VIOLA AGO CV 2021
Wortham Fellow, Rice University School of Architecture
(213) 357-8334 [email protected] [email protected] www.miraclesarchitecture.com
EDUCATION
2013 The Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, CA
Master of Architecture
2009 Ryerson University, Toronto, ON
Bachelor of Architectural Science
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
2021 - Present UCLA, Architecture and Urban Design.
Lecturer
2019 - 2021 Rice University, School of Architecture.
Wortham Fellow
2018 - 2019 Ohio State University, Austin E. Knowlton School of Architecture.
Yessios Visiting Assistant Professor
2019 Rhode Island School of Design, School of Architecture, Wintersession 2019.
Visiting Lecturer (invited)
2018 Harvard University, Graduate School of Design, Fall 2018.
Visiting Lecturer (invited)
2016 - 2018 University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning.
Lecturer I in Architecture (2017-2018)
William Muschenheim Fellow in Architecture (2016-2017)
2017 Southern California Institute of Architecture, Summer 2017
Visiting Instructor
2015 Morphosis Architects, Los Angeles, CA
Advanced Technology Workshop Series
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2017 - Present Miracles Architecture
Principal
2015 - 2016 GRD Architects, Dubai, UAE
1 Design Architect
2013 - 2015 Morphosis Architects, Los Angeles, CA
Project Designer, Advanced Technology Team
2012 P-a-t-t-e-r-n-s Inc, Los Angeles, CA
Project Design Internship
2009 - 2011 Perkins Eastman with SMV Architects, Toronto, ON
Junior Architect
HONORS, FELLOWSHIPS, AND RESIDENCIES
2019-2021 Ago, Viola. Wortham Fellow, Rice University School of Architecture, Houston, TX.
2019 Ago, Viola. MacDowell Colony Fellow, MacDowell Colony, Peterborough, NH.
2018-2019 Ago, Viola. Autodesk BUILD Space Research Residency, Autodesk Build Space, Boston, MA .. 2018 - 2019 Ago, Viola. University Design Research Fellow, Exhibit Columbus, Columbus, IN.
2018 - 2019 Ago, Viola. Christos Yessios Digital Fabrication Fellow, Austin E. Knowlton School of Architecture at The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. 2016-2017 Ago, Viola. William Muschenheim Fellow, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Ann Arbor, MI. 2013 Ago, Viola. SCI-Arc Thesis Scholarship, The Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc), Los Angeles, CA. 2012 - 2013 Ago, Viola. Graduate Continuing Scholarship, The Southern California Institute of Architecture, Los Angeles, CA.
TEACHING ACTIVITY
COURSES TAUGHT:
Rice University School of Architecture: 2021, Spring ARCH 402 Architectural Design – Advanced Topics in Architecture (6 credits)
2020, Fall ARCH 403 Architectural Design – Degree Project Seminar - Special Topics (3 credits)
2020, Fall ARCH 201 Architectural Design – Principles of Architecture IV (6 credits)
2020, Spring ARCH 402 Architectural Design – Advanced Topics in Architecture (6 credits)
2019, Fall ARCH 403 Architectural Design – Degree Project Seminar - Special Topics (3 credits)
2019, Fall ARCH 301 Architectural Design – Intermediate Problems, Arch 1 – Situation (6 credits)
Austin E. Knowlton School of Architecture: 2019, Spring ARCH 6420 Architectural Design – Core Studio (3-year program) (6 credits)
2018, Fall ARCH 4410 Architectural Design, Gui Competition Studio (6 credits)
The Rhode Island School of Design, School of Architecture: 2019, Winter Wintersession: Architectural Design – Advanced Topics in Architectural Computation - Taught with Hans Tursack (6 credits)
Harvard Graduate School of Design: 2018, Fall VIS 2350 Graphic/Volume Conflations Elective Seminar (4 credits)
University of Michigan, Taubman College:
2 2018, Spring ARCH 662 Architectural Design – Thesis Design Studio (6 credits)
2018, Spring ARCH 333 Fabrication/Representation UG Seminar (3 credits)
2017, Fall ARCH 660 Architectural Design – Thesis Development Seminar (3 credits)
2017, Fall ARCH 552 Architectural Design – Institutions Studio 2G1/3G4 (6 credits)
2017, Fall ARCH 537 Introduction to Fabrication (3 credits)
2017, Spring ARCH 562 Architectural Design – Propositions Studio 2G2/3G5 (6 credits)
2016, Fall ARCH 432 Architectural Design UG3 Studio (6 credits)
2016, Fall ARCH 537 Introduction to Fabrication (3 credits)
Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc): 2017, Summer Making and Meaning: Architectural Design Summer Studio (9 credits)
2012, Fall 2GA Design Studio: Graduate Teaching Assistant (9 credits)
OTHER INSTRUCTIONAL AND PEDAGOGICAL INITIATIVES:
2021 Ago, Viola, convener. Wrong: Alternatives in Process Based Design. Online Symposium, School of Architecture, Rice University (online), Spring 2021. 2020 Ago, Viola, and Matias Del Campo, Shelby Doyle, Adam Marcus, Brian Slocum, and Maria Yablonina, ACADIA 2020 Workshop Series. Distributed Proximities. Online, Global, October 2020. 2020 Ago, Viola, convener. Compositional Physics and Other Forms of Disorder Symposium. Farish Gallery, School of Architecture, Rice University, February 2020. 2020 Ago, Viola, convener. Compositional Physics and Other Forms of Disorder Student Work Exhibition. Jury Room, School of Architecture, Rice University, February 2020. 2019 Ago, Viola, convener. Interferences Workshop No. 3 with Dalena Tran. Knowlton School of Architecture, Ohio State University, March 2019. 2019 Ago, Viola, convener. Interferences Workshop No. 2 with Jonathan Proto and Brandon Kruysman. Knowlton School of Architecture, Ohio State University, February 2019. 2018 Ago, Viola, convener and workshop leader. Interferences Workshop No. 1. Knowlton School of Architecture, Ohio State University, October 2018. 2018 Ago, Viola, independent study advisor. Visual Studies in Body Architecture. Knowlton School of Architecture, Ohio State University, Fall 2018. 2018 Ago, Viola, and Jeff Halstead, co-conveners, workshop leaders. Drawing Hackathon. Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan, March 2018. 2017 Ago, Viola, and Jeff Halstead and Dan Tish, co-convener, workshop leader. Advanced Software and Computation Workshop Series. Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan, Fall 2017.
SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS
EDITED VOLUMES:
2022 (Forthcoming) Ago, Viola, Guest Editor, AD (Architectural Design) Magazine, Alt-Form: Indeterminacy and Disorder, Volume 92, Issue 2, John Wiley & Sons, Print, 2022. 2021 (Forthcoming) Ago, Viola, and Brian Slocum, et al, eds. ACADIA 2020 Distributed Proximities: Proceedings of the 40th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture. IngramSpark, Print, 2021.
GUEST CONTRIBUTOR:
2021 (Forthcoming) Ago, Viola, Guest Contributor, Title TBD, Impossible and Hyper-Real Elements of Architecture, Eds. Carl Lostritto, AR+D, Book Chapter. Print, 2022.
3 BOOK CHAPTERS:
2021 (Forthcoming) Ago, Viola, Title TDB, Deep Vista, Eds Gabriel Esquivel, Book chapter. Print, 2021
2021 (Forthcoming) Ago, Viola, An Aesthetic Inquiry of Mechanical Systems: Code, Graphics, Form (working title), Bio/Matter/Techno Synthetics, Eds. Franca Trubiano, Susan Kolber, Marta Llor, Maria Fuentes, and Amber Farrow, Book chapter. Print, 2021. 2021 (Forthcoming) Ago, Viola, Occupying Categorical Limits: Material, Attitude, Assembly, Digital Fabrication in Interior Design: Body, Object, Enclosure, Eds. Lois Weinthal and Jonathon Anderson, Routledge, Book chapter. Print, 2021. 2018 Ago, Viola, Images: Computational Drawings and Representation, Instabilities and Potentialities, Notes on the Nature of Knowledge in Digital Architecture, Eds. Chandler Ahrens & Aaron Sprecher, Routledge, Book chapter. Print, 2018, Pg 56-64.
JOURNAL ARTICLES:
2021 Ago, Viola, A Paradoxical Account of Western Oppression and Liberation Agendas, CARTHA Magazine, Park Books, Print, 2021. 2020 Ago, Viola, Fusion Axis: A Phenomenological Inquiry on Process, PLAT Journal, Houston, TX. Print, 2020, Pg 48-57. 2019 Ago, Viola, Compositional Physics and Other Diagrams of Force, Log 46, New York, NY. Print, 2019, Pg 33-43. 2019 Ago, Viola, Series and Other Unit Based Alternatives, Discrete: Reappraising the Digital in Architecture, AD Magazine, Eds. Gilles Retsin, Magazine Volume 89, Issue 2. John Wiley & Sons, Print, 2019, Pg 110- 117. 2018 Ago, Viola, Some Drawings and Objects, Offramp 15 Stuff. Eds. Ravi Chandar, Yara Feghali, Dylan Krueger, Danny Wills, Article. Web, Summer 2018. https://offramp.sciarc.edu/articles/models-are- drawings-that-believe-in-miracles 2018 Ago, Viola, Models are Drawings that Believed in Miracles, Dimensions 30. Ann Arbor, MI: A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning. Print, 2018, Pg 151-160.
PEER REVIEWED:
2018 Ago, Viola, and Hans Tursack, THICK SKIN: Graphic Tectonics + Digital Fabrication, ACADIA 2018, Recalibration: On Imprecision and Infidelity. Print, 2018, Pg 252-257. 2018 Ago, Viola, Of Process, Mark, and Figure (Series), Discursive Images, the Journal of Architectural Education JAE (72 1), Routledge. Print 2018, Pg 14-15. 2017 Ago, Viola, Embedded Seriality: An Anti-Stylistic Reading of Current Modes of Code, Design and Culture, TxA Emerging Design + Technology Journal, Texas Society of Architects, Austin, TX. Print, 2020, 80- 89.
