BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN TZID:America/New_York X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:375@live-spitzer-arch.pantheonsite.io DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20201019T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20201019T190000 DTSTAMP:20200902T161234Z URL:https://live-spitzer-arch.pantheonsite.io/events/fall-2020-sciame-seri es-alexia-leon/ SUMMARY:Fall 2020 Sciame Series: Alexia León DESCRIPTION:\n\nPlease join us for the new SCIAME Global Spotlight Lecture Series\, titled Far South. Curated by Associate Professor Fabian Llonch\, the series features prominent architects from South America who will discu ss their work and the unique political and environmental challenges they f ace. "Grounded" will be presented by Alexia León\, founder of Alexia Leó n arquitectos and the Leonmarcial arquitectos. An introduction will be led by Alberto Foyo.\n\n \;\n\nTo join the event\, please follow the Zoom link here.\n\n \;\n\nLeón\, born in Lima\, received her undergraduat e degree in architecture and urbanism at the Ricardo Palma University in 2 001 and a master's degree at Pontificia Universidad Católica in Perú. Sh e opened Alexia León arquitectos and Leondelima workshop in 2006. Her fir st built work\, the Mori House in Playa Bonita (1996-1998\; Cañete\, Lima )\, was chosen as one of the six finalists in the Mies van der Rohe Prize for Latin American Architecture (2000). The Vertical House (2000-2005\; Sa n Isidro\, Lima) was nominated for outstanding project in the inaugural Mi es Crown Hall Americas Prize (MCHAP) in 2014. \n\n \;\n\nLeón taught as visiting professor at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard Univers ity (2007) after which she received an UFI research grant from the MAK Cen ter in Los Angeles. She has participated in the symposium “Crossing: Dia logues for Emergency Architecture” at the National Art Museum of China i n Beijing and was nominated for the Marcus Prize for architecture in 2009. Recently\, León was nominated for the BSI-Swiss Architectural Award unde r the patronage of the Federal Office for Culture of the Swiss Confederati on and of the Academy of Architecture in Mendrisio at Università della Sv izzera in Italy (2016). She has given lectures and workshops in several un iversities\, both in Perú and abroad. \n\n \;\n\nLeón and Lucho Mar cial (Lima\,1962) founded Leonmarcial arquitectos in 2011. The studio's bu ilt work consists of single-family houses\, collective housing\, community centers\, office buildings\, a desert community master plan\, historic re novation projects\, and the National Museum of Perú. The studio will part icipate in the 17th International Architecture Exhibition in the Venice Ar chitecture Biennale 2020 curated by Hashim Sarkis.\n\n \;\n\nLecture s eries sponsored by Sciame . . . Where Building Is an Art CATEGORIES:Events,Lectures,Sciame Lectures END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York X-LIC-LOCATION:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20200308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR