Anna Puigjaner

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Anna Puigjaner
Born1980
NationalitySpanish
Alma materEscuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Barcelona
Occupation(s)architect, researcher, editor
Awards2016 Wheelwright Prize

Anna Puigjaner Barberà (Barcelona, 1980) is a Spanish architect, researcher and editor. She received the Wheelwright Prize in 2016.[1]

Biography

Puigjaner studied her bachelor, master and doctorade degrees at Escuela Técnica Superior de Arquitectura de Barcelona (ETSAB).[2] Firstly, she graduated in 2004. In 2008, she obtained the Master in Advanced Studies with a research named Waldorf-Royal.[3] In 2014, she completed her PhD with a thesis project focused on the Waldorf Astoria's kitchenless apartments during its first six decades.[4]

In 2005 she cofounded architecture office MAIO alongside María Charneco, Alfredo Lérida and Guillermo López.[5]

Between 2011 and 2016, Piugjaner was an editor of the Catalan magazine Quaderns d’Arquitectura i Urbanisme.

In 2016, she received the Wheelwright Prize with the proposal Kitchenless City: Architectural Systems for Social Welfare,[2] an itinerary that began in Senegal, and moved through Singapur, Tailandia, Mexico, Canada, Japan, China, Sweden and Peru.[5] That same year, her Kitchenless City proposal was finalist of the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative.[6]

In 2023, Piugjaner was appointed as Professor of Architecture and Care at the Department of Architecture at ETH Zurich.[7]

She is currently associate professor of Professional Practice at GSAPP – Columbia University, and has also taught at the Royal College of Art in London and at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia in Barcelona.[8]

References

  1. ^ Rodríguez, Ana (2016-05-20). "Anna Puigjaner, ganadora del Wheelwright Prize 2016" [Anna Puigjaner, winner of the 2016 Wheelwright Prize]. ArchDaily en Español (in Spanish). Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  2. ^ a b "Barcelona-based architect Anna Puigjaner winner of the 2016 Wheelwright Prize". Harvard Graduate School of Design. 2016-05-19. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  3. ^ "Anna Puigjaner, arquitecta catalana alumni UPC, a favor dels menjadors comunitaris" [Anna Puigjaner, Catalan architect, UPC alumni, in favor of community canteens]. UPC Alumni (in Catalan). Retrieved 2024-07-06.
  4. ^ Puigjaner Barberà, Anna (2014-09-15). Ciudad sin cocina : el Waldorf Astoria, apartamentos con servicios domésticos colectivos en Nueva York, 1871-1929 (Doctoral thesis thesis). Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya.
  5. ^ a b Medina, Samuel. "This Spanish Architect Wants to Revolutionize the Home—by Getting Rid of Kitchens". Metropolis. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  6. ^ Gintoff, Vladimir (2016-05-23). "David Chipperfield Selects Swiss Architect Simon Kretz as his Protégé". ArchDaily. Retrieved 2024-07-06.
  7. ^ "Anna Puigjaner". ETH Wohnforum. Retrieved 2024-07-05.
  8. ^ "Anna Puigjaner, "Kitchen Stories"". Harvard Graduate School of Design. Retrieved 2024-07-06.