PROFESSIONAL + SCHOLARLY PUBLICATIONS:
2020 Ago, Viola and Partisan Architects Serious Playfulness: 6 Young Firms Balancing Experimentation and Pragmatism, Artifizi Journal, Azure Magazine, Toronto, ON. Web, 2020. https://www.azuremagazine. com/article/serious-playfulness-6-young-firms-balancing-experimentation-and-pragmatism/
2019 Ago, Viola, Acadia 2018 focused on imprecision in digital design, The Architect’s Newspaper, Web, January 28, 2019. https://archpaper.com/2019/01/acadia-2018-focused-on-imprecision-in-digital- design/ 2018 Ago, Viola, and Hans Tursack, Thick Skin, ARTIFIZI, Aricle. Web, March 2018. http://artifizi.com/? portfolio=thick-skin-by-viola-ago-and-hans-tursack 2018 Ago, Viola, Of Process, Mark, and Figure (Series), Drawing Codes, Experimental Protocols of Architectural Representation. Exhibition Catalogue, Print, 2017, Pg 6-7. 2018 Ago, Viola, Fellow Fellows: Viola Ago, Archinect, 30 Mar. 2018. https://archinect. com/features/article/150057389/fellow-fellows-viola-ago
4 2017 Ago, Viola, and Hans Tursack, Cross-Talk #3 Biennales, Triennials and Exhibitions, Archinect, 28 Dec, 2017. archinect.com/features/article/150042651/cross-talk-3-viola-ago-hans-tursack-on-biennales- triennials-andexhibitions
2016 Ago, Viola. Immersion in robotic design keeps ACADIA workshops true to 'Posthuman Frontiers' theme, Archinect News, November 10, 2016. http://archinect.com/news/article/149977567/immersion-in- robotic-design-keeps-acadia-workshops- true-to posthuman- frontiers-theme
PUBLICATION FEATURES (BY OTHER AUTHORS ABOUT MY WORK):
2021 (Forthcoming) Holder, Andrew, and K. Michael Hays, Inscriptions: Architecture Before Speech, Harvard GSD Department of Publications, Print, 2021. 2021 (Forthcoming) Tursack, Hans, Theoretical Notes on the Aesthetics of Architectural Texture Mapping, Distributed Proximities, Print, 2021. 2021 Ventura Anya, eds. Leila W. Kinney and Evan Ziporyns, MIT Center for Art, Science & Technology 2019– 20 Programs, New Materialisms: Exploring the vibrancy of matter, Print, 23-26. 2021. 2020 Allen, Matthew. Review of Instabilities and Potentialities: Notes on the Nature of Knowledge in Digital Architecture, by Chandler Ahrens and Aaron Sprecher. JAE Online. April 10, 2020. http://www. jaeonline.org/articles/review/instabilities-and-potentialities#/. 2019 Goldsborough, Jamie Evelyn. “Exhibit Columbus 2019 Celebrates the Value of Good Design and Community.” Archpaper.com, September 2019. archpaper.com/2019/09/exhibit-columbus-2019- celebrates-value-good-design-community/. 2019 Editor. "Exhibit Columbus 2019 celebrates opening" Mutual Art, August 2019. http://www.mutualart. com/ExternalArticle/Exhibit-Columbus-2019-Celebrates-Opening/77D8F1E2545BD4AA? source_page=Artist. 2019 Blair, Brian. “'A Bit of a Science Fair': Exhibit Columbus Opens with Panel Discussions at North Christian.” The Republic, August 2019. www.therepublic. com/2019/08/24/a_bit_of_a_science_fair_exhibit_columbus_opens_with_panel_discussions_at _north_christian/. 2019 Betsky, Aaron "Robotic Innovation." Architect Magazine, February 2019. https://www. architectmagazine.com/design/robotic-innovation_o. 2018 Bustler. “Exhibit Columbus Awards Six University Design Research Fellowships for 2018-19.” Bustler, Aug ust 2018. bustler.net/news/6766/exhibit-columbus-awards-six-university-design-research- fellowships-for-2018-19.
2014 Brooks, Michael. "Mind Meld: The Genius of Swarm Thinking." New Scientist, February 2014, 46-49 – Swarm Drawings contributed By Viola Ago. 2013 Visnjic, Filip. "Robotic Motion Control as a Creative Medium for Designers – SCI-Arc." CreativeApplicationsNet. February 2013. http://www.creativeapplications.net/c/robotic-motion- control-as-a-creative-medium-for-designers-sci-arc/.
LECTURES, CONFERENCES, INTERVIEWS
INVITED LECTURES + PRESENTATIONS
2020 Ago, Viola. “Notes on Art and Culture Criticism” Presentation, Understanding Architecture Seminar, School of Architecture, Kent State University, Ocotber 2020, Kent, OH. Invited by Zahra Safaverdi.
2020 Ago, Viola. “On Color” Presentation, Visual Communications III Seminar, School of Architecture, the University of Texas at Austin, September 2020, Austin, TX. Invited by Kory Bieg.
2020 Ago, Viola. Lecture, Hearst Lecture Series, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, January 2020, San Luis Obispo, CA.
Curated by Emily White, Brian M. Osborn, Cesar Torres.
5 2020 Ago, Viola and Hans Tursack. "From Design to Construction" Lecture, Spotlight Series, Autodesk Technology Center, January 2020, Boston, MA. Hosted by Autodesk Technology Center.
2019 Ago, Viola. Lecture, Shop Talk Series, Dean's Advisory Council, School of Architecture, Rice University, November 2019, Houston, TX. Curated by dean John Casbarian.
2019 Ago, Viola. “Compositional Physics” Lecture, Precarious Structures Lecture Series, School of Architecture and Planning, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, April 2019, Cambridge, MA. Hosted by MIT.
2019 Ago, Viola. “A Third Possibility” Lecture, School of Architecture, Rice University, March 2019, Houston, TX. Hosted by Rice University.
2019 Ago, Viola. “On Color” Presentation, Advanced Theory Seminar, Knowlton School of Architecture, Ohio State University, February 2019, Columbus, OH. Invited by Jeffrey Kipnis.
2019 Ago, Viola. “Assemblies: On Volumes and Lines” Lecture, Baumer Lecture Series, Knowlton School of Architecture, Ohio State University, February 2019, Columbus, OH. Curated by Curtis Roth.
2019 Ago, Viola. “Assemblies + Geometric Deviations” Lecture, Spring 2019 Lecture Series,Woodbury School of Architecture, Woodbury University, February 2019, Los Angeles, CA. Curated by Heather Flood and Ryan Tyler Martinez.
2019 Ago, Viola, and Hans Tursack. “Vibrant Matter: A Cultural and Ecological Assemblage for Columbus, Indiana” Design Presentation, Exhibit Columbus Design Symposium, January 2019, Columbus, IN. Curated by Anne Surak and Janice Shimizu.
2018 Ago, Viola. "The Digital Embrace" Presentation, Interferences Workshop Series Kickoff, Knowlton School of Architecture, Ohio State University, November 2018, Columbus, OH. Curated by Todd Gannon Ph.D.
2018 Ago, Viola, and Jeff Halstead. "Drawing Codes Hackathon" Presentation, @Noon Talk Series, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan, March 2018, Ann Arbor, MI. Curated by Sharon Haar.
2018 Ago, Viola. “Working Lines” Lecture, Hybrid Formations: Interdisciplinary Design Seminar, Graduate School of Design, Harvard University, February 2018, Cambridge, MA. Invited by Volkan Alkanoglu.
2017 Ago, Viola. “Aesthetic Categories” Lecture, College of Design, Architecture, Art, and Planning, University of Cincinnati, April 2017, Cincinnati, OH Hosted by University of Cincinnati.
2017 Ago, Viola. “Aesthetics Categories” Lecture, College of Architecture and Environmental Design, Kent State University, April 2017, Kent, OH Hosted by Kent State University.
2017 Ago, Viola. "Models are Drawings that Believed in Miracles" Lecture, Feedback Fellowship Lecture Series, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan, March 2017, Ann Arbor, MI. Curated by Sharon Haar.
2015 Ago, Viola. “Computation Notes in Practice and Projects” Lecture, Ryerson Lecture Series, Department of Architectural Science, Ryerson University, October 2015, Toronto, ON Curated by John Cirka Ph.D.
2014 Ago, Viola. "Computational Methodologies" Presentation, Morphosis Advanced Technology Lecture Series, Morphosis Architects, April 2014, Los Angeles, CA.
6 Curated by Thom Mayne/Morphosis.
CONFERENCES + SYMPOSIA
2021 Ago, Viola. “Systems + Atmospheres” Presentation, (In)forming Patterns Symposium, Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design and MIT Future Urban Collectives Lab, May 2021, Jerusalem, Israel. Organized by Rafi Segal and Els Verbakel.
2021 Ago, Viola. “Indeterminacy + Disorder: Alternatives in Process-Based Design” Presentation, Projecting Fellows Symposium, School of Architecture, University of Virginia, January 2021, Online. Organized by Katie MacDonald and Kyle Schumann.
2020 Ago, Viola, "Real-time Sensing and Iteration: From the Material to the Political" Paper session moderator, Distributed Proximities, Acadia 2020, Online Conference, October 2020. Organized by Viola Ago and Brian Slocum.
2020 Ago, Viola, and Matias Del Campo, Shelby Doyle, Brian Slocum and Maria Yablonina. Conference co- chairs, Distributed Proximities, Acadia 2020, Online Conference, October 2020. Organized by ACADIA.
2020 Ago, Viola. Moderator/convener, Compositional Physics and Other Forms of Disorder Symposium, School of Architecture, Rice University, February 2020, Houston, Tx. Organized by Viola Ago.
2019 Ago, Viola. Panelist, "Heritage Interactions", Exhibit Columbus Panel Discussions, North Christian Church, August 2019, Columbus, IN. Moderated by Sean Anderson, Associate Curator at MoMA.
2019 Ago, Viola. “Series and Other Unit Based Alternatives” Panel Presentation, Discrete - Reappraising the digital in Architecture, Bartlett School of Architecture, University College London, April 2019, London, England. Moderated by Gilles Retsin.
2018 Ago, Viola. Panelist, States of Design Education, Exhibit Columbus National Symposium, The Republic Building, September 2018, Columbus, IN. Moderated by Janice Shimizu.
2018 Ago, Viola, and Rebecca Smith. “Finissage” Gallery Talk, Drawing Codes Exhibition, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan, March 2018, Ann Arbor, MI. Curated by Claire Zimmerman Ph.D.
2018 Ago, Viola, and Kristy Balliet, and Andrew Kudless and Adam Marcus. Presentation and Round Table Discussion, Drawing Codes, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan, March 2018, Ann Arbor, MI. Organized by Viola Ago, Moderated by John McMorrough Ph.D.
2018 Ago, Viola. “Next, Next, Last” Presentation, Becoming Digital Conference, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, University of Michigan, February 2018, Ann Arbor, MI. Curated by Ellie Abrons, McLain Clutter, Adam Fure.
2017 Ago, Viola. “Embedded Seriality: An Anti-Stylistic Reading of Current Modes of Code, Design and Culture” Presentation and Panel Discussion, TxA Emerging Design + Technology Conference, Texas Society of Architects, November 2017, Austin, TX. Curated by Kory Bieg.
2017 Ago, Viola. “On Representation, On the Line” Presentation and Panel Discussion, Visual Studies Seminar, Department of Architecture, School of Design, University of Pennsylvania, October 2017, Philadelphia, PA. Curated by Nate Hume.
2013 Ago, Viola, “BLUSH” Presentation, SCI-Arc Graduate Thesis Review, with Jury members Jeff Kipnis, Thom Mayne, Hernan Diaz Alonso, Michael Speaks, Andrew Zago, Heather Roberge, Dana Cuff, Andrew Atwood, and Evan Douglis, SCI-Arc, August 2013, Los Angeles, CA.
7 Curated by Elena Manferdini.
INTERVIEWS + OTHER MEDIA
2021 (Forthcoming) "Tête-à-Tête" Podcast Series.
See: https://arch.rice.edu/latest/podcast
Conducted by Jessica LaBarbera and Lindsey Chambers.
2021 (Forthcoming) "Women Who Inspire" Interview Series.
See: https://www.archnative.com/womenwhoinspire
Conducted by Karina Teslenko for ArchNative.
2020 #48, Interview Series.
See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSpga8y5V5U
Conducted by Asiel Nuñez for Archivo de Ideas Recibidas, Peru.
EXHIBITIONS AND INSTALLATIONS:
2021 (Forthcoming) "WRONG", Online Asynchronous Symposium, Jury Room, School of Architecture, Rice University, Houston, TX. Part of Compositional Physics Wortham Research Project.
2021 (Forthcoming) "Aleatory Form", Pavilion Installation. Rice University Campus, Houston, TX.
Part of Compositional Physics Wortham Research Project.
2020 "Forms of Disorder" Student Work Exhibition. Jury Room, School of Architecture, Rice University, Houston, TX. Watkins Sequence, Exhibition of Scholarly Work.
2019 "Platescape" for the Succulent: Recipes for Architectural Consumption, Invited Group Exhibition for Art Week Miami, Miami, FL. Curated by: Joachim Perez, the Bakehouse Complex.
2019 “Poppy Red” Solo Exhibition. Pinkcomma Gallery, Boston, MA.
Curated by: Chris Grimley, OverUnder Architecture.
2019 “Understorey” Pavilion for Exhibit Columbus, Columbus, IN.
In Collaboration with: Hans Tursack
Curated by: Anne Surak, Janice Shimizu, Exhibit Columbus.
2019 - Permanent “Overly” Installation, Knowlton School of Architecture, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.
Invited by: Todd Gannon, Knowlton School of Architecture.
2018 - Present “Transfers” Installation, Art Omi: Architecture, Architecture Field 01, Ghent, NY.
In Collaboration with: Hans Tursack
Curated by: Warren James, Art Omi Architecture.
2018 “3-Way” Group Exhibition, A + D Architecture and Design Museum, Los Angeles, CA.
In Collaboration with: Hans Tursack
Curated by: Anthony Morey, Ryan Tyler Martinez, Ivan Bernal.
2018 “THICK Skin” Installation, A + D Architecture and Design Museum, Los Angeles, CA/
In Collaboration with: Hans Tursack
8 Curated by: Dora Epstein-Jones, Anthony Morey.
2018 “Drawing Codes” Group Exhibition, Taubman College of Architecture Gallery, Ann Arbor, MI.
Curated by: Andrew Kudless and Adam Marcus.
2018 “Drawing Codes” Group Exhibition, Knowlton School of Architecture Gallery, Columbus, OH.
Curated by: Andrew Kudless and Adam Marcus.
2017 “architecture, architectural & Architecture” Group Exhibition, A+D Museum, Los Angeles, CA.
Curated by: Anthony Morey and Ryan Tyler Martinez.
2017 “Drawing Codes” Group Exhibition, WUHO Gallery (Woodbury University), Los Angeles, CA.
Curated by: Andrew Kudless and Adam Marcus.
2017 “Last Call: One Night Stand LA”, Group Exhibition, Pod Inn, Los Angeles, CA.
Curated by: Jennifer Bonner, Kyle Miller, Volkan Alkanoglu.
2017 “Models are Drawings that Believed in Miracles” Solo Exhibition, Feedback Fellowship Exhibition, Ann Arbor, MI. Part of the Fellowship Program at Taubman College of Architecture.
2017 “Drawing Codes” Group Exhibition, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA.
Curated by: Andrew Kudless and Adam Marcus.
GRANTS
2020-2021 Ago, Viola. Wrong: Innovation and Creativity in an Uncertain World, Summer Research Fund, School of Architecture, Rice University, Houston, TX, current, $5,000. 2020-2021 Ago, Viola. Creative Ventures: Scholarly and Creative Work Subvention Fund, Office of Research, Rice University, Houston, TX, current, $9,000. 2019 Ago, Viola. Symposium Grant, Rice University, School of Architecture Public Programming Seed Fund, Houston, TX, complete, $3,200. 2019 Ago, Viola. Student Work Exhibition Grant, Rice University, School of Architecture Public Programming Seed Fund, Houston, TX, complete, $1,200. 2019 Ago, Viola. Succulent: Recipes for Architectural Consumption Exhibition Grant, Art Basel Miami, The Bakehouse Complex, Downtown Miami, FL, complete, $1,200. 2019 Ago Viola. Wortham Teaching Fellowship Grant, Rice University, School of Architecture, Houston, TX, complete, $5,000. 2019 Ago, Viola, and Hans Tursack. Humanities, Art, and Social Sciences HASS Grant, MIT, School of Architecture + Planning, Cambridge, MA, complete, $10,000. 2019 Ago, Viola, and Hans Tursack. Fay Chandler Faculty Creative CAST Grant, MIT, School of Architecture + Planning, Cambridge, MA, complete, $7,500. 2018 - 2019 Ago, Viola, and Hans Tursack. Walter H. Kid Fund, The Ohio State University, Austin E. Knowlton School of Architecture, Columbus, OH, complete, $1,700. 2018 - 2019 Ago, Viola. Christos Yessios Digital Fabrication Public Programming Grant, The Ohio State University, Austin E. Knowlton School of Architecture, Columbus, OH, complete, $7,500. 2018 - 2019 Ago, Viola. Christos Yessios Digital Fabrication Research Project Grant, The Ohio State University, Austin E. Knowlton School of Architecture, Columbus, OH, complete, $15,000. 2018 - 2019 Ago, Viola, and Hans Tursack. University Design and Research Fellowship, Exhibit Columbus Project and Symposium Grant, Exhibit Columbus, Columbus, IN, complete, $11,000. 2018 Ago, Viola, and Hans Tursack. Art Omi: Architecture Exhibition Grant, Art Omi Art Center, Ghent, NY, complete, $4,500. 2018 Ago, Viola, and Hans Tursack. University of Michigan Office of Research (UMOR) Artistic Production and Performances Grant, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, complete, $10,000.
9 2017 Ago, Viola. Project Seed Grant, The University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Ann Arbor, MI, complete, $2,500. 2017 Ago, Viola. Center for Research on Learning and Teaching (CRLT) Lecturer’s Professional Development Grant, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, complete, $2,000. 2016-2017 Ago, Viola. William Muschenheim Fellowship Grant, The University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Ann Arbor, MI, complete, $4,000.
COORPORATE SPONSORSHIP + MATERIAL DONATIONS
2019 Ago, Viola, and Hans Tursack. Kalwall Daylighting FRP Cladding Material Donation for the Understorey Pavilion Construction, Exhibit Columbus, Columbus, IN, complete, approx $9,000. 2019 Ago, Viola, and Hans Tursack. Richlite Custom Panel Donation for the Wintersession Class Student Pavilion, The Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI, complete, approx $6,000. 2018 Ago, Viola. Laird Plastics Sentra Panel Donation for the Graphic/Volume Conflation Seminar Class, Harvard Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MI, complete, $600. 2018 Ago, Viola, and Hans Tursack. DuPont Corian Solid Surfaces Panel Donation for the Thick Skin Installation, Architecture + Design Museum, Los Angeles, CA, complete, approx $7,000. 2018 Ago, Viola, and Hans Tursack. DuPont Corian Solid Surfaces Panel Donation for the Transfers Installation, Art OMI, Ghent, NY, complete, approx $5,000. 2018 Ago, Viola, and Hans Tursack. Alro Metals Aluminum Sheets Donation for the Thick Skin Project, Architecture + Design Museum, Los Angeles, CA, complete, approx $4,800. 2018 Ago, Viola, and Hans Tursack. Brilliant Graphics Printing Services Donation for the Thick Skin Project, Architecture + Design Museum, Los Angeles, CA, complete, approx $600. 2018 Ago, Viola, and Hans Tursack. 3M supplies and tools Gift in Kind Donation for the Thick Skin Project, Architecture + Design Museum, Los Angeles, CA, complete, approx $7,600.
