Cell, London UK.
Speakers: Barry Wark, Carolina Ramirez Figueroa, Shneel Malik, Ehab Sayed, Jackie Marshall
25-09-2018
B.PRO Final Exhibition, London UK.
Tutors: Marcos Cruz; Richard Beckett; Javier Ruiz
Students: Chen Shen; Yufei Lin; Lingwei Shi; Qi Cheng; Dan Liu; Yixin Liu; Xiaoqi Wang; Wenxuan Li; Junpeng Lyu; Xiaoqi Yu; Tian Du; Kexin Zhang; Yanghui Yan
18-09-2018
Bio-ID: Exhibition opening at BioDesign - Here and Now, as part of the London Design Festival, London UK.
Venue: The Laundry Yard, Shepherds Bush Market, W12 8DW
Organisers: Open Cell
http://biodesignherenow.webflow.io/exhibitors
Curators of Bio-ID show: Marcos Cruz and Nina Jotanovic
Design of structure: Javier Ruiz
Participants at Bio-ID show: Nina Jotanovic, Shneel Malik, Malika Schmidt, Brenda Parker, Javier Ruiz, Richard Beckett, Paolo Bombelli
Organisers: Open Cell
http://biodesignherenow.webflow.io/exhibitors
Curators of Bio-ID show: Marcos Cruz and Nina Jotanovic
Design of structure: Javier Ruiz
Participants at Bio-ID show: Nina Jotanovic, Shneel Malik, Malika Schmidt, Brenda Parker, Javier Ruiz, Richard Beckett, Paolo Bombelli
Photo credit: Marcos Cruz
July 2018
Book chapter 'Bio-Integrated Design' published in Meeting Nature Halfway (ed. Marjan Colletti), Innsbruck University Press, 2018.
Contributors: Robert Stuart Smith, Yael Reisner, Kristina Schinegger, Theodore Spyropoulos, Stefan Rutzinger, Bart Lootsma, Peter Cook, Marcos Cruz, et al.
22-06-2018
Opening of Unit 20 exhibition at Bartlett Summer Show 2018, London UK.
Guest opener: Eva Jiricna
Opening of Unit 20 exhibition at Bartlett Summer Show 2018, London UK.
Guest opener: Eva Jiricna
Venue: 22 Gordon Street, London WC1H 0QB
Unit 20 tutors: Marcos Cruz; Marjan Colletti; Javier Ruiz
Installation design: Javier Ruiz
Unit 20 installation with work of: Shi Qi Kiki Tu; Yi Liong; Fadhil Fadhil; Yinghua Chen; Daryl Brown; Cristina Manta; Yulia Amaral; Egmontas Geras; Sophie Tait; Toby Petyt; Brian Cheung; Levent Ozruh; Naomi de Bar; Tran Hon Lien; Daniel Krajnik; Hsin Tsai; William Ashworth
Installation design: Javier Ruiz
Unit 20 installation with work of: Shi Qi Kiki Tu; Yi Liong; Fadhil Fadhil; Yinghua Chen; Daryl Brown; Cristina Manta; Yulia Amaral; Egmontas Geras; Sophie Tait; Toby Petyt; Brian Cheung; Levent Ozruh; Naomi de Bar; Tran Hon Lien; Daniel Krajnik; Hsin Tsai; William Ashworth
20.06.2018
Speaker of round table discussion 'Digital Matter' - Institute of Advanced Architecture of Catalonia, Barcelona Spain.
Speakers: Maria Aiolova (Terreform ONE); Laia Mogas (TUFTS/MIT); Giovanni Perotto (Smart Material Group/IIT); Irene Gallou (Smart Modelling Group / Foster and Partners); Marcos Cruz (Bartlett UCL)Moderator: Areti Markopoulou (IaaC)
29-05-2018
Validation of Masters of Architecture and Urbanism - AADRL, Architectural Association, London UK.
Organisation: Open University
Validation panel: Rachael Luck (Chair, OU); Prof Marcos Cruz (Bartlett); Dr Harriet Harriss (RCA); Prof Flora Samuels (Reading University/RIBA); Dr Anthony Lloyd (Westminster University)Organisation: Open University
25/26-04-2018
Jury Chair of the international architecture competition Hsinta Ecological Power Plant (conceptual stage 2 - final selection), Taipei Taiwan.
Organiser: Barry Cheng / Taiwan Power
Organiser: Barry Cheng / Taiwan Power
Venue: Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial, Taipei
Jury: Chinghwa Chang (Bio-Architecture Formosana); Charles Waldheim (Harvard University); Sungkyun Kim (Seoul National University); Monica Kuo (Digital Earth Research Centre/Chinese Culture University Taiwan); Chung Twn Kuo (LEB); Marcos Cruz (Bartlett)
Jury: Chinghwa Chang (Bio-Architecture Formosana); Charles Waldheim (Harvard University); Sungkyun Kim (Seoul National University); Monica Kuo (Digital Earth Research Centre/Chinese Culture University Taiwan); Chung Twn Kuo (LEB); Marcos Cruz (Bartlett)
Competition Entry by Morphosis Architects, Los Angeles (1st prize)
1st prize - Morphosis (Thom Mayne), Los Angeles USA
2nd prize - Leers Weinzapfel (Andrea Leers & Jane Weinzapfel), Boston USA
3rd prize - Marine Environment and engineering Institute / National Sun Yat-sen University, Taiwan
Honorable Mention - Rassano Garcia Arquitetos (Pedro Rassano Garcia), Lisbon Portugal
Honorable Mention - Sung Goo Yang, Korea/USA
30-03-2018
Marcos Cruz and BiotA Lab mentioned in article "Concrete is Becoming Smarter, More Sustainable and Beautiful" (by Elizabeth Pagliacolo), in Azure magazine, Toronto Canada. 
