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in LECTURES,
NEWS,
POLLUTION,
PROJECTS,
RESEARCH on April 24, 2012
The studio will be launching its fifth issue of MAP on Chernobyl, this week. We are delighted to be lecturing during the launch at the Chernobyl Museum and visiting the exclusion zone where we will be performing a series of tests on the radiation blocking properties of different materials during our visit. Many thanks to […]
Posted by maparchitects
in ACADEMIA,
LECTURES,
NEWS on March 24, 2022
Join us for the Great Green Wall Initiative Webinar on Saturday 26 March 2022 from 14.00 to 16.45 Paris time. The event will review contemporary African cultural transformation in extreme environments such as that of the Sahara-Sahel region. It will be part of a series of webinars that will explore opportunities and approaches to design […]
Posted by maparchitects
in ACADEMIA,
EDUCATION,
NEWS on February 15, 2021
The Master Program, Architecture and Extreme Environments, at the The Royal Danish Academy, School of Architecture, Copenhagen (Denmark), directed by Associate Professor David A. Garcia, has received the international prize for the most innovative architecture educational program. “In close collaboration with local communities who are situated in extreme environments globally, this programme impressively engages with […]
Posted by maparchitects
in LECTURES,
NEWS on February 2, 2015
The ARCTIC STATES symposium organised by Arctic Design Group (ADC) brings together an international group of leading arctic designers and interdisciplinary thinkers to share design and research work to catalyze critical discussions as a series of provocations on the future of the rapidly transforming north. David A. Garcia will be lecturing at the symposium on […]
Posted by maparchitects
in EXHIBITIONS,
MAP publication,
NEWS,
PROJECTS on January 8, 2014
Archizines celebrates the resurgence of alternative and independent architectural publishing around the world. The touring exhibition, curated by Elias Redstone and initiated in collaboration with the Architectural Association, now features 100 architecture magazines, fanzines and journals from over twenty countries that provide an alternative to the established architectural press. Edited by architects, artists and students, […]
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in EDUCATION,
NEWS,
PROJECTS on October 4, 2013
On our way to Ishinomaki and Fukushima with lund students, on a “Tsunami Legacy” expedition. Follow our journey on MAP Architects. From tsunami wave balloon markers, to radioactive soundscapes, wave breaker tests, to salinity research. 15 students and teachers will research the tsunami stricken landscape in the next 2 weeks.
Posted by maparchitects in on July 25, 2013
Buildings and base stations have grown exponentially in the last 20 years in the Antarctic. For 2010, about 80000 tourists are expected to visit the South Pole, and an average of 5000 researchers are based in the main land during the summer period. This proposal aims to design a living station for 100 visitors with […]
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in NEWS on April 22, 2013
Finally out: A competition to design a future Denmark. Twelve contributors have been invited to write inspiring texts for the program; MAP is delighted to be one of them “IMPLAUSIBLE PRESENTS AND PROBABLE FUTURES; Four suggestions for time travellers” From Black Swan Theory to NASA memory weavers. Here, the link to the competition, in Danish and English. […]
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in ARCTIC,
MAP publication,
NEWS on March 27, 2013
We are delighted to announce that MAP 006 GREENLAND is finalised and shipping. This issue of MAP is a VENICE BIENNALE special. In September 2011, selected teams won a competition hosted by the Danish Architecture Centre, to exhibit at the Danish Pavilion for the 13th Venice Biennale of Architecture. The theme and aim for the […]
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in NEWS on March 15, 2013
Delighted to have been one of the three recipients of the Frits Schlegel Architecture Prize. Below, the jury’s arguments (in Danish): Bestyrelsen motivation – Arkitekt Frits Schlegel og Hustru Fritze Schlegel F. Graaes Legat, 2013 Årets legatmodtagere spænder tilsammen over hele det faglige spekter fra design og bygningsværk til strategisk planlægning og research – ja, sågar helt ud […]
Posted by maparchitects in on March 13, 2013
As an ongoing research at MAP, we are testing the properties of biaxially-oriented polyethylene terephthalate, or commonly known as mylar, as a light weight insulation material in the Arctic. To test the different binding methods (glue, sub zero tape) and the resilience of the material under high winds and below zero temperatures the studio devised a […]
Posted by maparchitects
in ARCTIC,
EDUCATION,
NEWS,
RESEARCH on February 13, 2013
Finally back from the seven day expedition and research in Svalbard, where we received lectures by the municipality on Longyearbyen’s past and present , by LPO architects to understand the challenges of building on frozen (and now slowly melting) tundra, by UNIS, the university centre in Svalbard on the researchers community in the archipelago, and […]
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in LECTURES,
NEWS on February 2, 2013
David Garcia will be lecturing at the Royal Danish School of Architecture. With the title ENVIRONMENTS AND FUTURE LANDSCAPES A collaborative design between scientists and architects, the lecture will focus on the practice of MAP Architects and their on going research and design on some of the worlds most pressing landscapes.