INVITED JURIES
2021 (Forthcoming) SCI-Arc, Graduate Thesis Review.
2021 (Forthcoming) University College London, the Bartlett School of Architecture, B-Pro M.Arch SuperCrit Review.
2021 UCLA, Architecture and Urban Design, Rumble.
2021 University of Texas at Austin, School of Architecture, Option Studio Review.
2021 Syracuse University, School of Architecture, B.Arch Studio Review.
2021 Kent State University, CAED, B.ArcS Option Studio Review.
2021 University of Houston, Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture & Design, Option Studio Review.
2021 University of Utah, College of Architecture + Planning, Thesis Final Review.
2021 UCLA, Architecture and Urban Design, M.Arch Studio Review.
2021 Texas A&M, College of Architecture, T4T Lab Studio Review.
2020 Harvard University, GSD, M.Des Elective Seminar Review.
2020 Yale University, School of Architecture, M.Arch I Core Studio Review.
2020 SCI-Arc, M.S. Option Studio Review.
2020 RISD, School of Architecture, Advanced Option Studio Review.
2020 University of Pennsylvania, Stuart Weitzman School of Design, M.Arch Option Studio Review.
2020 University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture, M.Arch Option Studio Review.
2020 SCI-Arc, M.Arch Option Studio Review.
2020 USC, School of Architecture, M.Arch Option Studio Review.
10 2020 Cooper Union, Irwin S. Chanin School of Architecture, Representation Seminar Review.
2020 Ryerson University, School of Architecture, Undergraduate Studio Penultimate Review.
2020 National Autonomous University of Mexico, School of Architecture, Graduate Studio Review.
2020 University of Virginia, School of Architecture, M.Arch Option Studio Review.
2020 University of Pennsylvania, Stuart Weitzman School of Design, M.S Core Studio Review.
2020 Yale University, School of Architecture, Option Studio Mid-Review.
2020 SCI-Arc, Edge Architectural Technologies, M.S. Studio Review.
2020 Ryerson University, School of Architecture, M.Arch Thesis Review.
2020 SCI-Arc, Graduate Thesis Review.
2020 University College London, the Bartlett School of Architecture, B-Pro M.Arch SuperCrit Review.
2020 Washington University in St. Louis, Sam Fox School of Art and Design, M.Arch Seminar Review.
2020 Woodbury University, School of Architecture, B.Arch Thesis Review.
2020 SCI-Arc, B.Arch Core Studio Review.
2020 University of Pennsylvania, Stuart Weitzman School of Design, M.Arch Core Studio Review.
2020 Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo, B.Arch Core Studio Review.
2019 SCI-Arc, M.Arch II Core Studio Review.
2019 University of Pennsylvania, Stuart Weitzman School of Design, AAD Core Studio Review.
2019 MIT, School of Architecture and Planning, M.Arch Option Studio Review.
2019 University of Pennsylvania, Stuart Weitzman School of Design, M.Arch Core Studio Review.
2019 University of Pennsylvania, Stuart Weitzman School of Design, M.Arch Option Studio Review.
2019 Texas Tech, College of Architecture El Paso, B.S Core Studio Review.
2019 Kent State University, CAED, B.ArcS Core Studio Review.
2019 MIT, School of Architecture and Planning, Undergraduate Design Option Studio Review.
2019 University of Pennsylvania, Stuart Weitzman School of Design, M.Arch Core Studio Review.
2019 University of Pennsylvania, Stuart Weitzman School of Design, M.Arch Option Studio Review.
2019 Syracuse University, School of Architecture, B.Arch Studio Review.
2019 Rice University, School of Architecture, M.Arch Thesis Prep Review.
2018 University of Pennsylvania, Stuart Weitzman School of Design, AAD Core Studio Review.
2018 Harvard University, Graduate School of Architecture, M.Arch Thesis Review.
2018 MIT, School of Architecture and Planning, M.Arch Core Studio Review.
2018 Harvard University, Graduate School of Architecture, M.Arch Core Studio Review.
2018 Yale University, School of Architecture, M.Arch I Core Studio Review.
2018 University of Pennsylvania, Stuart Weitzman School of Design, M.Arch Option Studio Review.
2017 Ohio State University, Knowlton School of Architecture, B.S. Core Studio Review.
2017 Texas A&M, College of Architecture, T4T Lab Studio Review.
2017 Kent State University, CAED, B.ArcS Core Studio Review.
2017 Lawrence Technological University, College of Architecture and Design, B.S.Arch Core Studio Review.
2016 Syracuse University, School of Architecture, B.Arch Studio Review.
2016 University of Michigan, Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, B.S. Thesis Review.
11 2016 Ryerson University, School of Architecture, M.Arch Studio Review.
2015 American University of Sharjah, College of Architecture, Art and Design, B.Arch Core Studio Review.
2015 University of Southern California, School of Architecture, B.Arch Core Studio Review.
2014 University of California Los Angeles, AUD, M.Arch Option Studio Review.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS (CITATIONS, FEATURES)
2020 Reiner-Roth, Shane. “ACADIA 2020 Went Digital and Had Its Biggest Year Yet.” The Architect's Newspaper, 23 Dec. 2020, www.archpaper.com/2020/12/acadia-2020-went-digital-and-had-its- biggest-year-yet/. 2020 Reiner-Roth, Shane. ACADIA 2020, Launching This Weekend, Adapts to the Social Distancing Moment. 23 Oct. 2020, www.archpaper.com/2020/10/acadia-2020-launching-this-weekend-adapts-to-the- social-distancing-moment/.
