Marcelo Spina Explained

Marcelo Spina
Birth Date:23 July 1970
Birth Place:Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
Occupation:Architect, Educator
Spouse:Georgina Huljich
Children:2

Marcelo Spina (born July 23, 1970) is an Argentine-American architect (AIA) and educator.[1] He is a partner in PATTERNS, which is a Los Angeles-based architecture firm. He founded PATTERNS in 2002. Since 2001, he has been a Design and Applied Studies Faculty at the Southern California Institute of Architecture, SCI-Arc.[2]

Education

In 1994, he graduated with a B.Arch. from the National University of Rosario in Argentina. In 1997, he received a Master in Advanced Architectural Design from the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation of Columbia University in New York.[2]

Career

Spina's previous employers include Gerardo Caballero Architects, RUR Architects and Keller Easterling in New York.[3] In 1998, he opened his own office Banchini + Spina Arquitectos in Rosario, Argentina.[4] [5] From 2005 to 2009, he served as the coordinator of the Applied Studies Program at SCI-Arc[6] and from 2011 to 2019, as the Architectural Technologies Postgraduate Program.[7] He became a member of the board of trustees in 2016.[8]

He has served on national juries and advisory boards such as the Architectural League of New York, Progressive Architecture Awards and the Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize.[9] [10] He has been a Visiting Professor at the Universities of Pennsylvania, Harvard, Vienna, Innsbruck, Di Tella, and Syracuse among others.[9] [11] [12] [13] Spina was the Louis I. Kahn Visiting Assistant Professor of Architectural Design at Yale University School of Architecture in 2013.[13]

Spina co-authored PATTERNS Embedded (ACDCU, 2010),[14] Material Beyond Materials (SCI-Arc Press 2012) [15] and Mute Icons and other Dichotomies of the Real in Architecture (Princeton 2016).[16] [17] He is co-curator of Matters of Sensation at Artists Space with Georgina Huljich.[18]

Projects

Awards and recognition

Among other places, his designs have most notably been exhibited at the Venice Biennale in Italy,[42] MOCA, [43] The Chicago Biennial, [44] The MAK Museum,[45] The Art Institute of Chicago,[28] and the San Francisco MOMA.[46]

