SILVIA BRANDI
She studied architecture at Politecnico di Milano and ETSAB (Barcelona). In 2004 she graduated with honours with a thesis about transformation of Alps landscape (Paolo Aldeghieri Award) and she wins a scholarship to develop a urban project at POSTECH University in South Korea. She works in Milan with Stefano Boeri and from 2006 she is settled in Barcelona where she is part of IAAC staff as responsible of the publication Self-Sufficient Housing, ed. ACTAR – IAAC (2006). From 2006 she works with Josep Miàs in the international architectural firm MiAS Architects as Head Architect. She has lead several project most notably new iGuzzini Headquarters in Barcelona (Archdaily Building of the year and WAF2012 Shortlisted). She has been co-editor of various publications, such as the monographic book about iGuzzini building ed. ACTAR Birkhauser, and has cured exhibitions about MiAS Architects work. Since 2006 she also collaborates with Josep Miàs in architecture academicals courses at ETSAB (Barcelona) and at UNISS (Sassari) and she is invited from various international Institutions to give lectures about MiAS Architects works. From 2012 she is back to IAAC as Academic Coordinator, Tutor of the seminar of Experimental Structures, Tutor of the Open Thesis Fabrication Course.
RODRIGO RUBIO
Architect at Escuela Politécnica de Madrid (ETSAM), first prize at the Selfsufficient Building International Contest, and master degree in Advanced Architecture in 2006. Since then, Rodrigo Rubio has been leading several research projects at IAAC such as the Albacete Effect, the Hyperhabitat Venice Bienale, or the Solar Decathlon Europe FabLabHouse. He founded with Daniel Ibáñez the MaRGeN architectural office at Madrid in 2005, inside the FreshMadrid platform, focused on landscape and selfsufficiency issues and awarded with several prizes at national and international competitions. He is Faculty at IAAC and he has been responsible of the design and construction of the IAAC Endesa Pavilion. He is currently in charge of the FAB10 Pavilion, within the FAB10 Exhibition.
In collaboration with MARIA KUPTSOVA.
Fabric sponsored by FERRARI