2019 Velikov, Kathy “Introduction Reframing Future(s).” eds Bieg, Kory, et al. Ubiquity and Autonomy: Paper Proceedings of the 39th Annual Conference of the Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture: ACADIA 2019, October 24-26, 2019, the University of Texas at Austin School of Architecture, Association for Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA), 2019, pp. 8–9. 2019 Claypool, Mollie. "The Digital in Architecture; Then, Now and in the Future." Space10, November 2019. https://space10.com/project/digital-in-architecture/. 2019 Scalera, Lorenzo, et al. "Watercolour robotic painting: a novel automatic system for artistic rendering." Journal of Intelligent & Robotic Systems 95.3-4 (2019): 871-886. 2019 Claypool, Mollie. "Discrete Automation." Becoming Digital, E-Flux, July 2019. https://www.e-flux. com/architecture/becoming-digital/248060/discrete-automation/. 2019 Scalera, Lorenzo, et al. "Non-photorealistic rendering techniques for artistic robotic painting." Robotics 8.1 (2019): 10. 2019 Editor. “Hans Tursack and Viola Ago's Understorey: University Design Research Fellowship Pavilion For Exhibit Columbus.” Arts at MIT, July 2019. arts.mit.edu/artists/hans-tursacks- understorey/#about-the-project. 2019 Editor. “University of Michigan Hackathon.” SUCKERPUNCHDAILY.COM, March 2018. www. suckerpunchdaily.com/2018/04/11/hackathon/#more-42821. 2018 Gallina, Paolo. "Busker Robot: A Robotic Painting System for Rendering Images into Watercolour Artworks." Mechanism Design for Robotics: Proceedings of the 4th IFToMM Symposium on Mechanism Design for Robotics. Vol. 66. Springer, 2018. 2018 Testado, Justine. “Exhibit Columbus awards six University Design Research Fellowships for 2018-19.” Archinect, August 2018. https://archinect.com/news/bustler/6766/exhibit-columbus-awards-six- university-design-research-fellowships-for-2018-19.
2018 Editor. “Thick Skin.” SUCKERPUNCHDAILY.COM, March 2018. www.suckerpunchdaily. com/2018/04/06/thick-skin/. 2017 Testa, Peter. Robot House: Instrumentation, Representation, Fabrication. Thames & Hudson, 2017.
2016 Editor. "Alumna Viola Ago receives prestigious fellowship at the University of Michigan" SCI-Arc, August 2016. https://www.sciarc.edu/news/2016/alumna-viola-ago-receives-prestigious- fellowship-at-the-university-of-michigan.
2015 Mayne, Thom "M by Morphosis: Thom Mayne", Equal Books, 2015.
2013 Editor. "BLUSH." SUCKERPUNCHDAILY.COM. October 2013. http://www.suckerpunchdaily. com/2013/11/15/blush/#more-34127. 2013 Editor. "The Painterly, Thickened." RSS. January 23, 2013. http://www.estm.us/2013/01/1355/.
2012 Editor. "SCI-Arc Viewbook Student Gallery 2011." SCI-Arc Viewbook. March 2012. http://viewbook. sciarc.edu/programs/MArch1_07.jpg 2012 Editor. "PortAIRts." RSS. July 2012. http://www.estm.us/2012/07/portairts/.
12 SERVICE
INTERNATIONAL:
2021-2023 Advisory Board of Prospectives at UCL London.
NATIONAL:
2020-2021 Conference Technical Committee Co-chair, ACADIA 2020 Conference: Distributed Proximities.
2020 Conference Co-chair, ACADIA 2020 Conference: Distributed Proximities.
2019, 2020 Paper Blind Peer Reviewer, International Journal of Architectural Computing (IJAC).
2019-2021 Member, ACADIA Board of Directors.
2019 Paper Blind Peer Reviewer, ACADIA Conference, Austin, TX.
2019 Project Blind Peer Reviewer, ACADIA Conference, Austin, TX.
2018 Paper Blind Peer Reviewer, 107th annual ACSA National Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA.
2018 Project Blind Peer Reviewer, 107th annual ACSA National Meeting, Pittsburgh, PA.
2018 Paper Blind Peer Reviewer, ACADIA Conference, Mexico City, Mexico.
2018 Project Blind Peer Reviewer, ACADIA Conference, Mexico City, Mexico.
2018 Paper Blind Peer Reviewer, TxA Emerging Design & Technology Conference, Austin, TX.
INSTITUTIONAL:
2020-2021 Member. Faculty Colloquy on Anti-Racism Pedagogy, Rice University.
2020 Participant. Covid-19 Dual Delivery Research Presentation, Rice University.
2020 Member. SCI-Arc Remote Portfolio Review, SCI-Arc.
2020 Session Participant. Rice Open House, School of Architecture, Rice University.
2020 Jury Member. Rice Archi-Arts Charette: DUO, Rice University.
2019 - Present Member. Technology Committee, School of Architecture, Rice University.
2019 - Present Member. Graduate Admissions Committee, School of Architecture, Rice University.
2019 Participant. The Dean's Advisory Council, School of Architecture, Rice University.
2018 Participant. Women in Design: Convergence, GSD, Harvard Univeristy.
RECOGNITION OF STUDENT WORK
2021 Baik, Dong Hun (Eric), course instructor, senior thesis. First Place Winner, William Ward Watkin Award, School of Architecture, Rice University. Spring 2021. 2021 Feuillet, Gabriella, course instructor, senior thesis. Included in the METROPOLIS 2021 FUTURE 100 top architecture and itneriod desing students in teh U.S. and Cadada. Metropolis 2021 future 100. (n.d.). Retrieved April 09, 2021, from https://info.metropolismag.com/future100 2020 Xiong, Rita, course instructor, senior thesis. First Place Winner, William Ward Watkin Award, School of Architecture, Rice University. Spring 2020. 2019 Yoon, Estelle, course instructor, elective seminar. Seminar project selected for publication: Halftone Blur. GSD Platform 12 How About Now?. Cambridge, MA: Harvard Graduate School of Design and Actar Publishing (2019): 184-187. 2019 Ahmed, Faris, course instructor, senior thesis. 2018-2019 Book Award, Undergraduate Section. Knowlton School of Architecture, Ohio State University. Winter 2019.