Books

Other website

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Good Design Awards. Good-designawards.com. 2020-07-10. 2020-07-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20200710231328/https://www.good-designawards.com/marcelo-spina.html. dead.
  2. Web site: Marcelo Spina - SCI-Arc. Sciarc.edu. 2019-09-16. 2020-07-13. https://web.archive.org/web/20200713001546/https://www.sciarc.edu/people/faculty/marcelo-spina/. live.
  3. Web site: Graduate Architecture - Weitzman School. Upenn.edu. 2019-11-06. 2020-07-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20200711004834/https://www.design.upenn.edu/architecture/graduate/events/marcelo-spina-p-t-t-e-r-n-s. live.
  4. Web site: Guillermo Banchini - Syracuse Architecture. Soa.syr.edu. 2019-11-06. 2019-10-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20191018015932/http://soa.syr.edu/live/profiles/337-guillermo-banchini. live.
  5. Web site: Pratt Institute. Pratt.edu. 2020-07-10. 2020-07-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20200711010417/https://www.pratt.edu/faculty_and_staff/bio/?id=cXVYSDVNUmJWeFhMN0ZnU1dCNkFjUT09. live.
  6. Web site: Difference and Repetition - ReVista. Harvard.edu. 2020-07-10. 2020-07-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20200710230703/https://revista.drclas.harvard.edu/book/difference-and-repetition. live.
  7. Web site: Marcelo Spina - Winter Lecture Series 2017 - IAAC. Iaac.net. 16 January 2017. 2017-01-16. 2017-09-29. https://web.archive.org/web/20170929015456/https://iaac.net/marcelo-spina-winter-lecture-series-2017/. live.
  8. Web site: Board of Trustees - SCI-Arc. sciarc.edu. 2020-07-10. 2020-09-30. https://web.archive.org/web/20200930001926/https://www.sciarc.edu/institution/people/board. live.
  9. Web site: Marcelo Spina - Syracuse Architecture. Syr.edu. 2019-09-16. 2019-10-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20191018020442/http://soa.syr.edu/live/profiles/183-marcelo-spina. live.
  10. Web site: The 61st Annual Progressive Architecture Awards - Architect Magazine. Architectmagazine.com. 2014-02-24. 2015-03-19. https://web.archive.org/web/20150319024021/http://www.architectmagazine.com/awards/p-a-awards/the-61st-annual-progressive-architecture-awards_o. live.
  11. Web site: SCI-Arc Offers Emerging Systems, Technologies & Media Post Professional Program - ArchDaily. Archdaily.com. 18 March 2015. 2015-03-18. 2015-03-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20150321215041/http://www.archdaily.com/611103/sci-arc-offers-emerging-systems-technologies-and-media-post-professional-program/. live.
  12. Web site: Marcelo Spina, PATTERNS on Vimeo. Vimeo.com. 17 November 2010. 2010-11-17. 2011-09-02. https://web.archive.org/web/20110902151326/http://vimeo.com/16932434. live.
  13. Web site: Against the Grain - Yale Architecture. Yale.edu. 2019-09-16. 2020-08-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20200812100102/https://www.architecture.yale.edu/publications/17-against-the-grain. live.
  14. Web site: PATTERNS Book Launch: "EMBEDDED" - ArchDaily. Archdaily.com. 6 February 2012. 2012-02-06. 2012-02-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20120208235916/http://www.archdaily.com/205327/patterns-book-launch-embedded/. live.
  15. Web site: Material beyond materials : composite tectonics / edited by Marcelo Spina & Marcelyn Gow - Smithsonian Institution. Si.edu.
  16. Web site: Graham Foundation - Grantees - Georgina Huljich & Marcelo Spina. Grahamfoundation.org. 2019-09-16. 2019-09-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20190925174937/http://www.grahamfoundation.org/grantees/5326-mute-icons-a-pressing-dichotomy-in-contemporary-architecture. live.
  17. Web site: Mute Icons - Actar Publishers. Actar.com. 2019-04-01. 2019-11-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20191121201512/http://actar.com/product/mute-icons/. live.
  18. Web site: Matters of Sensation. Artistsspace.org. 2020-07-10. 2020-07-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20200710230652/https://artistsspace.org/exhibitions/matters-of-sensation. live.
  19. Web site: 6 Architects & Designers among list of the 2012 USA Fellows. Bustler.net. 2012-12-03. 2020-07-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20200711232634/https://bustler.net/news/2724/6-architects-designers-among-list-of-the-2012-usa-fellows. live.
  20. Web site: FyF Residence / P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S - ArchDaily. Archdaily.com. 23 November 2010. 2010-11-23. 2010-11-27. https://web.archive.org/web/20101127011013/http://www.archdaily.com/90830/fyf-residence-p-a-t-t-e-r-n-s/. live.
  21. Web site: Zhixin Hybrid Office Building / P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S - ArchDaily. Archdaily.com. 31 October 2010. 2010-10-31. 2010-11-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20101103022950/http://www.archdaily.com/85194/zhixin-hybrid-office-building-p-a-t-t-e-r-n-s/. live.
  22. Web site: Zhixin Hybrid Office Building - Jidipi. Jidipi.com. 2020-04-07.
  23. Web site: SCI-Arc Graduation Pavilion Competition Library Exhibition - ArchDaily. Archdaily.com. 15 October 2012. 2012-10-15. 2012-10-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20121017070832/http://www.archdaily.com/282745/sci-arc-graduation-pavilion-competition-library-exhibition/. live.
  24. Web site: L.A. architecture school is poised to spread its wings - Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times. 26 December 2012. 2012-12-26. 2020-08-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20200815045922/https://www.latimes.com/local/la-xpm-2012-dec-26-la-me-architect-college-20121226-story.html. live.
  25. Web site: P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S Textile Room Pavilion for MOCA - Supported Programs. Haudenschildgarage.com. 2020-07-10. 2020-07-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20200711230309/https://www.haudenschildgarage.com/supported-programs/p-a-t-t-e-r-n-s-textile-room-pavilion-for-moca. live.
