Portfolio – MAP

FIRST PRIZE IN PHOTOGRAPHY

Posted by maparchitects in ARCTIC, COMPETITIONS, NEWS on January 13, 2025

Delighted to have been award First Prize for the Earth Science and Climatology category for the Royal Society Publishing Photography Competition 2024. It is with great pleasure that I enter the Royal Photographic Society and I look forward to contributing with my experience as a photographer and learning from my colleagues. The photo depicts a […]

ARTICLE FOR VELUX DAYLIGHT MATTERS

Posted by maparchitects in NEWS, PUBLICATION on October 6, 2023

Delighted to have my article on Light and Architecture, from landscape to building a photographic journey in Morocco, for Velux Daylight Matters, published on printed format.

PETER COOK LECTURE AT LOUISIANA MUSEUM OF MODERN ART

Posted by maparchitects in ACADEMIA, LECTURES, NEWS on March 24, 2022

Delighted for the invitation of the LOUISIANA MUSEUM OF MODERN ART to lecture on Sir Peter Cook’s work and impact in architecture. April 30th at 19:30. Peter Cook’s production spans beyond drawings and speculation. As an architect who builds and educates, his impact is broad and spans geographies, generations of architects and educational institutions. This […]

UIA LECTURE

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 […]

PLANNING FOR UNCERTAINTY

Posted by maparchitects in ACADEMIA, NEWS on October 11, 2021

A conversation between moderator Kristoffer Weiss and architect and associate professor David Garcia about his work with Extreme Environments, which has attracted international attention for his consistent study of the impact of climate change on our everyday lives, and his activistic working methods onsite. Wednesday 16:00 at SPACE 10. https://www.cafx.dk/event/planning-for-uncertainty

DANISH NATIONAL RADIO INTERVIEW

Posted by maparchitects in ACADEMIA, EDUCATION, NEWS on March 1, 2021

Delighted to be invited to talk about Architecture and Extreme Environments master program on Danish National Radio, DR, KULTUREN på P1

RECIPIENT OF THE UIA INTERANTIONAL PRIZE FOR INNOVATION AND EDUCATION

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 […]

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.