conférence d'Eva Pfannes

mardi 08 décembre 2020
à 14:00
Cycle de conférences
Amphithéâtre

Based in Rotterdam, Eva Pfannes is an architect and urban designer working in Europe, India and Brazil. She co-founded the international design practice OOZE in 2003 with Sylvain Hartenberg, working across scales, from regional strategies to architecture and research, combining an elaborate understanding of natural, ecological processes, with technological expertise and deep insights in to the social-cultural behaviour of users of the built environment. The cyclic closed-loop processes found in nature are the foundation for each intervention and integrate the human scale within a comprehensive urban strategy. She is co-curator of the current International Architecture Biennial Rotterdam- Down to Earth (IABR), lead designer of the IABR-Atelier Rotterdam, working on a local energy action plan (LEAP) to decarbonize a local neighbourhood, team lead for City of 1000 Tanks project in Chennai, part of the global Water as Leverage programme of the Dutch Government. Her expertise covers urban, participatory and climate resilience strategies including Nature Based Solutions and developing multi system models with an interdisciplinary team. Her work was widely published including the Materials Book by Ruby Press, DOMUS, Springer Press, AJ and The Guardian and exhibited in the Venice Biennial, Studio-X-Rio, the Sao Paulo Architecture Biennial and currently at the IABR. Awards include the 2017 Landscape Institute Award UK for ‘Best Design for Temporary Landscape’ and the LafargeHolcim Bronze Award-Latin America 2017. In 2015, she was Practitioner in Residence at Central Saint Martins (UAL), and served on the jury for the Rotterdam Architecture Prize 2018. Eva is a Jury member for the 6th International LafargeHolcim Awards-Europe 2020.