Marcelo Spina

Marcelo Spina
Born	(1970-07-23)July 23, 1970 Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina
Nationality	Argentina United States
Occupation(s)	Architect, Educator
Spouse	Georgina Huljich
Children	2

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]

Education

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

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

• 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

• 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

• 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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Other website

• Patterns