Nuria Casais Pérez

Doctor Architect (Dr. Arch). SUMMA CUM LAUDE. Accademia di architettura di Mendrisio (Switzerland)

MArch. Barcelona Institute of Architecture 2011. Urban Studies Award

Architect (BS/MS).Escola Técnica Superior de Arquitectura da Coruña - ETSAC (Spain)

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> Academic:

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11.2012/11.2016 (Mendrisio, CH)

Academy of Architecture of Mendrisio, i.CUP. Università della Svizzera Italiana
Dr. Architect, highest grade of SUMMA CUM LAUDE (defense 22.02.2017)
Doctoral Thesis: ‘New Territorial Tendencies. The Airport as a Regional Centrality in a Glocal Context’.

 

2011 (Barcelona, ES)

BIArch - Barcelona Institute of Architecture with UPF & UPC

Post-professional Master (Honors & Urban Studies Award)

* Urban Studies Award
* Collaboration on the BIArch Journal.

 

                       

2010 (A Coruña, ES)

ETSAC - Technical Superior School of Architecture of Coruña. University of Coruña
Architect (Dipl. Arch., M.A.). Thesis supervised by Prof. Dr. Juan Creus Andrade.

* Award: 19th Pladur Competition: MENTION. “UFO & Meteorite”, observatory in Yelmo de la Pedriza, Madrid. (Project exhibited at the “Biennale di Architettura di Venezia”)

          

2008 (Mendrisio, CH) 

Academy of Architecture of Mendrisio. Università della Svizzera Italiana
Scholarship ERASMUS Program (two semesters)

 

 

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> Teaching & research:

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2017/18 (Barcelona, ES)

ESDesign - School of Design of Barcelona / International University of Valencia
Professor in the master “Design of urban spaces, architecture and mobility”
Mentor in the final project of the master “Design of urban spaces, architecture and mobility”

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11.2012/11.2016 (Mendrisio, CH)

Academy of Architecture of Mendrisio, i.CUP. Università della Svizzera Italiana
Doctoral researcher, with the thesis: ‘New Territorial Tendencies. The Airport as a Regional Centrality in a Glocal Context’.

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23.11.2015 (Ithaca, USA)                  

Cornell University, College of Architecture, Art and Planning. . 

Guest critic during an intermediate critic of the design course Bosch-Capdeferro Studio. 

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05.03.2015 (Tarragona, ES)                  

Rovira i Virgili University. Collaboration in the master course “City and heritage in the Southern Mediterranean”.

 

08.01.2015:                   

La Salle-Ramon Llull University. (Tarragona, Spain). Guest critic to an intermediate critic in the design course of Prof. Ferran Grau and Xavier Bustos at the School of Architecture. 

 

10.2013/01.2014:

Teaching Assistant at Politecnico di Milano in the Design course of Prof. Oliviero Godi.

 

08.2013:

Tutor at the workshop 'Digital living and airport as public space' with Prof. Frederic Levrat (Columbia University) and Prof. Oliviero Godi (Politecnico di Milano) at i2a International Institute of Architecture. (Vico Morcote, Switzerland)

 

08.2012: 

Tutor at the workshop 'Public Space and its Physical and Digital Extensions' with Prof. Frederic Levrat (Columbia University) and Prof. Oliviero Godi (Politecnico di Milano) at i2a International Institute of Architecture. (Vico Morcote, Switzerland)

 

11.2012:

Guest critic at the final review of 'Strategies and Vision' workshop at i2a International Institute of Architecture. (Vico Morcote, Switzerland)

 

09-12.2011: 

Teacher Assistant in the courses of Urban Studies (The Disruptive Urban Turn and Metropolitan Clusterization) of Prof. Josep Acebillo at Barcelona Institute of Architecture - BIArch. (Barcelona, Spain)

 

 

> Lectures:

28.11.2013: 

Lecture "On Museums" at Politecnico di Milano in the Design course "The Museum of the Future/ The Future of the Museum".

 

 

> Awards: 

10.2016: 

Competition: Nuria Casais collaborated with the team "Ferran Grau-NUG arquitectes" which won an Mention in the competition for the new Library Sant Gervasi-Galvany/Muñoz Ramonet (Barcelona).

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12.2015: 

Competition: Nuria Casais collaborated with the team "Grau-Costa-Carracero" which was shortlisted in the competition "Proposal for a global intervention at the old sanatorium of Savinosa (Tarragona).

 

07.2015: 

Competition to choose the curating project that will represent Catalonia at the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale. Mention. In collaboration with Ferran Grau and Rafa Mateo. 

 

2015: 

Competition for the new building of APPC in Tarragona. 1st Prize. In collaboration with Ferran Grau, Núria Salvado and Eulalia Martín.

 

06.2011:

Urban Studies Award. BIArch-Barcelona Institute of Architecture.   

 

03.2009: 

19th Pladur Competition. Mention. Observatory in Yelmo de la Pedriza, Madrid. (in collaboration with C. Blanco)

 

06.2007:

Erasmus grant. Grant to study an academic year (2007/2008) at Accademia di Architettura di Mendrisio (Switzerland).

 

 

> Published work:

06.2016:                  

Exhibited project: Monere. Exhibition: Fear of Columns. Barcelona School of Architecture (ETSAB).

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03-04.2015:                  

Exhibited project: New centre of APPC in Tarragona. Exhibition: EXPOSICIÓ DEL CONCURS FUNDACIÓ LA MUNTANYETA - Col.legi d'Arquitectes de Tarragona. 

 

14-21.07.2014:

Exhibited project: Homme Oiseau.

Exhibition: Manifesti Notte Bianca di Locarno. Palazzo Casorella.

The exhibition shows the poster for the advertisement of the event “Notte Bianca di Locarno”.

 

09.2012:  

Exhibited project: UFO and Meteorite. Exhibition: 40,000 Hours. XIII Biennale di Architettura di Venezia. (in collaboration with C. Blanco)

 

08-23.09.2012:

Exhibition: 'Intorno all'aeroporto' at 'Volandia: Parco e museo del volo' in Milan (Italy). The exhibition shows the work developed in the publication 'The Life of the Airports' which was developed in collaboration with Alessandro Martinelli.

 

05.2012:

Article: 'Contemporary airport realities'. The life of the Airports (edited by N. Casais & A. Martinelli) (2012). Vico Morcote, Svizzera: i2a (ISBN 9788895623580)

 

05.2012: 

Book (editor): The life of the Airports (edited by N. Casais & A. Martinelli) (2012). Vico Morcote, Svizzera: i2a. (ISBN 9788895623580). The book shows the work of Donatello De Mattia and Giuseppe De Mattia regarding the airports of Lugano (Switzerland) and Santa Maria (Azores, Portugal). The edition of the book was developed in collaboration with Alessandro Martinelli. 

 

07.2011:

Published project: Verticalscape - Climescape (in collaboration with G. Kallis and S. Ghasemizadeh). Conditions Magazine, 8 - Preparing for the Unknown, 40.

 

05.2011:

Review: 'Verticalscapes'. BIArch Journal. Barcelona Insitute of Architecture.

 

02.2010: 

Published Project: Viveiro Urban Planning

TU10. Trabajos Académicos. Área Urbanismo. A Coruña: Departamento de Proyectos Arquitectónicos y Urbanismo. Universidad de A Coruña, 2010. (ISBN 9788497493925) (in collaboration with C. Blanco)

 

 

> Practice:

2015/-:

Opens her owns practice based in Barcelona developing projects at different scales (architecture, urban planning, interior design and curatorial projects) independently and in collaboration with other architectural firms and professionals from different disciplines.

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     - Refurbishing and transforming an old building in the complex of Villablanca.

       (Ongoing project)

     - Casal de barri Junyer i Canals (Vallcarca, Barcelona). Competition. Collaboration

       with F. Grau.