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in NEWS,
PUBLICATION on February 2, 2013
KTH School of Architecture and the Strong Research Environment “Architecture in the Making” present the third issue of Nordic Journal of Architecture, guest edited by Tim Anstey and Catharina Gabrielsson. David A. Garcia participates in this issue with an article on education, and the specific methodology used in his studio on Extreme Environments at the Lund School […]
Posted by maparchitects
in ARCTIC,
EDUCATION,
NEWS,
RESEARCH on January 20, 2013
In late November 2012, The Bartlett School of Architecture Unit 3 embarked on an expedition to Iceland. Warmed by the Gulf Stream, endless geysers and caught between two major tectonic plates, this land of endless volcanic activity is also home to Europe’s largest glacier. Twelve students designed, built and tested a series of shelter/surveying devices to […]
Posted by maparchitects
in LECTURES,
MAP publication,
NEWS on January 4, 2013
Thursday, 24th of January (6:30-8:30pm) University of Westminster – 35 Marylebone Road – NW1 5LS (nearest underground: Baker Street LIMITATION is a condition inherent to independent and self-produced publications. How zines creatively deal with this condition allows them to shape their unique characters. In this panel discussion, PAPER (Platform for Architectural Projects, Essays & Research) […]
Posted by maparchitects
in ARCTIC,
EXHIBITIONS,
NEWS,
PROJECTS,
RESEARCH on August 19, 2012
The Studio is off to Venice, for the preview opening on the 27th of August, of the 13th Architectural Biennale. We are pleased to be one of the architecture practices representing the Danish Pavilion. After a year’s work, collaborating with Henning Larsen Architects and Greenlandic, KITAA architects, and an endless list of Greenlander who welcomed […]
Posted by maparchitects
in ARCTIC,
NEWS,
RESEARCH on February 13, 2012
As an ongoing research at the studio, and in the ocasion of our Greenland visit for the Venice Biennale, we are testing the properties of biaxially-oriented polyethylene terephthalate, or commonly known as mylar, as a light weight insulation material in the Arctic. To test the different binding methods (glue, sub zero tape) and the resilience of […]
Posted by maparchitects
in EXHIBITIONS,
INSTALLATIONS,
NEWS,
POLLUTION,
RESEARCH on October 25, 2011
We will be exhibiting our Quarantinable Farm and Domestic Isolation Unit projects at the CCA’s exhibition “IMPERFECT HEALTH” which includes OMA, SANAA, Morphosis, MVRDV. If you are in Montreal, make sure to drop by. Health is a focus of contemporary political debate in a moment of historically high anxiety, but are architects, urban designers and landscape […]
Posted by maparchitects
in FLOOD,
MAP publication,
NEWS,
PUBLICATION,
RESEARCH on September 2, 2011
MAP 004 FLOODS will be available to distribute world wide from the 12th of September. The official launch will be on the 10th of September in the Maldives. The firm PMO, have invited David Garcia to an underwater launch of this MAP issue, to underline the challenges that the archipelago faces in the immediate future. […]
