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José Aragüez, PhD

www.josearaguez.com www.thebuilding.info [email protected] +1 646 673 3165 (USA) +34 677 888 739 (Europe)

José Aragüez is an architect and a writer. He is Adjunct Assistant Professor of Architecture at Columbia University, where he has been teaching since 2013, as well as the H. Deane Pearce Visiting Assistant Professor at Texas Tech in Fall 2020. Aragüez holds a PhD in the History and Theory of Architecture from Princeton University. Previously, he graduated with a Master of Architecture and Urbanism from University of Granada, Spain (Honorable Mention, University Graduation Extraordinary Prize, and 1st National Prize in Architecture) and, from Columbia GSAPP, with a post-professional Master’s degree (Honor Prize for Excellence in Design) and a Graduate Certificate in Advanced Architectural Research. Aragüez has lectured extensively across Europe and North America—including most of the top schools—in addition to the Middle East and Japan. Besides Columbia and Texas Tech, he has taught at Cornell, Princeton, Rice University in Paris, and University of Granada. His recent five-year project, culminating in the publication of The Building (2016, Lars Müller Pub.), is widely regarded in international circles as one of the most significant contributions to architectural discourse in the 2010s. His writings have also appeared in eFlux, LOBBY, Flat Out, European Architecture History Network Proceedings, Pidgin, and The Routledge Companion to Criticality in Art, Architecture and Design (Routledge, 2018). In the past, Aragüez worked as an architect for Antonio J. Torrecillas (Spain), MVRDV (Rotterdam), and Idom/ACXT (London). Currently he is setting up his own architectural firm between New York City and Paris.

Education 01/2019 PhD in the History and Theory of Architecture, Princeton University SOA. Sylvia Lavin,

advisor. Committee: Stan Allen, Axel Kilian, Sanford Kwinter. 10/2012 Master of Arts Degree, The Graduate School, Princeton University 10/2012 Graduate Certificate in Media & Modernity, Princeton University SOA 05/2010 Graduate Certificate in Advanced Architectural Research, Columbia University, New

York. 05/2009 MSc in Advanced Architectural Design, Columbia University, New York. Graduated with distinction (Excellence in Design) 09/2006 Master of Architecture and Urbanism, School of Architecture at University of Granada, Spain. Graduated with Honorable Mention, University Graduation Extraordinary Prize, and 1st National Prize in Architecture. Licensed to build in Europe

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Teaching Experience 2015- Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia University GSAPP 2020 H. Deane Pearce Visiting Assistant Professor at Texas Tech University, Fall ‘20 2020 Visiting Instructor at Texas Tech University, Spring ‘20 2017 Visiting Assistant Professor at Rice University in Paris, Fall ‘17 2015-16 Visiting Assistant Professor at Cornell University AAP NYC 2016 Assistant Instructor at Princeton University SoA, Fall ’16 2014 Assistant Instructor at Princeton University SoA, Spring ’14 2013 Adjunct Assistant Professor at Columbia University GSAPP, Spring ‘13. 2005/06 Faculty Associate at the School of Architecture, University of Granada.

Lectures & Talks 2020 "Spatial Infrastructure," at Málaga School of Architecture 2019 "Spatial Infrastructure," at Texas Tech University College of Architecture 2019 "The Building," at Harvard GSD. Respondents: Michelle Chang, Tom de Paor, Simona Malvezzi & Johannes Kuehn of Kuehn Malvezzi, Pier Paolo Tamburelli of Baukuh 2018 "Spatial Infrastructure," at University of Kyoto. Respondents: Akihisa Hirata, Makoto Ohsaki 2018 "The Building," at The Berlage. Respondents: Salomon Frausto, Michiel Riedijk, Arjen Oosterman, Martino Tattara, and Ido Avissar 2018 "The Building," at Politecnico di Torino. Respondents: Alessandro Armando, Michela Rosso 2018 "Critical Imageability," at Málaga School of Architecture 2018 "Architectural Thinking as a Form of Knowledge," series of three lectures at Rice School of Architecture Paris 2018 "The Building," at Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan. Respondent: John McMorrough 2017 The Building book launch presentation, at VOLUME library in Paris 2017 "The Building," at Viper Gallery in Prague 2017 "The Building," at the Faculty of Architecture in Brno 2017 "The Building." Respondents: Beth Hughes, Murray Fraser, Douglas Spencer. Moderator: Doreen Bernath. At the Architectural Association School of Architecture

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2017 "The Building." Respondents: Jan de Vylder, Philip Ursprung, Laurent Stalder, and Irina Davidovici. At ETH Zürich 2017 "The Building." Respondents: Javier Castellano, Juan Gavilanes, Mané Sánchez, and Javier Boned. At Málaga School of Architecture 2017 "The Building." Respondents: Luis Fernández-Galiano, Emilio Tuñón, Stan Allen, and Luis Rojo. At the Polytechnic School of Architecture in Madrid 2017 "The Building." Respondents: Kersten Geers, Christophe van Gerrewey, and Tibor Pataky. At EPFL Lausanne 2017 "The Building," at Columbia GSAPP 2017 "The Building." Respondents: Sylvia Lavin, Mark Lee, Dora Epstein-Jones, and Neil Denari. At the Architecture + Design Museum, in Los Angeles 2017 "The Building." Respondents: Bob Somol, Sean Keller, John McMorrough, Penelope Dean. Moderator: Thomas Kelley. At UIC School of Architecture, in Chicago 2017 "The Building," at the New York Institute of Technology 2017 "The Building." Respondents: Amale Andraos, Stan Allen, Bernard Tschumi. Moderator: Jorge Otero-Pailos. At Columbia University GSAPP 2017 "The Building." Respondents: Rafi Segal, K Michael Hays, Amanda Reeser Lawrence, and Bryan Norwood. Moderator: Ana Miljacki. At MIT, in Boston 2017 The Building book launch presentation, at Cosentino City Manhattan 2017 "The Building," at Cornell University 2016 "The Architecture-Engineering Hybrid and The Formal Domain," at Málaga School of Architecture 2016 "The Architecture-Engineering Hybrid and The Formal Domain," at Granada School of Architecture, Spain 2016 The Building book launch presentation, at the Lisbon Architecture Triennale's headquarters 2016 “Infrastructural Thinking as an Approach to the Unfinished in Design,” at Storefront for Art

and Architecture, New York City 2014 “Form Beyond Shape: The Logic of Singularity in Vittorio Giorgini’s Topological Approach to Design,” at the Media & Modernity Colloquium, Princeton University SoA 2014 “On the Architecture-Engineering Hybrid and the Formal Domain,” at ETH Zurich,

Switzerland

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2013 “On Spatial Disposition in Architecture,” at the Technion School of Architecture in Haifa, Israel 2013 “Form’s Patterned Idiosyncrasy,” at the Canadian Center for Architecture in Montreal, Canada 2011 “Scholarly Research in the context of Architectural Research,” guest speaker at the Advanced Architectural Research Seminar. Columbia University School of Architecture, New York 2009 “On Program and Topology,” at Madrid School of Architecture, Spain

2009 “The Alternative Block,” at Madrid School of Architecture, Spain 2006 “Urban cultivation. New experimental city – prototype,” at Granada School of Architecture, Spain 2006 “Cultural Center in Las Tablas PAU, Madrid,” in Bilbao, Spain

Publications History/Theory/Research 2020 “Architectural Language and the Search for Self-Determinacy: The Cooper Union School of Architecture 1964-1985,” forthcoming in Radical Pedagogies (MIT Press) 2018 “Critical Imageability,” in eFlux architecture 2018 “On Architecture’s Metacriticality,” chapter in The Routledge Companion to Criticality in Art, Architecture and Design (Routledge, 2018) 2017 “Stuck in the 60s: The Building as a Domain of Discursive Production,” in LOBBY nº6 2017 “Sponge Territory,” in Flat Out nº 2 2016 The Building (Lars Müller publishers). Editor and contributor 2014 “The Prospect for Architectural Criticality after the Fictitious Post-Critical Stalemate,” in Critic-All, School of Architecture at the Polytechnic University of Madrid 2012 “From Difference within Structure to Difference in Itself: Architectural Morphology in the Israeli Scene c. 1970,” in Proceedings of the 2nd European Architecture History Network conference 2012 “Towards a Critique of The Organic in Architectural Thinking,” in PIDGIN 12 2012 “The Possibility of Architectural Theory in the Post-Theory Era,” in HipoTesis K. HipoTesis Platform, Madrid

