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Spanish architect
Anna Puigjaner
Born1980
Barcelona, Spain
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.

Biography

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

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

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, an itinerary that began in Senegal, and moved through Singapur, Tailandia, Mexico, Canada, Japan, China, Sweden and Peru. That same year, her Kitchenless City proposal was finalist of the Rolex Mentor and Protégé Arts Initiative.

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

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.

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. ^ "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. ^ 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.
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