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]

Marcelo Spina
Born(1970-07-23)July 23, 1970
Nationality
  • Argentina
  • United States
Occupation(s)Architect, Educator
SpouseGeorgina Huljich
Children2

Education

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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

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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

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  • Jujuy Redux Apartment in Rosario, Argentina (2012)[19]
  • Prism Gallery in Los Angeles, California (2009)[20]
  • Zhixin Hybrid office building in Chengdu, China (2010)[21][22]
  • FYF Residence in Rosario, Argentina (2009)[20]
  • League of Shadows even structure in Los Angeles, California (2013)[23][24]
  • MOCA Textile Room Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA (2012)[25]
  • The White Album Performance, New York, NY & Los Angeles, CA (2019)[26]
  • Land Tiles Temporary Installation, Los Angeles, CA (2003)[27]
  • Snake-Rice Sculpture, Icheon, South Korea (2003)[28]
  • Jujuy 2056 Apartment in Rosario, Argentina (2003)[29][30]

Awards and recognition

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  • 2019: AIA LA Merit Award, Casa del Sol, Mykonos
  • 2017: AIA LA Merit Award, Janoian Medical Building, Glendale, CA
  • 2016: AIA LA Merit Award, Victory Healthcare, North Hollywood, CA[31]
  • 2015: ACSA Faculty Award, Toronto, Canada[32]
  • 2014: American Architecture Award, The Chicago Athenaeum, Jujuy Redux, with MSA[31]
  • 2013: United States Artists Grigor Fellow, Los Angeles[33]
  • 2012: Honorable Mention, Jujuy Redux, AIA Annual Design Review[34] AIA LA Merit Award, Jujuy Redux, Rosario, Argentina[35] AIA LA Honor Award, Collective Void Dormitory, Puerto Rico[36][37] First Prize, SCI-Arc Graduation Pavilion Competition, Los Angeles, CA[24]
  • 2011: Emerging Voices, Architectural League of New York, NY[3]
  • 2008: Graham Foundation Grant, "Matters of Sensation" Artists Space, New York, NY[38]
  • 2007: Honorific Mention, International Competition, Skopje Concert Hall, Skopje, Macedonia[39]
  • 2006: First Prize, Vertical Garden Invited Competition, MAK Center at the Schindler House, Los Angeles, CA)[28]
  • 2004: Design Vanguard Selection, Architectural Record, New York, NY[40]
  • 2003: First Prize, SCI_Arc CafÈ, SCI-Arc Faculty Competition, Los Angeles, CA[41] Third Prize, Young Architect of the Year Award, International Award Competition, Building Design, London, UK[16]
  • 1997: Honor Award for Excellence in Design, Columbia University, GSAPP, New York, NY[7] William Kinne Prize[7]

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

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  • Mute Icons & other Dichotomies of the Real in Architecture[47]
  • PATTERNS Embedded[48]
  • Material Beyond Materials: Composite Tectonics[49]
  • Against the Grain[50]

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