     - MENTION. Nuria Casais collaborated with the team "Ferran Grau-NUG arquitectes"

       which won an MENTION in the competition for the new Library Sant Gervasi- 

       Galvany/Muñoz Ramonet (Barcelona).

     - FINALIST: Nuria Casais collaborated with the team "Grau-Costa-

       Carracero" which was chosen for the second phase of the competition "Proposal for

       a global intervention at the old sanatorium of Savinosa (Tarragona).

     - Monere proposal. Competition “Fear of Columns”.

     - 1st PRIZE. Competition for the new building of APPC in Tarragona.

       In collaboration with Ferran Grau and Núria Salvado.

     - MENTION. Competition to choose the curating project that will represent Catalonia

       at the 2016 Venice Architecture Biennale. In collaboration with Ferran Grau and

       Rafael Mateo.

     - New housing ideas. Solvia Competition. In collaboration with F. Grau.

     - BCC Headquarters (Buccino, Italy). Competition.

 

 

> Collaborations in architectural and urban planning firms:

03.2014/06.2015:

DF+Partners. (Lugano, Switzerland)

     - Palazzo del Cinema di Locarno (Locarno, Switzerland). Competition 1st Prize.

       Project developed together with AZPML (A. Zaera Polo & M. LLaguno)

     - Ederly housing Tenero-Vigneto (Tenero, Switzerland) / 20,000m2

     -  Ederly housing Chiasso (Chiasso, Switzerland) / 14,000m2

     - Urban quarter "Gerretta Park(Bellinzona, Switzerland) /30,000m2

     - Artemia residential building (Ascona, Switzerland)

     - Residential building (Paradiso, Switzerland)

 

01.2012/12.2013:

ASoffice / Architectural Systems Office. (Lugano, Switzerland)

     - Strategic plan for Medellin River (Medellin, Colombia). Competition.

     - Cheboksary (Cheboksary, Russia).

     - Pyshma Strategic Project (Verkhnayaya Pyshma, Russia).

     - Quarter B Towers. (Kazan, Russia). Housing and retail towers and parking

       building located in the city centre

     - Congress Centre of the Ekaterinburg Expo (Ekaterinburg, Russia).

     - Strategic Urban Project of Ekaterinburg (Ekaterinburg, Russia).

     - Singidunum Masterplan (Belgrade, Serbia). New area with industry and

       housing near the airport.

     - Japan National Stadium. (Tokyo, Japan). Competition. 

 

04-09.2010:

AuS / Architectural Urban Systems. (Mendrisio, Switzerland)

     - Universiade Kremlin. (Kazan, Russia). Multifunctional Building in

       Universiade Village 2013.

     - Ecoquarter Plaines-du-Loup (Lausanne, Switzerland). Competition. 

 

02-03.2010:

CREUSeCARRASCO. (A Coruña, Spain)

     - Jail of Lugo (Lugo, Spain). 1st Prize. Rehabilitation of an old jail into a

       cultural center.

     - House in Redonda (A Coruna, Spain). Rehabilitation and expansion of a traditional

       Galician house.

 

09-12.2010: 

AuS / Architectural Urban Systems. (Mendrisio, Switzerland)

     - New Hills (Kazan, Russia).

     - Strategic Plan for Universiade 2013 (Kazan, Russia)

     - Quarter B (Kazan, Russia). Development of a quarter in the city centre with

       housing and offices.

     - Citè Universitaire (Geneva, Switzerland) Competition, 3rd Prize.

07-08.2006:

ARQO. (Coruña, Spain)

      - Seaside walkway. (Rianxo, A Coruña)

 

 

 

> Languages: 

Spanish: mother tongue

English: proficiency in writing and speaking

Italian: proficiency in writing and speaking 

Galician: mother tongue

Portuguese: very good understanding in writing and speaking

Catalan: very good understanding in writing and speaking

French: basic