  26. Web site: REVIEW: JOAN DIDIONíS - THE WHITE ALBUM,NOW IN LIVING COLOR. Ucla.edu. 2018-11-29. 2020-07-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20200712004600/https://www.arts.ucla.edu/single/review-joan-didions-the-white-album-now-in-living-color/. live.
  27. Web site: Land.Tiles ñ Materials Applications. Materialsandapplications.org. 2003-04-18. 2020-07-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20200714010559/https://www.materialsandapplications.org/events/2003/4/18/landtiles. live.
  28. Web site: PATTERNS Architect Marcelo Spina Lectures. Uky.edu. 2010-03-09. 2020-07-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20200710230704/https://uknow.uky.edu/campus-news/patterns-architect-marcelo-spina-lectures. live.
  29. Web site: In Progress: Jujuy Redux / P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S; Maxi Spina - ArchDaily. Archdaily.com. 22 October 2010. 2010-10-22. 2010-10-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20101025001918/http://www.archdaily.com/82976/in-progress-jujuy-redux-p-a-t-t-e-r-n-s-maxi-spina/. live.
  30. Web site: Argentina: Jujuy Redux, edificio de departamentos en Rosario - PATTERNS. Noticiasarquitectura.info. 2014-03-16. 2014-05-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20140517142023/http://www.noticiasarquitectura.info/argentina-jujuy-redux-edificio-de-departamentos-en-rosario-patterns-msa/. live.
  31. Web site: Wideprint - Arquitectura - Interiorismo - DiseÒo - Arte » Revista y Plataforma de Arquitectura, Interiorismo, DiseÒo y Arte » Patterns Architects. Wideonline.com.ar. 2020-03-27. 2023-08-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20230807221645/https://wideonline.com.ar/profesionales/contemporaneos/patterns-architects/. live.
  32. Web site: Awards Archive - Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture. Acsa-arch.org. 2019-07-02. 2019-11-07. https://web.archive.org/web/20191107175912/https://www.acsa-arch.org/awards-archive/. live.
  33. Web site: United States Artists - Marcelo Spina and Georgina Huljich. Unitedstatesartists.org. 2019-07-02. 2020-09-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20200925205326/https://www.unitedstatesartists.org/fellow/marcelo-spina-and-georgina-huljich/. live.
  34. Web site: Argentina: Jujuy Redux, edificio de departamentos en Rosario ñ PATTERNS + MSA. Professionearchitetto.it. 2020-07-10. 2020-07-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20200710231357/https://www.professionearchitetto.it/news/es/argentina-jujuy-redux-edificio-de-departamentos-en-rosario-patterns-msa/. live.
  35. Web site: SCI-Arc Alumni Magazine 009 - Fall 2014. Issuu.com. 2016-01-27. 2023-03-03. https://web.archive.org/web/20230303072142/https://issuu.com/sci-arc/docs/am9_fall_2014. live.
  36. Web site: Student Dormitory Creates Human Interaction Through a Figural Void. Evolo.us. 2012-06-24. 2018-06-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20180626210831/http://www.evolo.us/student-dormitory-creates-human-interaction-through-a-figural-void/. live.
  37. Web site: 2012 Annual Design Review, Live Category, Honorable Mention: Jujuy Redux. Architectmagazine.com. 2013-01-14. 2015-09-05. https://web.archive.org/web/20150905232958/http://www.architectmagazine.com/awards/annual-design-review/2012-annual-design-review-live-category-honorable-mention-jujuy-redux_o. live.
  38. Web site: Matters of Sensation. Artistsspace.org. 2013-01-14. 2014-11-14. https://web.archive.org/web/20141114132649/http://artistsspace.org/exhibitions/matters-of-sensation#acknowledgments. live.
  39. Web site: P A T T E R N S I - Marcelo Spina. Docplayer.net/language=en. 2020-07-10. 2020-07-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20200711232625/http://docplayer.net/33196501-P-a-t-t-e-r-n-s-i-marcelo-spina.html. live.
  40. Web site: Lecture series hosts 6 design masters in spring semester. Tamu.edu. 2020-07-10. 2016-06-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20160610141932/http://one.arch.tamu.edu/news/2014/1/21/architecture-lecture-series/. live.
  41. Web site: Marcelo Spina and Georgina Huljich. Syr.edu. 2014-09-23. 2015-09-11. https://web.archive.org/web/20150911064111/http://soa.syr.edu/live/events/73-marcelo-spina-and-georgina-huljich. live.
  42. Web site: Venice Architecture Biennale has L.A. flavor - Culture Monster - Los Angeles Times. Los Angeles Times. 27 August 2010. 2019-11-06. 2020-08-12. https://web.archive.org/web/20200812193807/https://latimesblogs.latimes.com/culturemonster/2010/08/la-flavor-at-the-venice-architecture-biennale.html. live.
  43. Web site: The Art of Architecture:MOCA Exhibit Looks at the Field, the Process and Its Impact on the City - Arts and Culture - Ladowntownnews.com. Ladowntownnews.com. 2013-07-22. 2013-07-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20130726112556/http://www.ladowntownnews.com/arts_and_entertainment/the-art-of-architecture-moca-exhibit-looks-at-the-field/article_4298f8e2-f2fe-11e2-b75a-0019bb2963f4.html. live.
  44. Web site: P-A-T-T-E-R-N-S with Casey Rehm ñ Chicago Architecture Biennial. Chicagoarchitecturebiennial.org. 2013-07-22. 2020-01-16. https://web.archive.org/web/20200116011123/http://2015.chicagoarchitecturebiennial.org/exhibition/participants/p-a-t-t-e-r-n-s/. live.
  45. Web site: VERTICAL GARDEN - MAK Museum Vienna. Mak.at. en. 2020-07-10. 2020-07-10. https://web.archive.org/web/20200710231419/http://www.mak.at/en/program/exhibitions/vertical_garden. live.
  46. Web site: Marcelo Spina - SFMOMA. Sfmoma.org. 2018-05-17. 2021-08-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20210826174158/https://www.sfmoma.org/artist/Marcelo_Spina/. live.
  47. Web site: Mute Icons. actar.com.ar. 2021-01-01. 2021-01-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20210126195327/https://actar.com/product/mute-icons/. live.
  48. Web site: Patterns Embedded. aabookshop.net.ar. 2021-02-23.
  49. Book: Material Beyond Materials, Composite Tectonics. 978-0976007968. Spina. Marcelo. Gow. Marcelyn. 2012. SCI-Arc Publications .
  50. Web site: Against the Grain. actar.com.ar. 2021-02-23. 2021-01-26. https://web.archive.org/web/20210126184748/https://actar.com/product/against-the-grain/. live.

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