13 2018 Wu Candice, course instructor, senior thesis. First Place Winner, James E. Gui '54 Design Competition. Knowlton School of Architecture, Ohio State University. Fall 2018 2018 McCraney, Delaney, and Gayatri Murlidhar, Shahin Ghaemian, Ryan Wand, Elizabeth Feltz, Chao Dend, Kalin Ngo, Karina Hernandez, Yanhao Liu, Jiasun Wei, Sigen Chen and Victoria Yu. Drawings from the Hackathon Workshop published on SuckerPunch Daily: Web (2018). (co-led with Jeff Halstead). 2018 Byun Naree, Sam Zou, faculty advisor. ASRG (Architecture Student Research Grant) project selected for publication: "Architectural Elements." Dimensions 30. Ann Arbor, MI: A. Alfred Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning (2018): 169-173. 2018 Fellows, Colleen, course instructor M.Arch thesis. Thesis project selected for Honors Exhibition. Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Winter 2018. 2017 Reich, Kyle, course instructor, M.Arch studio. First Place, AIA Huron Valley Awards. Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Fall 2017. 2017 Byun Naree, Sam Zou, faculty advisor. Architectural Elements, Architecture Student Research Grant Recipient. Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning, Winter 2017.
SELECTED DESIGN PROJECTS
Miracles Architecture 2022 (Forthcoming) Miracles Architecture, Mitrovica Park Cmplex, Desing Research (research phase).
2022 (Forthcoming) Miracles Architecture, Florist, Building Restoration (under construction).
2022 (Forthcoming) Miracles Architecture, Aleatory Form, Rice Campus, Pavilion, Houston, TX. (prototyping)
2018 - Ongoing Miracles Architecture, House Series, House 1 (WIP).
2020 Miracles Architecture, House Series, House 2 (WIP).
2020 Miracles Architecture, House Series, House 3 (WIP).
2020 Miracles Architecture, So Graphic, Proposal.
2019 Miracles Architecture, Poppy Red, Pinkcomma Gallery, Exhibition, Boston, MA.
2019 Miracles Architecture + Hans Tursack, Understorey, Pavilion, Exhibit Columbus, Exhibition, Columbus, IN. 2019 Miracles Architecture, Overly, Knowlton School of Architecture, Permanent Installation, Columbus, OH. 2017 Miracles Architecture, Pink Box, A+D Museum, Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA.
2016 Miracles Architecture, Mark, ONSLA Pop-Up Gallery, Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA.
2017 Miracles Architecture + Hans Tursack, Thick Skin, A+D Museum, Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA.
2018 Miracles Architecture + Hans Tursack, Transfers, Art OMI, Hudson, NY.
2017 Miracles Architecture, Of Process Mark and Figure, Drawing Codes Exhibition (Multiple Galleries).
2017 Miracles Architecture, Drawings and Models that Believe in Miracles (9 Drawings), Taubman College of Architecture, MI.
With Morphosis Architects, Los Angeles CA 2015 Ago, Viola, project designer, lead facade designer, Kolon Futures Laboratory Building, Seoul, Korea (Built). 2015 Ago, Viola, design assistant, American Embassy in Beirut, Beirut, Lebanon (Built).
2014 Ago, Viola, project designer, lead facade designer, Quay Quarter Sydney Invited International Competition, Sydney, Australia. 2014 Ago, Viola, project designer, Hanking Center Tower, Shenzhen, China (Built).
2013 Ago, Viola, design assistant, Centennial Tower Singapore, Singapore (Built).
14 With GRD Architects, Dubai UAE 2016 Ago, Viola, project designer, Plaisir Shopping Center, Plaisir, France (Built).
2015 Ago, Viola, project designer, Villefontaine Shopping Centre, Villefontaine, France (Built).
2015 Ago, Viola, project designer, Reinventer Paris Invited Competition, Paris, France.
With P-a-t-t-e-r-n-s Inc, Los Angeles CA 2012 Ago, Viola, project design intern, Keelung Port Design Competition, Keelung, Taiwan.
2012 Ago, Viola, project design intern, MOCA Pavilion Design for the “New Sculpturalism” Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA (Temporary). 2012 Ago, Viola, project design intern, SCI-Arc graduation pavilion competition, Los Angeles, CA (Built).
With Perkins Eastman with SMV, Toronto, ON 2011 Ago, Viola, Junior Architect, Women’s College Hospital, Toronto, ON (Built).
2010 Ago, Viola, Junior Architect, The Station Condominiums, Toronto, ON (Built).
2009 Ago, Viola, Junior Architect, Feasibility Studies and Proposal for St Lawrence Redevelopment, Toronto, ON.
SELECTED FABRICATION RESEARCH AND IMPLEMENTATION (Before Miracles Archtecture)
2015 Designed and fabricated 1 1 mockup of facade component at Morphosis, Los Angeles, CA. 2014 Participated in the fabrication of Satoru Sugihara’s Agintense installation for the Blindfold Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA. 2014 Prepared and oversaw the fabrication of B+U SCI-Arc gallery exhibition “Apertures”, Los Angeles, CA.
2013 Participated in the fabrication of Ramiro Diaz Granados “Go Figure” installation for the SCI-Arc gallery, Los Angeles, CA. 2013 Participated in the design and research of Pattern’s “Textile Room” Pavilion for MOCA Exhibition “A New Sculpturalism”, Los Angeles, CA. 2013 Participated in the design, research, and fabrication for the SCI-Arc Graduate Pavilion by Patterns, Los Angeles, CA.
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