Jury

René’s work in recent years explores the contemporary and future forms of the urban border between the United States and Mexico. René is a coauthor, with Fiamma Montezemolo and Heriberto Yépez, of the book, Here is Tijuana, published in 2006 by Black Dog, London. In 2018, he co-edited, along with Tito Alegría and Roger Lewis, the commemorative edition of the book A Temporary Paradise: A look at the special landscape of the San Diego Region, originally prepared by Kevin Lynch and Donald Appleyard (COLEF 2018).

His work has been exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art in San Diego, Santa Monica Art Museum, Mexico House at the Embassy of Mexico in Washington, DC, Shenzhen Architecture and Urbanism Biennial 2007 and the Central Society of Architects in Buenos Aires, Argentina. In 2015, his research on the Experimental Housing Project (PREVI) in Lima, Peru, was part of the exhibition “Latin America in Construction: Architecture 1955-1980” at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. In 2017, he directed Hyperloop West, a group that went on to become a semi-finalist in the global challenge competition organized by Virgin Hyperloop One. In 2017, Rene curated the Tijuana-San Diego exhibit space at the 2017 Architecture and Urbanism Biennial in Seoul, Korea.

I am the founder of Avoid Obvious Architects. We design happy cities and green buildings. We have won 39 awards in the last 5 years.

New Vision Studio, interior design, exterior design

All kind of projects and constructions

Architect with 3 year experience in Architectural Design, Project Management across a variety of project types including Mixed use, Residential, Commercial, Landscape,...
Green building design skill in various projects such as amenagment of Park and Garden, natural materials and rentability of projects.
Experienced in concept and fonctionality of the projects, drawing quality, cooperating with other disciplines, can working directly with clients, contractors, suppliers…. as well as managing construction.

TO DESIGN BULIDING ON THEME BASED PROJECTS

Industrial and residential projects with a design appoach of  innovative, lively, and sustainable cities for people.

High rises buildings. Masterplanning of large projects. Embassies, institutional buildings, public buildings, mixed use buildings etc.

Vice President, AECOM Canada Architects Ltd., Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Samuel Óghale Oboh (Sam) is a highly accomplished architect, resourceful leader and design management specialist committed to innovation, stewardship and achieving excellence for the greater public good. He is the 2015 President of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) – the first Canadian of African descent to lead the 110-year-old professional organization.

Corporativo and Commercial Architecture; Sustainable Solutions

Architecture, construction and materials

Originally from Venezuela, recently got a Master from the Czech Technical University in the field of Architecture and Urbanism. She is focused on the development of social realities through the architectonic fact also interested in the relationship of the architecture and arts, and how to make our realities better in a sustainable way for our planet.

DIMITRIS ANTONIOU Assistant Professor Dept. of Architecture University of Patras

Architectural Design, Building Technology, Competitions and Student Competitions is my teaching focus. Research work is focusing on sustainability in Architectural Design, Prefabrication and Standardization of shelters, Lightweight Ephemeral structures from sustainable materials, Synthesis of Detail and material technology combined with interdisciplinary research topics such as optimization, form finding and analysis of architectural research with the use of computing tools and data bases. His collaborations are targeting on the publication of a relevant book (September, 2020). Award-winning architect in several International and European Architectural Competitions. (ten prizes, commendations and distinctions)

Urban Design, Architectural Design, Architectural Representation, Data Visualization.