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2011 “The Construction of Concept-Driven Frameworks in Architecture: Rethinking Theory after the Post-Critical Stalemate,” in Theory for the Sake of Theory Vol. 2. DAKAM publishing, Istanbul 2011 “Scrutinizing «The Organic» in Architectural Thinking,” in ABSTRACT Magazine 2009/2010, GSAPP Columbia University 2009 “The Cultivated City. Manifesto for the Construction of a New Psychological Space,” in Hibrydization and Cross–Culturality in Contemporary Habitation. The Andalusian Territory

as a Receptive Matrix. Regional Council of Andalusia. Housing and Urban Planning Regional Ministry. Seville 2005 “Traditional Revetments in the City of Granada: Study and Practical Applications” (library of the Graduate School of Architecture in Granada; and Polytechnic library of the University of Granada) 2004 ”Zoomecs,” in 040204 Drift in Zomecs. Rizoma, Málaga

Design Projects

2010 “Interventions in Block of the Central City,” in NEXT, Collective Housing in Progress. Density Series, a+t architecture publishers, Madrid (2010)

2010 “The Alternative Block,” in ABSTRACT Magazine 2008/2009, GSAPP Columbia University 2010 “Mixed Tower in Dubai,” in ABSTRACT Magazine 2008/2009, GSAPP Columbia University 2009 “The Alternative Block,” in Interventions in the Central City, 12 New Blocks for Madrid,

GSAPP Columbia University 2007 “School of Secondary Education in Granada (and II),” in MAIS ARQUITECTURA nº 18 2007 “School of Secondary Education in Granada (I),” in MAIS ARQUITECTURA nº 17 2007 “Urban Cultivation. New Experimental City – Prototype,” in Sample of Final Thesis Projects

at the IX Spanish Architecture Biennale. Digital Catalogue 2007 “Urban Cultivation. New Experimental City – Prototype (and II),” in MAIS ARQUITECTURA

nº 14 2007 “Urban Cultivation. New Experimental City – Prototype (I),” in MAIS ARQUITECTURA nº 13 2006 ”Program Cloaks,” in Publication of Projects participating at the “BREVENCUENTRO 5” congress

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2006 ”Con-Urban Corridor,“ in Territorial, Urban and Landscape Projects in Granada, University of Granada, Department of Architectural Graphic Expression (Urbanism and Territory

Planning Section). ETSAG Granada 2006 ”Within the Thickness of the Wall,” in Designing the Historic Centre. Proposals for the

neighbourhood of El Albaycin in Granada. University of Granada 2005 ”Program Cloaks,” in Sample of Selected and Awarded Projects in the “National Competition for Young Architects 2005. Madrid City Council, District’s Municipal Committee of Fuencarral – El Pardo. Madrid

Participation in Discussion Events 2018 On panel at VI Arquia Próxima Festival in Madrid, Spain 2018 International Presentation of Politecnico di Torino’s Future Urban Legacy Lab, with Matteo Robiglio, Vicente Guallart, Nina Rappaport, Hyungmin Pai, and Jianxiang He. During the

