Teddy Cruz: Where is our collective imagination?
THE POLITICAL EQUATOR: BORDER PRACTICES FROM TIJUANA TO BEIRUT
Guest architect Teddy Cruz on the question “Where is our collective imagination?”
Moderator/ respondent Adrian Lahoud
Ian Guillard Theatre, Whitehead Building,
Thursday, May 31 2012 5-7pm
PHD ROUNDTABLE SEMINAR JUNE 1-2 2012 LONDON
AM: Friday, June 1 2012, 11-1pm Teddy Cruz
Teddy Cruz was born in Guatemala City. He obtained a Master in Design Studies at Harvard University in 1997 and established his research-based architecture practice in San Diego, California in 2000. He has been recognized internationally for his urban research of the Tijuana-San Diego border. In 1991, he received the prestigious Rome Prize in Architecture and in 2005 he was the first recipient of the James Stirling Memorial Lecture On The City Prize. His work has been profiled in important publications including The New York Times, Domus and Harvard Design Magazines. In 2008, he represented the US in the Venice Architecture Biennial and his work was recently included in Small Scale, Big Change exhibition at MoMA. He is currently a professor in public culture and urbanism in the Visual Arts Department at University of California, San Diego, where he co-founded CUE / Center for Urban Ecologies.
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PM: Friday, 1:30-5:30 PhD Presentations
CRA PARTY 113 DALSTON (SONICS BY LAAWRNCE ABU HAMDAN / TAPAS BY HANNAH MESZEROS-MARTIN)
PM: Saturday, 1-4pm Adrian Lahoud on Scale
118 Camberwell Grove ease into BBQ
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