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Supersudaca is an international think tank of architecture and urban research. Its 11 members are: Elena Chevtchenko (Ukraine), Juan Pablo Corvalan (Chile), Martin Delgado (Uruguay), Victoria Goldstein (Argentina), Pablo Guerrero (Colombia), Felix Madrazo (Mexico), Ana Rascovsky (Argentina), Manuel de Rivero (Peru), Sofia Saavedra (Bolivia), Juan Alfonso Zapata (Republica Dominicana) & Max Zolkwer (Argentina).
In an almost stubborn way Supersudaca refuses to believe that the only space left for architects in Latinamerica is to build villas for rich people (though it does not discard that option altogether!). Its main driving motto has been to connect the usually disconnected Latinamerica architectural arena with projects directly related to the public perception such as recreation spaces, public spaces, installations etc in various locations such as Caracas, Lima, Tokyo, Talca, Buenos Aires. Supersudaca continuously uses the workshop format with students from various universities worldwide to launch campaigns for such projects. Besides direct actions Supersudaca has two ongoing (award winning) research projects, one related to experimental social housing in Lima (Y PREVI?) and another about the impacts of tourism in the Caribbean. Both of them should end in a book at the end of this year.
More recently Supersudaca also started to practice directly architectural ideas and won the international competition of 'vanguard' social housing in Ceuta, Spain with 170 houses.
Supersudaca has received various kinds of funding and grants, above all from Dutch foundations such as The Prince Claus Funds and the Stimulering Funds for Architecture.
Supersudaca will launch an international competition for tourism in the Caribbean in the coming weeks.
'Al Caribe' publication on tourism and urbanism in the Carribean region.
'Al Caribe' research on tourism in the Carribean region.
| Juan Pablo Corvalán |
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| (Geneva, 1973) lived in Canada, Paraguay, Chile and Switzerland. Graduated as an architect in the Ecole d’Ingénieurs de Genève (1996, Switzerland), did validation studies and diploma at the Universidad de Chile (2000, Chile) and Master degree in Berlage Institute (2002, The Netherlands). Founding member of Supersudaca, think “guerrilla” for urban action and research. He obtained the price of l’Association Genevoise d’Architectes (AGA) with his diploma project (Prof. Ugo Brunoni) and worked in Chile with Mathias Klotz-architect and the Geographic Institute of the Pontificia Universidad Católica. In 1999 he is part of the founding faculty of School the Architecture of the Universidad de Talca. He was part of the “Panorma emergente Iberoamericano” selection at the IV Ibero-American Architecture Biennial (2004, Peru). He has imparted lectures and workshops in Lima, Buenos Aires, Santiago, Rotterdam, Durban and Kuala Lumpura and written articles in Domus and other publications in Chile. Currently a professor at the school of architecture of the Universidad de Talca, developing among others projects a research with MVRDV (Winy Maas and Manuel de Rivero) about the Central Valley in Chile and setting Supersudaca’s base in Chile: Supersudaka.cl |
| Manuel de Rivero |
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| (Lima, 1973) graduated as an architect from Universidad Ricardo Palma (Lima, 1996). Between 2000-2002 did his Master in Architecture & Urbanism at the Berlage Institute (Netherlands). As an associate architect in the office LR&T between 1995-2000, he designed and built a series of projects in Peru. From 2002-2005, he worked in the award winning Dutch office MVRDV as a project leader in charge of diverse projects around the world. As a professor, has taught at Universidad Ricardo Palma in Lima, the Berlage Institute in Rotterdam, Yale University in New Haven and at international seminars at Spain, Netherlands, Dominican Republic, Argentina and Chile. He has been active as an architectural writer in many journals from Latin America and Europe as well as editor of books such as ‘Five Minutes City’ (Episode Publishers, 2003) ‘Climat’, (Editions Carre, 2003) ‘MVRDV / KM3 (Actar, 2005). Since 2004, his practice is based back in Peru and is a professor at the Universidad Catolica del Peru in Lima. He is a founding member of Supersudaca, a think-tank for architecture and urban research that won the Research Award on the IV Ibero-American Architecture Biennial, as well more recently the Best Entry Award at the II International Architecture Biennal of Rotterdam. |
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