Portfolio – MAP

ATACAMA DESERT THERMODYNAMIC SHELTER

Posted by maparchitects in NEWS, PROJECTS, RESEARCH on December 5, 2019

Tested during the Atacama desert fieldwork in 2019, this project aimed to test the efficiency of slow heat release of materials to warm a shelter during night time. Testing soap stone as one of the most efficient thermal accumulators and slow release of heat, the shelter, clad in mylar, tested diffrent heat release result in the hilly […]

EXHIBIT AND KEYNOTE AT THE ARCTIC CIRCLE ASSEMBLY

Posted by maparchitects in ACADEMIA, EDUCATION, LECTURES, NEWS on October 9, 2019

Invited to lecture and exhibit our KADK work and reserach in the polar regions at the international Arctic Circle Assembly, by invitation and collaboration with the Danish Embassy in Reykjavik. I will be presenting our student work exhibit after the introduction by Danish Minister of Exterior, and partaking in a discussion platform on Arctic Architecture. […]

LECTURE AND WORKSHOP IN BANGLADESH

Posted by maparchitects in ACADEMIA, LECTURES, NEWS on April 8, 2019

The Institute of Architects of Bangladesh together with KADK and the School of Architecture in Dhaka, BUET, have invited David Garcia to lecture and curate a workshop dealing with the challenges of refugee camps in the region. We will be visiting some of the 29 Rohingya camps in Bangladesh, housing more than 1.2 million refugees. The […]

LECTURE AT ARIZONA STATE UNIVERISTY

Posted by maparchitects in ACADEMIA, LECTURES, NEWS on March 8, 2019

David Garcia will be lecturing at Arizona State University School of Architecture in Tempe, the 20. of March at 6 pm. The lecture will focus on experimentation in architecture both in the scientific and artistic realm.

LECTURE IN SVALBARD

Posted by maparchitects in ACADEMIA, NEWS on January 17, 2018

David Garcia will be lecturing in Svalbard, Longyearbyen, on Thursday 25th at the Extreme Islands International Seminar on the educational works imparted at KADK and his design initiative in Greenland via MAP Architects.

EU Mies Award Nomination

Posted by maparchitects in COMPETITIONS, NEWS on January 2, 2017

MAP Architects are delighted to announce that the Kalø Slotsruin Visitor Access has been nominated for the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture- Mies van der Rohe Award.

MAP Architects AT THE VENICE BIENNALE 2016

Posted by maparchitects in EXHIBITIONS, NEWS on February 23, 2016

MAP Architects has been invited to exhibit at the 15th International Architecture Biennale in Venice. The Danish contribution to the Architecture Biennale in Venice, Italy in 2016 is a snapshot of a new humanism in Danish architecture. With a wunderkammer of architectural prototypes, the two curators behind the exhibition, Boris Brorman Jensen and Kristoffer Lindhardt […]

ARTIC STATES symposium, University of Virginia

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 […]

On Theory and Method 3: Critical Projections, KTH, Stockholm

Posted by maparchitects in LECTURES, NEWS, PROJECTS on February 2, 2015

David A. Garcia will be a key note speaker at The Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) at the event On Theory and Method 3: Critical Projections. The program will start on Thursday, March 12, 11.00 and will be concluded on Friday, March 13 at 14.00.

Key Note Speaker at Het Nieuwe Instituut

Posted by maparchitects in LECTURES, NEWS, PROJECTS on February 2, 2015

David A. Gacia will be a key note speaker at the Het Nieuwe Instituut on 11th February. His lecture on The Power of Speculation will be presented as part of the Prix de Rome Closing Event: Long Live Fiction!

FIRST MEASURES: Site studies prior to design

Posted by maparchitects in EXHIBITIONS, NEWS, PROJECTS on January 20, 2015

The exhibition exemplifies four small actions relevant to the design philosophy of MAP Architects; to survey, investigate and understand the site, its challenges and potentials, before engaging with design. The exhibition is open Mon. – Fri. 10:00 – 17:00 until 27 February 2015. LETH & GORI Absalonsgade 21B ST TH DK-1658 Copenhagen V DENMARK

A View from Fukushima

Posted by maparchitects in NEWS, PROJECTS on August 25, 2014

David Garcia have contributed to the 1409 issue of an Architectural Review with the article “A view from Fukushima”. For more information, please visit http://www.architectural-review.com/8665043.article?WT.tsrc=email&WT.mc_id=Newsletter200

First intervention along the Djursland coast is built

Posted by maparchitects in NEWS on August 25, 2014

We are happy to announce that the Children’s Mobile Science Lab is now built and ready to be taken into use along the Djursland Coast, Denmark.

MAP 007 Orbit out

Posted by maparchitects in NEWS, PROJECTS on June 27, 2014

We are happy to communicate the new issue of Manual of Architectural Possibilities (MAP 007 Orbit) is out. Over half a century after Sputnik reached orbit, nations have populated and regarded this domain as a remote and detached reality, only to recently realise, that as a territory, it is an extension of the Earth, where […]

MAP Architects exhibits at “Visualising Architecture”, Frilagret, Gothenburg

Posted by maparchitects in NEWS, PROJECTS on May 21, 2014

We are happy to be part of PAPER Magazines exhibition “Visualising Architecture” with our Fukushima device, the 25th of may at Frilagret, Gothenburg. For more information see: http://papermagazineblog.blogspot.dk/2014/03/support-paper-magazine-and-visualising.html http://www.frilagret.se/event/utstallning-paper/

Lecture and workshop at Kungliga Tekniska Högskolan, Stockholm

Posted by maparchitects in LECTURES, NEWS, PROJECTS on April 7, 2014

David Garcia will be lecturing at the KTH in Stockholm, the 9th of April at 10 am at Röda Tältet, KTH Arkitekturskolan. The lecture subtiled “Space, Places and Interventions”, will be continued in a workshop as part of the school’s Vertical Week. The event is open to all students and staff, as well as to the […]

MAP Architects is selected to design architectural interventions in Djursland

Posted by maparchitects in NEWS, PROJECTS on March 16, 2014

MAP Architects is happy to announce that we have been selected to enhance via architectural interventions, the costal area of Djursland, Denmark. We are delighted to be working with Norddjurs and Sydjurs Municipalities, Destination Djursland, the habitants of Femmøller Strand, Egil Fishers Ferieby and Bønnerup Havn. photo by www.visitdenmark.dk

MAP Architects exhibits at ARCHIZINES in Shanghai

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, […]

Lecture @ MOSI ICE LAB

Posted by maparchitects in ARCTIC, LECTURES, NEWS, PROJECTS on October 24, 2013

In a world with growing challenges, both natural and artificial, architects need to find new ways to intervene in our built environments. In this lecture, renowned architect David A Garcia travels from pole to pole, through a series of speculative and pragmatic projects, to discuss a new language and approach to architecture in extreme environments. […]

Glasgow Pecha Kucha Night 19: ICE LAB

Posted by maparchitects in LECTURES, NEWS, PROJECTS on October 22, 2013

2 October, The Lighthouse, Glasgow An evening of exploration, architecture and science from extreme and remote environments. Architects, scientists, photographers, historians and designers will take you on a stunning visual journey from Mount Erebus in the Antarctic to the tiny Scottish island of Scotasay. PechaKucha is a simple idea: 20 images for 20 seconds each. […]