ARK Tales: Paola Viganò
Dit voorjaar organiseren we een nieuwe lezingreeks: "ARK Tales". In maart is Paola Viganò te gast.
This spring, we are organising a new lecture series: ‘ARK Tales’. In March, Paola Viganò will be our guest.
- Thursday March 20th 2025
- 18h00: start lecture
- 19h00: networking moment with a drink
- Locations: faculteit Architectuur en Kunst, Agoralaan, Gebouw E, 3590 Diepenbeek
Dit event is reeds afgelopen
About Paola Viganò
Paola Viganò architect and urbanist, is Full Professor in Urban Theory and Urban Design at the EPFL (CH) (where she directs the Habitat Research Center and the Lab-U) and at IUAV Venice (IT).
She received the Grand Prix de l’Urbanisme in 2013, the title of Doctor Honoris Causa by the UCLouvain in 2016 in the frame of “Utopia for our Time”, the Flemish Culture Award for Architecture in 2017, and the Golden medal to the career of Milano Triennale in 2018. Together with Bernardo Secchi, she founded Studio (1990-2014) working on numerous projects and visions in Europe.
Since 2015, StudioPaolaViganò works on the ecological and social transition of cities, landscapes and territories designing urban and territorial projects and realizing public spaces in Europe as the new public park in Dessel Nuclear Research center (Belgium), or Marie Janson Plein in Brussels, together with VVV. Studio has also won the competition for the realization of the municipal plan (PdCom) of Lugano (Switzerland) and is consultant of the City of Geneva for its municipal plan (PdCom). Studio is finally coordinating the Strategic Scheme for the recovery of the Vesdre Valley (Belgium) after the flooding catastrophe of 2021 summer.
In 2019, Paola Vigano's work has been exhibited at the Shenzen Biennale and in 2021 at the Venice Biennale. In 2022, she receives the Schelling Prize for Architectural Theory.