vernissage of the 2018 Venice Biennale 2015 On “Non-linearity in Architectural Form,” with Cecil Balmond. At Columbia University GSAPP 2014 On “The Found” through the work of Atelier Bow-Wow, with Momoyo Kaijima, Alejandro Zaera-Polo, Hayley Eber, Axel Kilian, Patricia Chia, Christine Boyer, and Mario Gandelsonas. At Princeton University SoA 2014 On “The Anemic” through the work of Jun’ya Ishigami, with Jun’ya Ishigami, Alejandro Zaera-Polo, Beatriz Colomina, Axel Kilian, Forrest Meggers, Laura Britton, and Andrew Frame. At Princeton University SoA 2013 On “The Generic” through the work of OFFICE Kersten Geers David van Severen, with Kersten Geers, Alejandro Zaera-Polo, Sylvia Lavin, Stan Allen, Michael Meredith, Lluis Casanovas, Esther Choi, and Hans Tursack. At Princeton University SoA 2013 On “Digital Culture,” with Antoine Picon, Deepa Ramaswamy, Luis Ribeiro, and Tings Clark. At the Canadian Center for Architecture, Montreal (Canada)

Symposia Convened

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2014 (Nov 15) “The Building,” a one-day symposium with 22 participants held at the Columbia University Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, in New York City 2014 (June 2) “The Building,” a one-day symposium with 20 participants held at the Architectural Association in London

Awards & Grants 2018 XIV SPANISH ARCHITECTURE BIENNIAL. Awarded for The Building 2018 CAJA DE ARQUITECTOS / ARQUIA PRÓXIMA AWARDS. Finalist for The Building 2016 BARR FERREE FOUNDATION GRANT, toward expenses for publication of The Building 2015 HOWARD CROSBY BUTLER TRAVELING FELLOWSHIP IN ARCHITECTURE, Princeton University SOA 2014 Nominated for the HONORIFIC FELLOWSHIP in recognition of scholarly excellence across all disciplines, Princeton University 2014 Research Grant from the Princeton Institute for International and Regional Studies (PIIRS) 2014 JOSEPH SANFORD SHANLEY ’17 PRIZE, Princeton University SOA 2013 JUDAIC STUDIES FELLOWSHIP, Princeton University 2013 COLLECTION RESEARCH GRANT, Canadian Center For Architecture 2012 THE RICHARD CRAMER FELLOWSHIP, Princeton University SOA 2011 JOSEPH SANFORD SHANLEY ’17 MEMORIAL AWARD, Princeton University SOA 2011 HOWARD CROSBY BUTLER TRAVELING FELLOWSHIP IN ARCHITECTURE, Princeton University SOA 2010 WILLIAM KINNE FELLOWS TRAVELING PRIZE, Columbia University GSAPP

2009 HONOR PRIZE for Excellence in Design, Columbia University GSAPP 2008 TALENTIA GRANT for studies in Columbia University. Awarded by the Andalusian Government 2007 1st NATIONAL PRIZE in Architecture 2005 – 2006 (acknowledged as the most outstanding graduate in Architecture in Spain). Awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Education 2007 GRADUATION EXTRAORDINARY AWARD 2005 – 2006 (most outstanding graduate in Architecture in the University of Granada)

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2005 CAJA DE ARQUITECTOS GRANT (Caja de Arquitectos Foundation) for professional training at MVRDV Rotterdam. Selected by student record (Rank #1 in Spain) 2005 COLLABORATION GRANT from the Area of Architectural Projects and Design (Department of Graphic Expression in Architecture) at University of Granada

Professional Experience as an Architect (selection of projects) 02/2008 – 06/2008 ACXT London, London, United Kingdom. Designer / Project Leader Invited International Competition for the New Street Station in Birmingham UK. International Competition for the New Urban Development of Wallsall, UK

01/2007 – 12/2007 MVRDV, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Designer / Project Leader Apartment and Culture Building in Málaga, Spain Apartment Building in Vienna, Austria Housing Tower within the Sociopolis Masterplan, Valencia, Spain Urban Block and Park in Amsterdam, The Netherlands Invited International Competition “Plaza de la Cebada” in Madrid, Spain (market, shopping area, sport facilities and public space) Invited International Competition for the New MotorCity in Teruel, Spain (masterplan: hotel, culture, leisure and facilities)

09/2006 – 12/2006 Antonio Jiménez Torrecillas Office, Granada, Spain Designer / Project Leader

International Competition for the New Congress and Convention Center of Madrid, Spain Private House in Granada, Spain