19-02-2018
Newly launched MArch / MSc in Bio-Integrated Design (Bio-ID), Bartlett UCL.
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/architecture/programmes/postgraduate/bio-integrated-design-bioid-march-msc
These two new design-led Master's degrees respond to the impact of biotechnology, computation and climate change on the built environment. Bio-Integrated Design takes these fields of study as the foundation for developing novel and sophisticated design solutions to shape the future of our cities.
Taught jointly by The Bartlett School of Architecture and UCL’s Biochemical Engineering Department, Bio-integrated Design combines design experimentation with scientific methods, seeking new modes of simulation and production, and exploring how advances in the fields of synthetic biology, material science and digital fabrication is changing future design practices.
Two distinct Bio-Integrated Design programmes are available: an MArch degree and an MSc degree. Applicants will be able to apply depending on their background and whether they seek to specialise in more exclusively design or more science-driven outputs.
Bio-Integrated Design is part of B-Pro, a group of five programmes at The Bartlett with a unique shared philosophy.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Work with an interdisciplinary team of designers and scientists to establish new forms of design
• Develop an advanced knowledge of technologies and working methods, which may include digital simulations, synthetic biology and biotechnology and digital fabrication
• Design innovative bio-integrated systems with a variety of applications
KEY STAFF
Programme Directors
• Professor Marcos Cruz (MArch and MSc BioID)
• Dr Brenda Parker (MSc BioID)
STARTING DATE
• September 2018
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
• Please check the Bartlett website for more information
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/architecture/programmes/postgraduate/bio-integrated-design-bioid-march-msc
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/architecture/programmes/postgraduate/bio-integrated-design-bioid-march-msc
These two new design-led Master's degrees respond to the impact of biotechnology, computation and climate change on the built environment. Bio-Integrated Design takes these fields of study as the foundation for developing novel and sophisticated design solutions to shape the future of our cities.
Taught jointly by The Bartlett School of Architecture and UCL’s Biochemical Engineering Department, Bio-integrated Design combines design experimentation with scientific methods, seeking new modes of simulation and production, and exploring how advances in the fields of synthetic biology, material science and digital fabrication is changing future design practices.
Two distinct Bio-Integrated Design programmes are available: an MArch degree and an MSc degree. Applicants will be able to apply depending on their background and whether they seek to specialise in more exclusively design or more science-driven outputs.
Bio-Integrated Design is part of B-Pro, a group of five programmes at The Bartlett with a unique shared philosophy.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Work with an interdisciplinary team of designers and scientists to establish new forms of design
• Develop an advanced knowledge of technologies and working methods, which may include digital simulations, synthetic biology and biotechnology and digital fabrication
• Design innovative bio-integrated systems with a variety of applications
KEY STAFF
Programme Directors
• Professor Marcos Cruz (MArch and MSc BioID)
• Dr Brenda Parker (MSc BioID)
STARTING DATE
• September 2018
ENTRY REQUIREMENTS
• Please check the Bartlett website for more information
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/architecture/programmes/postgraduate/bio-integrated-design-bioid-march-msc
13-02-2018
BiotA Lab / rC7 Crits, Bartlett School of Architecture, London UK.
Critics: Maj Plemenitas, Gilles Retsin, Richard Beckett; Javier Ruiz; Anete Salmane, Carolina Ramirez-Figueroa, Marcos Cruz
Critics: Maj Plemenitas, Gilles Retsin, Richard Beckett; Javier Ruiz; Anete Salmane, Carolina Ramirez-Figueroa, Marcos Cruz
25/26-01-2018
Jury Chair of the international architecture competition Hsinta Ecological Power Plant (conceptual stage 1), Kaohsiung Taiwan.
Organiser: Barry Cheng / Taiwan Power
Organiser: Barry Cheng / Taiwan Power
Venue: Grand Hi-Lai Hotel Kaohsiung
Jury: Chinghwa Chang (Bio-Architecture Formosana); Charles Waldheim (Harvard University); Sungkyun Kim (Seoul National University); Monica Kuo (Digital Earth Research Centre/Chinese Culture University Taiwan); Chung Twn Kuo (LEB); Marcos Cruz (Bartlett)
Jury: Chinghwa Chang (Bio-Architecture Formosana); Charles Waldheim (Harvard University); Sungkyun Kim (Seoul National University); Monica Kuo (Digital Earth Research Centre/Chinese Culture University Taiwan); Chung Twn Kuo (LEB); Marcos Cruz (Bartlett)