Speaker at Conferences and Symposia

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2014 “The Prospect for Architectural Criticality after the Fictitious Post-Critical Stalemate,” at Critic- All, School of Architecture at the Polytechnic University of Madrid 2013 “Toward a Critical Imageability: Thinking Spatial Disposition Through Protocols of Representation,” at the 1st International Doctoral Encounter in Architecture at University of Montreal. Montreal, Canada 2013 “Vittorio Giorgini, and the Structure of the Singular,” at the 66th Annual Conference of the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) in Buffalo, NY 2012 “Architecture’s Becoming: Form and Medium In-Betweenness,” at the 2nd Architecture and Philosophy Conference: Architecture and its Image. Department of Philosophy, Boston University. Boston, MA 2012 “From Difference within Structure to Difference in Itself: Architectural Morphology in the Israeli Scene c. 1970,” at the 2nd European Architecture History Network (EAHN) Conference in Brussels, Belgium 2011 “The Construction of Concept-driven Frameworks in Architecture: Rethinking Theory after the Post-Critical Stalemate,” at ARCHTHEO 2011, 2nd Architectural Theory Conference. Mimar Sinan University of Fine arts in Istanbul, Turkey

Exhibitions Work in Group Exhibitions

2015 “Typological Corrections,“ as part of the Piso Piloto exhibit on display at the CCCB in Barcelona (Spain). Showing some of the materials produced in the 2013 Juan Herreros + José Aragüez studio at Columbia GSAPP 2014 “The Logic of Singularity in Vittorio Giorgini’s Design Pedagogy: An Engineering Approach to Three-Dimensional Configuration,“ in the Monditalia section of the 2014 Venice Architecture Biennale 2013 “The Cooper Union School of Architecture 1964-1985: Architectural Language and the Search for Self-Determinacy,” as part of Radical Pedagogies at the 3rd Lisbon Architecture Triennale 2009 “The Alternative Block,” End of Year Exhibition 2008 – 2009 at Columbia University

GSAPP 2007/09 Pasajes – Iguzzini National Competition, Finalist Projects. Exhibition held at several graduate architecture schools all across Spain

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2006 “Territorial, Urban and Landscape Projects in Granada,” at the Granada College of

Architects, Spain 2005 “National Competition for Young Architects. Selected and awarded projects,” at the

Alfredo Kraus Cultural Centre in Madrid, Spain 2004 “Photography Competition DIA MUNDIAL DE LA ARQUITECTURA,” at the Granada College of Architects, Spain

Research other than PhD 2016- Collaborates with the Communication, Technology, and Architecture research group based at Málaga School of Architecture. 2009-10 “Scrutinizing «The Organic» in Architectural Thinking,” Advanced Architectural Research program in Columbia University, New York. Advisors: Toru Hasewaga, Mary McLeod, Reinhold Martin (06/2009 – 05/2010) 2009 ”Patterns into Space,” within the framework of the Algorithmic Design Research course. Advisor: Roland Snooks 2005-06 ”New Models of Territorial Management and Generation of City,” within the framework of the Final Thesis Project Studio. Advisor: Juan Domingo Santos 2005-06 ”From Teaching Strategy to Teaching Project.” Advisor: Antonio Jiménez Torrecillas

Teaching-related Posts 2010 Teaching Assistant for the seminar “Politics of Space: Cities, Institutions, Events.” Columbia University GSAPP, Spring 2010. Prof.: Mary McLeod 2009 Teaching Assistant for the seminar “PhD Colloquium.” Columbia University GSAPP, Fall ‘09. Prof.: Mary McLeod 2009/10 Research Assistant to professor Mary McLeod, Columbia University GSAPP 2009 Teaching Assistant for Graduate Design Studio. Columbia University GSAPP, Summer ‘09. Instructor: Douglas Gauthier 2001/02 Instructor for Construction Material Testing, Department of Architectural Constructions at University of Granada, Spain

Regular guest critic for studio reviews at schools of architecture across the US

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Languages Spanish: Native English: Bilingual Proficiency French: Proficient German: Intermediate Italian: reading and listening comprehension

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